2014 partypoker World Poker Tour National Prague

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2014 partypoker World Poker Tour National Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
€105,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,800
Entries
251
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000

Mathias Kürschner Eliminated in 10th Place (€7,500)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Mathias Kürschner
Mathias Kürschner

Mathias Kürschner raised to 25,000 from under the gun and Alex Goulder three-bet from a few seats over. All opponents folded and then Kürschner announced to "play all his chips". Goulder snap-called and it was yet another classic coin flip for the tournament life.

Kürschner: {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades}
Goulder: {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds}

There was no help for the German with the board running out {10-Clubs} {5-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {10-Hearts} and the field has been reduced to the last nine players. Once that becomes eight, play will be stopped for a short break and everyone will then get moved to the feature table for the live stream. Kürschner receives €7,500 for his efforts.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Goulder gb
Alex Goulder
1,873,000
300,000
300,000
Mathias Kürschner de
Mathias Kürschner
Busted

Tags: Alex GoulderMathias Kürschner

Jonathan Klüpfel Eliminated in 9th Place (€10,300)

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Jonathan Klüpfel
Jonathan Klüpfel

Jonathan Klüpfel raised to 28,000 from the cutoff and was called by Alex Goulder in the big blind. On the {3-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs} flop, Goulder bet 40,000 and Klüpfel raised to 82,000. The Brit clicked it back to 200,000 and Klüpfel moved all in. Goulder wasted not much time before calling off with the superior stack and the two players turned over their cards:

Klüpfel: {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades}
Goulder: {8-Clubs} {10-Clubs}

The {4-Clubs} on the turn immediately completed the flush for Goulder and Klüpfel was drawing dead. Adding to the misery was the {9-Clubs} on the river, even giving Goulder a straight flush! The German receives €10,300 for his 9th place finish and all remaining eight players now fill out the bio sheets before taking a short break and then moving to the feature table.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Klüpfel de
Jonathan Klüpfel
Busted

Tags: Alex GoulderJonathan Klüpfel

Cards Back in the Air

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Final Table Group Picture
Final Table Group Picture

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.

Tags: Alex GoulderAlexander LakhovChris HunichenMarcin WydrowskiMclean KarrNiclas AdolfssonSebastian LangrockSimeon NaydenovSteve WattsZo Karim

Chris Hunichen Eliminated in 8th Place (€13,450)

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Chris Hunichen
Chris Hunichen

Alex Goulder raised to 45,000 and Chris Hunichen moved all in for 348,000. Niclas Adolfsson also moved all in and Goulder called to create a million chip pot.

Hunichen: {7-Clubs} {7-Hearts}
Goulder: {A-Clubs} {A-Spades}
Adolfsson: {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts}

The board ran out {6-Spades} {K-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {K-Spades} {10-Diamonds} and the online grinder was sent to the rail in 8th place for €13,450

Player Chips Progress
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
Busted
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings

Tags: Alex GoulderChris HunichenNiclas Adolfsson

Alexander Lahkov Eliminated in 7th Place (€17,200)

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Alexander Lakhov
Alexander Lakhov

In hand #48 on the feature table, Alexander Lakhov raised to 40,000 and Andy Seth moved all in out of the small blind with the slightly superior stack. Lakhov decided to call off and they tabled their cards:

Lakhov: {A-Spades} {9-Spades}
Seth:_ {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}

The kicker problem of the Russian would be crucial with the board running out {7-Spades} {5-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} and he was eliminated in 7th place for €17,200.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Seth us
Andy Seth
1,200,000
539,000
539,000
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
Busted
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Alexander LakhovAnirudh Seth

Simeon Naydenov Eliminated in 6th Place (€20,500)

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Simeon Naydenov
Simeon Naydenov

Sebastian Langrock raised to 50,000 and Simeon Naydenov moved all in from the button. Andy Seth cold-called the all in from the small blind and Langrock eventually mucked his {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} .

