EPT Online 06: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller]
Day 2 Completed
2020 PokerStars EPT Online
EPT Online 06: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller]
Day: 2
Event Info
Level 25
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
On a short-lived final day of just two and a half hours, a winner has been crowned in EPT Online 06: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] and it was Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski who became the latest champion of the 2020 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Online after he cut a deal with Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger in heads-up. The event featured a field of 109 entries and the top 13 finishers earned a portion of the $1,090,000 prize pool with Badziakouski and Eibinger taking home near identical amounts.
For most of the final table, it was all about Eibinger, who never surrendered the lead until the heads-up deal was cut. Both then agreed to get their chips in preflop no matter what and Badziakouski's prediction of "ok next hand flip book and then keep going till i bust you" turned out to be true.
Badziakouski won the first flip to double, lost the second flip to remain with the lead, and won the third flip to secure the $10,000 on top, taking home $222,453 for the efforts. Eibinger can console himself with $221,564 and has plenty of chances to earn a PokerStars spadie trophy until the end of the festival on November 18th, 2020.
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph started the final day second in chips and ultimately fell in third place, one spot ahead of "hello_totti". EPT Online 07: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max] champion Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic flirted with the lead for a while but fell in fifth, and the remaining finalists all belong to the who-is-who of the online poker scene including Mike "SirWatts" Watson, Bert "girafganger7" Stevens, Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams, and Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford.
Final Result EPT Online 06: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller]
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski | Belarus | $222,453* |
| 2 | Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger | Austria | $221,564* |
| 3 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | Austria | $148,058 |
| 4 | hello_totti | Russia | $113,673 |
| 5 | Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic | Austria | $87,274 |
| 6 | Mike "SirWatts" Watson | Canada | $67,006 |
| 7 | Bert "girafganger7" Stevens | United Kingdom | $51,445 |
| 8 | Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams | Canada | $39,498 |
| 9 | Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | United Kingdom | $33,035 |
*denotes heads-up deal of the final two players
The Action of the Final Day
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford, who is currently ranked number one on Pocket Fives, was the shortest stack heading into the final table with just 12 big blinds and was not able to spin them up. Mike "SirWatts" Watson then seemed to be destined as the next casualty when he lost a clash with fellow Canadian Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams to be left with fewer than one and a half big blinds. However, in the very next hand Adams lost a flip with king-queen suited against the jacks of Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic and was out in 8th place.
Watson doubled four times and made another pay jump as online MTT crusher Bert "girafganger7" Stevens ran with kings into the aces of Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger. But kings would also be the culprit for the elimination of Watson in 6th place when Eibinger flopped trips and rivered a full house with queen-eight.
Smiljkovic ran a king-high bluff against Eibinger that didn't go through and that hand certainly cemented the grip of Eibinger with five remaining. In the meanwhile, Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski won a race and was suddenly the second-biggest stack. Smiljkovic departed next and in the blink of an eye, "hello_totti" lost a race to Eibinger and was gone, too.
Half an hour later, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph ran out of steam when his ace-jack was dominated by the ace-queen of Eibinger but the Austrian was denied the outright victory when he lost two of the three blind flips to Badziakouski. That wraps up the live updates for this event but the PokerNews team will provide all the action of each 2020 PokerStars EPT Online Event for the remainder of the festival.
The final table of EPT Online 06: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] was broadcasted with cards-up coverage and commentary on the PokerStars YouTube and Twitch channel and another five days of live stream action remain with James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton as the hosts.
Level 25
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
As agreed to, Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski and Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger went all-in preflop until one of them had all the chips and it would take exactly three hands to accomplish that.
Flip #1:
Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski: 
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger: 
Board: 
- Badziakouski paired his eight and doubled into a big lead.
Flip #2:
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger: 
Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski: 
Board: 
Both joked about the "top of their range" and it was Eibinger that doubled, however, he was still trailing.
Flip #3:
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger: 
Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski: 
Badziakouski took the lead on the 
flop and Eibinger needed a nine or five to get another flip. However, the 
turn and 
river kept Badziakouski in the lead and Eibinger had to settle for $221,564 as per the deal they agreed to. Badziakouski earned slightly more, $222,453 to be exact, and will also receive the EPT spadie for the efforts.
A full recap of today's action is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,250,000
16,305,962
|
16,305,962 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 25
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
After playing just a few hands of heads-up, Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski and Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger quickly agreed to ICM numbers and then discussed whether or not they still had to play for any money on top. Once it was determined that it was only $10,000 to play for, both continued the chatter and a blind flip was suggested.
Eibinger: "did I ever win a flip against you?"
Badziakouski: "now is the time"
It only took a few moments for them to agreed and Badziakouski ultimately booked it with the words "ok next hand flip book and then keep going till i bust you". Stay tuned for the next showdowns.
Level: 25
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 15,000
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
The action started with a button raise to 200,000 by Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph and Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger three-bet to 750,000 in the small blind. Rudolph then four-bet all-in for just over 38 big blinds and Eibinger made the call.
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph:
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger: 
Eibinger had the better kicker and the 
flop left Rudolph with even less hope. Nothing changed on the turn and Eibinger made the nut flush on the river, sending Rudolph to the rail in 3rd place for $148,058.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,305,962
3,944,109
|
3,944,109 |
|
|
||
|
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10,944,038
-112,500
|
-112,500 |
|
Busted | |
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
In a three-bet pot between the two big stacks Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger and Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski, the former made it 220,000 to go and the latter raised to 750,000, which Eibinger called to see a 
flop.
Badziakouski made it 524,000 to go and Eibinger came along to the 
turn. The second barrel was larger, for 1,369,605, and Eibinger folded, then typed "grrrrrrr" in table chat.
However, the Austrian stopped his downfall the next hand by taking a chunk out of the stack of Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph. They limped and checked the 
flop, Rudolph bet the turn for 150,000 and was called to then check-call for 809,000 on the river.
Eibinger tabled the 
and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,361,853
1,084,000
|
1,084,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
11,056,538
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
|
|
3,831,609
-1,071,500
|
-1,071,500 |
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
In a limped battle of the blinds, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph checked the flop and so did Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger. Rudolph check-raised the 
turn from 100,000 to 450,000 as Eibinger came along.
The fell on the river and a bet of 750,000 by Rudolph instantly won the pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,964,353
-972,500
|
-972,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,357,538
-312,500
|
-312,500 |
|
|
4,928,109
1,285,000
|
1,285,000 |
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger limp-called a raise to 400,000 by Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski who then continued for 201,000 on the flop when the Austrian checked to him. Eibinger made the call and checked the turn once more, Badziakouski fired a second barrel for 818,070 and claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,936,853
-726,000
|
-726,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,670,038
638,500
|
638,500 |
|
|
3,643,109
87,500
|
87,500 |
Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante
Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski made it 252,000 to go on the button and was called by Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger in the big blind. Eibinger check-called for 141,960 on the flop and did so again for 577,777 on the 
turn.
Eibinger then checked the third street in a row on the river and paid off the 2 million bet of Badziakouski, won dragged in the big pot with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,662,853
-2,953,737
|
-2,953,737 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,031,538
3,432,862
|
3,432,862 |
|
|
3,555,609
-479,125
|
-479,125 |