Marvin Rettenmaier made history this week when he became the first player ever to win back-to-back World Poker Tour main events.

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The young German emerged victorious in the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, the first event of the new WPT season XI, after winning the WPT Championship $25,000 main event that closed season X in May.

My biggest wins were first place at the RPT in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2012 and at the WPT Merit Classic in August 2013, where I came third in the Main Event. This time I have won first place in WPT Super Hold’em and fifth place in Warm Up event of WPT Merit North Cyprus Classic’14. Merit Poker Classic, organized in cooperation with Poker Club Management and partypoker LIVE, will be held at Merit Crystal Cove Hotel & Casino in North Cyprus from 2nd to 12th May, 2019. With more than $5,000,000 in combined guarantees, featuring a $5,300 Main Event with $3,000,000 GTD, Merit Poker Classic is set to be a must-not-miss event.

Rettenmaier topped a field of 329 entires, earning the $287,784 first-place prize and 720 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. As a result he climbed into third place in the overall standings with 3,272 points and $1,872,791 in year-to-date earnings. This was Rettenmaier’s third title of the year, and sixth final table finish as well.

Merit Poker Classic Main Event 2019

Merit Poker Classic, Kyrenia. 2.1k away from Montenegro, as the crow flies, lies the Merit Crystal Cove in Kyrenia, and between Wed 8 and Sat 11 May, there will be a $25,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller as part of the Merit Poker Classic.

Rettenmaier eliminated all five of his final table opponents en route to victory, as well as seventh place finisher Erik Cajelais the day before. Cajelais took home $43,690 and 180 points, moving him into 27th place in the rankings for making his fourth final table appearance of 2012.

• The penultimate day of the Merit Poker Classic $5,300 Main Event has come to an end after six levels of 75 minutes have been played and sixteen players have found a bag to tag. Partypoker pro Ludovic Geilich claimed the Day 4 chip lead when he bagged 8,080,000 in chips.
• The 2019 Merit Poker Classic Main Event Final Table 2019 Merit Poker Classic Main Event Final Day Action. Sixteen players returned at noon local time for the final day of the Merit Poker Classic, with start-of-the-day chip leader Geilich was off to a bad start when he first doubled up Anatoly Suvarov and Duta.

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Here is a look at the payout and POY points awarded at this final table:

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