The final table of the €3,500 buy-in event set off on Monday. The German youngster Stanislaw Kretz started as chipleader with 6,300,000 chips.
Chair 1: Adria Balaguer - 1,315,000
Chair 2: Andrey Pateychuk - 2,310,000
Chair 3: Benjamin Pollak - 4,865,000
Chair 4: Russell Carson - 725,000
Chair 5: Stanislav Kretz - 6,300,000
Chair 6: Sigurd Eskelund - 1,575,000
The final table crew accompanied by two of the Royal Flush Girls
Russell 'rdcrsn' Carson (who by the way has around $6 million in online winnings) was first to leave. He went all-in from the small blind during his last hand after everyone else folded. Kretz called and showed 
Q 9. Carson's pocket Fives were not enough to take down the the 1,100,000 pot and Kretz won with a pair of Nines.
Q 9. Carson's pocket Fives were not enough to take down the the 1,100,000 pot and Kretz won with a pair of Nines. 
Russell Carson
The next player to get eliminated was Sigurd Eskelund and then followed Benjamin Pollak. Heads-up started when Kretz got busted. The German lost many pots against Pateychuk and his final hand was also played against the Russian pro. Kretz went all-in to Pateychuk's 240,000 preflop raise with almost 2,000,000 chips. After a longer thinking pause, Pateychuk called.
Kretz: 
9 
9
9 9Pateychuk: A 
6
A 6 Board: K T 2 8 A
K T 2 8 APateychuk won with top pair, and started heads-up with a minimal lead.
Andrey Pateychuk - 8,000,000
Adria Balaguer - 7,800,000
Although Pateychuk took some pots, Balaguer managed to double up quite soon. His pocket Eights were enough to beat Pateychuk's A 5.
A 5. Balaguer - 15,600,,000
Pateychuk - 1,500,000
From here, Pateychuk managed to double up twice and take another big pot, and soon enough he was leading again.
Pateychuk - 10,085,000
Balaguer - 7,050,000
Pateychuk did not drop below his opponent again, and Balaguer started the last hand of the three hour-long heads-up with a massive handicap. Balaguer went 3-bet all-in holding pocket Queens, Pateychuk called with A 5 and hit a straight on the 9 7 4 3 2 board.
A 5 and hit a straight on the 9 7 4 3 2 board. 
Andrey Pateychuk
With this, Andrey Pateychuk, winner of this year's EPT San Remo managed to collect his first WPT title as well.
Final Results:
1. Andrey Pateychuk - €450,000
2. Adria Balaguer - €238,000
3. Stanislaw Kretz - €158,000
4. Benjamin Pollak - €104,000
5. Sigurd Eskeland - €80,000
6. Russell Carson - €63,000
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