The 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour cease on the Hilton Prague is in full swing, and has already topped a handful of champions together with Ben Heath’s sensational Excessive Curler double.
The ever-popular Eureka Predominant Occasion and Excessive Curler have additionally concluded, with each tournaments comfortably breaking the document for his or her respective fields. As all the time, PokerNews was available to offer updates of all of the motion.
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Pieter Theelen Goes from Quick Stack to Champ in €1,100 Eureka Predominant Occasion
Dutchman Pieter Theelen was the brief stack at numerous factors on the ultimate desk within the €1,100 Eureka Predominant Occasion however that did not cease him from profitable the record-breaking occasion for a career-best €496,760 after defeating Sweden’s Anton Suarez in a quick heads-up battle.
“I’m feeling superior, however I simply have to begin realizing (what occurred),” Theelen stated. “I don’t know what occurred, really. I used to be brief loads of the time after which (I used to be) chip chief, and after that it went fairly effectively. However after that it was shut heads-up, sort of. So I’m blissful that I managed to take it down.”
€1,100 Eureka Predominant Occasion Remaining Desk Outcomes
| 1 | Pieter Theelen | Netherlands | €496,760 | |
| 2 | Anton Suarez | Sweden | €306,770 | |
| 3 | Leonardo Romeo | Italy | €219,120 | |
| 4 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | €168,560 | |
| 5 | Elias Suhonen | Finland | €129,650 | |
| 6 | Quentin Guivarch | France | €99,720 | |
| 7 | Silius Moll | Norway | €76,700 | |
| 8 | Waldemar Starostin | Germany | €59,000 | |
| 9 | Marko Martinkovic | Croatia | €45,390 |
The four-day occasion drew an enormous 4,017 entrants throughout 4 beginning flights to interrupt the earlier entry document set in March and to generate a €3,856,320 in prize cash. Defending champion, PokerStars ambassador and freestyle rapper Alejandro Lococo was trying to go back-to-back however fell on Day 3 in twenty first place for €14,080.
Others who joined Theelen and Suarez on the ultimate desk included Norway’s Silius Moll (€76,700), Finland’s Elias Suhonen (€129,650) and Britain’s Jack Sinclair (€168,560), who has been on an EPT tear as of late that noticed him ending second in each the EPT Barcelona Estrellas Predominant Occasion and the EPT London Predominant Occasion.
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What Can Occur in a 12 months
Theelen solely had $12,250 in Hendon Mob-reported earnings headed into the occasion, however he is no newcomer to the felt. The 30-year-old has been enjoying poker since he was 18 years previous and professionally for the final 5 years. However he stated that is the primary yr he is traveled to poker festivals and obtained his first reside money at EPT Prague in March.
“In a single yr, that is already what I managed to realize, in order that’s nice,” Theelen stated in reflection.
As is so typically the case in poker, it wasn’t all the time clean flying for the Dutchman.
“I believe it’s been up and down on a regular basis. I believe on Day 2 I had in all probability the chip lead, after which I misplaced loads of it once more. After which I constructed it up once more, I misplaced loads of it, it’s simply been a swingy event throughout.”
Pieter Theelen within the tank in a hand towards Jack Sinclair
The swings continued on the ultimate desk, which Theelen entered towards the center of the pack however dipped early after dropping a giant pot to Sinclair.
“This ultimate desk, I simply needed to wait loads, as a result of more often than not I used to be short-stacked, so I simply needed to wait round and wait till the nice moments to run good,” he stated. “And that’s what occurred … I’m nonetheless considering (about) what occurred.”
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Sander Ostlyngen Wins €463,850 in File Breaking €2,200 Eureka Excessive Curler
In the meantime, Norwegian Sander Ostlyngen topped a record-breaking 1,534 entrant discipline to assert the €2,200 Eureka Excessive Curler trophy and an enormous €463,850 after 16 hours of play.
With two tables left, Ostlyngen turned quads to double up towards Mehdi Chaoui and got here into the ultimate desk as a middling stack. He slowly secured ladders, earlier than defeating the beginning of ultimate desk chip chief Stanislav Koleno heads up.
€2,200 Eureka Excessive Curler Remaining Desk Outcomes
| 1 | Sander Ostlyngen | Norway | €463,850 | |
| 2 | Stanislav Koleno | Slovenia | €289,420 | |
| 3 | Jorge Ufano | Spain | €206,470 | |
| 4 | Andrew Hulme | United Kingdom | €159,020 | |
| 5 | Nichita Verbitchii | Moldova | €122,330 | |
| 6 | Kasparas Klezys | Lithiunia | €94,130 | |
| 7 | David Hu | Netherlands | €72,390 | |
| 8 | Marius Gicovanu | Romania | €55,680 | |
| 9 | Hugues Mazerolle | France | €42,830 |
Koleno was the other of Ostlygen with Koleno always being concerned in large pots and being one of many chip leaders particularly after profitable aces towards ace-king to remove Marcin Puczylowski.
Ostlygen is pretty new to the reside event circuit having solely 9 earlier cashes on his Hendon Mob however had already cashed two occasions right here in Prague. Nonetheless, that is his largest win by far together with his reside event earnings solely being $28,185 previous to this large rating.
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