Sam Grafton One of the first Spadie trophies has been awarded during the rescheduled 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague festival at the King’s Casino in the Czech capital. None other than PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton prevailed in Event #1 €10,200 NLHE Bounty High Roller after defeating online poker legend Niklas Astedt in a very short-lived heads-up duel. The tournament attracted 57 entries and the €267,900 cash prize pool was awarded among the top eight finishers.
Grafton was his usual jovial self and the centre of table chat in an atmosphere filled with banter and jokes. The Brit claimed a cash prize worth €80,360 and also racked up several bounties of €5,000 each along the way. On the final table, Grafton knocked out four opponents and was responsible for the final three eliminations to notch up the victory in style. Final Result Event #1 €10,200 NLHE Bounty High Roller
1 Sam Grafton United Kingdom €80,360 2 Niklas Astedt Sweden €58,130 3 Daewoong Song South Korea €37,510 4 Teun Mulder Netherlands €28,400 5 Alex Kulev Bulgaria €21,970 6 Gab Yong Kim South Korea €17,150 7 Alexandros Theologis Greece €13,660 8 Zhong Chen Netherlands €10,720 The last player to leave empty handed was another well-known High Roller regular from the live and online poker scene. Andras Nemeth came up short in a flip against South Korea’s Daewoong Song to miss out on a cash prize. For Song, the tournament ended with a respectable third place finish after he dominated the action throughout the day. Fellow South Korean player Gab Yong Kim was also in the mix and finished in sixth place, surrounded by familiar faces of the high stakes circuit.
Day 2 recommenced with 25 players still in contention and Pavel Binar was the only one to take advantage of the late registration prior to the start. However, the Czech was unable to turn his second entry into any payday and departed without any cash or bounty prize. Many other notables suffered the same fate including Patrick Leonard, Stephen Chidwick, Adrian Mateos, Timothy Adams, and Thomas Muehloecker.
Among the contenders were also two well-known Brazilian online […]
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