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IAG AUG 2019年8月 亞博匯 56 Entering the final table – itself played over three days – as dominant chip leader, Ensan looked unbeatable for the first two and returned on the last day holding 63% of the chips in play, with just he, Dario Sammartino and Alex Livingston remaining. He stumbled briefly on the home leg, with Livingston taking the chip lead for a few moments before fading to hit the rail in third and Sammartino then stealing an early advantage in the first hand of heads-up play. After showing a better two pair in that hand to hold a near 2:1 chip advantage, the highly-regarded Italian was most analysts’ pick to ride the momentum to victory, but instead it was Ensan who proceeded to 他在主場的比賽中有過短暫的失誤，Livingston一度領先，但 很快在第三局便被擊敗，而Sammartino則在首回合中搶得先機。 籌碼優勢一度拉開到2:1，形勢貌似有利於優秀的義大利選手 Sammartino，並有衝擊冠軍寶座的勢頭，然而Ensan卻主導了接 下來三個小時的賽事。激戰終於來到最後一手牌並迎來非常戲劇 性的發展，Ensen的是口袋對K，而Sammartino則抽同花順抽失 敗，Ensen最終贏得賽事。這是WSOP世上第一次在主賽事中選手 以對K獲勝而非對A。 dominate the next three hours before finally finishing Sammartino off in a dramatic final hand that saw his KK fade flush and straight draws. Incredibly, it was also the first time in the history of the WSOP that the winning Main Event hand has been either AA or KK. Ensan is no stranger to success. He won a European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague Main Event for US$754,000 in 2015, has made two other EPT final tables and holds a WSOP International Circuit ring from winning an event in Rosvadov, Czech Republic, in 2017. His career winnings before this year’s WSOP stood at a respectable US$2.7 million but that all pales into insignificance now that he has another US$10 million to play with. Not bad for two weeks’ work. Ensan對成功並不陌生。他曾在2015年的歐洲撲克巡迴賽 (EPT) 布拉格站中贏得主賽冠軍並贏取75萬4千美元獎金，並兩次 進入EPT決賽，後在2017年的WSOP國際巡迴賽的捷克羅茲瓦多夫 站中斬獲冠軍。 在今年的WSOP之前，他的職業生涯的獎金高達270萬美元，但 現在在贏取1,000萬美元的獎金後，一切都顯得微不足道了。這兩週 努力的成果，對Ensan來說絕對是不枉此行。 IN FOCUS