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EPT Prague 2011 Final

Saturday December the 10^th saw the final day of the EPT Prague 2011 when eight remaining players came back to the table to play for the champion’s title and €720,000 top prize. It was expected to be a short day however things did not turn out that way and at the end of the night Martin Finger was the last man standing with the trophy.

Mads Wissing became the first elimination of the day during the first 31 minutes, played to conclude the previous round. Wissing began the day with the shortest stack of just 420,000 chips and had to push all in from a late position with just 4d, 7s which came across Guillem Usero’s pocket eights. The board came with Ah, Ks, Qs, 7c and 6h sending Wissing to the cashier to collect his €66,700.

Andreas Wiese soon headed out of the room in the seventh place when he lost his battle against Usero. Wiese put all him money on pocket fives against Wiese’s Ac, 3c. The board of Ah, 2d, 2c, 9s, 4h eliminated Wiese from the game with €90,000.

Ari Engel was left with the smallest stack and was next to hit the rail when his As, 6s met Finger’s Ad, Jh. The board of 9h, 9c, 7c, 10d, 2s missed both players and Engel, who made over $2.5 million in his career online won his biggest live event prize of €125,000.

Denis Drobyna lasted a few hands more until he was left with his last 15 big blinds. He took action with Ac, 7c and got called by David Boyciyan with Ad, Kd. The flop of Kh, 9s, 5d left Drobyna no chance so he had to settle for the fifth place and €160,000 consolation prize.

Usero had a rollercoaster of a day and despite his winnings during the earlier stages he was eliminated in the forth place  when he shoved all in with Ah, 8d against Finger’s pocket kings. The board refused to cooperate and Usero headed to the cashier to collect his €205,000 forth place prize, the first six figure prize in his career.

Nicolas Levi from France finished in the third place. He was first crippled by a massive hand against David Boyaciayn, when both players went all in on the flop of Kc, 7s, 10c. Levi opened 7h, 10h but he was virtually drawing dead against Boyaciyan’s pocket kings. This hand diminished Levi’s stack by two thirds and at the end he had to take action and push all in with 8d, 6d. The flop of 8c, 4c, 3c brought Levi a pair but Finger’s Ac, Jd had too many outs. The Ah on the turn seal Levi’s fate and awarded him with €270,000 third place prize.

Thank left Boyaciyan and finger in the heads up. Boyaciyan began the heads up with 2:1 chips deficit. Both players agreed to settle with €620,000 for Finger, €535,000 for Boyaciyan and play for the remaining €100,000. The heads up took hours and at some stage Boyaciyan established a chips lead. Unfortunately for him his advantage only lasted a few hands. When first Finger made his opponent fold one of the biggest pots in the game and then later in the last hand Boyaciyan pushed all in with pocket tens against Ah, Ks of Finger’s a pair of kings on the flop sealed the victory for the German player and announced Martin Finger the champion of the EPT Prague 2011.

Boyaciyan chipped away at his opponent with methodical timing, and Finger began to struggle to win pots. After hours of battling, the Boyaciyan actually pipped into the chip lead, but his advantage lasted only a few hands. In one of the biggest hands of the day, Finger made a big shove on the turn to fold his opponent and regain a commanding chip lead, and the war was over just as short time later.