WPT Prague - Andrey Pateychuk Wins His Second Major Tourney this Year

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2011. December 06. |

The main event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prague ended with the victory of Andrey Pateychuk. The Russian poker player went home with €450,000 in winnings. 

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 {#}

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:

Pateychuk: {#}

Board:

Pateychuk 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 {#}

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 {#}