The first heavyweight contest of PokerStars’ European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo is over, and Sylvain Loosli has booked his fifth win after overcoming a field of 70-entrants.

Poker’s ivy tendrils have spread to the Monte Carlo Bay Resort and Casino, and every Tarzan and Jane is currently swinging into the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) hoping for a performance worthy of the crescendo of crashing cymbals and a trumpeting fanfare.

The first to experience such a thing is Sylvain Loosli.

The Winamax Pro has taken down the first heavyweight contest of the festival – €10,300 No-Limit Hold’em, after defeating the unknown entity Georgios Kitsios in heads-up action.