Heinrich Pauker has won the bwin.be sponsored World Poker Tour National Series Main Event in Brussels, after beating Yehoram Houri, in heads up action, to secure the €88,000 first prize.

Heinrich Pauker is the latest World Poker Tour (WPT) National Series champion. The German born, Belgian resident, securing victory at the bwin.be sponsored €1,200 Main Event at the Viage: Grand Casino Brussels.

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The event attracted 391 entrants. The total prize pool was €417,197, and the first prize of €88,000 went to Pauker. A huge confrontation with the talented Erwann Pecheux setting up a lopsided heads-up encounter against the relatively inexperienced Yehoram Houri.

45 players banked a minimum of €2,335: Marco Della Tommasina (30th), Pieter De-Korver (27th) and Barny Boatman (24th) were three of the better-known players to get paid.

The final day saw 21 players return to the felt. When the final table was reached, two players in particular stood out from the rest: Erwann Pecheux and Miroslav Alilovich.

Alilovich had a consistent 2014, including a career best score of $115,106 for an 11th place finish at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final Main Event in Monte Carlo. He was also close to making the cut for the French team at the Global Poker Masters (GPM). Alilovich ended this one in fifth.