EPT San Remo: Constant Pressure Pays Off

The final table kicked off with only 8 players left and the first one
to fall off was Danilo D'Ettoris. He moved all-in for 600,000 and the
action folded around to Constant Rijkenberg who called with pocket
fours. D'Ettoris turned over and got no help from the board which revealed .

Next to hit the rail was Alexander Fitzgerald, followed by Ovidiu Balaj
and then Dragan Galic. Galic was holding a stack of two million chips
when he moved all-in with and Rijkenberg called with .

The board served Rijkenberg well, giving him a flopped straight with on the board. The turn card was and Galic was drawing dead as the river brought .
Both players maintained a highly aggressive style throughout the
tournament and this time Rijkenberg got the best of it, while Galic was
sent home in fifth place.

William Reynolds was one of the best
players at the tables on Day 4, but his final table run came to an end
just a few spots away from the title. Reynolds' final hand of the EPT
San Remo featured him going all-in with against Rijkenberg's . An ace came on the flop and sealed Reynold's run.

Three
more players were left in the race for the title now and the first one
to drop out was Gustav Sundell. His A-6 ran into Kalle Niemi's A-J,
which narrowed the play down to the final two.

The heads-up play
between Kalle Niemi and Constant Rijkenberg didn't take long. After
plenty of action on a 10-5-3-5 board, Rijkenberg took down the last pot
of the tournament with pocket aces, as Niemi was holding A-10 and
didn't catch another ten on the river.

The young champion Constant Rijkenberg won an enormous prize pool of €1,508,000 after coming on top of a field of 1,178 players. He commented this great success shortly after the hand:

"I really don't know what to feel right now. My first dream was to play an EPT, my second to play on the featured TV table, my third to was to make the final table and my fourth dream was to win. It's the biggest dream you can have apart from the WSOP Main Event - and I'm too young to play that right now."

Next stop on the EPT schedule is Monte Carlo where the Grand final will be held. Another large field is expected to attend the event with perhaps even more money on the line.

Here are the final table results: