Raul Mestre Wins International Federation of Poker World Championship and $250K: Beats Victoria Coren

Written by :

Patrick Flanigan

Published on :

21 November, 2011

Spaniard Raul Mestre was declared the winner of the International Federation of Poker World Championship and takes home $250,000. In the end, he went head to head with big name female poker pro Victoria Coren of the United Kingdom.

The World Championship was the final event of the first ever IFP World Championships that was held in London, UK. The German team won the first event of the Championships, the Nations Cup.

Raul Mestre has won $505,730 in live events to date with 5 cashes. He has enjoyed massive success in just the last couple of months, having won the EPT Barcelona No Limit Hold’em Championship back in August.

Coren has won just shy of $1.2 million in live tournaments to date with her biggest cashout being at the European Poker Championships PokerStars EPT/Season 3 EPT No Limit Hold’em Championship in 2006. In fact, most of her winnings occurred her. She took home over $937,000 in that event.

FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS AND PLACINGS

PLACE	PLAYER	COUNTRY	PAYOUT
1st	Raul Mestre	Spain	$250,000
2nd	Victoria Coren	United Kingdom	$100,000
3rd	Igor Trafane	Brazil	$50,000
4th	Slavko Tomic	Serbia	$25,000
5th	Marsha Waggoner	Australia	$20,000
6th	Sandra Naujoks	Germany	$17,500
7th	Takuo Serita	Japan	$15,000
8th	Tim Reese	Germany	$12,500
9th	Kinichi Nakata	Japan	$10,000

- Patrick Flanagan, Gambling911.com

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