Piotr Gajdecki elimiated in 5th place (€9,500)

The dream is over for Piotr Gajdecki and in a way it's a shame he didn't win, purely due to his back story.

The Paradise Poker qualifier won his package but didn't have the money to get to Barcelona as he's a poor student studying in his homeland. Not to be defeated, he hitchhiked his way here in an epic journey that took 36 hours.

He lost the last of his chips over the course of two hands.

All but 75,000 went to his countryman Pawel Jaskolski after he pushed with ace-eight and hit an ace. Gajdecki called with king-queen but failed to catch up.

The very next hand he moved all-in from the small blind with king-nine and Jose Maria Felices called blind from the big blind with queen-five. A five fell on the flop and that was enough to seal the Pole's fate.