Martin Finger Takes Down Record Breaking EPT

At an action-packed final table at the European Poker Tour (EPT) main event in Prague, it was German player Martin Finger who beat off the competition and took down his first ever EPT title and €720,000 along with it.

Not only was this the German’s first EPT title, it was his first ever cash in an EPT event, having played ten of them. However, when he came into the final eight players with the chip lead, he looked like he would be a tough nut to crack if anyone wanted to wrestle the title from him.

As the day began, it was Finger and Frenchman Nicolas Levi battling it out for the chip lead, but David Boyacayin had something to say about that.  Early on he got his top set in against Levi’s flopped two pair, sending him to the top of the pile while Levi had to work hard to get back into contention. Meanwhile, Mads Wissing was short as play began, and that was reflected in the fact that he departed first within the first hour.

Wissing Out in Third Place

It was the first three mentioned who made it to the final three, but Levi could not follow in Arnaud Mattern’s shoes in winning an EPT event in Prague as he busted in third.  Boyacayin and Finger began an epic battle that saw the former chip away at Finger’s 4-1 chip lead for hours, winning small pots and eventually taking the lead.  However, Finger wrestled it back and then got into a pre-flop raising war with Ace King, eventually 4-bet shoving and getting a call from Boyaciyan and his pocket tens.  The flop brought two kings and no ten to send the title the way of the German, with Boyaciyan having to settle for second place.

The payouts were:

1^st            Martin Finger                        €720,000

2^nd            David Boyacayin                   €535,000

3^rd            Nicolas Levi                            €270,000

4^th            Guillen Usero                          €205,000

5^th            Denys Drobna                        €160,000

6^th            Ari Engel                                 €125,000

7^th            Andreas Wiese                        €90,000

8^th            Mads Wissing                         €66,700

John - hailing from Watford, UK John became hooked on the game of poker ever since his uncle taught him the rules of 7-card stud during a home game at the young age of 15. He caught the online bug three short years later after turning 18 and began regularly playing Texas Hold'em SNGs.