The PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague on the Hilton Prague continued at this time with the ultimate high-stakes occasion on the roster; the €10,200 No Restrict Maintain’em.
Teun Mulder reigned supreme over the entire subject dimension of 9 gamers, laying declare to the lion’s share of the €87,210 prize pool. Mulder took €56,710 in his ultimate try to guide a win right here in Prague.
After dispatching Enrico Camosci in heads-up play, Mulder confirmed that this consequence was his first money of this EPT cease as he claimed the ultimate five-figure buy-in PokerStars Silver Spadie of the collection
€10,200 No Restrict Maintain’em Outcomes
Motion of the Day
What seemed to be a quiet begin, with play commencing three-handed, quickly unfolded with electrical motion. With the addition of Enrico Camosci solely a matter of minutes into play, this quartet of expert excessive rollers acquired able to battle over the felt late into the night time.
Momentum began in Steve O’Dwyer’s favor; a well timed hero-call with simply king-high caught Vladas Tamasauskas‘ bluff red-handed, sending O’Dwyer to an early lead.
Nevertheless, this was a short-lived destiny for the previous EPT champion; solely a matter of fingers later, it was Camosci’s flip to hero-call O’Dwyer’s daring bluff to go away him the shortest participant within the room.
Earlier than the conclusion of Stage 1, Mihails Nikitins took the lead in a traditional match flip in opposition to O’Dwyer to ship him to the rail, however time is cash, and realizing this, O’Dwyer reentered the match from his cellphone earlier than the subsequent hand had even been dealt.
One other massive bluff from O’Dwyer noticed his second stack quickly land within the fingers of Tamasauskas, placing O’Dwyer on his third bullet earlier than the primary break.
Each Teun Mulder and Thomas Santerne caught information of the motion and shortly took to the felt. Santerne was attempting to find his fourth title at EPT Prague, however it didn’t final lengthy when his flopped straight flush draw collided with the premium pocket pair of Camosci, sending his first entry up in flames. Nevertheless, the French phenom’s trophy hunt continued as he swiftly reentered.
Two-Day Match Turns into One
The fast departures of Tamasauskas and Nikitins meant solely 4 gamers remained on the desk, prompting the ground to intervene. With two spots set to be paid, the match director elected to close registration and the race towards the cash started.
The third time was not the appeal for O’Dwyer as his funding of €30,600 noticed no return; his departure left the remaining trio on the stone cash bubble.
“I run so unhealthy!” had been the phrases of three-time EPT Prague champion Santerne as he misplaced his ultimate flip of the collection on the bubble. Though Santerne was in for 2 bullets at this time, his mixed winnings of €691,975 during the last fortnight, alongside three PokerStars trophies, ensured he left the desk in extremely excessive spirits regardless.
The Heads-Up Battle
Camosci began this heads-up match with a big chip benefit, however Mulder acquired straight to work. They performed virtually so long as the match that lead as much as it, however pot after pot constantly discovered their means into Mulder’s stack.
Given the depth of stacks, each gamers knew a double-up for Camosci would guarantee a battle late into the early morning. So when the match-up ultimately got here to a head, even Camosci began to root for Mulder to win.
“Please be over, I need to be away from this,” joked Camosci as his pocket queens collided with the ace-ten of Mulder. Camosci’s want was granted because the board ran out to provide Mulder a straight, alongside the trophy, title and €56,710.
“That was enjoyable,” mentioned Mulder. “We must always do that once more someday.” he joked.
