Yuri Martins Won His First PGT Title And Is Going For More

Yuri Martins Won His First PGT Title And Is Going For More
Yuri Martins won his first PGT title and is now going for more

The PGT Mixed Series of the PokerGO Tour continues to crown champions, and this time it was the Brazilian Yuri Martins

Brazil
, who conquered the Event #5: Big Bet Mix to secure his first PGT title and a prize of US$262,350.

The tournament, with a buy-in of US$15,200, had a total of 53 entries, which formed a prize pool of US$795,000 to be distributed among the top 8 finishers.

Argentinian Nacho Barbero

Argentina
reached the money places and was close to making it to the five-player final table, but ended up eliminated in 6th place with a prize of US$47,700. Other notable players who departed near the final table were Johannes Becker
Germany
(8th) and Cary Katz
United States
(7th), who received prizes of US$31,800 for their performance.

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Nacho Barbero Reached The Money But Was Eliminated On Day 1

The final table was packed with talent, featuring names like Matthew Wantman

United States
, Sam Soverel
United States
, Talal Shakerchi
United Kingdom
, and Patrick Leonard
United Kingdom
. In that order, the eliminations fell. Finally, Yuri Martins defeated Patrick Leonard in heads-up play after an hour of play. The final hand occurred in the PLO Hi-Lo variant, a specialty of the Brazilian. Thus, Yuri Martins was crowned champion of Event #5: Big Bet Mix of the PGT Mixed Games, for US$262,350.

PGT Mixed Games – Big Bet Mix

Buy-in: US$15,200
Entries: 53
Prize Pool: US$795,000

Prizes

1st

Brazil
Yuri Martins – US$262,350
2nd
United Kingdom
Patrick Leonard – US$166,950
3rd
United Kingdom
Talal Shakerchi – US$111,300
4th
United States
Sam Soverel – US$79,500
5th
United States
Matthew Wantman – US$63,600
6th
Argentina
Nacho Barbero – US$47,700
7th
United States
Cary Katz – US$31,800
8th
Germany
Johannes Becker – US$31,800

Yuri leads another final table

As if that weren’t enough, Yuri Martins is already at a new final table, specifically for Event #6: Dealer’s Choice. As in the previous one, the buy-in for this tournament is US$15,200. In total, 57 entries were registered, forming a prize pool of US$855,000, to be distributed among the top 9 players.

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Day 1 ended with 7 players remaining, so the bubble has already burst. Jason Mercier

United States
and Chino Rheem
United States
were eliminated in 9th and 8th place, respectively, earning US$25,650 and US$34,200.

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Chino Rheem Is Having A Great Series, Having Won Event #1

Yuri enters the final day as the chip leader, with a stack of 2,690,000 chips. He is followed by Bryn Kenney

United States
with 1,830,000, while Qinghai Pan
United States
completes the podium with 1,710,000 points. The remaining finalists are Dylan Weisman
United States
, Chad Eveslage
United States
, Johannes Becker
United States
, who also makes a repeat final table appearance, and John Monnette
United States
.

All these players will return at noon Las Vegas time to resume play. They have all secured a payout of US$34,200, but none will want to miss the chance to compete for the title and the top prize of US$273,600.

PGT Mixed Games – Dealer’s Choice

Buy-in: US$15,200
Entries: 57
Prize Pool: US$855,000

Counts

1st

Brazil
Yuri Martins – 2,690,000
2nd
United States
Bryn Kenney – 1,830,000
3rd
United States
Qinghai Pan – 1,710,000
4th
United States
Dylan Weisman – 780,000
5th
United States
Chad Eveslage – 705,000
6th
Germany
Johannes Becker – 585,000
7th
United States
John Monnette – 285,000

Prizes

1st – US$273,600
2nd – US$171,000
3rd – US$119,700
4th – US$85,500
5th – US$64,125
6th – US$47,025
7th – US$34,200

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