Alex Gomes who was going for a Triple Crown of three major wins on three major tours came up short in 7th. The former chess master and previous day chip leader American Eugene Yanayt went out in 6th. Then the hopes of the first ever Spanish EPT champion were dashed when Juan Maceiras went out in 5th.
They took a four hour break when the play was four handed with the chip counts as follows:
Ivan Freitez - 7,720,000
Torsten Brinkmann - 6,750,000
Tamas Lendvai - 3,790,000
Andrew Danilyuk - 2,460,000
Heads up with a nice lead, Freitez bided his time but called an all-in shove by a shorter Brinkman who had A,K and Freitez had a suited 9,10 that made one pair on a 5,2,9,6,8 board.
Final table results:
1. Ivan Freitez - €1,500,000
2. Torsten Brinkmann - €900,000
3. Tamas Lendvai - €550,000
4. Andrey Danilyuk - €400,000
5. Juan Maceiras - €315,000
6. Eugene Yanayt - €250,000
7. Alex Gomes - €185,000
8. Andrew Li - €130,000
9. Thomas Pettersson - €95,000
The 686 players who entered this year's EPT Grand Final created a €6,860,000 prizepool with the top 104 players making the money.
