PokerStars.com EPT London: Gustavson defeats Eastgate
Published on 08 Oct 09 10:11 by
Yesterday, the results of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London, conclusively ended Britain's largest poker tournament to date. The winner was the American Aaron Gustavson coming in before Peter Eastgate and Nikolai Senninger.
730 starters, a buy-in of £5,000 and with £3,540,500 in the prize pool, the EPT London 2009 was the largest poker tournament in Britain, to date. 104 players were able to enjoy a cash prize, including
PokerNoob (11th place) and Allanon (45th place) from Team PokerStrategy.com. Community member 
PsychoBennyYesterday, it was all about the £850,000 win bonus for the the final eight players. In a rapidly moving final table, the American Aaron Gustavson prevailed in the heads-up over the WSOP champ Peter Eastgate. The German Nikolai Senninger came in third.
Senninger third, Gustavson defeats Eastgate
Senninger benefited from two double-ups against the Norwegian Martin Gudvangen. At first, the German won against him with A-8 vs. T-6 and then again with Q-Q vs. Q-J. In the end, it was Senninger, who wiped out Gudvangen with A-Q vs. A-3. Fourth place for the Norwegian was paid £227,000.
However,
Senninger could not get beyond place 3. With the board showing 3-7-Q-9,
the German called the American’s all-in after intense reflection. Aaron
Gustavson had hit the top pair with Q-T, Nikolai held pocket eights, on
the river brought a ten, and thus Senninger was knocked out.The heads-up began with a 2:1 chip lead for Gustavson. The hesitation did not last long, and did not give the still reigning WSOP champ Peter Eastgate an opportunity even to defend himself. In the final hand, Eastgate went all-in with A-9 suited after raise and reraise. Gustavson called with A-Q, both missed the board and the winner of this year's EPT London was certain. For the first place, Aaron Gustavson was paid £850,000, the equivalent of about $1.3 million.
| EPT London 2009 Final Table |
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| Rank | Name |
Prize |
| 1st | Aaron Gustavson |
£850,000 |
| 2nd |
Peter Eastgate |
£530,000 |
| 3rd |
Nikolai Senninger |
£285,000 |
| 4th |
Martin Gudvangen | £227,000 |
| 5th |
Dominic Cullen |
£173,000 |
| 6th |
Rui Milhomens |
£124,000 |
| 7th |
Raymond Wu | £87,000 |
| 8th |
Karim Bennani |
£50,100 |
