German Takes Gold At Paradise Poker Tour Barcelona

Aleksandar Abutovic wrapped up season II of the Paradise Poker Tour by topping 311 players in the €500 buy-in main event at Barcelona’s Gran Casino.

A deal was made threehanded and then once again heads up, so eventually the German went home with €27,000 for first place. Abutovic’s final opponent Jose Maria Felices walked away with €28,000 for finishing runner up.

When the two got heads up, they were playing for €10,000 set aside for the champ from the threehanded deal. Felices held a 2:1 chip lead and offered Abutovic €2,000 from the €10,000, which he accepted.

It wasn’t too long before the final hand came (with blinds of 30,000-60,000), Felices raised to one million, committing nearly half his stack, and Abutovic made his last stand, moving all in. Felices made the call but was not in good shape with 4 3 versus Abutovic’s J J. The board fell K 8 7 5 giving Felices a straight draw, but the river was the 2 and Abutovic was crowned the winner.

After his win, the German said, “I’m happy because my son arrived about one hour before play began. I had a good feeling when he arrived and I told him I was going to do well… I’m very happy to win as this is the biggest thing I’ve ever won.”

Here are the final table results and payouts (post-deal):*

1. Aleksander Abutovic €27,000*
2. Jose Maria Felices €28,000*

3. Pawel Jaskolski €20,000*
4. David Motoro €12,000

5. Piotr Gajdecki €9,500

6. Dimitar Dimitov €7,500

7. Olaf Haglund €5,700

8. Javier Cruz €4,500

9. Juan Sabatas €3,500

The Tour will return for season III with the schedule to be announced this month.

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