Zoltan Gal defeated a total field of 1,432 in the Eureka Poker Tour Vienna Main Event for a top prize of more than €240,000. Kristy speaks to him just after his win.
Gaelle Baumann opened for 600 and was three-bet by the player directly to her left, Csaba Varadi, to 1,725. Ivan Neytchev was on the button and made it 4,800 with the cold four-bet. Marco Lang, a PokerStars player from Canada, was in the small blind and had a long think. With so much action behind he had a lot to weigh up and eventually decided to raise to 9,100. Sam Trickett folded the big blind and one by one the other players folded until it got back round to Neytchev on the button. He eyed up Lang and decided to make the call. They both had similar stacks, around 40,000.
The flop was 
Lang checked. Neytchev made it 8,000 and when Lang responded with a raise to 20,000 he moved all in. Lang made the call. The cards were on their backs with Neytchev showing the 
against the 
of Lang. The turn 
and river 
meant that Neytchev more than doubled up and Lang was left almost crippled.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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4,500
4,500
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4,500 |
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Full Tilt's Professional Gus Hansen showed up late, as usual, and on top of that he's also facing two extremely tough opponents. Hansen, one of the most famous poker players in the world, has $11.2 million in live tournament earnings which puts him first on the Danish all-time money list and 15th overall in the world.
Hansen was one of the first European players to have big results in the United States including a three World Poker Tour victories. The Great Dane's first WPT win came back in 2002 when he won the $10,000 Five Diamond for $556,460. Hansen beat a final table with stars like John Juanda, Freddy Deeb, John Hennigan, Scott Nguyen and he's been a star ever since.
The EPT however has not been kind to Hansen who last cashed in an EPT Main Event back in 2005 when he made the final table in Barcelona. Hansen has just two EPT cashes, and a deep run here would look great on his very international list of cashes.
Hansen's battling it out with Dutch poker pro Michiel Brummelhuis who made the most recent World Series of Poker Main Event final table. Brummelhuis finished seventh for $1.2 million and that puts him in sixth on the Dutch all-time money list.
The second challenger is Shyam Srinivasan, S_dor111 on PokerStars, who's got $7.2 million in online winnings and a sixth place finish in the 2014 PCA for $328,020.
Right now Hansen sits on about 21,000 chips and we'll keep a close eye on the super stars the rest of the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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62,000
28,200
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28,200 |
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38,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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21,000
21,000
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21,000 |
Dave Shallow opened under the gun to 900 and Van den Bijgaart made the call in the hijack. Bernabeu Guilabert squeezed from the button making it 4,025. Both blinds folded but Shallow and Van den Bijgaart made the call.
Both Shallow and Van den Bijgaart checked to Guilabert on 
but the Spaniard checked behind. The 
on the turn made Shallow bet out 9,500 and just Van den Bijgaart called, Guilabert folded.
The river was a third spade; 
. Shallow asked Van den Bijgaart to lift his arm so he could eye his stack. Van den Bijgaart had about 42,000 left at this point and without much hesitation Shallow bet 21,500.
Van den Bijgaart clearly wasn't happy with the river and the big bet by Shallow. The Dutch pro tanked for about four minutes before reluctantly calling.
Shallow showed the first, setting up the perfect way to slowroll. It wasn't going to be one though, Shallow revealed the 
to accompany the nut-flush draw blocker for nothing but ace-king high.
Van den Bijgaart tabled and took down the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
93,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
44,000 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
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65,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
60,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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55,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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50,000 | |
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46,000
31,000
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31,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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37,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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35,000
1,000
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1,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
28,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
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27,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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26,000
26,000
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26,000 |
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26,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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25,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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12,000
-18,000
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-18,000 |
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5,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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Gus Hansen opened for 900 from middle position and was met by a three-bet to 2,600 from Atik Miah on the button. The blinds both folded, Hansen called, and it was heads-up action to the 
flop.
Hansen checked, Atik Miah bet 2,600, and Hansen thought for a but before check-raising to 7,200. Miah responded by moving all in for 12,750 and Hansen quickly called.
Hansen:
Miah: 
"I can't beat the sixes," Hansen said before tabling his overs and open-ended straight draw. The 
turn missed Hansen, though it did give him an added flush draw and counterfeit outs. Unfortunately for him, his statement proved true and he couldn't beat sixes when the 
blanked on the river.
Hansen looked a bit perturbed and began flicking his remaining three chips, which totaled 11,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
We got to the table as Dara “Doke” O'Kearney bet 2,500 on a board of 
. Jose Luis Garcia Devesa, a Spanish PokerStars player, didn’t seem convinced but eventually made the fold. O’Kearney has been tweeting today about his new found strategy of getting to the river with the best hand. Sometimes.
@DFMVP2011 @Tim_Davie Dropped to 40k after betting with hand that wasn't best. But back up over 50k after betting a hand that wasFollow @daraokearney
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Six levels are in the books, and that means it's time for a 75-minute dinner break. The players are headed out to get some grub, and when they return they'll play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night.
While you wait for their return, check out this video where Kristy Arnett hits the streets of Vienna, Austria to give you a guided tour.
Nível: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
As we arrive the turn is already out there and the board reads [10s9c8dAh. Shut Dzmitry from Belarus bet out 4,100 from the small blind. One player called and Philipp Gruissem over called from the button.
The river was the and the Dzmitry and the other player checked to Gruissem. The German High Roller pushed all in, effectively putting both his opponents all in. Shut Dzmitry called and the other player folded after some heavy thinking.
Gruissem showed 
for the nuts, Dzmitry tabled 
and left the tournament room.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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68,000
33,000
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33,000 |
