Giuseppe Pantaleo Wins World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas Main Event

The $500,000 assure positioned on the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas $1,700 no-limit maintain’em important occasion was greater than doubled due to a 669-entry turnout. The high 101 finishers earned a share of the $1,013,535 in complete prize cash that was paid out, with $192,831 going to eventual champion Giuseppe Pantaleo.

“Yeah, this feels very good because the last five years have been pretty bad in tournaments for me. I’m just very happy to get the weight off my shoulders and have some success,” Pantaleo advised WSOP reporters after popping out on high. “Honestly, I didn’t even want to play tournaments anymore. I’ve been playing more cash and just to be slow and steady to make some money because the tournament grind, you never know when you’re gonna win them, so it does feel good to put in the work and get rewarded.”

This was the third profession WSOPC ring for the Las Vegas resident, who initially hails from Germany. His earlier two got here in on-line occasions. The 2018 WSOP $1,000 tag workforce occasion champion now has greater than $2.2 million in recorded event earnings after this newest victory.

This occasion featured three beginning flights after which two extra days of motion. There have been nonetheless 12 gamers in competition when the ultimate day started, with Pantaleo sitting atop the chip counts when playing cards acquired again within the air. By the time the official remaining desk was set, he sat in a digital tie for the lead with Peter Hengsakul.

The first two eliminations went to Hengsakul. He received a pair of preflop coin flips towards 2019 WSOP Main occasion seventh-place finisher Nicholas Marchington (ninth – $17,838) and Blaise Ingoglia (eighth – $22,565) to drag away from the pack.

Two-time ring winner Kevin Calenzo’s run led to seventh place ($28,900) by the hands of Italy’s Mario Colavita. Jonah Labranche then overtook the lead throughout six-handed motion, successful an enormous pot with a turned straight towards two pair for Hengsukal.

A preflop cooler spelled the top of Baurzhan Akimov’s event. His pocket jacks have been unable to come back from behind towards the pocket kings of Hengsakul, who made kings full by the flip to lock up the hand. Akimov earned $37,466 because the sixth-place finisher.

Pocket kings failed to carry up for Harvey Alegado in a battle of the blinds. After the cash went in preflop, the A-8 of Labranche improved to a pair of aces on the flip to ship Alegado to the rail in fifth place ($49,158).

Hengsakul’s A-Q received a flip towards the pocket threes of Colavita (4th – $65,271) to slender the sector to 3 contenders. Pantaleo endured some swings to his stack throughout three-handed motion however was in a position to transfer into the lead in time for the following knockout. His Okay-J held up towards the Okay-6 suited of Labranche (third – $87,689) to arrange the heads-up showdown for the ring.

Pantaleo held 14,000,000 to Hengsakul’s 6,000,000 to start out. Pantaleo then added to his lead within the early going. In the ultimate hand, Hengsakul acquired all-in with J10 dealing with the A7 of Pantaleo. The board ran out Q429Q to see Pantaleo’s ace-high earn the pot. Hengsakul cashed for $119,182 because the runner-up, the fourth-largest payday on his event resume.

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

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