Paul Phua may not have won the big prize at this year’s 11 million Euro first prize Monte Carlo One Drop, but he got a great second best. On the last day of the four day event – one of the richest on the poker calendar – Paul Phua won the €752,700 pot on Monday’s re-entry poker game. He beat a field of 12 other players around the poker table, coming out on top against Mikita Badziakouski from Belarus in a final heads-up battle. It’s Paul’s second biggest ever win in tournament play. At one stage in the game, Paul Phua sent professionals of the standard of Andrew Robl and Tom Marchese to the spectator rail after a three-way all in.
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