Alejandro Lococo outlasted the professionals in Paradise to win his first World Sequence of Poker bracelet, his first Triton title, and a humungous pile of money.
The “novice” participant who exists in one other life as Papo MC, the rapper from Argentina, gained a staggering $12 million within the $500,000 buy-in Triton Million that occurred on the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island within the Bahamas.
Why organizers didn’t make thousands and thousands plural is misplaced in translation, as a result of the uber-rich and their skilled invitees have been enjoying for a bit of the $48 million greenback prize pool they generated.
The WSOP and Triton paired-up to run the invitation-only occasion, which was capped at 74 gamers. Thirty-seven VIPs have been invited, as was 37 professionals who every put up $500,000 and generally extra, as there have been 22 rebuys for a complete of 96 entries.
Lococo was categorized as a VIP, however he has proven the world that he may battle alongside the perfect when he completed seventh within the 2021 WSOP Principal Occasion, which was good for $1.225 million.
The highest 17 cashed no less than $755,000, with the highest 9 successful no less than $1.2 million.
Lococo, an aggressive and fearless participant, confirmed no indicators of intimidation or nerves as he maneuvered his solution to the highest. Like most champs, he acquired greater than his justifiable share of luck, which got here to a head within the ultimate hand towards Ben Heath’s AK towards Lococo’s unsuited K2.
A deuce on the flop despatched Heath’s ultimate 10 blinds to Papa for the victory.
“It’s superb. I’m very fortunate to be right here with my household and my associates,” Lococo mentioned. He gave explicit props to Spanish participant Adrian Mateos, who he mentioned had persuaded him to come back to the Bahamas.
“I’m very fortunate to have Adrian as my pal. He’s a very humble individual. He helps everyone, together with myself. He’s an enormous, huge half accountable for my wining.”
Lococo now has $14,898,530 in lifetime match earnings.
Einhorn eradicated first hand
The Triton Million began with a bang, as one of many VIP’s, funding guru David Einhorn, dusted away his first buy-in the very first hand.
Einhorn discovered himself towards professional Jared Bleznick holding AK, and nicely, went slightly loopy with it. After dealing with a major rerelease from Bleznick, he went all-in for your entire 1 million beginning stack.
Sadly for Einhorn, he was faces pocket rockets. Einhorn earned two outs on the flop when a king hit, however couldn’t enhance.
So he did what any billionaire would do in that scenario and anted-up one other half one million.
Einhorn went on to complete thirteenth for $865,000.
