It was the biggest WPT outside the U.S.. And the winner goes the Russian Andrei Paveytchuk one in the books. Besides the enormous trophy he pocketed the equivalent of € 470 000. Stanislav Kretz of Germany was third after a great performance.
At about 0.45 clock it was over. A two-hour heads-up duel between the Spaniard Adria Balaguer and the winner of the EPT San Remo, Pateychuk Andrey from Russia came to an end with the following hand:
Pateychuk raised to 600,000, Balaguer was advertised at all and his Russian opponent Istante the call. The young Spaniard was with pocket queens against A♥ 5♠ Paveytchuk clear of the front. But the use give anything if it is a heating, how to do Andrej Paveytchuk.
The flop came 9♠ 7♠ 4♠ and he who held no spade was Balaguer. A Paveytchuk needs the spade but do not, because the 3♥ gave him more outs. And indeed, the river was the 2♣, Gave the Russians a straight and the WPT title with it. With an intermediate level in the heads-up chip of 10:1 against him, and incredible luck on day 3 Paveytchuk seems now, as protected by the holy hand.
He began his incredible Heater in summer, when he 15th ($ 478,174) in the WSOP Main Event was. Only a few weeks later he won the EPT San Remo for $ 937,530 more. And now come again to 468 200 €.
Is presented in excellent form, the German poker scene. Tobias Meier Reinke finished the tournament as the € 3,500 euro eleventh and Stanislav Kretz even saw a long time, like the future winner. Gone as chip-dominator in recent days, he was also the first online Bustout of crack cocaine and EPT Snowfest runner up 2010 Russell Carson from Canada.
But then he left and the fortune he came back not really more. The third place and 160,000 € for the previously not have appeared in Kretz, not necessarily life changing, in a higher league but they catapult him forever. At today launched EPT Prague, we will probably see him again.
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And the payouts are the final table:
First Place: Paveytchuk Andrey (Russia), 470.000 €
Second Place: Adria Balaguer (Spain), 225.000 €
Third Place: Stanislav Kretz (Germany), 160.000 €
4th Place: Benjamin Pollack (France), 105.000 €
5th Place: Sigurd Eskeland (Norway), 80,000 €
6th Place: Russell Carson (Canada), 63.000 €