Sint Maarten Open: final table

Edit 06h28: NEIK VEN DER SLUIJS WINS THE SINT MAARTEN OPEN
Even if he started the final table as the short stack, the dutch player, Neik ven der Sluijs wins the Sint Maarten Poker Open and gets 55,000$ of the first place. The runner up is Carol Everton who wins 27,500$.

Edit 05h47: MATT OSBORNE OUT
After a long time without any elimination, that's finally Matt Osborne who finishes in third place.

He lost a huge pot agains Neik ven der Sluijs and he had to shove his remaining chips with KQ... he will be payed by Carol Everton with J7.

His opponent will hit a set of 7 and Matt is eliminated in third place for a 21,000 winnings.

Edit 04h28: JEAN LUC DOCQUIER
Jean Luc was the short stack of the table when he decides to shove his last 110,000 chips. He will be called by the chipleader.

At the showdown, Jean Luc shows 88 and Matt Osborne KQ.

Unfortunately for Jean Luc, a K will fall in the river and Jean Luc is eliminated in a fourth place for 16k of winnings.

Edit 04h05: LEVEL 19
The 4 last players are back in the tournament area after the 10 minutes break.

Chipcounts:
- Matt Osborne (UK) 680,000
- Neik Ven der Sluijs (NL) 360,000
- Docquier Jean Luc (SXM) 132,900
- Carol Everton (UK) 380,000

Edit 04h02: PASCALE BENDAVID OUT
The female player was the short stack of the table when she decides to shove the last 20k chips. She's called by Neik ven der Sluijs: KJ for Pascale and 88 for Neik.

Any card will help Pascale who finishes in a 5th place for 13,000$ of winnings.

Edit 02h54: CHIPCOUNTS
- Matt Osborne (UK) 400,000
- Neik Ven der Sluijs (NL) 167,800
- Docquier Jean Luc (SXM) 107,900
- Carol Everton (UK) 340,000

Edit 02h10: LEVEL 16
The 5 last players of the tournament are back at the casino.

For the moment, they are sure to win at least 13,000$.

Edit 00h40: DINNER BREAK
The last survivors of the Sint Maarten Poker Open have now a 90 minutes break.

Edit 00h30: VAN DER WAL JAN OUT
Jan started the final table with a 142,500 stack. After 3 hours, he went down to 60,000.

Jan from the button, decides to open shove and the BB makes the call: at the showdown, Js 9s Vs KQ for his opponent.

The board Ts 8h 2d 4s 2x doesn't help Jan who finishes in sixth position for a 9,7k$ winning.

Edit 23h30: TZANIS TZANIDAKIS FINISHES IN SEVENTH POSITION
Tzanis started the final table with a 109,000 stack but after 2 hours, he was the short stack of the table. He decides to shove in late position with JQ... one player calls with AK.

No help for the greek player who finishes in seventh position for a 8,000$ winning.

Edit 22h54: UPDATE
The player have now 10 minutes break.

Edit 22h49: RAMON ROTARDIER OUT
After having lost his coin flip versus Docquier, the player from Martinique goes all'in with AK... Unfortunately the pair of tens of his opponent stood up.

Edit 22h40: JEAN LUC DOCQUIER DOUBLES UP
The player from Sint Maarten, just doubled up against Ramon Rotardier with 88 Vs AQ.

We still have 8 remaining players.

The blinds are now 2500/5000 and 500 ante.

Edit 22h00: FELIX SANG OUT
The dutch player, Felix sang has just been eliminated from the tournament. He goes all'in with AK and the caller shows K9... a cruel 9 on the turn will stop his tournament.

Felix wins $4,900.

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Hello everybody and welcome to the live coverage of the final table of the Sint Maarten Poker Open.

After 2 days of tournament, we have the 9 finalists.

Here you have their chipcounts.

- Pascale Bendavid (SXM) 132,800
- Van der Wal Jan (SXM) 142,500
- Matt Osborne (UK) 233,600
- Niek Ven der Sluijs (NL) 66,800
- Rotardier Ramon (Martinique) 156,400
- Felix Sang (NL) 199,700
- Tzanis Tzanidakis (Greece)109,100
- Docquier Jean Luc (SXM) 46,900
- Carol Everton (UK) 273,900