The final table was a tale of two halves. It took only slightly less than four hours to get down to heads up and about the same time again for a winner to be crowned. It looked as if the day would be over in record time and then it looked as if the heads up battle might go on for a record amount of time.
The first player to put their tournament at risk was PokerStars qualifier Sam Grafton. He shoved with deuces over a couple of limps but Juan Bautista had trickily limped with queens and made the call. Fate can be cruel though and a deuce appeared on the flop to crush Bautista and his stack and he busted to Latorre shortly after.
Latorre’s charge was in full-flow by that point and none of his opponents had an answer as the Supernova Elite gathered half the chips in play into his welcoming arms. It was surprising then that didn’t have a hand in the third exit of the day.
The unassuming David Vedral was soon behind Grafton at the payout desk after he ran ace-ten into Latorre’s pocket aces after three-betting all in. Rodrigo Rosales was also involved in the hand but (wisely) folded the on the turn. That meant an all-Spanish final four but Latorre was in no mood to play friendly. He went into overdrive winning almost every pot en route to owning 75% of the chips in play.
Position | Name | Nationality | Status | Payout |
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1 | Isidoro Barreña | Spain | € 150,800 | |
2 | Jose Angel Latorre | Spain | PokerStars Player | € 91,500 |
3 | Rodrigo Rosales | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | € 64,600 |
4 | Dario Carrion | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | € 48,400 |
5 | David Vedral | Austria | PokerStars Qualifier | € 38,200 |
6 | Sam Grafton | United Kingdom | PokerStars Qualifier | € 28,600 |
7 | Jeffrey Brouwer | Netherlands | € 20,100 | |
8 | Juan Bautista | Spain | € 14,100 |
The UKIPT says goodbye to the ESPT for another year and returns to the British Isles for the next leg of Season 5 in Bristol. The fun and games will take place August 6 – 9 where we, and the two jokers pictured below, hope to see you there. Satellites are already running on PokerStars so get involved!