Naydenov: {K-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}
Seth: {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

The {9-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} flop would have given Langrock a set, but the {4-Clubs} turn and the {A-Clubs} river would have knocked out the German as well if he had stayed in the hand. Naydenov was sent to the rail in 6th place for €20,500 and

Player Chips Progress
Alex Goulder gb
Alex Goulder
2,472,000
-4,000
-4,000
Andy Seth us
Andy Seth
1,968,000
393,000
393,000
Niclas Adolfsson se
Niclas Adolfsson
1,551,000
-28,000
-28,000
Zo Karim us
Zo Karim
857,000
-4,000
-4,000
Sebastian Langrock de
Sebastian Langrock
494,000
-54,000
-54,000
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
Busted

Tags: Anirudh SethSebastian LangrockSimeon Naydenov

Zo Karim Eliminated in 5th Place (€25,400)

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Zo Karim
Zo Karim

Chip leader Alex Goulder moved all in from the small blind and short stack Zo Karim called out of the big blind for his .

Goulder: {J-Diamonds} {7-Clubs}
Karim: {K-Spades} {3-Spades}

The board ran out {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {J-Clubs}, giving Karim the straight and Goulder the flush. Karim takes home €25,400 and Goulder has more than half of the chips in play.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Goulder gb
Alex Goulder
4,105,000
750,000
750,000
Andy Seth us
Andy Seth
1,315,000
-80,000
-80,000
Sebastian Langrock de
Sebastian Langrock
965,000
-10,000
-10,000
Niclas Adolfsson se
Niclas Adolfsson
955,000
-40,000
-40,000
Zo Karim us
Zo Karim
Busted

Tags: Alex GoulderZo Karim

Andy Seth Eliminated in 4th Place (€34,500)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Andy Seth
Andy Seth

Alex Goulder raised to 80,000 with {10-Hearts} {8-Spades} and Sebastian Langrock just called from the button before Andy Seth moved all in for roughly 1 million in chips from the small blind. Niclas Adolfsson folded an ace in the big blind and Goulder mucked as well. Langrock asked for a count and then took the risk.

Langrock: {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Seth: {9-Diamonds} {9-Hearts}
The American would lost the coin flip on a board of {4-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {2-Hearts} and takes home €34,500 for his fourth place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Goulder gb
Alex Goulder
4,335,000
-90,000
-90,000
Sebastian Langrock de
Sebastian Langrock
2,315,000
1,150,000
1,150,000
Niclas Adolfsson se
Niclas Adolfsson
690,000
30,000
30,000
Andy Seth us
Andy Seth
Busted

Tags: Alex GoulderAnirudh SethNiclas AdolfssonSebastian Langrock

Sebastian Langrock Eliminated in 3rd Place (€46,600)

Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Sebastian Langrock
Sebastian Langrock

Just after Niclas Adolfsson jumped into second place, he got involved into a huge confrontation with Sebastian Langrock and both short stacks got their chips into the middle preflop in hand #142.

Adolfsson: {A-Spades} {K-Clubs}
Langrock: {10-Hearts} {10-Spades}

The {8-Spades} {4-Hearts} {J-Spades} flop was still good for the German, but his opponent then picked up an additional flush draw on the {5-Spades} turn. It was no spade on the river but the {A-Hearts} that saw Adolfsson win the pot and set up the stage for heads-up.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Langrock de
Sebastian Langrock
Busted

Tags: Niclas AdolfssonSebastian Langrock

Niclas Adolfsson Eliminated in 2nd Place (€72,000)

Level 30 : 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante
Niclas Adolfsson
Niclas Adolfsson

In hand #257, Niclas Adolfsson was all in with {K-Hearts} {10-Hearts} and Alex Goulder looked him up with {A-Spades} {8-Hearts}. Neither player would hit anything on the {6-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {J-Hearts} board and Adolfsson was eliminated in 2nd place for a payday of €72,000. The heads-up match itself lasted 115 hands and it would be Alex Goulder who emerged victorious after dominating most of the day. A recap of today's action will be available within the hour.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Goulder gb
Alex Goulder
7,530,000
1,720,000
1,720,000
Niclas Adolfsson se
Niclas Adolfsson
Busted

Tags: Alex GoulderNiclas Adolfsson