Day 4 SPT final

17:00
Final table starts
The players were introduced by the tournament director. Good luck to all of them! Cesar Ordonez was the short stack but he managed to win the first hand and doubled.

17:45
Jerome Lubet doubles up
Steven van Zadelhoff opens KQ and Jerome Lubet finds AK and pushed allin, Steven calls and the flop shows 6 9 A turn J river 2.

17:50
Steven van Zadelhoff vs Ismael Arribas
Ismael moves allin with A9 and Steven decides to call with A2
934 turn 6 river4
Ismael wins the 220k pot.

18:00
Germany vs Spain
Reiner Klar moves allin with AJ Cesar Ordonez calls and shows 77

943 turn 8 river J

Double up for Germany!

18:30
Daniel takes it down
Daniel Ventura calls the allin of Ismael Arribas. Ismael shows A8, Daniel shows JJ

flop Q36 turn 6 river K

18:45
AK vs AK
Rainer Klar and Ismael Arribas are allin en they both show AKo. On the flop, Thomas Kremser already announces that this will be a split pot, because of the three different suits.

19:05
First player out...
And it's the Spanish player Ismael Arribas. Arribas was holding KJ against Rob Sherwoods 66. Flop 577 turn 2 river Q

The 8 remaining players will play 15 more minutes before they go on a short break. After the break they will play level 22 with 10k/20k blinds and a 2000 ante.

19:20
Another Spanish player is busted
Cesar Ordonez moves allin with T8 and Reiner Klar calls with JJ in the small blind. No help for the Spanish player, flop 268, turn 4, river Q.

20:00
Jerome Lubet out
Flop KTQ on the turn both players move allin, Lubet shows K9o, Sherwood shows AA, the river is a 5 and we lost our French player Lubet.

20:20
Spanish double up
The spanish player Carlos Martin just doubled, his AA was good against the KQ of his opponent Rob Sherwood.

Dinner break
The players will go on dinner break now, after the break they play the next level; blinds 12k/24k with a 3k ante.

22:50
Chipcounts
Steven van Zadelhoff 747k
Tatu Menpaa 427k
Rainer Klar 370k
Daniel Ventura 530k
Carlos Martin 394k
Rob Sherwood 250k

Carlos Martin

23:20
Steven and Carlos both allin
And they both show AKo. Flop Q89 turn 4 river T and it's a split pot.

Germany vs France
Rainer Klar moves allin with AJo, Rob Sherwood calls with AQo.
The windowcard is a J but the other two flop cards are a A and a Q, turn is 2 river a 3. We lose our friend from Germany; Rainer Klar.

23:50
Steven van Zadelhoff allin
Steven opens and Rob moves allin, Steven calls and the flop is 397 turn 5 and river 3. The Dutch EVP Team player wins a pot of 400k.

Steven van Zadelhoff

23:55
Carlos Martin out
Carlos moves allin with K8o and Steven makes a fast call with AK. Flop: AJ2 Turn: T River: 3
Carlos wins 24.000 euro.

00:00
Pocket aces
And we lose another player; Daniel Venturas A9s vs Tatu Maenfaas AA; The board; 26T8K doesn't improve Daniels hand and the Spanish player wins 30.000 euro.

00:15
Level 25
With the last three players, we're about to start the next level. Blinds will be 20k/40k with a 4k ante.

00:45
Allin!
Rob Sherwood A9o against Steven van Zadelhoffs A2o
The board reads JT778 and Rob doubles up.

00:50
Stevens Set
Steven and Tatu are allin; we see 77 for Steven and Tatu plays JJ. Stevens flops a set on the 769 flop, de turn and river bring two tens. Tatu, our Finnish player, wins 39.000 euro.

01:10
Steven van Zadelhoff wins the tournament
Steven van Zadelhoff wins the Grand Final 2009. He called the allin of his opponent Rob Sherwood with a toppair and straightdraw. The turn and river didn't change anything and Rob Sherwood is the runner up for 53.000 dollar. Steven will go back to the Netherlands with 100.000 and the title. Good game!