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Jasper Meijer van Putten Wins the Last-Ever PokerStars EPT in Prague for Almost €700,000!
- Updated: December 19, 2016
The last day of the last event of the PokerStars European Poker Tour was always going to be one that would dominate headlines. But besides the fact that the world’s biggest tour concluded, it was Jasper Meijer van Putten’s domination on the final table that made for a memorable day in the Czech Republic’s capital of Prague.
The Dutchman winning one of the biggest ever EPT events wasn’t the only big news on the final day of the Main Event. David Peters, by finishing third, overtook Fedor Holz in the Global Poker Index Player of the Year race.
Official Final Table Results
* Denotes heads-up deal
The final day began with just six remaining players. Whoever would win, it would make for a great story. Would the EPT crown its fourth female champion? Would the guy win that dominated live poker in 2016 finish with a bang? Would the short stack come from behind? Would the online qualifier with a single cash on his résumé take down the title? Or would the EPT finally get its first Hungarian winner after 13 long and storied seasons?
After Vicky Coren twice, Sandra Najoks and Liv Boeree, Sam Cohen would not become the fourth female EPT champion as she was the first to fall. In the third hand of the final table, it was already all over. She flopped top two with queen-eight and check-raised David Peters. Peters wasn’t ready to say goodbye to his pocket nines just yet and called in position. Wouldn’t you know it, the turn was a nine and Cohen shoved for what was over the size of the pot. Peters called and dodged queens, eights and hearts on the river to knock out Cohen.
The last EPT ever wouldn’t be headlined by the shorty making the epic comeback either as he was the next with his head on the chopping block. Marius Gierse got it in with fives against the nines of Marton Czuczor and failed to improve on the flop, turn and river.
With the departure of Sergei Petrushevskii, the event missed on the classic “qualifier wins big event” storyline as well. Petrushevskii, who had just a single cash of €153 prior to reaching the final table, fell in fourth …
