The Winamax Poker Open (WPO) Madrid closed the curtain yesterday with the conclusion of the Principal Occasion. The collection was an enormous success, however Omar Del Pino’s efficiency on the €500 (US$521.20) Principal Occasion was among the many greatest.
Omar del Pino after profitable the WPO €500 6-Max Principal Occasion. The poker event set a file for the format. (Picture: PokerNews)
After every week through which the massive winner has been poker, the occasion organized by Winamax ended with the 6-Max Principal Occasion yesterday. What began as a contest between 2,182 entries had simply 24 gamers returning to the tables on the ultimate day. It was a struggle for the title of champion of a event that has damaged the world file for participation in a 6-Max format occasion.
Omar Del Pino finally took that title. The Spanish participant gained a prize of €130,000 (US$135,590) after defeating Frenchman Hugues Mazerolle within the ultimate heads-up battle. Mazerolle took dwelling €94,000 (US$98,051) for his efforts.
Winamax Raises the Bar
The WPO Principal Occasion had a buy-in of €500 (US$521.20), a construction of three days, and a prize pool of €960,080 (simply over $1 million). The 394 survivors of the preliminary flights performed on Day 2 on Saturday. Some 312 of them took dwelling money.
Adrián Mateos fell earlier than the bubble burst, and left empty. Pierrick Letalleur turned the bubble boy of the event. Nevertheless, Winamax put up a comfort prize, giving him a ticket to the following reside occasion. That would be the WPO in Bratislava from September 26 to October 2.
The final 24 survivors performed yesterday on the decisive Day 3. Amongst them had been one Lithuanian, one Italian, two Portuguese, 11 French, and 9 Spaniards.
Lithuanian Gytis Juskevicius exited subsequent in eighth place. Del Pino reached the official ultimate desk as chip chief, with 50 huge blinds, forward of fellow Spaniard Pablo Herrera. He was proper behind, with 49 huge blinds.
Frenchman Anthony Soules entered the ultimate with simply 4 huge blinds. Though he doubled on the expense of Pablo Herrera, he quickly misplaced in an all-in, Q-10 vs A-8. That hand went to Herrera, who had gotten his revenge.
Gamers Rapidly Fall
Within the first rounds, Herrera, Del Pino, and the Frenchman Matthieu Lamagnere alternated as leaders in chips. Then got here a practice wreck after Angel Rodriguez opened with 3-3.
Herrera made a small three-bet increase from the button with AA. Del Pino went all-in from the massive blind with J-J, and Herrera paid immediately. The board introduced Omar a J on the flip. That was sufficient for Rodriguez to start having to struggle to outlive.
The event become a duel between Lamagnere and Del Pino, with Rodríguez, Antonio López del Álamo, and Hugues Mazerolle attempting to claw their methods again. The latter doubled down on his compatriot, and Del Pino put stress on Lamagnere to increase his benefit as chip chief.
Rodríguez wasn’t in a position to dangle on. The Spaniard performed all his chips with A-Q and bumped into Mazerolle’s AA.
Shortly after, López del Álamo stated goodbye. He performed his small stack with Q-9 suited earlier than a increase of Del Pino, who fortunately known as with A-Okay offsuit. The fingers didn’t enhance and Lopez went to the rail.
Del Pino began the 3-handed motion with a substantial stack benefit. The Spaniard quickly eradicated Mazerolle after going all-in with 7-7. His opponent known as with 2-2, however couldn’t discover any assistance on the flop, flip, or river. Identical to that, Rodriguez and del Álamo fell in consecutive fingers.
Remaining Heads-Up Battle Endures
The ultimate heads-up battle began gradual. The Frenchman managed to stability the duel and get forward with twice as many chips because the Spaniard. Nevertheless, Del Pino stored his cool and reacted, placing himself again in entrance, and didn’t let go.
Within the ultimate hand, Lamagnere raised to three.8 million chips in pre-flop betting. Del Pino three-bet to 12 million. The Frenchman shoved with 47 million, and Del Pino made a snap-call. Matthieu confirmed Okay-Q offsuit, whereas Del Pino revealed A-J offsuit.
The board got here Kh-Jh-5h, 6d and 2h. Each gamers had been holding a coronary heart, however Del Pino’s was the Ace. That clinched the win and the highest prize.
