Fin en queue de poisson pour Bertrand Grospellier qui avait démarré l'ultime journée du Main Event PokerStars Festival Rozvadov à 1100e l'entrée avec le 2e tapis des 37 survivants.
ElkY a connu un mauvais début de journée et n'a pas réussi à rétablir la situation. Le Français envoie finalement ses 8 dernières blindes avec et s'incline face à pour une 23e place bien frustrante.
Il a fallu 18 heures de jeu (la finale a commencé à minuit après une entame à 12 heures 30 !) pour départager les derniers rescapés d'un field de 1 123 entrants et c'est donc sur le coup des 7 heures du matin, mardi que Petr Svoboda s'est imposé à domicile. Le Tchèque avait 13 blindes en début de finale mais remporte 124 346€ et succède à Rehman Kessam, vainqueur à Londres du premier PS Festival sur le sol européen !
Le tournoi s'est conclu sur un deal après la sortie du sympathique belge Cenk "Mario" Oguz en 5e position (39 078€). Le Polonais Michal Lubas finit runner-up pour un gain de 91,000€. Le Slovaque Stanislav Koleno encaisse 87,444€ et complète le podium alors que l'Allemand Michael Rohde capture 78 966€ grâce à cet arrangement financier.
Chipleader du tournoi un long moment, le Hongrois Peter Kamaras termine 7e pour 20 816€. Rehman Kassam était présent lors de l'ultime journée mais il a manqué la dernière table et le doublé, éliminé rapidement par le William Kassouf local, Martin Kabrhel.
Michal Lubas shoved 5,600,000 and Petr Svoboda called.
Michal Lubas:
Petr Svoboda:
Svoboda took the lead on a flop. Lubas picked up some outs on the turn, but the on the river decided it. After 18,5 hours, the final day has finally come to an end.
Michal Lubas may have missed out on the trophy, with a payday of €91,000 he can look back at a fantastic run.
After the deal, Michael Rohde was completely done with it. He called all in with after Petr Svoboda had shoved with . The board came down and Rohde could finally get some sleep. He received €78,966 for his astonishing run.
After more than two hours of five-handed play, somebody eventually had to succumb. It was Cenk Oguz, who started the final table strong but slowly saw his stack dwindling down.
In Oguz' last hand, he shoved 4,5 big blinds from the button with . Petr Svoboda called with in the big blind and spiked an eight on to send Oguz home.
With the players now playing for 17 hours straight, Stanislav Koleno opened to 600,000 with . Michael Rohde three-bet to 1,200,000 with . Petr Svoboda four-bet to 2,700,000 with and Koleno folded.
Rohde shoved for 6,850,000 and Svoboda went in the tank. It was 4,150,000 more to call for the Czech and he made the sick laydown after three minutes. What would have been a probable chop now became a massive pot for Rohde.
Marian Flesar raised to 475,000 on the button with and Michael Rohde defended his big blind with . The flop was and Rohde check-called a bet of 650,000.
The on the turn was gin for Rohde and he checked. Flesar elected to shove 3,660,000 into a pot of 2,500,000 and Rohde snapped him off. Suddenly, Flesar was in a world of hurt and the on the river sealed it. The Slovakian went home with €28,086 for his 6th place finish.
Peter Kamaras shoved 1,580,000 from under the gun. Action got folded around to Marian Flesar in the big blind, who looked at his cards and snap-called.
Peter Kamaras:
Marian Flesar:
The man who led after Day 1 and Day 2 found himself on the brink of elimination. The flop gave him some gutshot outs for the miracle escape, but the jacks remained in the deck on the turn and river.
The colorful Hungarian knocked on the table, congratulated his opponents and headed to the payout desk to collect his seventh place prize money of €20,186.
Stanislav Koleno shoved 2,525,000 from early position with . Behind him, Michael Rohde tank-folded . Jan Stariat called all in for 1,665,000 from the small blind with and faced possible elimination.
The flop was to give Stariat a big lead but the on the turn left him drawing dead. The meaningless river made it official: Jan Stariat became the first bustout at the final table and cashed €14,508.
After paying the blinds and antes, Sonay Kehya had 1,190,000 left. When it was folded to the Dutchman, he went for it in late position and found a customer in Cenk Oguz.
Sonay Kehya:
Cenk Oguz:
The Dutchman needed help to escape but didn't get it on an board. Kehya finished in 9th place and received €14,508 for his great run.
With Kehya's elimination, the official final table is now set. Pictures are being shot, players profiles are being written and the stream with hole cards is being prepared. The official final table will start shortly with a few minutes left in the level 50,000/100,000.