When play concluded it was 18-year-old Michael "Timex" McDonald who won the PokerStars EPT German Open and its first prize of 933,600 Euros. The German crowd was pleased with seeing Andreas G��l��nay and Torsten Haase finishing second and third, respectively. This is a wrap from Casino Hohensyburg in Dortmund. PokerNews.com's live coverage of the EPT will return in two weeks, when the tour moves on to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Timex raises pre-flop to 80k and Andreas calls. The flop comes , Andreas checks, Timex bet 120k, Andreas raises to 300k and Timex calls. The turn is the ; Andreas bets 300k and Timex calls. The river comes and Andreas goes all-in into the 1.4 million pot and Timex calls, holding . Andreas has and he finishes second in this year's PokerStars EPT German Open. The winner is 18-year-old Michael "Timex" McDonald from Toronto, Canada.
Andreas raises pre-flop and Timex calls. The flop comes and both players check. The turn is , check-check. The river is , Andreas goes all-in and Timex folds.
In the following hand Andreas bets on the flop again and takes down another pot. In the third hand, Andreas bets out pre-flop and wins his third hand in a row. Andreas is now up to 1.5 million and Timex has 2.6 million.
Andreas G��l��nay raised pre-flop and McDonald called. The flop came , G��l��nay bet out and McDonald mucked. In the first four hands the players have won two hands each.
The two remaining players, Andreas G��l��nay and Michael "Timex" McDonald, took some time away from the table before heads-up began to have a friendly chat. A lot of money is at stake as the winner will get �933,000 and the runner-up �522,000.
We have reached heads-up play in Dortmund and Andreas G��l��nay has 1.1 million in chips against Michael "Timex" McDonald, who has just over 3 million. In a couple of minutes the final battle will begin.
Torsten Haase raises pre-flop and both McDonald and G��l��nay call. The flop comes , McDonald goes all-in and Haase calls. McDonald has and Haase has . McDonald is ahead with a pair of queens over Haase's pair of fives. The turn is and the river is , and Haase is eliminated in third place earning �307,000.
Thorsten Haase and Michael McDonald see a flop of and both players check. The turn is , Haase checks again, McDonald bets 205k and rakes the pot as Haase folds.
Michael 'Timex' McDonald raises to 75k pre-flop, Diego Perez re-raises all in and Timex calls with . Perez shows and the flop comes , the turn is and the river is . McDonald's pair of deuces wins the monster pot. Diego Perez is eliminated in fourth place, earning �234,200. McDonald is the new chip leader with 1,683,000 in chips, ahead of Torsten Haase on 1,224,000 and Andreas G��l��nay on 1,199,000.