After three days of play, Thailand’s Kannapong Thanarattrakul outlasted 20 gamers on Day 3 to win the €10,300 Excessive Curler at PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague.
The sector of 274 generated a prize pool of €2,454,100, from which Thanarattrakul collected €543,750 for the victory.
The victory capped off a dominating Day 3 through which Thanarattrakul dominated the ultimate levels of the competitors with a number of knockouts. Marius Kudzmanas completed in second place for €339,830 and third place went to Carlos Spoddig, who took dwelling €242,740 for the top-three end. Askar Bekbayev and Davidi Kitai rounded out the highest 5 finishers with €186,710 and €143,630, respectively.
€10,300 EPT Prague Excessive Curler Remaining Desk Outcomes
| 1 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Thailand | €543,750 |
| 2 | Marius Kudzmanas | Lithuania | €339,830 |
| 3 | Carlos Spoddig | Germany | €242,740 |
| 4 | Askar Bekbayev | Kazakhstan | €186,710 |
| 5 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | €143,630 |
| 6 | Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov | Kyrgyzstan | €110,480 |
| 7 | Kreshnik Maloku | Switzerland | €91,220 |
| 8 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | €76,010 |
| 9 | Kubanychbek Abakirov | Kyrgyzstan | €63,340 |
Day 3 Begins With 20 Returning Gamers
Day 3 began quick and inside minutes two gamers had fallen from the returning discipline of 20. First to go was Stoyan Obreshkov, who got here in with the brief stack and located an early spot with ace-ten, however Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov was there to meet up with king-jack to attain the knockout. Nazar Buhaiov was proper behind in nineteenth place when he bumped into Maloku’s pocket kings.
Different gamers that ran out of luck earlier than the ultimate desk have been Rui Bouquet, Nuri Hadioglu, Preben Stokkan, Harry Lodge, Jorryt van Hoof, Pedro Marques, Mike Watson, Steve O’Dwyer, and Conor Beresford, who was eradicated on the ultimate desk bubble when he couldn’t enhance his ace-nine towards Thanarattrakul’s pocket fives.
Conor Beresford
Remaining Desk Motion
Kudzmanas was the chip chief as the ultimate desk play acquired underway with over 3 million in chips. It was the short-stacked Kubanychbek Abakirov who acquired in first, and he was out in ninth place for €63,340 when his ace-seven couldn’t enhance towards Bekbayev’s pocket kings.
Motion slowed down after Abakirov’s exit and the event went one other 90 minutes earlier than Jack Sinclair acquired his stack in with a suited ace-eight, however Spoddig made the Broadway straight with Massive Slick to ship him to the rail in eighth place for €76,010.
The tempo of eliminations picked up after Sinclair’s exit and Kreshnik Maloku was subsequent to hit the rail when his king-queen couldn’t enhance towards the turned pair of tens for Thanarattrakul. Maloku hit the rail in seventh place for €91,220 simply earlier than Sabyrkulov hit the rail in sixth place for €110,480. Sabyrkulov acquired it in with the higher ace-ten, however Thanarattrakul had an offsuit ace-five when he discovered a fourth spade on the board to knock him out with the flush.
Subsequent to go was Kitai in fifth after he acquired it in with a suited ace-three, however Thanarattrakul outdrew him with an ace-deuce offsuit to choose up one other elimination. Kitai picked up €143,630 for the top-five end.
Davidi Kitai
The ultimate 4 gamers stepped away for a break to observe the conclusion of the World Cup Remaining earlier than they returned to play all the way down to a winner. It was Bekbayev that hit the rail shortly after play resumed. Bekbayev made his transfer with ace-queen, however Kudzmanas was ready with pocket kings to finish his run in fourth place for €186,710.
Three-handed motion settled in, and the finalists jockeyed for place till Spoddig acquired it in with pocket sixes and was outdrawn by Kudzmanas and his ace-jack. Spodding wrapped up his run in third place and he’ll take dwelling €242,740 for the trouble.
Heads-up play kicked off, and Thanarattrakul held a 3:1 chip lead earlier than Kudzmanas started to shut the hole. It wasn’t lengthy, nonetheless, when Thanarattrakul regained momentum and put Kudzmanas on the ropes. The large second got here when Thanarattrakul made a straight with ace-jack to beat Kudzmanas’ flopped pair of queens.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul and runner-up Marius Kudzmanas
This wraps up protection of the €10,300 Excessive Curler at PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague. You should definitely be a part of the PokerNews staff for dwell updates out of your favourite tournaments around the globe all through 2023.
Matt Hansen
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Las Vegas-based PokerNews Dwell Reporting Govt, initially from Chicago, IL
