What a triumph for Eduardo Antimo
The highest caliber tournament at this PSOP Monterrey managed to gather a total of 219 entries and extensively exceeded its guaranteed prize pool of one million pesos, distributing the considerable sum of MXN$2.857.950 among its top 27 competitors, who were guaranteed a payout of at least MXN$28.550
The presence of players of the caliber of Tomas Szwarcberg
On the other hand, at the final table, players of the caliber of Joel Treviño (9° – MXN$57.000), Julián Altieri
Eduardo Antimo made a spectacular call for the victory
On the path to the precious title of champion of this highest caliber event on the schedule, Eduardo Antimo knew how to perfectly materialize his chip lead and take advantage of every spot in the best way to constantly benefit from the ICM model which, at this stage, already held particular relevance in every decision made by the experienced competitors.
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The first to fall was Joel Treviño, who entered determined to play an aggressive role, true to his style, and begin to increase his stack which had been diminished after unfortunate encounters prior to this moment. And if he didn’t succeed, he would go down trying, so his 9° place earned him MXN$57.000.
Subsequently, the exit of Julián Altieri in eighth place was also unexpected, and his trip to the cashier rose to MXN$82.000. Later, Martín Torres suffered a heavy blow to his stack after attempting a river bluff with an ace-queen that didn’t connect with the community cards, where Ponce had turned a flush, only calling his opponent’s large bet due to the difficulty of a paired card that gave a possible full house on the board. Torres climbed to a very good MXN$178.000 for his excellent performance and fifth place at this memorable final table.
In the final heads-up, Antimo seemed to be dominating completely by having the vast majority of the nearly 12 million points on his side; however, Mario Escalera
The decisive moment came when
