24 May 10
Ali Tekintamgac Wins WPT Barcelona
The World Poker Tour Spanish Championship in Barcelona came to an end on Sunday, the 23rd of May. German player Ali Tekintamgac defeated Roberto Santiago from Spain and won the €315,000 first place prize.
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| Photo source: PartyPoker Blog |
Tekintamgac's second major live event
The top 36 players would get a piece of the prize money, and Ali Tekintamgac from Germany managed to come up victorious, after taking down Roberto Santiago. Tekintamgac entered the heads-up phase with a 5:1 chip lead (4,100,000 vs. 800,000) and it didn't take long before he won the whole event.In the final hand of the tourney, Santiago went all in preflop with
and Tekintamgac made the call, holding 
. The board came 
and the German player was awarded €315,000, as well as a seat for the WPT finals in Las Vegas and a Tiffany bracelet.In an interview with PartyPoker, Tekintamgac revealed that this is only his second major live tournament, the first one being EPT Monte Carlo where he finished 125th for €15,000. He also added that he will be in Vegas and will take part in the World Series of Poker Main Event.
Below you can find the final table results:
| WPT Barcelona Final Table Results |
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| Rank | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Ali Tekintamgac | €315,000 |
| 2nd | Roberto Santiago | €160,000 |
| 3rd | Mats Iremark | €81,000 |
| 4th | Manuel Blaschke | €71,000 |
| 5th | Mads Hansen | €61,000 |
| 6th | Tristan Clemençon | €51,000 |
| 7th | Emil Mattsson | €41,000 |
| 8th | Bartolome Romero | €31,000 |
| 9th | Manuel Cozar | €21,400 |
#1
vhallee, 24 May 10 14:07
I gotta say, he doesn't look too happy for winning this. Or maybe he is happy, but he forgot to turn off his poker face. Or maybe he attended a funeral on that day. I dunno...#2
paukuk, 25 May 10 14:51
Forgot to turn his pokerface off. Thats the good one! :DD