Davide Iannaco was all-in for 35,000 and at risk against Nuno Morais.
Davide Iannaco: A♥J♦ 
Nuno Morais: K♥K♠
Iannaco had run into a monster, and he could not find sufficient help on the Q♥J♠2♣9♠4♠ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Level 10 is about to get underway, with late registration in Day 1b set to close before the start of Level 11.
In a three-way pot between Francesco Squillaci in the big blind, and Joseph Grech and Abdellah Baali in the cutoff and button respectively, the sum of 38,000 had made its way into the middle on J♦9♣5♥2♦A♣.
Action was checked to Baali, who fired out a bet of 7,500, which only Squillaci called. He mucked with frustration when Baali tabled A♠3♦ for the rivered pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
115,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
20,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
There was 16,500 in the middle on a flop of A♠5♣3♥, in a three-way hand between Oliver Mihajlovski in the big blind, Claudio Alessi in early position, and Lars Riden in the cutoff.
Mihajlovski checked, Alessi fired out a bet of 11,000, and both of his opponents called.
Action was checked to Riden on the 8♣ river, who slid out a bet of 18,000. Mihajlovski folded but Alessi wasn't prepared to give up on the pot.
He was shown the bad news when his 10♦10♣ for the full house was no good versus Riden's A♥J♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
175,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
160,000 | |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
385,000
157,000
|
157,000 |
|
|
160,000 | |
|
155,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
150,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
145,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
140,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
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 |
The players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Yevgen Vasylenko opened to 3,000 from the button, and called a three-bet to 11,500 from Simon Forster in the big blind.
Forster fired out a bet of 8,500 on the 9♦3♦2♠ flop, and after quite a bit of deliberation, Vasylenko sent his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
