A Champion to be Crowned - Final Day Coverage of Pokerstars ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Begins Now!
The final day has been reached of the Pokerstars €1,100 ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Main Event, held at the wonderful Gran Madrid Casino Torrequebrada.
Fun and frolics in the sun have been put on hold by the remaining 15 players over the last three days with all of them dreaming of lifting the Main Event trophy and collecting a staggering €185,000 in prize money.
Guido Pieraccini is the chip leader with 7,350,000 which is around a fifth of the total chips in play. Pieraccini is a regular on the Pokerstars €1k circuit and back in 2011 he won an IPT title at San Remo for €32,400
Fellow Italian Rafaelle Sorrentino by far has the most live poker experience having lifetime cashes of $2,344,532, with the lion share coming from 2017 where he finished 3rd at PSC Barcelona for €850,000 and won PSC Monte Carlo for €466,000. He will return as one of the short stacks, but his opponents will need to keep an eye on him.
Second in chips is Spain’s Artus Gimenez who is not afraid of confrontation at the table. In the last hour of play, he sent three players to the rail to increase his stack to 6,350,000.
ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Main Event FInal Day Seat Draw
| Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurent Cessy | France | 2,500,000 | 50 |
| 2 | Guido Pieraccini | Italy | 7,350,000 | 147 |
| 3 | Artus Gimenez | Spain | 6,350,000 | 127 |
| 4 | ||||
| 5 | Toke Mortensen | Denmark | 765,000 | 15 |
| 6 | Rafael Anera Ruiz | Spain | 1,820,000 | 36 |
| 7 | Pia Fransson | Sweden | 1,375,000 | 28 |
| 8 | Jordy Vleugels | Belgium | 300,000 | 6 |
| 1 | Alex Romero | Spain | 1,030,000 | 21 |
| 2 | Ricard Gonzalez | Spain | 1,885,000 | 38 |
| 3 | Giovanni Bellini | Italy | 855,000 | 17 |
| 4 | Rafaelle Sorrentino | Italy | 750,000 | 15 |
| 5 | Perasovic Gaspar | Croatia | 1,075,000 | 22 |
| 6 | Giulio Astarita | Italy | 3,410,000 | 68 |
| 7 | Tomasz Wrobel | Poland | 3,275,000 | 66 |
| 8 | Venelin Pashev | Bulgaria | 1,605,000 | 32 |
Play will resume at midday local time with blinds at 25,000/50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000. The final day will be live-streamed for a Spanish audience and PokerNews will provide updates on a 30-minute delay.
Play will continue until a winner is crowned, stick with PokerNews for all of the latest news from the Costa Del Sol.