Ludovic Geilich Wins partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Open
Ludovic Geilich secured the second-largest cash of his live poker tournament career when he won the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Open for �250,000 ($309,587).
partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Open Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Original Prize | Prize in $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | �250,000 | $309,587 |
| 2 | Joey Weissman | United States | �155,000 | $191,923 |
| 3 | Rasmus Vogt | Denmark | �105,000 | $130,027 |
| 4 | Balazs Biri | Hungary | �75,000 | $92,866 |
| 5 | Martin Gerrits | Netherlands | �54,870 | $67,941 |
| 6 | Christophe De Meulder | Belgium | �38,250 | $47,359 |
| 7 | Mauricio Sanchez | Israel | �27,500 | $34,049 |
| 8 | Rodrigo Jose Mendes Alexandre | Portugal | �20,000 | $24,763 |
| 9 | Jani Vilmunen | Finland | �15,000 | $18,572 |
Scotland��s Geilich was one of 1,716 entrants who played across four starting flights in the �1,100 buy-in �1 million guaranteed event. Some 207 players received prize money for their efforts, with a min-cash worth �2,700 and a final table appearance boosting that sum to a more substantial �15,000.
Some of those who made it into the money places included Andrew ��stato_1�� Hulme (188th for �3,000), Martin Jacobson (185th for �3,000), Darryll Fish (143rd for �3,500), Team partypoker��s Anatoly Filatov (130th for �4,000), Maria Ho (128th for �4,000), Jason Wheeler (119th for �4,000), Team partypoker��s Richard Dubini (88th for �4,750), Anthony Spinella (37th for �6,500), and Alex Goulder (28th for �6,500).
Finland��s Jani Vilmunen was the first casualty of the final table and he walked away with �15,000. Vilmunen is a World Series of Poker bracelet winner having taken down the ��5,250 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the 2009 WSOP Europe in London.
Next to fall was Portugal��s Rodrigo Jose Mendes Alexandre and he was followed to the cashier��s cage by Mauricio Sanchez and Belgium��s Christophe De Meulder whose �38,250 haul represents his best-ever live score.
Dutchman Martijn Gerrits also got his hands on his largest live poker tournament score when he collected �54,870 for his fifth-place finish and the same can be said for Hungary��s Balasz Biri who banked �75,000 for his fourth-place finish.
Third-place and �105,000 went to Denmark��s Rasmus Vogt who now has more than $500,000 in live poker tournament winnings. Vogt finished fourth in a �1,100 partypoker LIVE Eurasian Poker Tour event for �45,000 in December 2017.
Heads-up pitted Geilich against the talented Joey Weissman. A WSOP bracelet winner after taking down a $2,500 No-Limit Hold��em event at the 2012 WSOP, Weissman proved to be a tough opponent for Geilich but an opponent who Geilich eventually brushed aside to leave Weissman to collect the �155,000 consolation prize.
With this latest victory, the seventh of his career, Geilich has broken through the $2.1 million barrier for live tournament winnings, an impressive figure that is surely only going to rise in the coming months.
Apr. 11 sees Day 1a and Day 1b of the �10 million guaranteed Main Event begin, Day 3 of the Warm Up play out and the �100,000 Super High Roller crown its champion. Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final festival for regular live updates.
