DUBLIN, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Vladislav Shuravin from Russia has won the third European Masters ofPoker in Czech capital Prague topping a field of 163 players at the SpearmintCasino at the weekend. After a deal had been done, Shuravin took downEUR39,675 for his victory from a total prize pool of EUR163,000.

The final table included EMOP Bulgaria winner Reuven Dayan:

        Seat 1. Reuven Dayan (ISR) - 204,000    Seat 2. Petr Pesko (CZ) - 586,000    Seat 3. Henrik Johansson (SWE) - 239,000    Seat 4. Ted Magnusson (SWE) - 197,500    Seat 5. Kim Frolander (SWE) - 168,000    Seat 6. Vladislav Shuravin (RUS) - 410,500    Seat 7. Jukka Ylinen (FIN) - 346,500    Seat 8. Martin Hjorth (DEN) - 244,000    Seat 9. Emil Westman (SWE) - 200,500

Kim Frolander was first out, pushing all in and getting called by Dayan.He showed K-Q off suit to Dayan's A-T off suit with the Israeli hitting anace on the turn.

Henrik Johansson's first move at the table was an all in shove for191,000 after Dayan's 37,000 under the gun bet. Johansson held J-J againstDaya's A-K suited. The flop was A-5-5 hurtling the EMOP Bulgaria winner intothe lead but an 8c gave Johansson a flush draw. It was false hope however asa brick on the river sank his challenge and he was out in eighth.

Ted Magnusson finished seventh having raised to 41,000 from the button,running into Jukka Ylinen's reraise to 253,000 and calling. Jukka showed K-Kand the Swede showed A-8. The flop came 9-6-2, the turn 10, giving Magnussonthe seven as an out, but a king on the river sealed his fate.

Reuven Dayan was the next casualty. Ylinen raised to 46,000 from earlyposition. The Israeli went all-in from the small blind with 176,000. The Finncalled with A-Q, dominating his opponent's K-Q suited which got no help fromthe board.

At this stage the players took a break and decided on a deal with eachplayer guaranteed fifth place and the rest of the payouts determined by thesize of their chip stacks.

The final table payouts were:

        1. Vladislav Shuravin - EUR39,675    2. Petr Pesko - EUR29,819    3. Martin Hjorth - EUR41,146    4. Jukka Ylinen - EUR28,837    5. Emil Westman - EUR23,021    6. Reuven Dayan - EUR10,300    7. Ted Magnusson - EUR8,772    8. Henrik Johansson - EUR7,224    9. Kim Frolander - EUR5,676

The European Masters of Poker makes its fourth stop in Barcelona, Spainfrom July 29 to August 1. Qualification for the EUR1,100 buy-in event is nowunderway across the Entraction network where poker players can qualify for aslittle as EUR2 or 200 VIP-points. Premium partners for the European Mastersof Poker are i4poker, Pokerihuone, Pinnacle Sports, KickOffPoker, DailyPoker,GoldWin Poker and 24hPoker.

There are nine daily satellites to the EUR100 Sunday Main Qualifier(19:40 CET) and five daily satellites to the EUR100 Wednesday Main Qualifier(19:40 CET).

A total of at least six packages are guaranteed in the prize pool eachSunday while four packages are guaranteed each Wednesday. Players can alsobuy in directly through their Entraction account.

Each package to the European Masters of Poker is worth EUR1,800 withEUR1,100 for the tournament buy-in and EUR700 for travel and hotel expenses.The event is again expected to attract around 300 players creating anestimated prize pool of EUR300,000.

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