In the end the Spanish host won Artús Giménez but Italy, after dominating the initial high roller with Peluso and Cirillowas also a great protagonist of theEstrellas Poker Tour €1,100 Málaga Main Event of the UK & Ireland Poker Tour. AThe winners are gone €145,000 after a heads-up deal with the Pole Tomasz Wrobelachieving the largest ESPt field ever seen outside of Barcelona.
Great Italy, however, because we placed four “flags” at the final table despite remaining off the podium. Guido Pieraccini who had dominated Day2 came out fourth for 63,680 euros while Giulio Astarita, a great return to the tables for the former historic manager of “dot it” poker, he finished fifth for almost 50 thousand euros. In sixth place RaffIbiza Sorrentino for 37,600 euros while in eighth position Giovanni Bellini for 22,300 euros.
Giménez was delighted to have “played his best possible poker” to emerge victorious after a four-day fight to the final table. After a long dispute with his last opponent, Wrobel, Giménez accepted a deal for Icm: 156,200 euros for the Wrobel and €135,000 for him, with €10,000 and the trophy up for grabs Ultimately it was the 33-year-old Spaniard who took the win after finishing 5th in the starting €2,200 High Roller for €20,200.
The record-breaking tournament for its format and location has accumulated a prize pool of €1,100,160. The final table bubble lasted longer than that of Day 2, with Belgian professional football player Jordy Vleugels eventually busting in 10th place (€13,150). Although he is a poker fan, it was Vleugels’ first tournament and first live festival thanks to a friend who encouraged him to come.
Artús Giménez had a huge chip lead when he entered the final table with over 12 million against the 5.2 million of the second in chip Guido Pieraccini. The rest of the field had about a sixth of his chips each, and it was no surprise that there was a quick elimination sequence early on. Her stack allowed him to put pressure on the others, and Pia Fransson was the first to go in 9th place (€17,100).
Our team had to face Sorrentino who beat Bellini’s JJ with 99 in hand but then lost a flip against Gonzale QQ vs AK which saw him succumb. He was the most successful at the table after his success at the Monte Carlo PokerStars Championship in 2017 and fourth place at the Barcelona stop for €850,110.
Giulio Astarita was also damaged in an AK coin flip against Tomasz Wrobel’s pocket tens, and soon after losing this huge 10 million pot he exited in 5th place (€48,900). Wrobel eliminated short stack Guido Pieraccini by calling his all-in preflop with off-suit ten-sevens and came heads up after also eliminating Ricard Gonzalez in 3rd place (€82,800).
Even though there were only two players left, the final table lasted almost as long as the first part in which seven players left. A very young, slow and well-balanced challenge that saw the two always return to the same stack. In the end they decided on a deal for Icm, leaving the trophy and 10 thousand euros difference. The prize went to the Spaniard who still won less than his runner up after having dominated the day.
Final table payout:
1 Artús Giménez (Spain) – €145,000
2 Tomasz Wrobel (Poland), PokerStars Qualifier – €156,200
3 Ricard Gonzalez (Spain) – €82,800
4 Guido Pieraccini (Italy) – €63,680
5 Giulio Astarita (Italy – €48,900
6 Raffaele Sorrentino (Italy) – €37,600
7 Rafael Anera Ruiz (Spain) – €28,900
8 Giovanni Bellini (Italy) – €22,300
9 Pia Fransson (Sweden) – €17,100
