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EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final – High Rollers event
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2010-05-04 06:10
The 6th season of the
PokerStars EPT did not conclude with the end of the Main Event. There was one more confrontation that needed to work its way down to a winner: the €25k High Rollers’ Event.
This expensive
poker tournament yielded a field of 113 starters, of which Tobias Reikenmeier emerged as the champion on the final day of action. Reikenmeier won €965k, having bested Olivier Busquet heads-up.
Due to the steep cost of registration, the High Rollers’ event attracted a high percentage of “name” players. The 8-handed final table confirmed the initial makeup of the starting field: all 8 participants were experienced and successful players, and none of them would fade away without a fight.
As soon as the final table action kicked off, it became obvious these guys were all business. The first hand resulted in the first victim hitting the rail. Michael Friedrich was a short-stack and he seized his chance to double up when he picked up A,4o on the very first deal. He shoved all-in and got a call by Allen Bari who had Ac, Qh. The flop fell 3,5,6 all clubs, giving Friedrich a gutshot straight draw and Bari a 4 card Flush. The 2 on the turn filled up Friedrich’s straight, but the 10c on the river completed Bari’s nut flush for the win.
Bari’s Poker tournament would come to an end too a few hands later though. He got it all-in with A,K against Reikenmeier’s pocket Ks and the board failed to come to his aid.
Sorel Mizzi was the one who followed him to the rail in 6th place, after his A,8 proved to be no good against Reikenmeier’s A,Qo.
Paul Berende was eliminated by Oliver Busquet next and Tom Marchese followed him to the rail when he lost a coin-flip against Dori Yacoub.
Yacoub was the one to head to the rail next, sent there courtesy of Tobias Reikenmeier, setting up the heads-up stage of the poker tournament.
Reikenmeier took on Busquet heads-up in a see-sawing battle which lasted until a major pot tipped the match-up in Reikenmeier’s favor. The final hand of the game saw Reikenmeier’s pocket Qs go up against Busquet’s A,2 on a board full of blanks.
