The partypoker Grand Prix joined forces with the Bratislava Poker Festival powered by the Irish Poker Tour for six fantastic days of poker, and what an end to the festival. Alexandros Dimogiorgis beat Dillan Lee \u201cThe Poker Bruce Lee\u201d Bruce to win \u20ac103k and the Grand Prix Bratislava Main Event.<\/p>\n
All nine players who made it to the final table locked up a five-figure score. Alexandros Dimogiorgis started the final table as chip leader, with a stack of 14m, whilst Dennis Magro started as the shortest stack at 1.9m. The top three players, started with most of the chips in play, with 4th -9th having 16bb\u2019s or less.<\/p>\n
A favourable table draw for Dimogiorgis saw him sat with Andras Balogh, and Charles Le Boissonniere, the two stacks larger than 40 big blinds to his immediate left, and remaining stacks to his right. He started aggressively, picking up chips by open jamming into the short stacks with non-premium holdings.<\/p>\n
There were a few players who found themselves all in, including Le Boissonniere, who four bet jammed pocket tens versus Dimogiorgis KTo. Dennis Magro was the first player to find himself all in and facing a call though. He called a min raise from Dimogiorgis, with K\u2663T\u2663 and flopped top pair on the K\u26605\u26607\u2662 flop. Dimogiorgis held 5\u26625\u2663 though, and snap called with the middle set. The J\u2662 turn and the Q\u2660 river didn\u2019t help, and Magro busted in ninth for \u20ac11700.<\/p>\n
Dillan Lee \u201cThe Poker Bruce Lee\u201d Bruce, and hero of the live stream chat, found himself all in with J\u2662 J\u2660 for 3m chips after Balogh opened to 400k with A\u2660 K\u2662. The action folded around to Balogh who wasted no time in getting his chips in, but the board ran out 2\u26625\u26602\u2661 7\u2660 3\u2663 for a 6.4m pot and a double up for Bruce.<\/p>\n
Jiri Stana was next to move all in, with K\u2660 7\u2661 from UTG+1. His bet of 1.2m (6bb), was called by Dimogiorgis in the big blind with the A\u2661 A\u2662. Jiri found some hope on the K\u2662 J\u2663 4\u2662 flop, but the clean runout of 8\u2661 Q\u2662 meant Stana exited in eighth for 14500.<\/p>\n
Shortly after, Ciprian Paunescu moved all in for 1.7m, with A\u2660 J\u2661 from UTG. He was called by Tomas Chrobak in the BB with the 9\u26629\u2663, and the 7\u2660 5\u2663 J\u2660 K\u2662 K\u2663 runout meant Chrobak was left on life support, whilst Paunescu doubled up to 3.6m.<\/p>\n
The very next hand, Le Boissonniere min raised to 400k with the K\u26618\u2661 from the hijack. Balogh three bet to 1m with the A\u2661Q\u2660 in the cutoff. It was folded around to Chrobak, who called all in for 140k without looking at his cards. Le Boissonniere folded, and Chrobak flipped over the T\u2663 3\u2660. The flop was good for Chrobak, giving him extra outs on the 7\u2663 J\u2661 8\u2662 flop, with the T\u2662 turn putting him ahead. The clean 7\u2660 river meant that Chrobak quintupled up, amid loud cheering from the rail.<\/p>\n
Shortly after, Chrobak again found himself all in, with the fortunate timing of the A\u2660 A\u2662 in the button and a 4BB stack. Paunescu found himself in an awkward position, with the A\u26617\u2660 in the small blind and 3.1m behind, but decided to call. Chrobak almost became a victim of celebrating too early. The K\u2663 4\u2661 7\u2661 giving Paunescu a pair and a backdoor flush draw. The J\u2661 turn gave Paunescu ten outs, but the 4\u2660river meant Chrobak doubled back to 1.9m.<\/p>\n
Janos Somogyi found himself all in and at risk shortly after, calling all in with the A\u2662 Q\u2661 vs Paunescu\u2019s A\u2663 4\u2661. Leaving Paunescu with just 265k behind, the K\u2661 T\u2662 8\u2660 flop looked good for Somogyi, but the 4\u2662 on the turn put Paunescu ahead, and meant Somogyi needed a queen or a jack to win the pot. The river was the T\u2661 though, meaning Paunescu doubled up to 5m, and Somogyi busted in seventh for \u20ac18000 and his best live cash.<\/p>\n
A small technical difficulty in the stream meant the hand was missed, but in the interim, Bruce doubled up with pocket Queens and found himself with 9.6m.<\/p>\n
Bruce moved into the chip lead following the next break. Dimogiorgis raised from UTG with A\u2662T\u2661, and Bruce called with the A\u26609\u2660. Bruce flopped two pair, with the board reading A\u2663 9\u2663 4\u2663. Dimogiorgis checked and Bruce bet 600k. Dimogiorgis called and the turn was the Q\u2663. Despite the four flush on the board, the action didn\u2019t slow down, with Bruce betting 1.1m and Dimogiorgis calling. The 4\u2662 on the river was a blank, but both players checked, and Bruce took down the 6.3m pot.<\/p>\n
