Bart Lybaert Claims Victory At 2013 Eureka Poker Tour Czech

A 21 year-old poker player from Belgium, who only cashed in at his first live tournament this year, has now followed up his 139th place finish at the £700 UKIPT for £1,200, by successfully taking down the €1,000 Eureka Poker Tour Czech Main Event and the €115,000 prize which went with it.
Tight seems to have been right for Bart Lybaert, who played a particularly cautious game in order to take down the impressive score, after which he commented: “It feels really awesome. This is the first time I’ve got so deep in a tournament. Everything went my way. I didn’t have a downswing at all. It went all up.”
Bart Lybaert entered the 8 seated final table at the Kings Casino in Rozvadov in second spot, although the top five places were closely stacked. As the finalists then started to fall by the wayside, Lybaert eliminated Bulent Demirtas in 4th (€36,875) and then Giovanni Mazza in 3rd (€47,500) to go heads-up against Germany’s Fabian Leib. At this stage, Lybaert held a commanding 7.6m to 805k chip advantage over Fabian Leib
Eventually, the defining hand was played after Lybaert (A-10) and Leib (A-3) went all-in on an A-2-9 flop. The turn and river subsequently produced a 7 and 3 to relegate Fabian Leib to a runner-up finish worth €77,250, while Bart Lybaert’s fledgling poker career received a massive boost with his €115,000 victory in the Czech Republic.
The final table payouts were as follows:
1 Bart Lybaert      €115,000
2 Fabian Leib      €77,250
3 Giovanni Mazza  €47,500
4 Bulent Demirtas €36,875
5 Kasparas Klezys €28,125
6 Thomas Erier      €20,000
7 Ronald Szczerba €15,000
8 Dirk Recknagel  €11,250