When the 667 players at the €5,000 buy in
PokerStars.com European Poker Tour German Open were distilled down to a final table of eight there was quite a game in store with several unsurprising names at the final table and one very surprising one — last year's champion.
The chip counts going into the final, and most crucial, phase of play were:
William Thorson: 829,000
Luca Pagano: 1,115,000
Johan Storakers: 1,615,000
Mike McDonald: 746,000
Holger Kanisch: 661,000
Sandra Naujoks: 586,000
Marc Gork: 540,000
Cengizcan Ulusu: 537,000
The final payouts were:
Marc Gork Eliminated in Third Place (€307,000)
Johan Storakers Eliminated in Fourth Place (€237,000)
Michael McDonald Eliminated in Fifth Place (€197,000)
William Thorson Eliminated in Seventh Place (€116,500)
Cengizcan Ulusu Eliminated in Eighth Place (€83,500)
After about an hour of heads up play which saw some significant swing hands, the ultimate hand came with Sandra
Naujoks and Holger Kanisch all in with A
Q
versus A
9
.
The board fell A72
and Naujoks was behind, but the tournament was meant to be for her as the 9 fell on the turn, and the 8 on the river.
She becames the second woman to win an EPT, and, just like Vicky Coren before her, in her own country. She takes home €917,000 for first place, while Holger Kanisch is the runner up for €533,000.
For a full update of the eliminataions and chip movemenbts during the final table visit our update on CardPlayer.com
Players will get their next shot at a prestigous PokerStars.com European Poker Tour title next month at the penultimate stop of the EPT - San Remo. Card Player will be there of course to bring you the best of all the action. So join us then.
