Friday the thirteenth is called the unluckiest date on the calendar, however for Mats Ullereng, it proved to be the precise reverse. Ullereng bested a discipline of 835 over three days of play to take house €265,560 within the €3,000 Thriller Bounty on the 2024 PokerStars European Tour Prague. The Norwegian grinder additionally pulled €2,000 in bounties from the chest on the Hilton Prague for a complete rating of €267,560.
That is his second EPT title this 12 months, having gained €144,520 for a first-place end within the €1,100 No Restrict Maintain’em at EPT Paris this February. He dispatched final 12 months’s €2,200 Eureka Excessive Curler champion Grzegorz Kozieja in heads-up play, which lasted simply shy of an hour. Ullereng scored his biggest-ever money, and Koizieja secured his second. He pulled €9,000 in bounties along with his second-place rating of €165,700.
Rounding out the rostrum locations was Jonas Hagstrom, who bagged €118,300 for his third-place end. Hagstrom, who predominantly performs on-line beneath the alias “flerrehuve,” additionally scored his second-biggest dwell payout. Hagstrom did, nonetheless, have extra luck on the bounty chest than the primary two finishers. He pulled a complete of €52,000 in bounties, which included €25,000 and €10,000 envelopes to spice up his whole haul to €170,300.
EPT Prague €3,000 Thriller Bounty Ultimate Outcomes
Winners Response
In speaking to PokerNews, Ullereng stated, “I am very comfortable to win, one in every of my associates [David Vinaya] was on the ultimate desk too, we journey collectively to EPT’s. I solely actually play dwell at EPT’s, most of my quantity is from taking part in on-line.”
Ullereng’s rapid plans are to “have fun and drink a number of beers earlier than flying house on Sunday.”
Ullereng bought into poker throughout COVID-19, and after a number of well-taken pictures, he “give up his job in advertising” to pursue poker. It is secure to say that the choice has paid some fairly sizeable dividends. The event rating is not the one cause for Ullereng to have fun, as he advised PokerNews, “Me and my girlfriend expect our first youngster collectively,” including to the baby-run-good poker superstition.
The Large Bounties
A lot of the large bounties have been pulled on Day 2, as gamers may money of their tokens for an elusive envelope from the beginning of Stage 15. David Savocka was the primary recipient of a €75,000 bounty, with the second going to Dean Hutchison earlier than play began right this moment. Eros Calderone acquired the remaining €75,000 bounty.
David Von Schnehen pulled a €40,000 on Day 2 however didn’t make Day 3. David Vinaya, a good friend of Ullereng, added a €40,000 bounty to his deep run.
Arni Gunnarsson, Mikolaj Zawadzki, Mengshi Tian, Joshua Gebissa, Raul Aguiar, and Francois Vincenti all pulled €25,000 bounties on Day 2. Hagstrom pulled the ultimate €25,000 bounty right this moment.
Ultimate Desk Play
After a flurry of bustouts, the sphere of 16 was whittled right down to the ultimate desk after two and a half hours of play. With no large bounties left, the gamers have been much less incentivized to gamble for stacks within the hope of pulling a giant rating from the chest.
The primary hand noticed Hagstrom rating an enormous double to ascend the chip counts. EPT champion Sebastian Malec was left quick however wasn’t the primary elimination of the ultimate desk.
Erik Bakker had his queens cracked by Zoufri and was despatched to the rail in ninth. Malec could not spin up his quick stack, and misplaced a preflop all in to Kozieja, who flopped a set. Malec busted in eighth.
Motion slowed down for a degree, and Zoufri was subsequent to depart by the hands of eventual champion Ullereng. Zoufri’s Large Slick was bested by Ullereng’s ace-jack.
Klemens Roiter had an up-and-down day. He was the primary elimination when play resumed after the primary break. Vinaya misplaced to runner-up Kozieja after the flop left the previous drawing extremely slim.
Galindo missed out on the primary podium place because the river paired Ullereng’s king.
The Ultimate Three
Earlier than the ultimate three took to their seats, an ICM deal was mentioned for a matter of moments as all three agreed to play to a winner.
Hagstrom misplaced an enormous flip after Ullereng flopped a set in a preflop all in to take the chip lead for the primary time in ultimate desk play.
The Swede then battled again and doubled by way of Kozieja. Kozieja topped the chip counts for an honest chunk of ultimate desk play.
Ullereng was lively all through, placing his tablemates in some tough spots. He tried to lure Kozieja, having turned a straight, however the Polish nationwide did not chew.
Hagstrom bought himself again into competition by doubling by way of Ullereng, however he finally fell to Kozieja who bested Hagstrom’s two pair with a full home.
Ullereng got here into heads-up play with a 3:1 chip lead, but it surely was Kozieja who drew first blood within the duel.
After that, it was seemingly one-way visitors as Ullereng used his large stack to his benefit, claiming large pots in back-to-back palms.
Ultimately, Kozieja succumbed to Ullereng. He bought it in good towards Ullereng, however the Poker Gods determined it was the Norweigan’s day.
