Michal Mrake? Wins partypoker LIVE MILLION Germany �1,100 Main Event

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The Czech Republic's Michal Mrake? outlasted a field of 820 entrants to win the 2017 partypoker MILLION LIVE �1,100 Main Event for �200,000.

Mrake? entered the third and final day in the chip lead among the 26 hopefuls remaining in contention. However, things did not start off well for the Czech as he lost his first five flips of the day and dropped into the middle of the pack.

Eliminations took place at a furious pace up until the final table bubble when partypoker-sponsored Pro Natalia Breviglieri eliminated France's Nicolas Le Floch in 10th place for �8,000.

At that point, players took a quick break where the nine-handed final table was set-up.

Final Table Seating Chart

SeatNameCountryCountBBs
1Sonay KehyaGermany11,700,00058
2Frederic FemontBelgium7,250,00036
3Natalia BriviglieriUnited Kingdom12,200,00061
4Michal Mrake?Czech Republic6,750,00033
5Raul CucGermany12,425,00062
6Sandro PitzantiNetherlands5,525,00027
7SlivererGermany4,450,00022
8Eddy ScharfGermany11,900,00059
9Grzegorz GoskPoland9,250,00046

Germany's Raul Cuc entered the final table with the chip lead, with Briviglieri, two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Eddy Scharf and Sonay Kehya very close behind. Meanwhile, Mrake? entered the table near the bottom of the counts.

Three hours and the dinner break ticked by on the final table without a single elimination and Mrake? slipping down in the standings. That all changed very quickly once play resumed after the break with Mrake? taking charge.

Minutes after returning from dinner, Scharf eliminated Germany's Frederic Femont in ninth place for �10,000 after his pocket eights held against ace-six.

Straight after this hand, Mrake? won back to back hands to go from around 4 million in chips to more than 18 million.

Almost seconds later, Germany's Sliverer was eliminated in eighth place for �15,000 when his ace-queen couldn't out-flip pocket nines held by Sandro Pitzanti after both an ace and a nine appeared on the flop.

Mrake? was back to business minutes later eliminating both Kehya in seventh place for �22,500 and Breviglieri in sixth place for �32,500 after his pocket kings held against king-jack suited and ace-nine suited in a three-way all-in before the flop, respectively.

In a blink of an eye later, Cuc was eliminated in fifth place for �45,000 when his pocket jacks were unable to hold against Pitzanti's ace-six.

A few hands later Scharf (fourth - �58,500) was eliminated with pocket jacks after getting it on a queen-ten-seven flop and his hand unable to hold against the jack-nine held by Mrake?.

At this point, Mrake? had half the chips in play and play was paused while a deal was discussed. The trio couldn't agree and play was resumed.

Mrake? then put pressure on his opponent and extended his chip lead to a 3:1 advantage over both of his opponents combined.

Partypoker online qualifier Grzegorz Gosk was then eliminated by Mrake? after his ace-five was unable to hold against king-nine. He not only collected �80,000 for third place but also banked another �20,000 for winning the partypoker sponsored last longer contest for another �20,000.

Another deal was discussed during heads-up play between Pitzanti and Mrake?. However, Mrake? with a 7:1 chip advantage quickly turned down any discussions.

Mrake? then took down the title shortly afterward when his pocket eights flopped a set against the queen-ten suited held by Pitzanti, who took down the runner-up prize of �120,000.

�1,100 Main Event Results

PlaceNameCountryPrize
1Michal Mrake?Czech Republic�200,000
2Sandro PitzantiNetherlands�120,000
3Grzegorz GoskPoland�80,000
4Eddy ScharfGermany�58,500
5Raul CucGermany�45,000
6Natalia BreviglieriUnited Kingdom�32,500
7Sonay KehyaNetherlands�22,500
8SilvererGermany�15,000
9Frederic FemontBelgium�10,000
Michal Mrakes, and friends

That marks the end of the PokerNews live reporting of the 2017 partypoker LIVE Million Germany Main Event at the King's Casino Rozvadov, but make sure to check back in regularly for updates from tournaments all over the world.

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