Großer Triumph für die Deutschen in London. Sebastian Pauli hat es tatsächlich geschafft und sich den Titel beim £ 4.250 Main Event der European Poker Tour geschnappt. Damit holte er nicht nur den prestigeträchtigen Sieg und die begehrte EPT Trophäe sondern kassierte auch satte £499.700.
Bereits als der Finaltisch begann sah es für die deutschsprachige Pokercommunity gut aus, denn mit Artur Koren und Sebastian Pauli hatten es gleich zwei Deutsche ins Finale geschafft, wobei Sebastian sogar den Chiplead inne hielt. Und am Ende sollte es ein Start-Ziel-Sieg für ihn werden, auch wenn es dahin ein langer Weg war.
Artur Koren schaffte am Ende einen respektablen vierten Platz und nahm dafür £168.900 mit nach Hause, als er in der letzten Hand schließlich seine Chips mit Pockets Eights gegen Queen-Jack investierte und im Showdown das Nachsehen hatte. Nachdem dann die Deal-Verhandlungen zu dritt scheiterten und anschließend Kevin Killeen auf Rang Drei ausschied, hieß es Heads-up zwischen Sebastian Pauli und Kevin MacPhee, wobei der Deutsche fast doppelt so viele Chips hatte, wie sein Gegner aus den USA.
Erneut wurde über einen Deal verhandelt, doch abermals konnten sich die Spieler nicht einigen und damit ging der Kampf um den Titel weiter. Gegen 2:30 Uhr fiel dann die Entscheidung. In der entscheidenden Hand pushte Kevin mit All-in und Sebastian bezahlte mit auf der Hand. Das Board änderte nichts und damit ging der Sieg nach Deutschland.
POS | NAME | COUNTRY | STATUS | PRIZE |
1 | Sebastian Pauli | Germany | PokerStars player | £499.700 |
2 | Kevin MacPhee | USA | PokerStars qualifier | £308.500 |
3 | Kevin Killeen | Ireland | PokerStars player | £220.500 |
4 | Artur Koren | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | £168.900 |
5 | Jake Cody | UK | Team PokerStars Pro | £133.800 |
6 | Jakub Mroczek | Poland | Live Satellite | £104.200 |
7 | Jonathan Bensadoun | France | £75.900 | |
8 | Pablo Gordillo | Spain | PokerStars player | £51.900 |
9 | Benny Spindler | Germany | £41.100 | |
10 | Raffaele Sorrentino | Italy | PokerStars player | £33.500 |
11 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | PokerStars qualifier | £33.500 |
12 | Jonas Lauck | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | £27.750 |
13 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | PokerStars qualifier | £27.750 |
14 | Gino Gabriel | UK | £25.100 | |
15 | Yann Pineau | France | £25.100 | |
16 | Simon Deadman | UK | PokerStars player | £22.500 |
17 | Daniel Erlandsson | Sweden | £22.500 | |
18 | William Chattaway | UK | £19.900 | |
19 | Zahi Harel | Israel | PokerStars qualifier | £19.900 |
20 | Jareth East | £19.900 | ||
21 | Bram Haenraets | Netherlands | PokerStars player | £17.300 |
22 | Alexander Trevallion | UK | £17.300 | |
23 | Marko Neumann | Germany | PokerStars player | £17.300 |
24 | Simon Taberham | Australia | Live Satellite | £14.800 |
25 | Sven Wendt | Germany | £14.800 | |
26 | Marco Caza | Canada | £14.800 | |
27 | Liv Boeree | UK | Team PokerStars Pro | £14.800 |
28 | Fatima Moreira de Melo | Netherlands | Team PokerStars SportStar | £13.000 |
29 | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | Canada | Team PokerStars Pro Online | £13.000 |
30 | Fadhil Farag | Sweden | £13.000 | |
31 | Leo Nordin | Sweden | PokerStars player | £13.000 |
32 | Sergio Aido | Spain | PokerStars player | £11.400 |
33 | Kai Herold | Germany | £11.400 | |
34 | Christian Favale | Italy | £11.400 | |
35 | Mickey Petersen | Denmark | Team PokerStars Pro Online | £11.400 |
36 | Francis Foord-Brown | United Kingdom | £11.400 | |
