Pokerstars.com EPT Barcelona - FINAL TABLE

[Djinn]

Numbers at the top:

Fintan Gavin -- 2,168,000
Davidi Kitai -- 1,247,000
Daniele Mazzia -- 1,148,000
The others on under a million.  The blinds at 30/60 when they're also five-handed won't be making it easy for Ukalla and Ruthenberg now...

[Laxie]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

 

[JungleCat03]

Fintan Gavin raises to 165,000 and is called by Dren in the big blind.

The flop comes ...

Dren checks and Gavin bets out 200k, Dren immediately pulls his stacks together and announces all-in, pushing them over the line...

Fintan doesn't take long to call with Q-9, and is rewarded for the call as Dren can only show for a flush draw...

It's a race but Fintan has the edge versus the German's draw...

TURN: No heart yet for Dren means Fintan is now a big favourite and just needs to fade an Ace or a heart on the river, which comes...

RIVER: !

2 pair for Fintan is good for the pot, but we lose the German player...

Dren Ukella is OUT, eliminated in 5th place, winning €292,000.

That hand leaves us four handed for the title, with Fintan holding a sizeable chip lead over the other three players...

[JungleCat03]

Here are the chip counts as the players just take a short break to recover their wits.

2,987,000 Fintan Gavin
1,265,000 Davidi Kitai
1,104,000 Daniele Mazzia
796,000 Sebastian Ruthenberg.

The Irishman taking this EPT by storm is the story of Barcelona so far. He was one of the least fancied by most before the final table played out, but you have to admire the way the Irishman has set about his task, making the right calls and the right bluffs at the right times.

He'll be tough to stop now, though with the high blinds the players won't be hanging around in their efforts to topple Gavin from the top of the tree.

[JungleCat03]

As we move ever closer to determining the champion, here is a reminder of the remaining prizes for our valiant combatants:

1 - €1,361,000
2 - €792,000
3 - €455,000
4 - €351,000

[Djinn]

In the break we've just had, we finally had a chance to pass Fintan Gavin your good luck messages.  It was good he got a break after that hand, so the adrenaline can settle - he said, "I didn't like it, but I felt I should call."

You also may not recognise him now that his grey baggy T-shirt has been replaced (like when Clark Kent becomes superman) with a Barcelona shirt and suit jacket



It transpires that Fintan's mates were watching the coverage in his club, and saw that he'd made it through all three days, got in a cab, went straight to the airport, and flew over to rail him.  There may or may not have been sleep involved in the last 48 hours.  Whatever the state of them, they're ready to give Fintan an ovation at the drop of a hat, even just to keep his spirits up during the breaks.

[Djinn]

Spotted having a consultation with Anthony Lellouche and presumably the rest of Team Winamax, Davidi Kitai soaks up their advice and support avidly, clearly hanging on their every word.



One more time - in close-up:  Kitai on screensaver.

[Djinn]

The negotiating table - empty after it looks like some consultation between the four remaining players has not yet reached a satisfactory conclusion.  You never know though, deals could be struck at a later date.  It's a lot of €€€€€.

[jpean]

I just heard on EPT Live that they try to make a deal, refused by Daniele Mazzia.

Do you know which deal it was ?

[JungleCat03]

I just heard on EPT Live that they try to make a deal, refused by Daniele Mazzia.

Do you know which deal it was ?

No, these things are traditionally private affairs and we haven't been made privy to the details this time.

Boo!

They certainly aren't playing scared money though. Kitai shows this by raising it up from the small blind on Mazzia's big blind, Mazzia shoving all-in over the top instantly!

Kitai looks unhappy but doesn't want to call the extra 600k so throws his hand away...

[Djinn]

Double move-in from Daniele Mazzia now - the first time he moved in over Davidi Kitai who thought for a while and then passed.
The second time he moved in over Davidi Kitai (sense a pattern?) but this time he put his chips over the line.
Davidi:  just pipping
Daniele: 

Flop:    (Already the press expect, perhaps, a spade or two)
Turn:
River: 

And no!  As near as felted, Mazzia remains in the game but has a stack so short it's barely visible...

[Djinn]

Pretty much necessarily, Daniele Mazzia is all in next hand, called in two spots, and checked to the river.
The board comes out and while the river probably looked more than promising to the Italian, seeing as he held Q-8 for two pair, it was actually his downfall as Sebastian Ruthenberg tabled J-9 for the straight sending Daniele Mazzia out in 4th place for €351,000.

[jpean]

Pretty much necessarily, Daniele Mazzia is all in next hand, called in two spots, and checked to the river.
The board comes out and while the river probably looked more than promising to the Italian, seeing as he held Q-8 for two pair, it was actually his downfall as Sebastian Ruthenberg tabled J-9 for the straight sending Daniele Mazzia out in 4th place for €351,000.

Jen, the flop was QJT... you wrote the previous hand flop 

[JungleCat03]

Davidi sees a flop of with Fintan. He checks to the Irishman who bets out 100,000. Call from Davidi...

The turn is the and the Belgium checks again, only for Fintan to bet out 200,000. Davidi sighs and folds, leaving Fintan to sweep up the pot, showing J-9 for top two!

That has definitely been one of Gavin's strengths on the final table, his unpredictibility. No one has been able to tell when he's bluffing or when he has a hand, which he has used well to his advantage.

[snoopy1239]

Pretty much necessarily, Daniele Mazzia is all in next hand, called in two spots, and checked to the river.
The board comes out and while the river probably looked more than promising to the Italian, seeing as he held Q-8 for two pair, it was actually his downfall as Sebastian Ruthenberg tabled J-9 for the straight sending Daniele Mazzia out in 4th place for €351,000.

Jen, the flop was QJT... you wrote the previous hand flop 

The board was .