Rafael Martínez managed to develop an extraordinary Day 2 in the Main Event of this Spring Poker Series Cancun Edition that is already reaching its end at the Casino Palace of this locality as the venue. After the start of the action at 16.30h with the 106 players who advanced to the second phase, Martínez built the best stack by far with 5.330.000 points.
The central tournament of this spring edition series is about to reach its definition with the last nine competitors still in the fight who this Sunday, March 29, take their seats again at the final table to fight, much more closely, for the title of champion and also a well-deserved trophy to commemorate the feat.
With a total of five qualifying flights offered to players, the Main Event accumulated a total of 479 entries, distributing its guaranteed amount of MXN$2.000.000 among the best 55 participants, who secured a minimum payment of MXN$8.000.
On the way to this final table but reaching the money were some prominent players of the stature of Elicely Martínez (44° – MXN$9.000), Fernando Vázquez (36° – MXN$10.000), Fernando Islas (33° – MXN$10.000), Eliuth Rojas (23° – MXN$11.000) and Daniel Riestra (13° – MXN$20.000).
Rafael Martínez has what it takes to set the pace at the final table of this Main Event
After the departure of William Hernández in 11° place with a payout of MXN$26.000 and one step away from the formation of the final table, the last players in this final stage of the tournament already secure at least MXN$40.000 in their trip to the cashier. The trophy is now much closer and Rafael Martínez is the one who has the best conditions to set the pace to follow in this fight for the title.
With a stack of 5.330.000 he has a wide lead over Ilan Cohen , who is his closest competitor with 2.660.000, ranking second in the table, while Markus Meekma was ranked third with a solid 2.485.000.
Also noteworthy is the presence of players with extensive experience in executing final table strategies such as Eduardo Morton (1.515.000), Agustín Esteban (1.280.000) and Mila Kim (785.000) who, being the only female competitor in the dispute for the trophy, has the shortest stack and must make the most of her chips to seek a double up or fall in the attempt.
