After three action-packed days at the Ovalle Casino & Resort, the OSOP Elite Main Event crowned its champion: Daniel Lux took the title after defeating Juan Carlos Carrasco in the final heads-up and delivering a solid performance from start to finish.
The tournament gathered 209 entries, broken down into 121 entries and 88 re-entries, and took shape through its various initial flights, leading to an intense Day 2, a high-level final table, and a conclusion that confirmed Lux’s great moment.
Four flights to start writing history
The road to the title began with the initial flights, which left these chip leaders:
Day 1A:Juan Parra with 353,000
Day 1B:Oscar Alache with 482,000
Day 1C:Aurel Bogdan with 403,000
Day 1D Turbo:Oscar Marino with 169,000
With these registrations, the tournament advanced to Day 2, which started with 57 players still in contention.
Day 2: the fight for payouts and the final table erupted
The second day was key to shaping the final definition. First came the money bubble, with the elimination of Marcelo Bustamante, who fell just short of the prizes.
Later, the final table bubble was also defined, and there Felipe Vergara fell at the hands of Matías Hurtado. Vergara showed Q7, Hurtado had J4 and the board was 84389.
With that, the nine-player final table was set.
How the final table was formed
The stacks at the time the final table was formed were:
Aurel Bogdan — 2,200,000
Juan Carlos Carrasco — 1,400,000
Daniel Lux — 1,400,000
Exequiel Fuentes — 820,000
Matías Hurtado — 815,000
Cristian Aguirre — 675,000
Rodrigo Delgado — 635,000
Víctor Zúñiga — 600,000
Juan Parra — 330,000
From there, the final table saw heavy hands and high-impact eliminations.
Lux struck hard and closed Day 2 as chip leader
One of the most important pots at the final table was the elimination of Aurel Bogdan at the hands of Daniel Lux.
The action began with Juan Carlos Carrasco opening to 80,000 from UTG. Bogdan re-raised to 200,000 in MP and Lux called in the big blind. Carrasco folded.
The board was A5765. Bogdan showed 88, but Lux turned over 77 to take the hand with a full house. That pot propelled him to 7,500,000 at that moment.
The close of Day 2 left only four players standing:
Daniel Lux — 4,915,000
Juan Carlos Carrasco — 2,625,000
Matías Hurtado — 1,115,000
Juan Parra — 250,000
Day 3: the final accelerated
The last day started with Parra short-stacked and his elimination didn’t take long. Earlier, in the first hand of the day, he had gone all-in for 250,000 against Lux and both ended up tying: Parra had A2, Lux A8 and the board was 7K5510.
But shortly after, Juan Carlos Carrasco opened to 145,000 from the button, Matías Hurtado called in the small blind and Juan Parra completed for his last 140,000. The board was JJ855. In the showdown, Parra showed K10, while Carrasco had QJ to eliminate him.
Lux continued to accumulate chips. He won a significant pot against Carrasco showing KQ, and also put pressure on Hurtado in a hand on a JK698 board until he folded on the river.
Hurtado found a breather in a blind war: he completed from the small blind, Lux checked, the flop was A93, Hurtado bet half the pot and received a call. On the A turn, Lux bet 200,000, Hurtado responded with an all-in and Lux called. Hurtado showed AJ and managed to double up against Lux’s -a7- to climb to 2,300,000.
Hurtado finished in third place
The recovery, however, was not enough. In the hand of his elimination, Hurtado opened to 2.5x from the small blind and Lux re-raised to 275,000. Hurtado pushed his last 1,500,000 and Lux called.
Hurtado showed A4 and Lux A10. The board was K10QA8. Hurtado was one card away from a flush, but ended up falling in 3rd place.
The heads-up was thus formed:
Daniel Lux — 6,780,000
Juan Carlos Carrasco — 2,820,000
Carrasco fought, but Lux closed the tournament
In the final duel, there was an exchange of blows. Lux took a pot showing J5 on a 52534 board, while Carrasco responded with an important hand showing J8 on 10488K to climb to 3,000,000.
But the story was closed in a big hand.
Lux opened the action and Carrasco re-raised to 350,000. Lux called. The flop was 2K6. Carrasco bet 200,000 and Lux called again.
On the turn, the 2 fell. Carrasco repeated with another 200,000, Lux raised to 500,000 and Carrasco responded with an all-in. Lux called.
In the showdown, Carrasco showed K8 and Lux turned over Q2. The river was 3 and the Chilean closed the hand with trips of deuces to become the new champion of the OSOP Elite Main Event.
Full payouts from 1st to 24th
1st Daniel Lux — $24,300,000
2nd Juan Carlos Carrasco — $15,350,000
3rd Matías Hurtado — $10,150,000
4th Juan Parra — $9,900,000
5th Cristian Aguirre — $6,000,000
6th Aurel Bogdan — $4,800,000
7th Víctor Zúñiga — $3,900,000
8th Exequiel Fuentes — $2,500,000
9th Rodrigo Delgado — $2,500,000
10th Felipe Vergara — $1,750,000
11th Sergio San Martín — $1,750,000
12th Orlando Palma — $1,750,000
13th Diego Dueñas — $1,550,000
14th Darío González — $1,550,000
15th Eduardo Zurga — $1,550,000
16th Eduardo Zurga — $1,450,000
17th Hua He — $1,450,000
18th Igor Benavente — $1,450,000
19th Oscar Alache — $1,450,000
20th Juan Fernández — $1,350,000
21st Oscar Marino — $1,350,000
22nd Matías Lara — $1,250,000
23rd Christopher Arismendi — $1,250,000
24th Andrés Vega — $1,250,000
A champion who dominated the final
With 209 entries, a tough final table and a very authoritative finish, Daniel Lux ended up lifting the most important trophy of the series in Ovalle.
He was a protagonist in key moments, eliminated tough rivals, managed the pace of the 3-handed, and reached the heads-up with enough advantage to close out the tournament.
The OSOP Elite now has a champion, and his name is written at the top of the festival: Daniel Lux.
