David Yan has won the 2016 European Poker Tour Malta €25,750 no-limit hold’em high roller event, topping a field of 65 total entries to win the title and the first-place prize of €465,800 ($507,722 USD).

“I’m pretty proud of it. It’s tough to explain, but it surely feels pretty nice. It’s pretty cool,” said Yan.

The 23-year-old poker pro from New Zealand also earned 504 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his sixth final table finish and his third title run of this year, having taken down a €1,650 WSOP International Circuit event earlier this month and a $1,150 AUD buy-in six-max no-limit hold’em event on the Aussie Millions.

With 3,234 POY points and $1,579,397 in year-to-date earnings Yan has climbed into 19th place within the Player of the Year standings.

Other big names who made the money include Adrian Mateos Diaz (9th – $50,336), Davidi Kitai (7th – $85,075), Ole Schemion (6th – $107,627), Max Silver (4th – $178,793) and Oleksii Koroshenin (3rd – $236,966).

Here is a glance on the payouts and POY points awarded on this event:

Place	Player	Earnings (USD)	POY Points
1	David Yan	$507,722	504
2	Ramin Hajiyev	$364,496	420
3	Oleksii Khoroshenin	$236,966	336
4	Max Silver	$178,793	252
5	Mikita Badziakouski	$138,866	210
6	Ole Schemion	$107,627	168
7	Davidi Kitai	$85,075	126
8	Patrick Leonard	$65,945	84
9	Adrian Mateos Diaz	$50,336

Winner photo courtesy of PokerStars / Neil Stoddart.

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