Kevin Thurston had continued his tactic of open shoving from the small blind for 60 big blinds and this time he got caught. He moved in yet again and after about 20 seconds thought Anders Henriksson made the call.
Thurston: 
Henriksson: 
The 
flop gave Thurston some more outs but the 
turn and 
river were both blanks.
Commiserations to second place finisher Kevin Thurston.
Congratulations to GSOP Seville Grand Final champion Anders Henriksson who led from wire to wire today to claim the title, the trophy and €93,130.
Thurston awaits his fate
and Thurston led for 40,000 which Henriksson called. The pattern repeated itself and Thurston fired 40,000 again. The river was the 
and now Thurston fired 50,000. Henriksson looked a little confused but finally threw in a call.
…
and Henriksson led for 50,000 and Thurston called.
fell on the turn and Henriksson checked to Thurston who bet 125,000, Henriksson made the call. The 
, whilst Henriksson flashed pocket kings. First blood to the Brit who has eroded Henriksson’s chip lead slightly.
and it was checked to Henriksson who bet 45,000. Viollon moved all-in and Thurston quickly folded, but Henriksson snap-called.
came on the turn and Viollon was already drawing dead, the 
gave Viollon some more outs. The 
Anders Henriksson Wins The GSOP Grand Final! (€93,130)
Anders Henriksson - GSOP Grand Final Champion!
Anders Henriksson started today as the massive chip leader and never looked in danger of relinquishing that title. The day moved along in fits and starts as we lost Joni Jouhkimainen on the very first hand of the day when he ran his K-Q into Kevin Thurston’s pocket aces. Juha Mantyla was the second player (and Finn to fall) when he reraised all-in with
but Redmond Toth called with 
and spiked a queen to leave us with seven players remaining.
At this point, play almost ground to a close as walks became very frequent and no-one wanted to be the next to bust out. The increase in blinds to 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante was the catalyst to completely change the tournament. First Eriksson busted with
shoving from the button into Sylvain Viollon’s 
to go out in exactly the same spot as he finished in Malta. Then Janos Nemeth’s 
lost the flip to Henriksson’s 
when the board came 
.
Carlos Batista Rodrigues was next for the chop, all-in with
on a 
board against Redmond Toth’s 
and failing to improve. The Hungarian Toth himself was next, 
losing out to Thurston’s aggressively played 
to leave our final three, Henriksson, Viollon and Thurston.
Henriksson took the lead while Thurston began to simply move all-in preflop for his sizeable stack, reducing the amount of action post flop. Finally Viollon check-raised all-in on a
board with 
in a three-way pot, but he was snap-called by Henkriksson’s 
which filled up on the 
turn and made an even bigger house on the 
river.
Heads up saw Henriksson with a 4:1 chip lead against Thurston but the Brit won a decent first hand, continuing his game of pushing all-in preflop with any reasonable hand. Finally Henriksson made a call against one holding
against Thurston’s 
and the board came 
meaning we finally have our champion!
The winning hand