Italian poker player wins EPT Barcelona after unique comeback
22 August 2022
Last weekend Giuliano Bendinelli managed to provide a unique performance. The Italian managed to write the dollarpean Poker Tour in Barcelona to his name. That may not be special, but the way Bendinelli won the tournament was. The poker player had little luck and seemed to lose all his chips early in the game day. The Italian managed to keep one more big blind and that was enough for the final victory. Bendinelli played his way back into the tournament and won an amount of almost 1.5 million dollars.
The New Zealander Michael Pinto also managed to achieve success at the ETP Barcelona. The poker player managed to finish in 7th place at the Main Event and was allowed to collect an amount of more than 257,000 dollars. However, Pinto was the big favorite and chip leader for a long time, so the player will be slightly disappointed to look back on the event. Pinto failed to qualify for the final day. 8th place, by the way, went to Scott Margereson, the player won $ 198,000.
Six players were allowed to sit at the table on the final day. It was not long before Kayhan Mokri had to leave the game with a sum of more than $ 334,000. One of the biggest pots of the tournament meant the end of Patrik Jaros, who was also the chip leader for a long period. Jaros was eventually played away with a pocket six, as his direct competitor Jimmy Guerrero had a pocket nine. Jaros was allowed to bring more than $ 434,000 to the Czech Republic. After that, the event had to be stopped due to a power outage.
Immediately after the tournament was continued, Fabiano Kovalski had to be defeated, the player won more than 565,000 dollars. After that, it seemed that the players were going to throw it on a chord. However, Neville Costa did not want to make a deal and that cost him dearly. Costa finished in 3rd place, winning $ 734,470. Guerrero and Bendinelli decided to make a deal and shared the prize pool. Only the remaining prize of $ 68,653 went to Bendinelli, as that amount went exclusively to the eventual winner of the EPT event. Guerrero won over $ 1.25 million, but Bendinelli was the big winner with an amount of $ 1.49 million.
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