Gianluca Speranza Wins 2022 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo €25,000 High Roller

Two of the biggest occasions of the 2022 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo sequence sw their ultimate tables play out on the identical day. While Marcelo Simoes Mesqueu was making historical past as the primary Brazilian EPT principal occasion champion ever topped, the €25,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em excessive curler occasion was additionally taking part in all the way down to a champion. The event hooked up a large subject of 179 entries to create a prize pool equal to greater than $4.5 million when reckoned in US {dollars}.

After three days of high-stakes motion, Italy’s Gianluca Speranza emerged victorious with the title and the highest payout of €853,000 ($895,650 USD). This was the biggest payday of his profession, surpassing the $804,578 he earned because the runner-up finisher within the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe principal occasion. Speranza now has greater than $4.4 million in profession cashes to his title.

Speranza additionally took dwelling 1,092 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win. This was his first POY-qualified rating of the yr, nevertheless it alone was sufficient to maneuver him inside the highest 100 within the 2022 POY race sponsored by Global Poker.

The high 27 finishers made the cash on this occasion, with loads of huge names making deep runs together with bracelet winner Sam Greenwood (twenty fourth – $45,129 USD), Thomas Muehloecker (twenty second – $49,644 USD), bracelet winner Ben heath (twentieth – $54,149 USD), Super High Roller Bowl champion Christoph Vogelsang (nineteenth – $54,149 USD), latest €50,000 buy-in excessive curler winner Pascal Lefrancois (18th – $54,149), bracelet winner Joao Vieira (thirteenth – $74,456 USD), and four-time bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche (Twelfth- $74,456 USD).

The ultimate day started with 13 gamers remaining, with Speranza in third chip place when playing cards received again within the air. Recent Itish Poekr Open principal occasion winner Steve O’Dwyer hit the rail in ninth place ($101,084 USD) when his A-J bumped into the pocket kings of Byron Kaverman. Bracelet winner and 2019 EPT Monte Carlo principal occasion champion Manig Loeser was the eighth-place finisher ($122,294), together with his A-J suited failing to beat out the pocket queens of Speranza.

Jean-Noel Thorel, who gained the €10,000 thriller bounty occasion at first of this sequence, positioned seventh for $168,777 USD when his 7-6 clashed with the Ok-Q of Bruno Lopes. Speranza scored his second knockout on the ultimate desk when his A-7 bested the pocket nines of Rodrigo Seiji ($204,425 USD). Speranza made aces up on the flip to slim the sphere to 5.

Byron Kaverman was the subsequent to fall. He received all-in with Ok-4 suited going through the A-Ok of Speranza. Both gamers made two pair by the river, however Speranza’s aces and kings had been finest and Kaverman was eradicated in fifth place ($265,755 USD).

Speranza’s surge continued when he picked up pocket queens towards the pocket sixes of Marton Czuczor. All the chips went in preflop, and Speranza flopped a set to take a commanding lead. Czuczor was drawing useless by the flip and settled for $345,492 USD because the fourth-place finisher.

2013 PokerSTars Caribbean Adventure principal occasion champion Dimitar Danchev’s run on this occasion got here to an finish when his high pair of kings bumped into the sixes and fives of Lopes. Danchev might win with a king, queen, or 4 on the river, however the 3 on the tip noticed him eradicated in third place ($449,148 USD).

The ultimate two gamers struck a deal that redistribute the remaining prize cash, leaving €40,000 and the trophy to play for. Speranza locked up $853,650 USD whereas Lopes secured $739,190 USD. Speranza held the lead on the time of the deal, and remained forward when the decisive hand was dealt. With Q926 on the board, Lopes wager 400,000. Speranza raised to 1,100,000 and Lopes moved all-in. Speranza known as with 83 for a flopped flush. Lopes was drawing useless, together with his Q8 unable to enhance to one of the best hand on the river. The 3 on the tip made it official: Speranza had gained, whereas Lopes had completed because the runner-up, taking dwelling the payout he negotiated as a part of the heads-up deal.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:

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