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PokerStars EPT Tallinn – Day 5 report – Kevin Stani wins
Posted by: Jo Martin - Tue, 2010-08-17 14:56
The player with all eyes on him at the
EPT Tallinn’s final table was
PokerStars France pro Arnaud Mattern. He had the experience, he had the swagger, and most importantly, he had the chip lead going into the final day of the
poker tournament.
At the end of it all though, it would not be him grasping the trophy and grinning with badly masked excitement on account of the €400k prize in his pocket.
Mattern played well, but he got sunk by a two outer which hit his opponent. Stani did extremely well too. The Norwegian folded when he had to and forged ahead when the situation called for it. He was always in the right place at the right time. He had finished 127th in the WSOP’s Main Event this summer, so he had already shown potential before his championship bid.
Mattern came out firing on all cylinders, and he drew first blood at the final table. Bassam Elnajjar was the first victim. He was followed to the rail by Nicolo Calia. Steven Van Zadelhoff was the 6th place man. His Q,9o proved to be no match for Stani’s pocket Qs.
Mikko Jaatinen was the next victim, his 5th place finish worth exactly €80k. Mattern was the one responsible for his demise too.
Dmitry Vitkind proved to be the master of the short-stack at the final table, but with so many players on the sidelines already, his bells tolled too. He fell at Stani’s hands, who then ran his pocket 3s right into Mattern’s pocket Qs. The 3h which fell on the river was a true dagger for the Frenchman, who was thus sent to the rail in 3rd place.
The heads-up battle between Stani and Konstantin Bilyauer lasted for a while but eventually the Norwegian cleaned house and took home the €400k first prize.