37 | Benjamin Roberts | United Kingdom | £11.400 | |
38 | Chris Moorman | United Kingdom | £11.400 | |
39 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | PokerStars player | £11.400 |
40 | Osman Mustanoglu | Turkey | PokerStars qualifier | £9.800 |
41 | Marek Uharcek | Slovakia | £9.800 | |
42 | Johnny Lodden | Norway | Team PokerStars Pro | £9.800 |
43 | Christopher Wood | United Kingdom | PokerStars player | £9.800 |
44 | Martijn Dingeman Ardon | Netherlands | PokerStars player | £9.800 |
45 | Ramey Shaio | United Kingdom | £9.800 | |
46 | Joseph Grech | United Kingdom | Live Satellite | £9.800 |
47 | Zachary Korik | United States | PokerStars qualifier | £9.800 |
48 | Allan Andrew Pike | United Kingdom | £9.800 | |
49 | David Cabrera | Spain | PokerStars player | £9.800 |
50 | Mihails Morozovs | Latvia | PokerStars player | £9.800 |
51 | Nicholas Markou | United Kingdom | £9.800 | |
52 | Javier Contreras | Spain | PokerStars player | £9.800 |
53 | Robert Haigh | Germany | PokerStars qualifier | £9.800 |
54 | Emil Patel | Finland | PokerStars qualifier | £9.800 |
55 | Anatoly Filatov | Russian Federation | Live Satellite | £9.800 |
56 | Mikael Jean | Lebanon | £8.750 | |
57 | Ilan Boujenah | Israel | PokerStars player | £8.750 |
58 | David Vamplew | United Kingdom | PokerStars qualifier | £8.750 |
59 | Egidijus Dovidaitis | Lithuania | £8.750 | |
60 | Panu Miettinen | Finland | PokerStars player | £8.750 |
61 | Javier Tazon | Spain | PokerStars player | £8.750 |
62 | Simon Higgins | United Kingdom | PokerStars qualifier | £8.750 |
63 | Kent Fredrik Andersson | Sweden | PokerStars player | £8.750 |
64 | Mikhail Petrov | Russian Federation | PokerStars player | £8.750 |
65 | Frei Dilling | Denmark | PokerStars qualifier | £8.750 |
66 | Viacheslav Goryachev | Russian Federation | PokerStars player | £8.750 |
67 | Leo McClean | United Kingdom | £8.750 | |
68 | Phil Shaw | United Kingdom | PokerStars player | £8.750 |
69 | Vincent Gabel | Belgium | PokerStars qualifier | £8.750 |
70 | Thomas Mjeldheim | Norway | £8.750 | |
71 | Willie Tann | United Kingdom | £8.750 | |
72 | Aleksander Spadijer | Montenegro | £7.750 | |
73 | Alfie Adam | United Kingdom | £7.750 | |
74 | Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | Team PokerStars Pro | £7.750 |
75 | Robert Kuhn | United States | PokerStars player | £7.750 |
76 | Pierre Chevalier | France | £7.750 | |
77 | Nickolas Davies | United States | PokerStars player | £7.750 |
78 | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | PokerStars qualifier | £7.750 |
79 | Fady Kamar | Lebanon | £7.750 | |
80 | Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | France | Team PokerStars Pro | £7.750 |
81 | Salman Behbehani | Kuwait | PokerStars player | £7.750 |
82 | Patryk Slusarek | United Kingdom | £7.750 | |
83 | Bo Daniel Nilsson | Sweden | £7.750 | |
84 | Marcin Wydrowski | Poland | PokerStars qualifier | £7.750 |
85 | Sofia Lovgren | Sweden | £7.750 | |
86 | Ezequiel Macho | Spain | £7.750 | |
87 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | £7.750 | |
88 | Jabran Zahid | United Kingdom | £7.750 | |
89 | Martin Staszko | Czech Republic | PokerStars qualifier | £7.750 |
90 | Adam Joseph Reynolds | United Kingdom | PokerStars player | £7.750 |
91 | Samuel Tony Gilbert | United Kingdom | PokerStars player | £7.750 |
92 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | Greece | PokerStars player | £7.750 |
93 | Sam Trickett | United Kingdom | £7.750 | |
94 | Mateusz Zbikowski | United Kingdom | PokerStars qualifier | £7.750 |
95 | Nikolaus Teichert | Germany | PokerStars player | £7.750 |