It was an enormous weekend in PokerStars-land, with the EPT Deauville reaching a last table just hours before the Sunday Majors kicked into high gear, with both the Warm-Up and Sunday Million blowing through their guarantees simply all over again. After better than ten hours of high-octane tournament poker ROHR came from behind to assert the victory and $119,548.05 payday. His final payout was the results of a three-way deal and the additional $10,000 he won as a result.

It took nine hours to get there, but just a few minutes to play out hand-for-hand play as derek8 busted in 10th place to establish the general table. Gretko came into the overall table because the chip leader, with the stacks looking like this because the final nine settled in to duke it out for the massive money.

gretko (LA) - $11,052,372ROHR (Wurzburg) - $8,641,187Chaesi (Aetingen) - $7,155,428donnylon346 (skivarp) - $6,298,870delegator (Bergen) - $5,435,468risiko13 (Basel) - $3,741,696toetagU (WWI) - $2,532,407Joe Hahn (Doorwerth) - $2,053,096Negriin (Punta Alta) - $1,269,476

It only took a couple of hands into the general table for the primary big confrontation to happen. Action started out reasonably, with a preflop raise from Chaesi and a decision from ROHR, however the fireworks kicked off when the flop came down Q♠-9♠-A♥. Chaesi led out with a bet, and ROHR flat-called to bring the J♦ at the turn. Chaesi quickly moved all in with A♦-J♠ for 2 pair, and ROHR made the straightforward call with A♠-Q♥ for the larger two pair. Just a jack at the river would save Chaesi, nevertheless it was to not be when the A♣ rolled off to send him packing in 9th place ($7,708.80).

Joe Hahn came into the overall table one of the crucial shortest stacks, and when action folded around to his small blind, Q♦-6♣ looked adequate to shove with, so that's exactly what he did. ToetagU thought for a moment before calling, but tabled the dominating A♥-6♦ to position Joe in a global of hurt. Life got no better for Joe Hahn because the board ran out A♣-8♠-K♠-Q♥-K♥ to bust him in 8th place ($12,045).

Negriin played the short-stack ninja role well, ducking and weaving his tiny stack to a 7th-place finish and a $21,681 payday. His run came to an end by the hands of the deep-stacked gretko, who moved all in excessive of Negriin's preflop raise. The pot-committed Negriin called with A♣-3♦, only to seek out himself crushed by gretko's A♦-4♥. The flop of 4♠-9♣-7♣ left Negriin in search of running clubs to stick alive, and for a moment it appeared like the poker gods would obey after they dropped the T♣ at the turn. However the river was a less-than-helpful 6♥, and Negriin was headed to the virtual rail.

Gretko claimed another victim and the chip lead when he busted toetagU in 6th place ($31,317). All of the money went in preflop when toetagU defended his small blind against gretko's button raise by moving all in excessive with A♥-2♦. Unfortunately for toetagU, gretko wasn't on a bluff, but had pocket queens. Gretko made the most obvious call, however the 4♦-2♥-4♠ flop gave toetagU a pair more outs. The T♦ at the turn wasn't one in all them, and neither was the 5♠ that hit the river as gretko's queens held up, after which there have been five.

They say that fortune favors the bold, and it's certainly easier to be bold if you have got a large chip lead. That is what the sector gave the impression of when gretko open-raised from the small blind with K♣-3♠, then called delegator's all-in move. Delegator showed A♥-K♥, and gave the impression to be fit to double during the chip lead at the J♣-8♠-T♣ flop, but disaster within the type of the 3♥ came at the turn. The 7♦ at the river was no help, and delegator was relegated to a 5th-place finish, good for $40,953.

Donnylon346 made all of it the best way to 4th place mostly by staying out of the way, but eventually he too, succumbed to the gretko steamroller. Gretko opened with a raise from the button, and donnylon moved all in excessive with A♣-5♥. Gretko made the decision with A♥-8♣, and was significantly sooner than his opponent. The flop was no big help to either player, coming down 4♠-J♣-7♣, and the Q♦ at the turn was equally meaningless. The Q♥ at the river brought no reprieve for donnylon, and he was done in 4th place ($54,443.40).

With donnylon's elimination, the 3 remaining players took a moment to talk about a chop, and after some brief discussion, they agreed on a chip count chop that locked up $128,188.59 for gretko, $109,548.05 for ROHR and $94,758.03 for risiko13. With $10,000 left at the table for the eventual winner, the 3 survivors retook their seats and the tournament was re-started.

All the cash went in on a coin flip at the first actual hand back, as gretko opened from the button with A♥-J♥, and risiko13 moved all in excessive with 6♥-6♣. The flop swung the pendulum firmly to gretko's side when it came down T♣-A♦-Q♥, and risiko was in serious trouble. The 5♠ at the turn was no help for anyone, and when the river brought the 9♥, risiko was done in 3rd place and heads up poker ensued.

For the entire fevered pace of the remainder of the general table, the heads up match between ROHR and gretko was a study in patience. Gretko took a large lead into heads up play, and quickly established a 2:1 chip advantage, but was unable to advance his cause for the longest time as ROHR proved adept at picking his spots and timing his moves.

And finally, after a lengthy heads-up duel, ROHR's patience was rewarded. He took a dominant chip lead when his pocket eights held up against gretko's flush attract the next-to-last hand of the tournament, after which this all happened. With an enormous chip lead, ROHR opened for a raise from the button with 3♣-3♥. Gretko called for the last of his chips with J♦-4♣. The flop of Q♦-7♠-6♥ was no help to either player, but gretko picked up an inside straight draw with the 5♣ turn. No two-outer for greto, though, because the A♦ at the river sent him packing in 2nd place, but with $128,188.59 for his troubles.

ROHR proved that good stuff come to those that wait, and his slow-but-steady method to the heads up match garnered him a Sunday Warm-Up title and $119,548.05 for an even day's work. Congratulations to ROHR and all our final table players on a task well done!

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