In case you didn't read our WPT Grand Prix de Paris updates last week, Philipp Gruissem finished both Day 2 and Day 3 with the largest pile of chips, and he had about 3 times the average stack and $100k more than his closest opponent Matthew Salsberg when Day 4 kicked off with 24 remaining players.
However, Gruissem didn't managed to maintain his chip lead for a third consecutive day and instead [...] Read more » Weeds Producer Matthew Salsberg Wins WPT Grand Prix de Paris
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That's such a sick way to lose the final, to two lucky shoves.
I mean that diamond flush must have wrecked Theo's head.
That's a great example of the final table being about luck perhaps more than any other time. To have your opponent go all in and win twice with weak hands is plain horrible at any time. To work so hard and have that happen is a bitter pill to swallow.
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It's sad to know that Philipp Gruissem didn't handle til the end, after being dominating so well for so long. But that's just poker! And Salsberg had the poker gods on his side when he got to the final HU. We all know some all-ins can turn the whole game upside down, and that's just what happened here. Experience haven't played on Jorgensen's side.