With the board reading K♥Q♠2♥9♦, and around 24,000 in the middle, Wilhelm Isaak led out with a bet of 6,000 from the big blind, receiving a call from Yuan Fang in early position, and a fold from a player on the button.
The 6♣ river was checked through, and Isaak was surprised to see his A♥9♥ was good, a big smile breaking out when Fang mucked.
Marc Hunter was getting up out of his chair, his cards already swept away, after he busted to Giuseppe Incognito's A♠A♣ on a board of K♣2♣2♠3♠10♥.
Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
The curtains were drawn on the first-ever SiGMA Poker Tour festival in April, held at the Monte Carlo Poker Club in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The $770 Main Event was the main attraction following the SiGMA gaming conference, and there was no shortage of entertainment throughout the series.
The festival was capped off with a dominant performance from Deddi Orpaz, who entered the final table as the chip leader and captured his second career title for $58,700. Orpaz outlasted a field of 293 entries over the course of five starting flights and finally took down Jacques Blit from Argentina in a rather quick heads-up match.
The Israeli native was very proud to come out on top of such a stellar field, mostly filled with Brazilians, and lay claim to another five-figure payday. "I actually came here for the SiGMA convention and my son's company got an award," Orpaz mentioned in a post-victory interview. "We took the first award as a small Israeli group and my son told me 'you have to take another award' so that's what I did."
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deddi Orpaz | Israel | $58,700 |
| 2 | Jacques Blit | Argentina | $32,600 |
| 3 | Cristhian Rico | Brazil | $23,300 |
| 4 | Erik Marasco | Brazil | $17,100 |
| 5 | Samara Alexandre | Brazil | $12,900 |
| 6 | Wilson Paiva | Brazil | $10,100 |
| 7 | Joao Leao | Brazil | $7,900 |
| 8 | Edson Onofre | Brazil | $6,600 |
| 9 | Marcelo Lopes | Brazil | $5,300 |
In the 914th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz are joined by Hayley Hanna (AKA Vegas Hayls), who is fresh off finishing fourth in the 2025 Arizona State Poker Championship. The trio discusses the sudden rise of Monarch, who is Finnish poker pro Ossi Ketola. While at the Onyx Cup in Cyprus, he challenged both Norway's Kayhan Mokri and Dan "Jungleman" Cates to high-stakes heads-up matches, and when all was said and done, Monarch was down eight figures!
From there, they talk about recent tournament winners, including Brandon Mitchell taking down the 2025 Arizona State Poker Championship for $525K, Jennifer Shahade winning the Women's Summer Festival, and both Jesse Lonis and Jeremy Ausmus winning over in Europe.
Other stories covered include the loss of Poker Hall of Famer Jack McClelland, a poker player robbed in Texas, Daniel Negreanu saying a Season 2 for Game of Gold is unlikely, and that goofball Nacho Barbero finishing another sponsorship opportunity.
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The players have been sent on a 40-minute dinner break, with play due to recommence at 8:40 p.m. local time.
Cards were on their backs and stacks were in the middle, with Franco Korompai all-in for a 50,000 starting stack and at risk against Mark Attard.
Franco Korompai: 6♦6♠ 
Mark Attard: K♠K♣
Attard had Korompai crushed with cowboys and there were no surprises on the Q♣8♥2♣4♦4♣ runout.
A pot of 36,000 had brewed by the river on a board of A♠K♣6♣7♦10♣, in a three-way hand between Juan Salazar, Kenny Burke and Marc Hunter.
Salazar jammed for 15,000, and his opponents cards hit the muck in quick fashion.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
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