Mike Watson Becomes Third Player in History to Win Two Live EPT Main Event Titles
Mike Watson was one card away from being eliminated on Day 4 of the EPT Monte Carlo €5,300 Main Event as part of the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® with just two cards in the deck that could help him. Not only did he hit one of them, the Canadian high-stakes veteran climbed back to win the event on Day 6 for €749,425 and his second EPT Main Event title.
Watson, who previously took down the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) Main Event for $728,325, became just the third player in poker history to win two live EPT Main Event titles. Vicky Coren-Mitchell was the first to do it in 2014 before Mikalai Pobal joined the two-time EPT champion club in 2019, while Sweden's "WhatIfGod" won consecutive EPT Online Main Events in 2020 and 2021.
"It's an amazing accomplishment," Watson told PokerNews in a winner's interview. "You know, winning two main events on the same tour is really hard. And yeah, I just feel really lucky that I was able to pull it off today."
07/05/2023