Parisian Arnaud Mattern, 28, has won the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague event – the first EPT to be held in the Czech capital - for a first prize of €708,400. Mattern, who is also a world-class backgammon player and the current French champion, triumphed against Italian Gino “El Diablo” Alacqua.

In the final hand, Mattern called Alacqua’s all-in raise. He had AK and paired the King on the turn, beating the Italian’s Q10.

Mattern is the third Frenchman to win an EPT – Jan Boubli won Season 2 Barcelona and Pascal Perrault won Season 1 Vienna.