German Player Karl Rupprec Wins 2019 Boyaa Poker Tournament Europe
13.12.2019 12:24:00 EET | Business Wire | Press release
On December 8, the sixth edition of the BPT (Boyaa Poker Tournament) came to an end. King's Resort in the Czech Republic celebrated this BPT Europe that enjoyed 600 cumulative participants from 20 countries. In the end, Karl Rupprec, from Germany, won the Main Event Championship.
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Highlights of the BPT Europe 2019 final
The BPT Europe 2019 Main Event began on December 8 at 2:00 p.m., Czech Republic time. After 9 hours of Texas Poker, players Ondrej Drozd from the Czech Republic and Karl Rupprec from Germany reached the last heads-up. In the end, Karl Rupprec, who started with half of his opponent's chips, reversed the situation with his two nines, winning the championship.
Heads-up Highlights:
Karl Rupprec pair 9 and Ondrej Drozd 2, 5.
The flop was 2, Q, 9, so Karl Rupprec got three of a kind, and Ondrej Drozd got pair 2. Rupprec pretended to have weak cards and tricked Drozd.
The Turn was 2, and Ondrej Drozd got three of kind.
The River was hearts 8, and Ondrej Drozd's three of a kind of 2, was lower than the three 9 of Karl Rupprec, and lost all his chips
During the duel, Karl Rupprec was always lagging behind Ondrej Drozd, having at one point only one-third of his opponent's chips; however, step by step, he reduced the distances. In the final hand, he executed his opponent with a perfect counterattack in the form of three 9. Texas Hold'em at its finest!
Players from 20 countries, BPT continues its triumphant march.
The 2019 BPT Europe started the online and offline satellite qualifiers in late September and run for two months. At the end of November, players from 20 countries went to the venue, including Germany, Czech Republic, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, Poland, Austria, Russia, Israel, Belgium, United States, Vietnam, Switzerland, Albania, Romania, Greece, Turkey, Sweden and Denmark.
Boyaa Interactive is a well-known developer and operator in Asia of board & card games. The company expressed its commitment to keep growing the BPT brand.
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