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Romanello Wins EPT Prague Main Event

The Pro From Wales Takes Home €640,000

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Roberto Romanello is the 2010 EPT Prague champion. Photo courtesy of WSOP.This past February Roberto Romanello came up just short of winning his first PokerStars European Poker Tour title when he finished in sixth place in the EPT Copenhagen main event. On Saturday he had another chance, as he sat down at the final table of the EPT Prague main event ranked fifth in chips. This time the pro from Wales stuck around until the end and hoisted the trophy as the newest EPT champion.

A total of 563 players entered the €5,300 main event, which began on December 13, creating a prize pool of €2,730,550. Eight players sat down at Saturday’s final table with Italy’s Marco Leonzio holding the initial chip lead. But the championship was still anyone’s to take, and after a long day of play Romanello found himself heads up with a chip lead over the red hot Emiliano Bono. On the final hand, Romanello flopped a full house to earn his first EPT crown and the largest cash of his career.

Here’s a look at the final results

1. Roberto Romanello, UK — €640,000
2. Emiliano Bono, Italy — €435,000
3. Marcin Horecki, Poland — €247,000
4. Peter Skripka, Russia — €163,000
5. Marco Leonzio, Italy — €130,000
6. Jan Bendik, Slovakia — €100,000
7. Manuel Bevand, France — €71,000
8. Roberto Nulli, Italy — €54,550

Here’s how it all played out

Roberto Nulli is the First Final Table Victim (€54,550)

Short-stacked Roberto Nulli open shoved for 700,000 from under the gun and Marcin Horecki called. Their hands:

Nulli: AHeart Suit10Club Suit
Horecki: QSpade SuitQHeart Suit

The board ran QDiamond Suit10Heart Suit3Heart Suit4Diamond SuitJClub Suit, and Nulli was the first elimination of the day. He earned €54,550 for his eighth place finish.

Manuel Bevand Breaks Down in Seventh Place (€71,000)

With just 500,000 left in front of him, Manuel Bevand moved all in from early position and Roberto Romanello moved all in over the top from the small blind. Everyone else folded. Their hands:

Romanello: 10Club Suit10Diamond Suit
Bevand: KDiamond Suit2Diamond Suit

The board ran 8Spade Suit7Heart Suit3Club SuitADiamond Suit7Spade Suit and Bevand was the second elimination of the day, earning €71,000.

Jan Bendik Booted in Sixth Place (€100,000)

Jan Bendik raised to 150,000 from early position and Peter Skripka reraised enough to put Bendik all in. Bendik called, holding AClub SuitKDiamond Suit against Skripka’s 9Club Suit9Heart Suit.

The flop looked good for Bendik, running KHeart SuitJClub Suit10Club Suit to pair his king. But the 9Diamond Suit turn card left him in trouble, and the 4Spade Suit river meant that he was the gone in sixth place, earning €100,000.

Marco Leonzio Gone in Fifth Place (€130,000)

Marco Leonzio started the day as chip leader, but he was unable to get anything going at the final table and was eliminated in fifth place. Low on chips, Leonzio moved all in with JClub Suit3Spade Suit and was up against the QDiamond Suit4Diamond Suit of Roberto Romanello. The board ran 8Club Suit4Spade Suit7Diamond Suit6Spade Suit2Diamond Suit, and Leonzio hit the rail in fifth place for €130,000.

Peter Skripka Finishes in Fourth Place (€163,000)

Russian Peter Skripka called the preflop all in bet of Marcin Horecki and saw that he was trailing. Their hands:

Horecki: KSpade Suit10Spade Suit
Skripka: KHeart Suit7Club Suit

Horecki hit trip tens on a 10Club Suit10Heart Suit2Spade Suit flop. Skripka was eliminated in fourth place, earning €163,000.

Marcin Horecki Busted in Third Place (€247,000)

Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki looked to be in position to double up, but a bad river card sent him to the rail in third place. Emiliano Bono raised to 385,000 from the button and Horecki moved all in for around 1.5 million. Bono called. Their hands:

Horecki: AHeart SuitKClub Suit
Bono: AClub SuitJDiamond Suit

Horecki was well ahead through the turn on a board of ADiamond Suit10Club Suit8Heart Suit2Heart Suit but the JSpade Suit landed on the river to give Bono two pair, busting Horecki in third place for €247,000. With that, Bono had 6.8 million in chips and was heads up with Roberto Romanello, who had 10.13.

Roberto Romanello Wins EPT Prague Main Event

Roberto Romanello raised to 575,000 from the button and Emiliano Bono reraised to 2.475 million. Romanello moved all in over the top and Bono called. Their hands:

Romanello: 10Spade Suit10Club Suit
Bono: ADiamond SuitJClub Suit

The flop was great for Romanello, running 10Diamond Suit4Diamond Suit4Club Suit to give him a full house. The turn was the 5Heart Suit, leaving Bono drawing dead. The meaningless 4Heart Suit fell on the river, and Romanello eliminated Bono to become the newest EPT champion and €640,000 richer.