Adrian Garcia opened to 800,000. Lucia Navarro was on the button and used a time bank before three-betting all in for 2,300,000. Garcia called.
Lucia Navarro:
Adrian Garcia:
Navarro would need to come from behind with the flop coming . Navaroo floped top pair, but Garcia had made a flush draw. The turn completed his flush with the and the river was the .
888poker Ambassador Navarro was eliminated in fourth place.
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Adrian Garcia shoved blind on blind and Ricardo Mateus called all in for his last 2,300,000.
Ricardo Mateus:
Adrian Garcia:
Mateus was in good shape for a double up and the flop came . The turn gave him a pair but the river was a sucker punch that improved Garcia to a straight and sent the Stream Team member to the rail in third place.
Oleg Bystrenin shoved from the button and Adrian Garcia called in the big blind.
Oleg Bystrenin:
Adrian Garcia:
The flop gave Garcia top pair with Bystrenin flopping a straight draw. The turn was the and the river clinched victory for Garcia, with Bystrenin sent to the rail as the runner-up taking home €60,000.
Adrian Garcia wins 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event
It was built on a moment of great fortune — but then again, what poker victories aren't?
When one of the more active players in the tournament shoved and Adrian Garcia looked down at pocket aces, he must have thought that it was his day. And so it was. Garcia topped a 514-entry field to win the 2023 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event for €92,000
He defeated Oleg Bystrenin heads-up at the Casino Gran Via. Meanwhile, it was also a case of so close and yet so far for 888poker Stream Team member Ricardo Mateus and 888poker Ambassador Lucia Navarro,w ho finished in third and fourth-place respectively.
888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Payout (EUR)
1
Adrian Garcia
Spain
€ 92,000
2
Oleg Bystrenin
Russia
€ 60,000
3
Ricardo Mateus
Portugal
€ 39,600
4
Lucia Navarro
Spain
€ 27,000
5
Jonas Ten Cate
Netherlands
€ 20,700
6
Saam Pishvaie
France
€ 16,300
7
Tom Orpaz
Israel
€ 13,000
8
Jaime Pedraza
Spain
€ 10,044
9
Mario Sousa
Portugal
€ 7,400
888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event Final Table
Day 3 Recap
The day began with 39 players and four 888poker team members, one of which — Alexandre Mantovani — would double on the very first hand. Another int he shape of Josh Manley would run tens into jacks and pocket a €2,000 cash for his 35th place finish.
Start-of-day chip leader Nicolae Suciu still held onto the lead with three tables remaining. However, the chip lead was wrenched from his hands by Tom Orpaz who flopped Suciu dead to soar into the lead.
Mantovani would subsequently be eliminated (20th place - €2,800) along with Suciu (19th - €2,800) with Orpaz holding more than double the next player with 18 players left.
Oleg Bystrenin
However, the chip lead would once again change hands in spectacular fashion as Oleg Bystrenin (pictured) picked up aces to beat the kings of Orpaz, and the ace-king of Victor Caballero and replace Orpaz atop the chip counts.
And by the time the final table was reached, Bystrenin was in command with close to triple the chips of his nearest rival and almost a third of the chips in play. He used this stack to good effect in the early stages, with Orpaz also using aggression to close the gap to the Russian.
There would be two doubles from Jonas Ten Cate through Bystrenin that would clip his wings somewhat, and when Orpaz shoved from under the gun with pocket sixes, Garcia couldn't believe his luck when he looked down at pocket aces. They of course held, and we had yet another monster chip lead deep in the Main Event.
888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event Final Table
This time there would be no throwing it away. Garcia would eliminate three of the remaining four players — including both 888poker team members (pictured) — and close it out shortly before midnight local time.
That concludes the PokerNews coverage of the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event. Stay tuned for our next live event coverage from the 888poker LIVE Tour!
Adrian Garcia wins 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event
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