Mykola Chornyi is from Ukraine. There’s a few ways to tell this. One: he has the bone structure of a descendant of the Varangians, the 9th Century vikings who settled the area around modern day Ukraine. Two: he wears Ukrainian colours in his winner’s photo. Three: this one may be most telling, the spreadsheet of results generated overnight by the PS Live system tells us that’s where he’s from.
Since Season 9 kicked off everyone that has arrived to play, no matter whether a Main Event or a fun-packed €330 turbo, gets a PS Live card, which you can read more about here.
Event #16, 12 December
Buy-in: €330
Game: NLHE
Players: 171
Prize pool: €49,760
1. Mykola Chornyi, Ukraine, €13,000
2. Petri Leino, Finland, €10,000
3. Dany Abdo Choufany, Canada, €4,850
4. Philippe Depieds, France, €3,630
5. Nadim Saoud, Lebanon, €2,980
6. Ilan Joseph Alvez, Israel, €2,340
7. Yuri Sean Van Dijk, Netherlands, €1,840
8. Przemyslaw Piotrowski, Poland, €1,340
9. Mirko Radovic, Montenegro, €1,040
10. Vladimir Petrov, Russia, €1,040
11. Hadley Andrews, UK, €960
12. Jemie Holland, UK, €960
13. Pasi Nousiainen, Finland, €850
14. Elie El Feghali, Lebanon, €850
15. Konstantinos Tzinis, Greece, €740
16. Antonio Jose Brandao Fernandes, Portugal, €740
17. Martin Hruby, Czech Republic, Team PokerStars Pro, €650
18. Anders Andersen, Denmark, €650
19. Eliyahu Barak, Israel, €650
20. Jean – Louis Albert Azulay, France, €650
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Rick Dacey is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.
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