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Andre Lettau Wins 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event

27-Year-Old German Tops Field Of 1,496 To Win €794,058!

by Erik Fast  |  Published: Aug 27, 2014

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The 2014 European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 no-limit hold’em main event drew the largest ever field on European soil in the tour’s history. A total of 1,496 players turned out to the 100th EPT main event to build a €7,480,000 prize pool. From that sea of entrants the field was whittled down over seven days until only only player remained: German online poker pro Andre Lettau. For the win he earned his first live title, the €794,058 and 1,920 Card Player Player of the Year_ points. With this win alone he was catapulted into 40th place in the overall POY race standings.

The 27-year-old entered the final table in the middle of the pack. He survived to three handed play, with American-born poker pro Sam Phillips holding a sizable chip lead over him and 50-year-old EPT Barcelona senior’s event winner Hossein Ensan, who parlayed his winnings from that event into a seat in the main event via a satellite. After plenty of deliberation the three made a deal that ensured Ensan €652,667, Lettau €704,058 and Phillips €1,021,275 while leaving €90,000 and the title to play for.

Sam Phillips

Ensan was the next to be eliminate, but by that point things had already changed drastically. Phillips, who had began three handed play as the massive chip leader, entered heads-up play at a more than 5-to-1 chip deficit after doubling both of his opponents and losing a few other big pots. Despite the chip disparity the heads-up match took more than six hours with 141 hands played. Phillips, an accomplished player with more than $3 million in online winnings, was able to mount a comeback and overtake the lead.

Lettau made a comeback of his own, however, and by the time the final hand arose Lettau held just over a 2-to-1 advantage. Phillips moved all-in for 12 big blinds from the button with the 8Diamond Suit7Diamond Suit and Lettau quickly called with the KClub Suit10Spade Suit. The board ran out KDiamond Suit5Spade Suit2Heart Suit9Heart SuitKHeart Suit, locking up the win for Lettau and sending Phillips to the rail as the runner-up. For his strong showing he earned €1,021,275 and 1,600 POY points.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:

Place Player Earnings (USD) POY Points
1 Andre Lettau $1,045,913 1920
2 Samuel Phillips $1,345,198 1600
3 Hossein Ensan $859,677 1280
4 Andrea Dato $476,817 960
5 Andrey Shatilov $376,712 800
6 Kiryl Radzivonau $295,706 640
7 Ji Zhang $226,027 480
8 Slaven Popov $159,773 320

Photos courtesy of PokerStars / Neil Stoddart.

 
 
Tags: Poker Tournaments,   EPT,   European Poker Tour,   Barcelona,   Spain,   Andre Lettau
 
 
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