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EPT Barcelona Final Table report
Posted by: James Carter. - Mon, 2008-09-15 16:45
Having started the final table in second place as far as the chip counts went, Sebastian Ruthenberg never gave up the edge he came to the table with, and survived everyone else to take down the €1,361,000 first prize and the EPT trophy. All-in-all, 2008 turned out to be a pretty good year for the German player, who’s won his first WSOP bracelet earlier this ear.
The final table participants were: Martin Nielsen (from Denmark) with 1,229,000 chips, Sebastian Ruthenberg (Germany) with 1,204,000 chips, Samuel Chartier (Canada) with 879,000, Dren Ukella (Germany) with 734,000, Fintan Gavin (Ireland) with 701,000, Davidi Kitai (Belgium) with 600,000, Jason Mercier (US) with 526,000 and Daniele Mazzia (Italy) with 359,000.
Since all players were relatively generously stacked, it took a while until the eliminations began to trickle. When they did though, two players fell to the attrition in quick succession. Martin Nielsen was the first to head to the rail as he called a preflop raise by Jason Mercier on a pocket hand of A,2. Mercier flipped over a pair of 10s, and the board brought no changes.
Samuel Chartier was the next to fall when he ran his Kh,10h into Fintan Gavin’s A,9. The flop came J,7,2 with no flush draw for Chartier. Neither the turn nor the river brought any improvement for either player, and therefore Chartier’s day ended in 7th place.
Jason Mercier ended up in 6th. He pushed all-in on his 7,7, but he was unfortunate enough to do it on a hand in which Fintan Gavin had picked up a pair of Qs. Since the board brought no improvement, Mercier’s day came to a quick end.
Dren Ukella was the next player to fall victim to a raging Fintan Gavin as his Ah,4h fell to the latter’s Q,9 as a 9 fell on the flop.
Daniele Mazzia was then eliminated by Sebastian Ruthenberg, and Davidi Kitai finished in 3rd.
The heads-up play between Ruthenberg and Gavin lasted only for 3 hands, as the former secured the win with Kc,9c against Gavin’s 4,7. The flop did put Gavin ahead briefly, but the turn literally turned things around.
