The final table provides an interesting combination of players. Chip leader Alex Goulder is good friends with Steve Watts, who won the WPT National in Marbella earlier this year. His biggest cashes comes from a win at the Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham and a runner-up finish in the Estrellas Poker Tour in Barcelona this August.
Simeon Naydenov has won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and Sebastian Langrock scored a payday of €1 million in the German version of "Who wants to be a Millionaire". Chris Hunichen is known to most for his online scores as "Big Huni" and has recorded more than $6 million in cashes online.
Zo Karim is second in chips and boasts $957,332 in cashes according to his Hendon Mob profile, Alexander Lakhov has even more than that with $1,619,683. The Russian won the WPT Cyprus this year and came second to Marcin Wydrowski in 2012 here in Prague. Andy Seth's biggest score was for $521,200 when the American finished second to McLean Karr at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars in 2010.
Niclas Adolfsson is the wild card on today's final table with $237,329 in cashes. The Swede is the shortest stack but one double up would bump him into the top five of the overall counts.
Chris Hunichen raised to 25,000 from under the gun and Zo Karim called out of the big blind with . Karim check-called a bet of 27,000 on the flop and did so again for 64,000 on the turn. The on the river slowed down the action and both players checked. Hunichen won the pot with .
Karim recovered the losses shortly after from Alex Goulder when his bet of 81,000 on the river of a was called. Goulder only had and Karim had that beat with . The two chip leaders traded a few chips in hand #5 when Goulder raised preflop and Karim flat-called.
On the flop, Goulder made a continuation bet for 32,000 with and Karim called with before both checked down the turn and the river.
Alexander Lakhov raised to 25,000 and was called by Andy Seth on the button as well as Alex Goulder in the big blind. On the flop, Goulder bet 40,000 and only Seth called before the fell on the turn. Goulder fired 87,000 and Seth tanked for at least two minutes before moving all in for 320,000.
In hand #11, Simeon Naydenov raised to 35,000 and was called by Sebastian Langrock out of the big blind. The two of them checked down the flop and the turn, Langrock then check-called 25,000 on the river with . Naydenov scooped the pot with .
Andy Seth raised to 35,000 and Niclas Adolfsson moved all in for 195,000. It was no snap call by Seth and the American also tried to get some info off his opponent, but he eventually tossed in the chips for a call.
Seth:
Adolfsson:
The Swede won the coin flip with the board running out .
Niclas Adolfsson raised to 32,000 with and Sebastian Langrock three-bet to 72,000 on the button with to enforce a fold from the Swede. In hand #15 the German then flat-called a raise to 36,000 by Alex Goulder with and the Brit checked behind the flop. On the turn, Langrock bet and Goulder mucked .
Zo Karim raised with pocket nines and then folded to the three-bet of Alexander Lakhov to 81,000. Karim folded and then said "nice hand" to the Russian. Lakhov replied with "you will see in the stream" and the Russian indeed had a monster with .
Niclas Adolfsson shoved for 302,000 out of the small blind with and the two limpers including Andy Seth folded.
Seth would then raise with and Zo Karim defended his big blind with . Karim check-folded to a continuation bet of Seth on a flop of .
Simeon Naydenov opened to 35,000 with and Karim called out of the small blind with . Karim check-called a bet of 40,000 on the flop. He did so again on the turn for 106,000 and both players checked the river. Naydenov scooped the pot with the pair of nines.
. Karim check-called a bet of 27,000 on the 
flop and did so again for 64,000 on the 
turn. The 
on the river slowed down the action and both players checked. Hunichen won the pot with 
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was called. Goulder only had 
. The two chip leaders traded a few chips in hand #5 when Goulder raised preflop and Karim flat-called.
flop, Goulder made a continuation bet for 32,000 with 
and Karim called with 
before both checked down the 
river.
flop, Goulder bet 40,000 and only Seth called before the 
and Seth scooped the pot with 
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. Naydenov scooped the pot with 
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flop. He did so again on the 
river. Naydenov scooped the pot with the pair of nines.