Mario Perati Wins 2024 WSOP-C Sanremo Main Event

Ring #3! After a primary WSOP-C win in a heads-up match in 2018 and a second one in Rozvadov in 2019, Mario Perati added a 3rd ring to his assortment by profitable the 2024 WSOP-C Sanremo €1,000 Fundamental Occasion, organized by Texapoker at Casinò Sanremo.

Out of 1,050 entrants, which generated a complete prize pool of €888,300, Perati claimed the first-place prize of €123,140*. It wasn’t a simple victory, as Francesco Di Domenico held an enormous chip lead for many of the day till he misplaced a giant pot to Hervé Gouzil to complete in fourth place for €46,070.

Gouzil entered heads-up play with a slight lead however finally misplaced to Perati, taking dwelling €100,000. This marked his second runner-up end in Sanremo, following his second-place outcome within the €500 IPO 1 Million for €142,500 a couple of months in the past.

2024 WSOP-C Sanremo Fundamental Occasion Outcomes

*denotes a deal was made

Winner’s Response

“I’m blissful to have gained this trophy right here,” mentioned Perati simply minutes after his victory. “The On line casino di Sanremo looks like dwelling to me. I stay thirty kilometers away, so, in reality, I used to be born on this on line casino, like many poker gamers. I discovered to play right here,” he added.

With this third WSOP-C victory, Perati confirms that he’s an skilled participant who proved to be one of many desk’s key figures in the course of the match, each with and with out playing cards. This expertise additionally helped him attain a “robust” ultimate, due to his good data of his opponents: “I’ve already performed a ultimate in Malta with Xavier [Zuczkowski], which he gained. Sbrana, who has been a pillar of the circuit for a few years, is a buddy, as is Delfoco, one other buddy I’ve identified for a very long time. We had a good time taking part in many tournaments collectively.”

Though he knew most of his opponents, Perati acknowledged that “the match was actually fascinating and of a really excessive degree.” “It was actually spectacular,” he added. Nevertheless, he managed to finish up on the prime of the chip counts and develop into the brand new champion of the WSOP-C Sanremo Fundamental Occasion.

Remaining Day’s Motion

Day 3 of the Fundamental Occasion began with 24 remaining gamers, all with the WSOP-C ring and title on their minds. The day started completely for Hervé Gouzil, who hit quads to beat Christian Alilovic’s full home and double up. Different gamers additionally doubled up throughout the first thirty minutes, till Claudio Polonia’s elimination by Matteo Sbrana’s aces triggered a sequence of eliminations: Danilo Colomba (twenty third – €5,935), Aleksandrs Golubevs (twenty second – €5,935), who arrived an hour late, and Didier Mambour (twenty first – €5,935) have been all eradicated inside 5 minutes.

Pierre Basile was luckier, doubling up with aces, however moments earlier than the primary break, one other wave of eliminations noticed Gaetano Ferrara (twentieth – €5,935), Francesco Biribao (nineteenth – €5,935), Anatolii Savin (18th – €5,935), and Alilovic all exit the match space virtually concurrently (seventeenth – €5,935).

Now down to 2 tables, Francesco Di Domenico gained a flip to ship Raffaele Caldarelli to the rail (18th – €5,935). This hand allowed Di Domenico to increase his lead, and his run appeared unstoppable. He discovered aces to remove Andrea Dal Bo (fifteenth – €7,270), then hit kings to finish Ivan Kuziv’s match (thirteenth – €7,270), and aces as soon as once more to knock out Isabel Baltazar (tenth – €9,050) simply earlier than the ultimate desk.

The final 9 gamers moved to the theater at Casinò Sanremo for the final desk, however yet another elimination was wanted to type the official ultimate desk. Three gamers had brief stacks, however Pablo De Heredia was the primary to fall in ninth place (€11,445), dropping with ace-ten towards Xavier Zuczkowski’s ace-king. After a brief dinner break and the beginning of the stay stream, Day 1c’s chip chief Jean-Marc Chiba was referred to as by Alex Sampirisi, who flopped two pair to remove the French participant in eighth place (€14,705). Sampirisi was additionally chargeable for Francesco Delfoco’s exit in seventh place (€19,180) with eights towards ace-three, and for Xavier Zuczkowski‘s elimination in sixth Place (€25,400) due to a fortunate straight on the flip.

A protracted interval of three hours with none eliminations adopted. Throughout this time, Mario Perati briefly took the chip lead from Francesco Di Domenico. After Matteo Sbrana doubled up by means of him, Di Domenico watched as Alex Sampirisi (fifth – €34,140) was eradicated by Perati. Nevertheless, what Di Domenico seemingly didn’t anticipate was that he can be the subsequent participant heading to the payouts desk. First, he misplaced an enormous pot to Gouzil, leaving him with solely two huge blinds, and he was eradicated within the very subsequent hand, ending in fourth place (4th – €46,070).

The top of the match moved a lot quicker than the four-handed play. Sbrana was on his method to double up with ace-six, however Gouzil hit a pair to ship him to the rail in third place (€64,040).

With their stacks almost even, Hervé Gouzil and Mario Perati agreed on a deal to award €100,000 to the runner-up, whereas nonetheless taking part in for the first-place prize of €123,140 and the WSOP-C ring. Gouzil began robust, however Perati made a comeback and ultimately hit a straight to be topped the winner.