Before the start of the six handed Final Table, all remaining players agreed on a deal based on their Chip Counts and ICM, this helped to speed up the play tremendously because otherwise it would have been very tricky considering the huge gap in prize money between first and second play. Peter Linton started as Chipleader and the first spectacular setup saw the Aces of Jakub Michalak getting cracked, he returned the favor by doubling up through Linton with A♦ Q♦ when he completed a backdoor Straight with the K♥ on the River.

The Pole also took Chips off Gwendoline Janot when the Frenchwoman picked the wrong timing to bluff with Jack high and had to give up on the Turn. Peter Linton six-bet shoved into Michalak before we lost the first player and that specific scenario would play an important role later on. After a raise from Alban Juen, Gwendoline Janot three-bet shoved for 2.9 Million before table neighbor and fellow French Xavier El Fassy also moved all-in for 2.1 Million to double up with K♠ K♦ versus 7♦ 7♠ and leave Janot with only 5 Big Blinds.

In the very next hand, Gwendoline Janot moved all-in preflop for 5 Big Blinds and Jakub Michalak in the Big Blind made the call with A♦ 2♥ to reduce the field to five after dominating 10♦ 7♥. It would not take long to see another all-in and a call, this time Alban Juen was at risk after three-betting and calling the four-bet shove of Peter Linton with J♠ J♦. He was flipping against K♠ Q♠ and the Board 3♥ K♥ Q♥ 3♣ K♣ sent him to the rail in fifth place.

Back to the clicking war between Jakub Michalak and Peter Linton it was to strengthen the position of the Polish Chipleader after five-bet shoving K♦ J♣ and Linton snap calling  within one second and tabling Q♣ A♦. It was an 18 Million pot and Lady Luck did not shine on the Brit with the Board running out K♥ 8♠ 9♣ J♠ 5♠ to give Michalak two pair and 28 Million in Chips.

He would also knock out the other two contenders for the additional payday of 200,000€ for finishing first. After min-raising the Button, Nick Hicks defended his Big Blind with A♥ 4♥ and found top pair on the Flop A♣ 2♠ 2♥ to check-call 350k from his opponent. On the Turn 8♥ Jakub bet 1.1 Million and was again check-called before the remainder of the stack went in once the 6♠ appeared as final community card. Jakub tabled 2♦ K♣ in showdown and went into Heads-Up with an overwhelming lead.

The final duel would only last a couple of hands and the Chips went in preflop via four-bet shove from Michalak and the snap call from Xavier El Fassy. The Frenchman flipped over K♦ K♣ and was in great shape to start a comeback, however A♠ 7♣ would find two Aces on the Board A♥ J♥ 3♣ 4♦ A♣ to crown the first ever ISPT Champion in Jakub Michalak from Poland. Xavier El Fassy takes home 204,000€ after the six way deal before the Final Table and Michalak receives 436,000€ (236,000€ after deal + 200k for the win).

The official payout including all numbers from the deal is as follows:

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Jakub Michalak min raises the Button to 400k and Nick Hicks calls to see the Flop A♣ 2♠ 2♥. Nick check-calls 350k and does so again for 1.1 Million on the Turn 8♥ with 1.69 Million in the pot. On the River 6♠ the doomswitch is complete for Nick with A♥ 4♥ and he goes broke against the 2♦ K♣ of his opponent who is now an even more massive Chipleader going into Heads-Up.

The cards are back in the air, let’s find a winner here in Wembley

Nick Hicks took down a pot against Xavier El Fassy after flopping trips with J♣ 5♥.

The two big stacks clash and Jakub Michalak may very well remember the last six-bet shove from Peter Linton where he backed out and folded. This time though, Jakub five-bet shoved with his 17 Million + stack and he had the second Chipleader at risk for 9 Million Chips as Peter snap called:

Jakub: K♦ J♣

Peter: Q♣ A♦

The Flop K♥ 8♠ 9♣ saw the Pole jump into pole position for the hand, on the Turn J♠ Jakub has four outs left and the River completes the Board with the 5♠. We now have a massive Chipleader in Jakub Michalak with 28 Million in Chips !!!

Within 10 minutes the second elimination here in Wembley! Peter Linton raises to 325k and Alban Juen three-bets to 805k before Peter jams to put the Frenchman all-in – it is a call.

Peter: K♠ Q♠

Alban: J♠ J♦

Flop: 3♥ K♥ Q♥

Turn: 3♣

River: K♣

We are down to four players and the two eliminations so far are both from France.

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