GSOP Prague Suffers Aasmaa Attack
GSOP Prague is in the books and what an event it was.
Things got started just four days ago at the Hotel Corinthia with a Prague single-day tournament entrants record of 500 players.
It then ended with just one man standing Sunday Night: Estonia’s Raigo Aasmaa.
After leaping into the European poker scene with a third-place finish at home earlier this year in EPT Tallinn, Aasmaa managed to get over the hump at GSOP Prague and win his first major title, despite a rather tough final table.
Bet24′s own Finnish Pro Kimmo Kurko appeared to give Aasmaa his toughest test, grabbing the chip lead part way through the final table and looking poised to hoist the trophy himself.
However, fortunes changed quickly and Kurko was the shortest stack heading into the final three.
After a deal was struck improving second and third place money and ensuring the winner would still walk away with €80,000, Kurko soon hit the rail taking the €60k left for third leaving it up to Roger Hairabedian to take care of Aasmaa heads-up.
Hairabedian had the chip lead to do it with, and certainly the confidence, but big pot after big pot went Aasmaa’s way until the big money, and the title, were both his.
All in all it was an exciting trip to Prague and clearly the GSOP’s most successful event to date.
Click back to check out the BLUFF Live! crew’s final video recap, including an interview with the champ, some of the sights and sounds of the final table and a funky look at the famed Prague Castle.
Next up for the GSOP and Bet24 will be a stop in the skiing Mecca of Salzburg, Austria at the end of next month- Hopefully we’ll see you there.
