Spain, November 30th 2009 — The second edition of the popular Spanish Poker Tour <http://www.thespanishpokertour.es.php/> came to a dramatic finish yesterday when Dutch poker pro Steven 'Viktor' van Zadelhoff won the final of the SPT in Costa Meloneras, Canary Islands (Spain).
A member of Everest Poker's Team Everest <http://www.everestpoker.com/en/community/team-everest>, Steven used his five years of poker knowledge and practice to beat fellow opponent Rob Sherwood of the UK in a nail biting head's up final on Sunday November 29th, pocketing €100,000.
"The SPT is a fantastic event" he commented after his win. "A great structure, a great location and I couldn't have been happier to win the Grand Finale which had some of the toughest opponents around. This really wasn't just the luck of the Dutch!"
The Spanish Poker Tour Final which is sponsored by Everest Poker <http://www.everestpoker.com>, attracted around 100 players from across Europe to the Gran Casino Costa Meloneras in the Spanish Canary Isles. Several well known poker faces including poker pro Pablo Ubierna from Spain and Team Everest members Maria Maceiras, Fabrice Soulier, Antoine Saout, Voitto Rintala and Cristiano Blanco all pitted their wits to win the Final event.
Poker's renowned tournament director Thomas Kremser and TK Events provided the structure and direction of the event which had a 300,000? guaranteed prize pool, however this year's event was made even more spectacular through live streaming available on the Everest Poker blog <http://www.everestpoker.com/blog> and commented on by notable poker experts.
The whole tournament was filmed exclusively for Everest Poker and will be broadcast in Spain in 2010.
For more details and for images of Steven in action, please contact Mara M. Delgado:
Email: mmdelgado@everestgaming.com
Cell phone: (+34) 608 68 49 36