Bernie McGinlay won the GUKPT Main Event to earn £38,240, the biggest prize of his career. His friends, all poker players, had been teasing him for years because he had never won a trophy, and he just got on the train he’s driving.
The day was not good for the Armada in the PokerStars Open of the EPT Barcelona. Of the 93 players who advanced to Day 2, only two were representatives from the region: the Uruguayan Christian Choca and the Argentine Eduardo Santi. Alex Sampirisi finished as the flight leader.
The Russian bagged 1,289,000 chips and took the lead among the nine players who advanced to Day 2 of the highest buy-in tournament of the Onyx High Roller Series. Rob Yong and Zorlu Er completed the podium of the day.
Day 2 of the Onyx High Roller Series ended with nine players in the running for the title and the $1,250,000 grand prize. Raoul Kanme is the leader, followed by Daniel Rezaei and Manuel Fritz. Julián Pineda and Nacho Barbero had already been eliminated.
Nacho Barbero could not surpass the second starting flight of the Main Event tournament in the Onyx High Roller Series in Cyprus, which had 106 entries. Jordan Woodall finished as the leader with 3,935,000 chips; Sergio Aido also advanced.
The Main Event of the new edition of the Onyx High Roller Series began in Cyprus with a buy-in of US$25,500 and US$5 million guaranteed. Day 1A had 113 entries and Fahredin Mustafov finished at the top among the survivors; the Colombian was eliminated by the leader.
Five players from the region advanced to Day 2 in Dublin, with the Argentine Hugo Gotuzzo and four Brazilians as the main figures of a much more active day for Latin America in the Irish Poker Open.
Luciano Piaggesi put in a great performance in the 8-Max High Roller of the Irish Poker Open, where he finished fifth after a tough clash with the eventual champion, the Finn Roope Tarmi.
The Argentine was the protagonist of the most incredible hand of the tournament, eliminated the bubble player and reaches the final day with one of the best stacks. The final will be this Wednesday.