Adrian Mateos added to his 2024 GPI Participant of the 12 months lead on Thursday by taking down Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection Cyprus Occasion #6: $25,750 No-Restrict Maintain’em Thriller Bounty for $162,000, and one other $165,000 in bounties.
The Spanish poker legend wasn’t the largest winner within the event, nonetheless. Phil Ivey, who ended up in second place following a three-way all in to complete off the event, received $413,000 complete due to the $300,000 value of thriller bounties he collected.
Match Ends in Three-Approach All In
The ultimate desk within the 40-entrant event featured some acquainted faces. Sorel Mizzi was first to go on the remaining desk in sixth place ($32,000), after which Sam Greenwood busted in fifth place ($42,000). Seth Davies was eradicated in fourth place ($59,000), establishing three-handed play within the PokerGO Tour occasion in Cyprus.
Thriller Bounty Remaining Desk Outcomes
Ivey had a big lead when three-handed play started between the 11-time World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Mateos, and Quan Zhou, who received Occasion #2. However that lead did not final as, per PokerGO Tour reporting, Mateos doubled up into the lead.
The event would come to its conclusion shortly after when Zhou shoved his 15-big blind stack from the button with Ax6x. Mateos three-bet all in with the largest stack and Ax10x within the gap, and Ivey referred to as it off with Kx4x. Ivey took the lead on the flop with a small pair, however Mateos flopped a flush draw, which he hit on the flip to shut out the excessive curler occasion without having to sweat the river.
Mateos booked his third prime three end within the Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection by way of the primary six occasions. He now has slightly below $50 million in lifetime reside event cashes, in accordance with The Hendon Mob. And he has already locked up his greatest successful 12 months of his profession, in cashes, with over $10 million in complete cashes.
Ivey, alternatively, can also be having a powerful 12 months in tournaments. The Poker Corridor of Famer moved alone into second place all time with 11 WSOP bracelets this summer season, and he is proper behind Mateos with over $46 million in profession cashes. He scored the 2 greatest thriller bounties on Thursday — $200,000 and $100,000 — certainly one of which was valued at greater than Mateos acquired for the primary place prize.
Masashi Oya (Occasion #4), and Maksim Vaskresenski (Occasion #5) additionally collected latest Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection titles, becoming a member of Roman Hrabec (Occasion #1), Zhou (Occasion #2), and Maher Nouira (Occasion #3).
The Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection runs by way of Aug. 24, and it consists of the $300,000 buy-in Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl, which begins Aug. 22.
Roman Hrabec Continues Profession 12 months With Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection Victory in Cyprus
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