The Montesino Casino played home to the World Poker Tour Vienna and its 555 players, but it was Russian Dmitry Gromov who made himself king of the castle when he took down the €3,200 + €300 buy-in main event for a €447,840 payday.
Gromov started the final table as he meant to finish it – with all the chips. Going into the ultimate day, the top three players on the leader board would be the last three players standing, and the leader would become the winner.
The first player to go was Mark Jenisch. He moved all in with pocket queens and found himself up against Gromov and his pocket nines. A 9 came on the flop sending Jenisch out in eighth place for €36,180.
Maximillian Noll made his all-in move with A
J
but he had one caller in Simon Ravnsbaek who held A
K which stayed ahead to send Noll out in sixth place for €65,460.
Valentin Stroiescu had a bit of a rough time at the final table and was finally put out in fifth place for €83,550 by Maxim Kolosov. It was Kolosov and his J 10 versus Stroiescu and his A
9. A 10 on the flop was enough to cause the fatal blow.
Gromov was back at it again, putting Mario Adinolfi in peril. His A-J sent Adinolfi and his A-7 to the other side of the rail in fourth place for €115,420.
Three-handed, Gromov was on fire, his pocket sixes held versus Simon Ravnsbaek’s A-J and Ravnsbaek struck out in third place for €169,690, leaving the two Russians to battle it out.
Five hands later it was all over for Gromov and Kolosov.
It was A 10 versus 8 8 respectively in the ultimate hand, but a 10 landed on the flop putting Maxim Kolosov out in second place for a chunky sum of €241,180.
Here are the final results and payouts:
1. Dmitry Gromov €447,840
2. Maxim Kolosov €241,180
3. Simon Ravnsbaek €169,690
4. Mario Adinolfi €115,420
5. Valentin Stroiescu €83,550
6. Maximillian Noll €65,460
7. Anonymous €49,100
8. Mark Jenisch €36,180
The WPT does not get a moment’s rest as it now moves directly to the Golden Casino in Bratislava, Slovakia for day 1A of its €2,500 + €220 main event.
