The International Spadepoker Tour is now in its sixth edition, which took place at the Grand Casino Liechtenstein. The CHF 500 buy-in Main Event was attended by a number of players from various European countries who collected a total of 407 entries. After the opening flights and the decisive Day 2, the final table was formed, which you could follow via Live Stream:
The very second hand of the final table was unlucky for Hungarian player Roland Kerekes, who lost his 14bb to a pair of against a pair of . Turnova marked the first seat-open of this table and a prize of CHF 3,820 for the Hungarian player. He was soon followed to the cashier by Croatian player Bodrozic, who took home CHF 4,660.
A wave of eliminations followed in quick succession, after which I.Abdullaiev (CHF 6,340) had to take to the cashier. U.Luchkou (CHF 8,630), J.Gräupner (CHF 11,305), Iroolf (CHF 14,340) or Thomas Hofmann (CHF 17,455). After his elimination in 3rd place, the tournament moved into heads-up play, where the chipleader of the opening final table, Christian Kempf, and Peter J.Steiner met.
The hour-long man-to-man battle began with Steiner holding a 3:1 advantage, which he converted into the overall win. The fate of the tournament was decided by preflop coinflip hands a , in which the pair was held by chipleader Steiner. As the board did not produce an ace or a king, it was decided that runner-up Christian Kempf would take home a prize of CHF 23,570. The ME Spadepoker Tour champion was Peter Steiner, who took home a handmade trophy, a ticket to the WPT World Championship and a prize of CHF 36,852 to boot. Congratulations!
