EMOP Lisbon Won by Timothy Timotheau
The British player Timothy Timotheau won the European Masters of Poker Lisbon. For his great performance he got the first place prize of 86,680 Euro and the title. The event, which took place at Casino Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal, was the third stop of EMOP’s season 2.
In the tournament 394 players entered. Top poker players were seen at the tables including the EPT winner Anton Wigg, Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott, Joao Barbosa, Lars Kjestrup, Per Hildebrand, and Johan Storakers.
In the tournament Timotheau did not have an encouraging start. Unfortunately for him Day 1a was not a successful one. He ended play with just 5,300 in chips. But after this clearly something happened. The British player improved dramatically his style of playing and unbelievable he reached the final table. In this last stage Timotheau continued his fantastic run. He survived to the powerful attacks that were sent by his opponents and eventually he achieved something that seemed impossible in the first day of play: he entered the final match.
For the title and the top prize he battled with Povilas Purtokas of Lithuania. The final hand saw the Lithuanian player complete the blinds and Timotheau check. Both players checked when the flop came K-7-4 rainbow. The Brit bet 140,000 after the turn fell a jack. Purtokas shoved all in and Timotheau called. Purtokas had T-T and Timotheau K-9. Only one of the two remaining tens could keep the Lithuanian in the game but unfortunately for him the river was a four. Purtokas for his runner-up finish went home with a substantial prize of 53,190 Euro.
Here are the final table results:
1. Timothy Timotheau – 86,680 Euro
2. Povilas Purtokas – 53,190 Euro
3. Henrik Torsteenson – 34,672 Euro
4. Diogo Borges – 22,064 Euro
5. Paul Lucey – 17,336 Euro
6. Joao Candeias – 13,396 Euro
7. Mikael Tholander – 11,820 Euro
8. Mariusz Beranden – 10,244 Euro
9. Pyry Oksanen – 8,668 Euro
Article by: winiverse.com
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