Finnish player Samuel Vousden won the PokerStars Anniversary Series 5,200 Main Event, taking home 365,603. He demonstrated remarkable dominance by defeating top players like Jans Arends at the final table.
Finnish star Samuel “€urope€an” Vousden seems to consistently make deep runs in major online poker tournaments. On May 27th, Vousden participated in the PokerStars Anniversary Series... In the 5,200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event, Vousden became the last survivor in the virtual world, winning from a total prize pool of $2 million.365,603 in prize money.
This $5,200 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event attracted 383 players, creating an $85,000 prize pool shortfall for PokerStars, but offering even greater value to the participants. By Day 4, only nine players remained to compete for the championship title and the substantial first-place prize.
$5,200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event Final Table Results
| Ranking | player | country | bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel “€urope€an” Vousden | Finland | $365,603 |
| 2 | Jans “Graftekkel” Arends | Austria | $275,378 |
| 3 | Thiago “KKremate” Crema | Brazil | $207,419 |
| 4 | Audrius “Stakelis24” Stakelis | Lithuania | $156,232 |
| 5 | Fabiano “Kovalski1” Kovalski | Brazil | $117,676 |
| 6 | Brunno “botteonpoker” Botteon | Brazil | $88,636 |
| 7 | AdiosFabrica | Mexico | $66,762 |
| 8 | PotnaPekka | Finland | $50,286 |
| 9 | arodnaS | Ukraine | $39,554 |
Vousden was one of the chip leaders at the start of the final table, and then, within the first ten minutes, he won a huge pot against Fabiano “Kovalski1” Kovalski. Both players hit trips, Kovalski with trips of 10s and Vousden with trips of Queens, and on a board full of draws, Vousden reaped a rich reward.
Shortly after that hand, Vousden once again benefited from a bad hand. "arodnaS" opened with AK from the under-the-gun position, and Vousden defended with pocket threes from the big blind. The flop came 3-A-4. With only 27 big blinds behind "arodnaS", a series of raises inevitably pushed the stack towards the center of the pot. Vousden's trips held, and the final table saw its first elimination.
For the next hour, no further eliminations occurred, but then "PotnaPekka" broke the deadlock. He clashed with Jans "Graftekkel" Arends, and ultimately "PotnaPekka" went all-in with A5 clubs, which Arends called with pocket kings. Arends' kings made a full house on the flop, but neither the turn nor the river brought an ace, and "PotnaPekka" was eliminated in eighth place.
Although it took an hour to eliminate another person, the next match ended in just 50 minutes.
First, "AdiosFabrica," with an extremely short stack, was forced to go all-in after paying out the small blind, losing 7-5 to Vousden's Q-8. Next, Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon, with J-10, pushed his final 10 big blinds into the pot, losing to Vousden's A-3 and finishing in sixth place.
When Vousden and Kovalski faced off again, fifth place was determined. The aggressive Vousden opened from under the gun with pocket queens and quickly called when Kovalski went all-in with AK after three raises to 33 big blinds. Vousden's queens eventually made a straight, ending Kovalski's match.
This hand gave Vousden 170 big blinds, leaving Arends (80 big blinds), Audrius “Stakelis24” Stakelis (11 big blinds), and Thiago “KKremate” Crema (11 big blinds) trailing behind. Unsurprisingly, with such a chip stack, Vousden and Arends eventually went heads-up.
Stakelis was the first player eliminated from the final four, throwing his last three big blinds into the pot with pocket threes, only to run into (you guessed it) Vousden's pocket queens. Two hands later, Vousden's AQ held off Crema's all-in of 11 big blinds with 10-9 hearts, and the $5,200 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event officially went heads-up.
At the start of the heads-up match, Vousden held a 192-81 big blind lead over Arends. Despite the chip disadvantage, both players attempted to negotiate a deal but failed. They paused the timer several times, but still couldn't reach an agreement.
It appears that after the third negotiation broke down, Vousden and Arends reached some kind of agreement off the table, as they began going all-in on every hand. After each player won a few hands, Vousden's 8-4 hit a 4 on the river, defeating Arends' A-8 hearts and ending the main event.
Agreements reached for the other two No-Limit Texas Hold'em Main Events.
although No formal agreement has been reached for the 5,200 main event, butThe main events at the 109 and $1,050 levels concluded with a payout agreement.
The 109 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event attracted 13,140 entries, creating a $186,000 shortfall in the $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool. Brazil's "DeckMcFly" ultimately emerged victorious after a three-way tie.176,916. "0spiel2632" won second place, prize money... 128,658; "debreceni" came in third place.113,641.
The 1,050 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event had a $160,000 prize shortfall due to insufficient 2,340 entrants to reach the guaranteed $2.5 million prize pool. The event ended in a three-way deal. "galopb" finished third, netting a profit of...258,395; "Alister307" won the runner-up prize. 304,779. "HarissaMB" became the champion after the agreement, winning...256,571.
The PokerStars Anniversary Series ended on June 3rd.
There's still time to become the PokerStars Anniversary Series champion, as the online carnival continues until... June 3The tournament with the highest guaranteed prize money will be held in [year]. 5:30 PM BST on May 31 The second chance match of the main event will be held.
The buy-ins for these events are as follows: 55.215 and 1,050, the guaranteed bonus pool is as follows:400,000750,000 and500,000. With the WSOP in full swing, these three tournaments are likely to experience a prize pool shortfall, similar to the Main Event.
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