{"id":44402,"date":"2017-05-02T10:31:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T09:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=44402"},"modified":"2021-06-21T09:36:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T09:36:34","slug":"andrej-desset-wins-second-grand-prix-title-in-three-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/andrej-desset-wins-second-grand-prix-title-in-three-weeks.html","title":{"rendered":"Andrej Desset Wins Second Grand Prix Title in Three Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some poker players can go through their entire career without ever experiencing the joy of winning a tournament, especially a live poker tournament, but Andrej Desset<\/strong> has managed to win two major live partypoker<\/a> events in the space of three weeks.<\/p>\n

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Three weeks ago, Desset outlasted a field of 2,594 players to become the partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria<\/a> champion. On May 1, Desset did the unthinkable and topped a guarantee-busting crowd of 2,898 hopefuls to be crowed champion of the Grand Prix Germany at the King\u2019s Casinhttps:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/andrej-desset-crowned-grand-prix-austria-champion.html?wm=4543678&utm_campaign=partypoker_live&utm_medium=content&utm_source=blog&utm_content=blog_body&utm_term=grand_prix_germanyo in Rozvadov, which made him the first-ever two-time winner of a Grand Prix event.<\/p>\n

2017 Grand Prix Germany Final Table Result<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nPrize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nAndrej Desset<\/td>\nSlovakia<\/td>\n\u20ac100,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSteven Stephan<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n\u20ac60,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nChristoph Chwalek<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n\u20ac40,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nDeniz Yuvaz<\/td>\nTurkey<\/td>\n\u20ac25,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nKarim Ryadi<\/td>\nBelgium<\/td>\n\u20ac14,470<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nFrank Platnikow<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n\u20ac10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nSaman Mirnia<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n\u20ac7,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nNebojsa Ankucic<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n\u20ac6,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Grand Prix Germany final table<\/p><\/div>\n

The eight-handed final table got underway at 8:00 p.m. on May 1 and less than an hour later the player count was down to seven. Nebojsa Ankucic<\/strong> opened with a raise while holding and found two callers in the shape of Andrej Desset and Steven Stephan<\/strong>. Ankucic continued on a flop and only Desset called.<\/p>\n

The turn was the and Ankucic moved all-in, only to be called by Desset who had improved to a straight with his . The river completed the board and sent Ankucic to the rail.<\/p>\n

A few minutes after Ankucic\u2019s demise, Saman Mirnia<\/strong> fell by the wayside. Desset opened the betting with and instantly called when Mirnia three-bet all in with . The five community cards ran out without a four in sight, and Mirnia\u2019s impressive run ended.<\/p>\n

Sixth-place and the first five-figure cash went to Frank Platnikow<\/strong> when he committed his short stack with preflop and Desset woke up with for an easy call. Desset flopped a set of queens before improving to a full house to send Platnikow home.<\/p>\n

\"Karim

Karim Ryadi: Fifth-place finisher<\/p><\/div>\n

Next to bust was Karim Ryadi<\/strong> of Belgium who three-bet all-in with after Christoph Chwalek<\/strong> opened the betting with . Chwalek called before both players improved to a pair on the flop. The turn was followed by the river, which left Chwalek\u2019s hand the best and sent Ryadi to the cashier\u2019s desk to collect \u20ac14,470.<\/p>\n

The final four became three with the elimination of Turkey\u2019s Deniz Yuvaz<\/strong>. It was another preflop confrontation, Yuvaz\u2019s needing some help from the community cards to best the dominating of Chwalek. By the river, the board read and Yavuz was gone.<\/p>\n

Heads-up was set when Chwalek\u2019s lost a race against the of Desset when the latter flopped a set of treys and after forty-minutes of one-on-one action, Steven Stephan found himself all-in holding against the of Desset.<\/p>\n

Stephan took the lead on the flop, but then fell behind when the reared its head on the turn. Desset needed to avoid a five or four on the river to win his second Grand Prix title and did better than that by catching the . Stephan collected \u20ac60,000 for his runner-up finish and Desset banked a cool \u20ac100,000 and a place in the partypoker LIVE history books.<\/p>\n

\"Andrej

A delighted Andrej Desset shortly after winning Grand Prix Germany<\/p><\/div>\n

partypoker LIVE<\/a> returns to the King\u2019s Casino in Rozvadoz in June for the \u20ac1 million guaranteed partypoker Million Germany event and it would take a brave person to bet against Desset making yet another deep run. Satellites are available right now in the partypoker lobby and start at only $0.01, eventually feeding into the \u20ac1,100 partypoker Million Germany Main Event.<\/p>\n

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