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Sean Munjal wins MSPT Cleveland Poker Open for $140,00021 January 2019(PRESS RELEASE) -- The MSPT Season 10 Cleveland Poker Open at Jack Cleveland Casino drew 725 entries creating a $703,250 total prize pool, which made it by far the largest major poker tournament ($1K+ buy-in) in Cleveland’s history, breaking our own record from the previous year. In the end, it was Sean Munjal of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who navigated the field to take down a $140,654 first-place prize. “I feel amazing!” Munjal said while reflecting on his victory. “This is my first huge score. I was never a tournament player, I always played cash, I play a lot of higher stakes PLO cash games across the country, but I never play tournaments much. This was my first tournament of the year, so I’m off to a good start!” Many players with PLO backgrounds have penchants for being action players, but Munjal took a different approach to this tournament. “It’s different skill sets. Tournament No Limit Poker is a game of patience, a game of endurance; it’s a marathon. So, you have to adjust. And, today was my day!” Munjal’s girlfriend, described as “the love of my life,” was also on the rail through the final table, even bringing him chocolates at one point. “The first thing I’m going to do is pay off all my student loan debt. To be honest, I’ve been playing poker for close to ten years, and for me this is a dream come true. I’m really excited about it, and I think I’m going to use this to propel myself into other tournaments, play bigger games and stuff like that.” Munjal also had props for Adam Friedman, who was a thorn in his side all day. “Adam was one of the toughest opponents in the field today, I actually kinda blew up at him when I knocked him out, but it was because throughout the day he was difficult to deal with. So, props to him, he came and played a great tournament. He’s phenomenal.” Final Table Results Position | Player | Hometown | Prize 1 | Sean Munjal | Ann Arbor, MI | $140,654 2 | Anthony Carbone | Buffalo, NY | $86,500 3 | Adam Friedman | Gahanna, OH | $63,293 4 | Joel Brink | Estero, FL | $47,047 5 | Igor Ioffe | Reminderville, OH | $35,866 6 | John Mingus | Louisville, KY | $27,427 7 | Ed Mogilnicki | Cleveland, OH | $21,098 8 | Sean Troha | Cleveland, OH | $16,175 9 | Clinton Hubble | Midland, MI | $12,659 10 | Michael Pempin | Strongsville, OH | $10,478 |