Lukas Berglund wins WPT Spanish Championship

Written on 5/31/11 :

18-year old high school student takes down WPT Spanish Championship
 
Sweden's Lukas Berglund (18) pocketed Euro 206 000 and was crowned the WPT Spanish Championship's youngest-ever winner last night (Sunday).
 
The five-day Euro 3 500 buy-in event, held at Casino Barcelona in Barcelona, saw Berglund overcoming an overall field of 216 players and besting a final table of eight.
 
Berglund took the title after only four hands in heads-up play against Romain Matteoli.
 
The final table of eight finished up:
 
1.   Lukas Berglund           Euro 260 000
2.   Romain Matteoli          Euro 118 000
3.   Frederic Bussot          Euro 64 000
4.   Jorge Duffour              Euro 47 000
5.   Guillem Usero             Euro 40 000
6.   Alexander Sidorin-       Euro 33 500
7.   Artur Koren                 Euro 27 000
8.   Markus Ristola           Euro 20 200
 
 
The Swede's first prize includes a $25K seat to the WPT World Championship.