Bruce remained on the front foot, opening with A\u26639\u2663. Chrobak jammed with K\u2662Q\u2660. Bruce called but Chrobak couldn\u2019t catch anything, the final board reading J\u2661 7\u2660 6\u2663 2\u2660 5\u2662. Chrobak busted in sixth for \u20ac22500.<\/p>\n
A few hands later, Paunescu moved all in from the button with the A\u2662Q\u2660 for 3.1m. Bruce looked down at the 7\u26607\u2663 and sitting on 16m decided to move all in over the top. Le Boissonniere in the big blind quickly folded and the hands went to showdown. The 4\u2662 4\u2661 8\u2660 flop didn\u2019t help Paunescu, and the 7\u2662 turn sealed his fate, with Bruce making a full house. All smiles, Paunescu shook hands with the remaining players, having locked up \u20ac28750 in fifth place.<\/p>\n
There were several small pots leading up to the break, but no bustouts, and when players retuned a deal was discussed, but the players could not find numbers that suited them, so play resumed. Bruce lost two pots, firstly a 4m pot against Dimogiorgis, where he had top two pair vs a full house and he then made a disciplined fold on the river against Le Boissonniere\u2019s full house, again holding top two pair.<\/p>\n
Two hands later, Le Boissonniere moved all in for 5.7m with the K\u2660K\u2661 from UTG. The action folded around to Bruce in the big blind, who called with A\u26609\u2660. As the dealer sorted the pot and the cards, the two players in the hand exchanged a quick fist bump before the flop was dealt. There was a sweat for Le Boissonniere, as the 3\u2660 8\u2660 3\u2661 gave Bruce a flush draw to go with the three aces as outs. The 6\u2662 kept Le Boissonniere alive, but the 4\u2660 gave Bruce the flush amid cheers from the rail. A few hugs and high fives were shared between Bruce and his supporters, followed by a \u201cFuck Yeah!\u201d from the rail. Bruce then told Le Boissonniere \u201cYou played really well\u201d as he slung his backpack over his shoulder and exited in fourth for \u20ac36000.<\/p>\n
Balogh, who had found a payjump following Le Boissonniere exit was all in next hand with A\u2660J\u2660 for 4.3m having jammed from the small blind. Dimogiorgis called with Q\u2662J\u2662 and Balogh saw the good news. The atmosphere was electric, with the commentary team difficult to hear over the shouts of encouragement from the rail. The Q\u2660 appeared in the window putting Dimogiorgis ahead and the 7\u2663 and 9\u2662 did nothing to help Balogh. The 8\u2661 turn and J\u2661 river meant Balogh was eliminated in third for \u20ac47000.<\/p>\n
With Bruce and Dimogiorgis heads up, a deal was agreed, with Bruce locking up \u20ac93k and Dimogiorgis getting \u20ac92k. Heads up began with \u20ac10k left to play for.<\/p>\n
The first big pot happened with Bruce in the big blind and Dimogiorgis with the button. Dimogirogis min raised with K\u26618\u2660 and Bruce called with Q\u26639\u2660. The flop ran out 6\u2660 J\u2661 3\u2662 flop, Bruce check-raised a min bet from Dimogiorgis to 1.5m, and Dimogiorgis called. The K\u2660 turn consolidated his advantage, but Bruce\u2019s Q\u26639\u2660 holding turned a gutshot. Dimogiorgis bet 1.8m into the 4.5m pot and Bruce called. The 5\u2662 river gave Dimogiorgis a lock on the hand, and following Bruce check, he bet 4m. Bruce thought the spot over for a few moments, deciding whether or not he wanted to make a hero call with queen high. After a minute or so, he called, and Dimogiorgis pulled a 16m pot in, giving him the two to one chip lead.<\/p>\n
Some small pots were traded back and forth, before Dimogiorgis found himself on the button with the J\u2662 5\u2661. He limped and Bruce checked with 9\u2660 7\u2661. Dimogiorgis bet 400k and Bruce check raised to 1.2m. Dimogiorgis thought for a few moments, before three betting to 3.4m. Bruce folded and Dimogiorgis scooped another 5m pot.<\/p>\n
A couple of hands later, Bruce limped with Q\u26606\u2663, and Dimogiorgis checked with 9\u26632\u2660. It was an action flop, the 6\u2661 2\u2661 9\u2660 giving Bruce middle pair and Dimogiorgis top and bottom. Bruce bet 700k, and Dimogiorgis check raised to 3m. Bruce moved all in and Dimogiorgis snap called. Both players immediately rose to their feet, but the 4\u2660 4\u2661 runout gave Dimogiorgis the win and both of the trophies.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to Alexandros Dimogiorgis for winning Grand Prix Bratislava and to all of the players who made the money.<\/p>\n
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