Euro Poker: Sander Lylloff Wins EPT Barcelona OpenDane Beats Brit Mark Teltscher to Scoop €1,170,700 First Prize at PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Open |
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Sander Lylloff, from Copenhagen, Denmark, today won the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour in Barcelona, collecting €1,170,700 for his victory. He beat his friend, roommate, and EPT London season two winner Mark Teltscher heads up after the Brit got all his chips in preflop with K-K but was bested by the Dane's J-10 which picked up two jacks from the board.
The tournament, which saw 543 players participate, resumed at 3:30 p.m local time with 13 players:
The first few minutes saw Voitto Rintala bust in 13th for €33,450 when his 9-7 was trumped by Greg Dyer's A-9 and was followed shortly afterwards by Philip Yeh in 12th for €46,000 whose 6-4 ran into David Kitai's A-K.
Kitai was next to fall in 11th when his promising Q-Q did not improve against Sandor Lylloff's A-A but he picked up €46,000 for his efforts. Mohamad "TerrorOfSweden" Kowssarie was chip leader at the start of day three, but exited in 10th when his preflop push with Q-3 found Greg Dyer with A-K, and he hit the rail to collect €64,800.
Hometown favorite Juan Maceiras' run towards the final table foundered on Greg Dyer's A-K. Maceiras' A-6 didn't improve and he won €64,800 for his troubles.
The final table would then consist of:
The final table was characterized by the speed with which players fell by the wayside.
A player was gone within minutes of the restart. This time, French singer Patrick Bruel pushed his remaining chips into the middle on an ace-high, all-heart flop only to be called by Mark Teltscher holding an ace and a heart. Bruel's 10-10 was well behind and got no help on the turn or river and he was gone in eight, for €104,500.
Nikolaus Jedlicka was next to be eliminated when he got his chips in with 10-10 but was called by Teltscher holding A-Q, both of which paired by the turn. Jedlicka's seventh-place finish was worth €154,700.
Sixth place went to Adam Junglen, whose A-4 fell victim to Lyloff's 8-8. He won €196,500.
Tronde Eidsvig was the fifth place finisher when he got his money into the middle with K-J on a board of J-9-6-10 only to find Mika Paasonen with 10-9. A cruel 10 on the river gave the Fin a full house and the Norwegian was sent packing with a consolation prize of €250,800.
Paasonen was next out when a king on the river in a three-way pot gave Dyer top pair and the winning hand. Paasonen picked up €301,000.
Dyer, who had brutalized the final table in early play but was the short stack for much of the threehanded play, succumbed in third place when his K-8 ran into Lylloff's A-A and he didn't improve. He pocketed €388,800 for his four-days work.
Heads-up play saw Lylloff with a 2-1 chip lead, with blinds at €20,000-€40,000, and it was all over in a few hands when Teltscher pushed all in with K-K and Lyloff called with J-10. A jack on the flop and another on the river saw the Dane win the PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona.
Teltscher hugged his friend and roommate and the Scandinavian pocketed €1.17 million while the Briton picked up €673,000.
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