Vicky Coren Wins 2nd EPT Main Event Title in Sanremo

PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren started the Main Event Final Table of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Sanremo 2014 stop as short stack but managed to win the €476,100 first prize. She is the first player ever to earn two EPT Main Event champion titles.

Eight players were left for the final day of the EPT Sanremo 2014 €4,900 Main Event, including chipleader online multi-table tournament pro Jordan ‘JWPRODIGY’ Westmorland and short stack PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren.

The seat draw was as follows:

Seat 1: Jordan Westmorland – 3,330,000
Seat 2: Giacomo Fundaro – 3,100,000
Seat 3: Emmanuel Pariset – 1,940,000
Seat 4: Bruno Stefanelli – 1,335,000
Seat 5: Andreas Goeller – 2,320,000
Seat 6: Andrea Benelli – 2,085,000
Seat 7: Vicky Coren-Mitchell – 910,000
Seat 8: Andrija Martic – 1,660,000

First out was recreational player Emmanuel Pariset, whose K-Q was cracked by Andrea Benelli’s pocket aces. Benelli then moved on to eliminate Andrija Martic as well: the latter shoved A J but Benelli got three spades to his K J hand.

In 6th place, Bruno Stefanelli was out, getting eliminated by Westmorland’s pocket jacks, and then came Andreas Goeller, who pushed on the J-3-5 flop with T-5 but Westmorland got a third 3 to his A-3 hand. The latter kept dominating the game, even though Benelli was railed by his fellow countryman Giacomo Fundaro and his Q-T.

In the three-handed phase, stacks got evened out by the time Westmorland opened to 200,000 from the Button in a hand on Level 30 (10,000/50,000/100,000). Vicky Coren 3-bet to 500,000 from the BB and Westmoreland called. The flop came 2 T T, Coren checked, Westmoreland bet 550,000, Coren check-raised to 1,200,000 and Westmoreland called after tanking a bit. The 4 fell on the turn and both players checked. Coren then bet 1,500,000 on the 3 river, Westmoreland shoved and Coren called, showing A T. Westmoreland held Q T and was left with only 830,000 in chips, which he lost four hands later.

Vicky Coren-Mitchell – 12,000,000
Giacomo Fundaro – 4,600,000

In the short heads-up, Fundaro did not stand a real chance to turn the tide. In the last hand, the two of them shoved on the J 7 Q T board, Fundaro showing A A and Coren Q J. The river was a neutral 4.
Not only did Vicky Coren win the €476,100 first prize but she also became the first ever two-times Main Event champion in EPT history, after her first victory in London in 2006.

The end results are as follows:

1st: Vicky Coren-Mitchell – €476,100
2nd: Giacomo Fundaro – €298,700
3rd: Jordan Westmorland – €213,850
4th: Andrea Benelli – €166,700
5th: Andreas Goeller – €130,750
6th: Bruno Stefanelli – €102,700
7th: Andrija Martic – €76,650
8th: Emmanuel Pariset – €53,100