Rodrigo Zouvi
The main tournament of this iconic series that showed its summer edition had a buy-in of MXN$6,500 and after offering six qualifying flights managed to gather the considerable number of 582 entries to surpass its guaranteed prize pool of three million pesos by a small margin and distribute a total of MXN$3,215,000 among its top 64 competitors for the title, who secured a minimum payout of MXN$17,500.
With significant national participation, the festival’s central tournament featured the notable presence of players recognized in the national tournament scene such as Alexis López
Rodrigo Zouvi turned the chip lead into an important victory in his career
Rodrigo Zouvi started the final table action with the chip lead thanks to 5,785,000 points, a slight advantage over Fernando Tejeda, his closest competitor, who closely followed with 4,795,000 chips. The first player eliminated from the competition for the title was Alexis López, who went all-in as a short stack from UTG+1 with his A 8 finding a call from Tejeda in the big blind with A K and seeing the community cards 7 A 9 J 7. For his excellent performance and 9th place, López earned a cash prize of MXN$61,100.
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On the podium, Carlos Mayorquín, well known as “Kirry,” took the bronze, claiming 3rd place with a considerable payout of MXN$238,150 and giving way to the final heads-up, which Zouvi decided by facing César Olivares, whom he stripped of all his chips after confronting his solid pair of K K against his opponent’s pair of 9 9 who would need help on the community cards to recover ground. The dealer placed 7 6 10 7 5 on the board, thus defining Rodrigo Zouvi as the absolute champion of the tournament with a substantial reward of MXN$614,300.
Main Event MXN$3M GTD – Nuevo Vallarta Tour
Buy-in: MXN$6,500
Entries: 582
Prize pool: MXN$3,215,550
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*With cover photo from Bluffcentral