After the Lucullan binge that saw us give you a long and wide account of the success of Dario Sammartino winner of the bracelet at event number 61an incredible new night of poker has brought us together between the June 27th and 28that the end of which Paolo Boi won his first bracelet at World Series Of Poker.
Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em
A total Italian celebration has put our nation at the centre of world poker, following Paolino Boi’s victory at event number 60, the Event #60: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’emwhich comes in just under 24 hours later that of Dario Sammartino, which we gave you an account of yesterday.
Paolo Boi, an excellent Sardinian player, has put together something like 1,772 opponents, securing a sumptuous first coin equal to $676,900defeating the American of Latin origins Noel Rodriguez, runner up for a prize of $451.299.
Our player had started his day more or less halfway through, when, with 13 left, he started with a stack of just under 20 Big Blindwhich with a tournament with extreme playability like this, are really a lot of stuff.
This is proven by the fact that Boi wore the bracelet when it was the 05:30 in Italy, putting the largest part of a in your pocket prize pool pari a $4,733,910.
Paolo Boi: a Rossini crescendo
After a fantastic comeback, Paolo set fire to the final part of the tournament, the one that ended after the dinner break, when he eliminated everyone, from fifth to second placefor a victory that, in 5 left, it was never in question, if not for a double up granted to Rodriguez at the start of Heads Up.
But for the rest, absolute domination, with the Sardinian taking out, in order, Justin Belforti, the highly rated Brandon Mitchell, Juan Vecino, and entered the heads up with a 6 to 1 advantage:
- Paul Boi: 60,100,000
- Noel Rodriguez: 10,800,000
The Blind at that time were 400.000/800.000 Ante 800.000 and Boi opened from the Small Blind to 1.7 million, finding Rodriguez’s push with a 5 and showing up at the show down with k j . An ace on the flop immediately closed the hand and allowed Rodriguez to double and thus rise to around 27 million against the 43-odd of the Sardinian player.
The final hand, Paolo Boi on the roof of the world
But it was a flash in the pan. Shortly after Boi opened from Small Blind, receiving the call from the American a 1.8 millionbefore the dealer puts this flop on the table: j j 3 .
Boi va in continuation bet a 2 million, check-raised by Rodriguez to 4.8 millionBoi calls.
Turn 6 . Second of Rodriguez at 5.6 million, the Italian calls again, before a k calm down on a table that takes on the appearance of a blue color.
Rodriguez’s push is practically unquoted, Paolo thinks about it for about thirty seconds, but in the end decides to calland the second party in 24 hours can begin.
- Boi: 10 10
- Rodriguez: q 9
- Full board: j j 3 6 k
This is the payout of the first nine:
| Placement | Player | Origin | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Boi | Italy | $676,900 |
| 2 | Noel Rodriguez | United States | $451,299 |
| 3 | John Neighbor | Spain | $326,883 |
| 4 | Brandon Mitchell | United States | $239,451 |
| 5 | Justin Belforti | United States | $177,416 |
| 6 | Marc Foggin | United Kingdom | $132,978 |
| 7 | Victor Paredes | United States | $100,840 |
| 8 | Vanessa Kade | Canada | $77,378 |
| 9 | Benjamin Gold | United States | $60,088 |
Paolo Boi’s hot statements
“I still can’t figure it out”declared Paolo Boi at the end of his splendid adventure which culminated with the victory of the bracelet.
“I never thought I could win“, continued the Sardinian player, “I was always short stacked throughout the entire tournament.”
“When we were down to four and I became the chip leader, then victory began to take shape and from that moment on everything went well. In the final hand, after the call, I wasn’t exactly aware that I had won, my mind was pretty foggy at the time.”
“Will I win another bracelet? I don’t know, in the meantime I have to go back to work next week”he finished with a laugh.
