Guillermo Martínez rose as the champion of the highest caliber tournament in this Spring Poker Series Cancun Edition at Casino Palace and after a very long day on Day 2, faced Baptiste Bensadi in the final duel, managing to claim all the chips to take home an important trophy and, in addition, a substantial reward of MXN$358.800.
The High Roller tournament had open registration for a couple of sessions corresponding to Days 1A and 1B, maintaining the possibility of entering at the last minute directly into Day 2 during its first two levels of play. Guillermo Martínez positioned himself as the best in the initial session with 306.000 points while the Monterrey native Gerardo Hernández completely dominated the second, bagging 471.000.
The tournament exceeded its guaranteed prize pool thanks to the 133 entries registered, accumulating a total of MXN$1.157.100 to be distributed among the top 15 participants, who secured a minimum cash of MXN$20.250. Some of the players who fell on the complex path to the valuable final table, but reached the payout desk were Aida Pérez (14° – MXN$20.250), Ciro González (13° – MXN$20.250) and Javier Ruiz (10° – MXN$22.000), who fell just one step short of posing in the photo with the tournament finalists.
Guillermo Martínez triumphed in a trans-Pyrenean duel to take home a heavyweight trophy for his showcase
In the final stage of the highest buy-in event in this Spring Poker Series Cancun Edition, the nine finalists secured at least MXN$24.300 and Luis Domínguez was the first to have to get up from his seat and say goodbye to the dream. With more significant jumps between each payout, the Frenchman Victor Philipot climbed to 8° and claimed a solid MXN$33.500 at the payout desk.
Heading towards the competition podium, Adrián de Florez (7° – MXN$45.100), Enrique del Toro (5° – MXN$73.500), who fell just short of making the final table in the Opener tournament, cashing another MXN$8.100 for his 10° place, and the Monterrey native Gerardo Hernández who had to say goodbye in 4° place with a significant payout of MXN$95.500.
