Live the Dream - 12/16 update

Here are the Summit Points leaders from 12/01 to 12/16:

Laut 75,136.85 Danish
MadSickoHead 56,814.35 dutch
sailfun 55,814.10 German
King_Hassan 53,143.35 french
user317704 52,642.55 dutch
ducleboss 47,832.55 french
laurent1313 46,046.25 french
Ze_Gnome 43,201.80 french
Ernesto_777 42,683.00 dutch
immortal8 42,197.50 dutch
jullle 36,851.99 french
Mux100 36,381.65 German
Djegum 35,523.70 dutch
raminator 34,115.40 German
tentalt 33,608.40 Norwegian
sjaak-afhaak 33,496.85 dutch
Common 32,089.90 German
Roelfs 31,253.50 dutch
Kaffedopp 29,934.09 Swedish
Skyscraper 29,060.65 dutch
Valo 29,018.75 dutch
yarzurf 28,541.85 English
Sacre94 28,491.80 french
WeakestLink 27,919.55 dutch
Aasisdebaas 27,886.53 dutch
boelie 27,407.40 English
russianblond 27,362.05 English
Thom1022 27,318.10 Swedish
the_1337 26,879.20 dutch
Balg 26,820.80 dutch
BigSpender80 25,366.75 Swedish
WalterSob 24,876.50 English
M.Jam 24,532.30 dutch
TheKometer 24,321.70 french
Joe_Chip 24,080.70 English
Unceasing 24,033.55 German
soFly- 24,027.00 English
overbored 23,984.80 English
NICOVEGAS 23,934.50 french
Mofox_IP 23,581.00 dutch
DestructOne 23,449.55 English
MADSAM 23,269.10 Swedish
erikzamboer 23,133.03 dutch
Drainlife 23,054.95 Danish
fjutsie 22,117.98 dutch
I_NEED_IT 21,747.60 dutch
grety333 21,677.55 Dutch
fritz2002 21,665.35 French
Puzo 21,591.20 spanish
1Kevboy 21,588.90 English

$100 000 guarantee - 12/16

Congratulations to the top 10 finishers of our last $100 000 guarantee:

carmax Italy $20,000.00
Ancelmi Finland $12,000.00
FEUJ-31 France $9,000.00
boldmovesir Finland $7,000.00
GoiaBinha Brazil $5,000.00
Cyphre Germany $3,750.00
jurin France $2,750.00
ooglenz Netherlands $1,750.00
Espectral Spain $1,500.00
godefroy09 Germany $1,250.00

EPT Pragues : The finale

Parisian Arnaud Mattern, 28, has won the European Poker Tour Prague event for a first prize of €708,400. Mattern, who is also a world-class backgammon player and the current French champion, triumphed against Italian Gino “El Diablo” Alacqua.

In the final hand, Mattern called Alacqua’s all-in raise. He had AK and paired the King on the turn, beating the Italian’s Q10.

Mattern is the third Frenchman to win an EPT – Jan Boubli won Season 2 Barcelona and Pascal Perrault won Season 1 Vienna. Mattern said: “This is the best result I’ve ever had. I did win the French Backgammon Championship but that was only €5,000! It was a very tough final table and, during the heads-up, Gino picked up a lot of good cards but I just picked my spot and my good hands stood up.”

Today was Mattern’s first EPT cash and more than ten times his previous best win – the Gutshot Poker Masters in 2006 for $51,000. As well as today’s first prize, Mattern also wins a €10,000 seat to the EPT Grand Final, which takes place in Monte Carlo in April 2008.

Runner-up Alacqua, who is single and lives in Milan, says he came to Prague hoping to find love. Instead he picked up €407,300 for second place. The 46-year-old antiques dealer only took up poker 18 months ago but won the Campione d’Italia €1k Main Event this summer and was runner-up in the 2006 Italian Championship.

High-stakes online player Kristian Kjondal, 21, from Oslo, Norway, came 3rd – adding €235,300 to the €471,000 he won last April for coming 4th in the EPT Season 3 Monte Carlo Grand Final. PokerStars player Johannes Strassman was 9th, winning €39,200.