José Herrera
The festival’s main event took place from Thursday, April 30 until its final table was decided yesterday, Monday, May 4. It had a buy-in of MXN$8,000 to guarantee an attractive prize pool of MXN$3,000,000 and offered five qualifying flights, gathering a total of 278 entries.
Although the tournament featured players from all over the country, the close fight for the title highlighted Gerardo Hernández
José Herrera displayed the best of his game to resolve a complex 3-Handed in his favor
Once the tournament reached the final table, eight players secured a seat in this phase of the competition, which was streamed live via the PokerGo Español channel on YouTube. The minimum cash prize was already set at a very good MXN$94,500 and the tension for the title was palpable in the air.
The first to fall was Rodríguez, after playing his last 230,000 chips (5.7 BBs) from the HJ with a pair of J J and facing Zamacona who from the SB held A Q. The community cards were 9 9 K 9 Q, weakening his hand pair against that river that connected a queen to surpass him.
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Some time passed before the next elimination occurred, with Ricardo Vera
The podium took quite a while to be defined with the exit of Víctor Osuna
The final confrontation was extremely fast, decided in a single hand played just after returning from a short break: Herrera pressed hard from SB/BTN with his 10 4 finding an instant call from his opponent with 8 8. The flop favored José with a 2 Q 10 giving him a pair of tens and taking the lead, while the turn A and the river 10 defined the champion of this tournament.
Casino del Rey Poker Festival – Mazatlán, Sinaloa
Main Event – MXN$3M GTD
Buy-in: MXN$8,000
Entries: 278
Prize pool: MXN$3,000,000
Final table payouts
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