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Vadzim Kursevich, 2012 EPT Deauville champion (Photo: Neil Stoddart)
The win gives Kursevich the biggest payday of his poker career, his previous best coming from a third-place finish at EPT Berlin last spring which earned him €300,000. Meanwhile, Luca Pagano's seventh-place finish gave him a seventh EPT final table.
After six days of poker in Deauville, France, Vadzim Kursevich of Belarus has bested a field of 889 to win the latest European Poker Tour Main Event, outlasting the Frenchman Paul Guichard heads-up to win the title and €875,000. Meanwhile, Luca Pagano of Italy came up a few spots short again in his quest for an EPT title after making his seventh final table on the tour.
Guichard held a slight lead over Kursevich when play began among the final eight on Monday. Guichard sat with just under 6 million chips, while Kursevich was nearby with 5.67 million. Meanwhile Mick Graydon was the table's short-stack with just under 1 million.
Graydon would chip up a little in the early going, but had fallen back down around the 1 million-chip mark when he pushed all in with Ac-9h only to run into Guichard's Ad-Kc. The board ran out 10s-4s-3c-Qd-7c, and the Irishman was out eighth.
Guichard continued to push out further ahead of the pack, nearing 8 million while Kursevich fell back to average-stack status. Then Vuong Than Trong knocked out Luca Pagano in seventh when the latter's Ac-Js failed to improve versus Trong's 9s-9h. That made seven EPT final tables for Pagano without a win, with his exit leaving six players to continue the battle.
Olivier Rogez was the next to go in sixth. Having folded down to a super-short stack of just one big blind or so, he was soon all in with Jh-3c against two players, one of whom -- Guichard -- bet out the other on a nine-high flop to turn over Kh-Kc, and two cards later Rogez was out.
The remaining five played on, then just before the dinner break Bruno Jais opened with a raise to 450,000 (blinds 100,000/200,000), then Trong reraised to 1.05 million and Jais called. The flop came 9s-8h-6c and Jais shoved his remaining 2 million or so with Ah-Qs, getting a quick call from Trong with Kc-Kd. A queen fell on the turn, but the river was the 5s and Jais was out.
That hand pushed Trong out in front, meaning he'd return from dinner with nearly 11 million, with Kursevich having moved up into second with 8.83 million. Guichard was third with 4.75 million and Yorane Kerignard last with a little over 2.4 million.
Shortly after the break, Kursevich would score a huge double-up through Trong when his Ks-Kd held up against Trong's Ah-Qc. Kerignard went out in fourth shortly after that when his Qs-9s failed against Kursevich's Kc-Js, and suddenly Kursevich had a commanding lead with three left.
Kursevich would continue to push, and soon had Trong all in with Kd-10c before the flop against his Ac-Jc. The five community cards came 9s-8h-5s-7d-9c, and they were down to two.
Kursevich started heads-up play with a massive lead with 23.145 million to Guichard's 3.365 million. Guichard swiftly closed the gap, however, and was only a couple of million behind Kursevich when the tourney's dramatic climax occurred.
With the blinds 125,000/250,000, Kursevich opened for 500,000 from the button, Guichard reraised to 1.25 million, and Kursevich called. The flop came Js-7h-5d, and Guichard led for 625,000. Kursevich called. The turn was the 9h, bringing another bet from the Frenchman, this time worth 1.325 million, to which the man from Belarus responded with an all-in shove.
Guichard called immediately, showing 5h-5s for a set of fives. Kursevich turned over 6h-3h -- a flush draw and a double-gutter. The river then brought the 8c, filling a straight for Kursevich and giving him the title.
2012 EPT Deauville Main Event final table payouts:
1st: Vadzim Kursevich (Belarus) -- €875,000
2nd: Paul Guichard (France) -- €557,000
3rd: Vuong Than Trong (France) -- €328,000
4th: Yorane Kerignard (France) -- €260,000
5th: Bruno Jais (France) -- €200,000
6th: Olivier Rogez (France) -- €155,000
7th: Luca Pagano (Italy) -- €110,000
8th: Mick Graydon (Ireland) -- €67,200
Monday's win gives Kursevich the biggest payday of his poker career, his previous best coming from a third-place finish at EPT Berlin last spring which earned him €300,000.
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