Great victory for Gerardo Hernández
The most expensive tournament on the schedule held in the renowned Pearl of the Pacific registered a total of 48 entries after concluding its first phase with late registration enabled. Thus, the guaranteed amount of MXN$1,000,000 was distributed among the top six contenders for the title, who secured a minimum cash prize of a good MXN$80,000.
At the final table, which took just over four hours to play its last hand, players of the caliber of Tito Flores
Gerardo Hernández cleverly navigated a complex final table with top national players
Although the final table was composed of the best eight competitors, two of them would leave their seats without cashing. Mayorquín was the first to fall after playing his last 103,000 with A 5 against Hernández’s pair of K K, who managed to dodge a flop that presented dangerous possibilities with straight draws and the ace as the highest card.
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Máquina found his exit in fifth place at the hands of Flores, and the podium was defined with the departure of the Argentine residing in the capital of our country, Rodrigo Zouvi, who faced a forced battle and, after “Chore” limped in the SB with K 7, went all-in for a total of 311,000 with A J, finding an unexpected call from his opponent who had the best hand on a board Q 8 6 5 K.
With deep stacks, the 3-Handed extended considerably without significant changes until Flores received a final blow when his superior A J clashed all-in against Gerardo’s A 10, who was unstoppable and connected the flop 10 7 9 with no change on the turn 9 or the river Q. The heads-up was set and quickly decided by both contenders for the outstanding title. In the last hand, which was not played to the end preflop, the Regiomontano held Q 3 and went all-in against “Yanga” for his last 255,000 when the board showed 4 Q 8 K, who called with J 8 that did not improve on the river 3, proclaiming himself champion and claiming the trophy plus the significant MXN$320,000 as a reward for the feat and outstanding dominance in this final stage.
Casino del Rey Poker Festival
High Roller Tournament MXN$1M GTD
Buy-in: MXN$25,000
Entries: 48
Prize pool: MXN$1,000,000
Final table payouts
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