Aaron Gustavson becomes best at Poker Stars EPT in London
Ronald Norris |
US players are welcomePoker Stars EPT finished in London today. Eight best players came to the final table to fight for a big pot. They were sitting in cozy chairs inside of London Hilton Metropol and the players did not really care about heavy rain which stroke London on Thursday.
Young American player Aaron Gustavson finished Day 4 as a chip-leader having two times more chips than his closest opponent. 23-year old Las Vegas resident could protect his lead and won £850 000 becoming best at Poker Stars EPT in London .
Gustavson was not famous in Europe . But this young poker player had several big successes in the USA including the title of Texas Holdem champion in Borgata this summer and a second place at the another big tournament.
The main Gustavson opponent in London was World Series of Poker champion Peter Eastgate. At the beginning of the last day of the tournament Eastage had second-sized stake. Most pundits believed that reigning champion was a clear favourite in the final clash.
Karim Bennani was the first player who had to leave the table. He lost most of his chips when he could not beat young Portuguese player Rui Milhomens. Bennani risked with K-3, Milhomens had K♠ – 10♠. Flop brought two more spades and Milhomens received flush draw. The turn gave Milhomens flush and it was enough to shove back Bennani.
The next victim was Raymond Wu, a professional player from Asian PokerStars team. He had to be satisfied with 7 th place. Rui Milhomens followed Raymond Wu and finished as number 6. It took two hours to eliminate Wu and Milhomens.
There were only five players left and Eastgate had leadership. But Gustavson took over chip-leader title beating Dominic Cullen. Gustavson played pocket 8-8 against Cullen A-10. Thereby last Britt had to finish his participation in the tournament.
Next one to leave the table was Norwegian player Martin Gudvangen. Gustavson made several attacks trying to capture stake, but Gudvangen could keep some chips. Nikolay Senninger ( Germany ) celebrated success over Gudvangen shortly. Senninger played full-house and raised his stake up to 4.9 million. It was funny that Senninger “hired” a guard for his chips – small plush King Lion toy.
But Senninger and his little helper could not stay long at the table. German poker player lost to Gustavson. Future champion overcame his opponent with high card queen. What a bad luck for a high-flying Texam Holdem player from Germany!
Before watching last battle between Gustavson and Eastage it was decided to make a lunch break. Before the break Gustavson had 2-1 lead . It took just 7 hands after lunch to finish the tournament. Eastgate lost half of his stake in the first hand, raising several times and folding in the end. Gustavson was not frightened by champion’s bluff and left Eastgate with a small amount of chips. Eastgate tried to use his chance in the final hand and was all-in with A-9. Gustavson called and outclassed his opponent with help of A-Q. No one collected any pairs and Gustavson captured the title with pocket cards.
This big success of Gustavson made him famous in Europe . From now he is not known only as a big poker player In the USA. Gustavson won the biggest pot ever in his career and became best at Poker Stars EPT in London .
Final Standings (based on stake-size)
1. Aaron Gustavson ( USA ) – £850 000
2. Peter Eastgate ( Denmark ) – £530 000
3. Nikolai Senninger ( Germany ) – £285 000
4. Martin Gudvangen ( Norway ) – £227 000
5. Dominic Cullen ( England ) – £173 000
6. Rui Milhomens ( Portugal ) – £124 000
7. Raymond Wu ( Hong Kong ) – £87 000
8. Karim Bennani ( Morocco ) – £50 100
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