Prior to his Deauville win, Dimov had cashed in six other events. He currently ranks No. 3 in the 2015 GPI Player of the Year race.

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More than 40 events were presented during the EPT Deauville Festival. Some of the other notables who captured titles: Vladimir Troyanovskiy, world top 10 Davidi Kitai, Georgios Sotiropoulos, Artur Koren, Ilan Boujenah and 2013 GPI European Rookie of the Year Adrian Mateos Diaz, who earned a pair of victories on the same day.

EPT DEAUVILLE MAIN EVENT: FINAL TABLE RESULTS

€5,300 buy-in; 592 entries; €2,841,600 prize pool

1st: Ognyan Dimov (Bulgaria), €543,700

2nd: Dany Parlafes (Romania), €338,700

3rd: Benjamin Buhr (France), €242,390

4th: Benjamin Pollak (France), €187,550

5th: Andrius Bielskis (Lithuania), €147,760

6th: Joseph Carlino (France), €115,650

7th: Massou Cohen (France), €85,530

8th: Matas Cimbolas (United Kingdom), €58,820