Teun Mulder Bags “Insane” Final Table EPT High Roller Victory

Dutch pro Teun Mulder steamrollered his way to the €389,870 first prize at the EPT Paris High Roller II, KO-ing all eight of his final table opponents on the way to victory!

Mulder was among 51 entries to the second €25k of the week, Chris Brewer lifting the first title the previous day, and the prizepool of €1,119,520 would be shared among the top 7 finishers.

Big-name stars such as Steve O’Dwyer, Adrian Mateos, Stephen Chidwick, San Greenwood and Timothy Adams all fell well before the paid spots, and when Jaoa Vieira was toppled on the bubble by Mulder, the one-man-show had begun.

A double-elimination, cracking Thomas Muehlocker’s queens along the way, quickly reduced the field to just five...

Mulder: J♣ J♦
Garagnani: Q♦ 2♠
Muehlocker: Q♠ Q♣

Board: J♠ A♦ 10♦ 2♣ 4♣

Mulder could do no wrong, telling reporters later: “I got it in bad, and I won, and I got it in 50/50, and I also won.” And the fun, for Mulder at least, continued at a rapid pace.

First it was the turn of Niklas Astedt to depart, the short-stacked Swede running into Mulder’s pocket kings, followed by Russian Jakov Nesterov, out in 4th for €131,950.

Seth Davies’ hopes for a double with QJ against Mulder’s 10-8 offsuit were dashed with an 8 on the turn, leaving only Tauan Naves standing between Mulder and an incredible KO streak.

Short-stacked, all-in and dominating, the flop had Naves’ nerves jangling given Mulder’s sun-run to heads-up play.

Naves: A♠ 8♣
Mulder: A♥ 7♣
Flop: 10♦ 8♥ 9♥

Sure enough, the turn brought the seemingly inevitable bad news...

Turn: 6♣

...and when the river bricked...

River: K♦

Mulder had scooped the title and the €389,870 top prize.

Final results

“That was insane,” Mulder stated afterwards, having added another Pokerstars High Roller ‘Spadie’ to his €25k win at EPT last year.

The EPT Paris schedule sees the €50k buy-in SHR kick=off today, Sunday, with the €5k Main Event set to start today.

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