The laid-back ambiance of the €50,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Second Likelihood on the PokerStars European Poker Tour in Barcelona disguised the truth that over 1,000,000 euros have been on the road.
Regardless of the excessive stakes, the fast-paced, two-day occasion (which might have simply wrapped up in simply sooner or later) felt extra like an upscale Sit ‘n’ Go than the extraordinary showdown you’d anticipate from a high-roller match.
On the finish of all of it, it was one other day within the workplace for high-stakes execs Leonard Maue and Nick Petrangelo — who each emerged victorious over the 26-entry discipline after agreeing to an ICM deal heads-up. Petrangelo took the lion’s share of the €1,261,260 prize pool after claiming €405,131, whereas Maue was awarded €383,129 and the Spadie after successful a flip on the final hand of play.
Maue and Petrangelo navigated a star-studded discipline that included lots of poker’s elite, strengthening their resumes as among the finest amongst their friends. The victory provides to Petrangelo’s $37 million in dwell match earnings. Maue added a 3rd Spadie to his assortment, following his triumphs in a €25K high-roller and a €2,000 hyper turbo in EPT occasions in 2022.
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Day 2 Motion
Regardless of coming in because the co-chip chief alongside Jesse Lonis, Petrangelo bought off to a tough begin after Jean-Noel Thorel almost doubled by means of him shortly after play started.
The common stack was shallow sufficient that it did not take lengthy for a lot of arms to change into all-in affairs. Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius claimed two casualties early, knocking out Nacho Barbero and Jules Dickerson to provide him an early chip lead.
In the meantime, Petrangelo had a reversal of fortunes after chipping up a bit after which scoring a double knockout towards Thomas Santerne and Mikael Thuritz with ace-king.
Of the six Day 2 entrants, solely Steve O’Dwyer managed to realize any actual momentum, together with a hand the place he cracked aces towards Maue after four-bet shoving with queen-jack suited preflop. It wasn’t all clean crusing for the Irish professional, nevertheless, as he suffered an analogous beat after getting his aces cracked by Antonius after the Finn shoved preflop with jack-ten suited and ended up making Broadway. Regardless of the hit, O’Dwyer managed to chip again up and make the ultimate desk.
Lonis entered the ultimate desk as one of many chip leaders however ended up shedding a giant pot towards Morten Klein after shoving into Klein’s aces with ace-seven in a blind versus blind confrontation.
Not lengthy after, Lonis ended up bursting the cash bubble after getting right into a preflop elevating struggle with Petrangelo that ended with Lonis all in with ace-jack towards Petrangelo’s ace-queen. The dramatic runout pulled Lonis into the lead on the flop however ended up giving Petrangelo a straight on the flip.
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Within the Cash
After almost two ranges with out an elimination, it was O’Dwyer who was the primary “within the cash” casualty due primarily partially to paying off Maue in a hand the place he made a full home towards O’Dwyer’s prime pair, prime kicker. Shortly after, O’Dwyer fell to Klein after shoving a suited ace into Klein’s pocket queens.
Maue held the lead then however took a considerable hit to his stack after doubling up Antonius and Petrangelo. Klein then bought right into a flip for his match life towards Antonius, who made a full home with pocket fours to arrange three-handed play.
It regarded prefer it is likely to be Antonius’ day after getting his chips in good towards Petrangelo. Nonetheless, Petrangelo would not be denied as he spiked a pair of kings with king-queen towards Antonius’ ace-jack to ship the grizzled veteran out in third.
Instantly after Antonius’ departure, the ultimate two gamers agreed to an ICM chop. The 2 would deal one hand and run the board to make the winner official. Maue was dealt a reasonably seven-six suited towards Petrangelo’s nine-trey and ended up pairing his seven to finish the match.
