A Look Back at the EPT Prague Season 4
The European Poker Tour first visited Prague way back in Season 4, which is when Arnaud Mattern topped a field of 555 players to walk away with the €708,400 top prize. Mattern is in today's field, so we thought it'd be fun to take a look back at the Frenchman's win over Italy's Gino Alacqua. Here's the final hand as reported in our Live Blog:
Arnaud Mattern raises from the small blind to 200,000, and Gino Alacqua moves all in. Arnaud calls immediately, covering Gino by 500,000.
Arnaud: 
Gino: 
The flop is scary for Arnaud: 
. The turn is the 
, removing the queens and tens as outs but giving Gino any nine, any ace, or any diamond to double up.
The river is the 
, meaning Arnaud wins the hand with kings and deuces, to become the inaugural EPT Prague champion, winning €708,400.
Gino Alacqua is the runner-up winning, €407,300.
EPT Prague Season 4 Final Table
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool | Number of Payouts | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| €4,700 | 555 | €2,530,240 | 56 | December 10-14, 2007 |
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Arnaud Mattern | France | €708,400 |
| 2nd | Gino Alacqua | Italy | €407,300 |
| 3rd | Kristian Kjøndal | Norway | €235,300 |
| 4th | Juha Lauttamus | Finland | €182,200 |
| 5th | Markus Golser | Austria | €151,800 |
| 6th | Nedzib Suman | Sweden | €119,000 |
| 7th | Dag Palovic | Slovakia | €93,600 |
| 8th | Mikael Norinder | Sweden | €63,200 |