Italian Mustapha Kanit has won the €50,000 buy-in European Poker Tour Monte Carlo High Roller after defeating the Canadian, Mike Watson, in heads-up action, to take the first prize of €936,500.

Mustapha Kanit is currently the #1 ranked Italian poker player according to the Global Poker Index (GPI). Keep this run up, and it’s inevitable that he will one day break into the world’s top 10.

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Kanit has emerged victorious in the €50,000 buy-in European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo High Roller event. He beat the Canadian Mike Watson, in heads-up action, to take home €936,500. It’s the largest prize of his young career.