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PokerStars.it EPT San Remo – Andrey Pateychuk Wins
Posted by: James Carter. - Fri, 2011-10-28 11:33
The final day of the PokerStars.it
EPT’s Main Event was quite an affair indeed. 8 players returned to action at the beginning of the final dash, and each and every one of these players was from a different country.
The goal was the taking down of the €800k top prize for each of these guys and none of them would settle for anything less. The day was expected to wrap up quickly, but the resilience of some at the final table drew the hostilities out. Eventually, it was Russia’s Andrey Pateychuk who rose to the top, taking down the title and the top prize.
Kevin MacPhee’s presence at the final table raised quite of bit of ruckus as a possible win of his would’ve crowned a double EPT Main Event winner. MacPhee had won the Main Event in Berlin in season six and he was quite well-positioned to win this one too. Things didn’t turn out well for the
PokerStars pro though. For the first 34 hands of the final table, he was nowhere to be seen. The 35th hand was to be his last. Barny Boatman was the one who put an official end to MacPhee’s hopes.
Italy’s hopes of keeping the title at home faded into thin air too when Rocco Palumbo, the sole remaining representative of the home side bit the dust in 7th place.
Start of the day chip leader Daniel Neilson was the one responsible for getting Pateychuk going. Neilson dropped a few pots and around the middle of the day, he lost the chip lead. Dimitar Danchev was the one who caught up with him, thanks to the elimination of France’s Yorane Kerignard in 6th place. Pateychuk then took a huge pot of Neilson, and proceeded to eliminate Jan Bendik and Barny Boatman. Neilson himself was the next victim. He bowed out in 3rd place setting up the heads-up stage between Pateychuk and Danchev. The most crucial hand of the heads-up action saw Pateychuk’s 6,7o best Danchev’s 10,9o.
