€500 Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2022 Winamax Poker Open Madrid
€500 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2022 Winamax Poker Open Madrid
Buy-in
€500
Prize Pool
€960,080
Entries
2,182
Level
52
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Left
1
Level 52
: 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
The biggest six-max tournament in the history of live poker has come to a conclusion. It took nearly sixteen hours for the 2022 Winamax Poker Open Madrid €500 Main Event to crown a champion and when the final river card was dealt, the Spanish rail celebrated in the early morning hours at the Casino Gran Madrid in Torrelodones.
Out of a field of 2,182 entries, Omar Del Pino defeated Matthieu Lamagnere in heads-up to claim the biggest slice of the €960,080 prize pool. The top prize of €130,000 was the second-biggest of his career and trails only a payday of €179,000 on home soil from back in 2018. His name will be engraved in the history books of the French poker and sports betting operator as the marquee tournament of the festival obliterated the previous WPO attendance record.
It was the first time Winamax visited Spain with its flagship live poker tour and the return to the live poker circuit after a three year hiatus for the operator was one to remember. They crushed the previous Winamax Poker Open Main Event record from back in 2019 (1,389 entries) and also surpassed the largest SISMIX edition (2,036 entries) that took place in the same year as well, raising the bar for future stops.
The late shift for both players saw Lamagnere once more come close to winning a WPO Main Event after his third place finish in Dublin back in September 2018. This time around, he came one spot closer to victory but had to settle for the runner-up spot and a consolation prize of €94,000 for his biggest score on the live poker circuit.
"I don't really have any big ambitions and am happy to play in all of the Winamax tournaments," runner-up Lamagnere said in the interview after his elimination. The Frenchman excelled multiple times in the six-handed format in previous years and can usually be found in the poker clubs of his home country.
The seven-handed final table was entirely in French and Spanish hands, as three French contestants were up against four participants hoping to keep the trophy on home soil. Third-place finisher Hugues Mazerolle can be found regularly on the Winamax online poker tables and made a deep run supported by a boisterous rail that only trailed the frantic shouts by Del Pino's friends.
Final Table Result 2022 Winamax Poker Open Madrid €500 Main Event
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omar Del Pino | Spain | €130,000 |
| 2 | Matthieu Lamagnere | France | €94,000 |
| 3 | Hugues Mazerolle | France | €67,000 |
| 4 | Antonio Lopez Del Alamo | Spain | €48,000 |
| 5 | Angel Rodriguez Sanchez | Spain | €35,000 |
| 6 | Pablo Herrera Medina | Spain | €26,000 |
| 7 | Anthony Soules | France | €19,230 |
Only 24 players returned to their seats in the Mandalay Room when the action recommenced at half past noon and the frantic early stages certainly didn't point towards a very late finish. Four tables quickly became three with notables such as Sergio Alonso Camunas and Juan Manuel Pastor among the first to bust.
Kevin Mastrosimone was one of the contenders pushing for the top spot but his rush suffered two major setbacks. Eventual runner-up Lamagnere cracked his aces with king-queen suited to remain in contention and Adrian Garcia Marin then earned a full double when they got it in with middle set for the Spaniard against the top pair and flush draw for Mastrosimone. Soon after, Lamagnere knocked out Mastrosimone to reduce the field to the final 18 hopefuls.
Within 20 minutes, four players were sent to the rail as Pablo Herrera Medina and Hugues Mazerolle went on streaks to climb on the leaderboard. Adriano Abbracciavento, who made waves early on with a five-bet shove holding ace-eight suited and cracked pocket aces, came up short of the final two tables after losing the vast majority of his chips in a flip against Gytis Juskevicius. Only 11 players returned for the redraw, however, as Timothee Marlin hero-called at the wrong time to bow out next.
Joaquim Marques quickly departed after the restart but the race towards the final table then turned into a tense affair. With several short stacks fighting for their survival, two bigger stacks suddenly had their hopes all but crushed. Anthony Soules doubled through Adrian Garcia Marin but was then involved in a memorable clash with Omar Del Pino on the final table bubble after which he was left with fumes.
Another pivotal hand that set Del Pino en route to victory was the elimination of former dominating chip leader Herrera Medina. In a preflop contest, Del Pino was trailing with jacks versus aces but spiked a gutshot on the flop and turned a set of jacks to take a commanding lead. He excelled in using his large advantage and the field was suddenly down to three after Angel Rodriguez Sanchez and Antonio Lopez Del Alamo fell in back-to-back hands.
Mazerolle's ride ended in third place and the heads-up duel between Del Pino and Lamagnere lasted for more than two and a half hours. Both contenders held strong leads but Del Pino eventually had the best of it when his ace-jack came out on top against king-queen in a preflop all-in.
What followed was pure ecstasy by the Spanish rail as they chanted his name for several minutes. With the record-breaking 2022 WPO Madrid €500 Main Event in the books, Winamax is now looking forward to the return of the regional tours with more details to be announced soon. The next Winamax Poker Open has also already been confirmed from 26th September to 2nd October 2022 at the Crowne Plaza in Bratislava.
Level 52
: 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Matthieu Lamagnere raised to 3,800,000 and Omar Del Pino three-bet to 12,000,000. The four-bet shove by Lamagnere for 47,000,000 followed and Del Pino snap-called with the slightly superior stack.
Matthieu Lamagnere: 
Omar Del Pino: 
The French rail started celebrating when they saw a king in the window but it was an all hearts flop of 
. Nothing changed on the 
turn but the 
river let the Spanish rail go ballistic with their celebrations.
Lemagnere has been eliminated in 2nd place for €94,000 while Del Pino takes home the top prize of €130,000 and Winamax Poker Open Main Event trophy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
109,000,000
40,000,000
|
40,000,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 52
: 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Matthieu Lamagnere pulled a few chips back when he called with ace-high on the river and was good against a bluff.
The next limped pot saw Omar Del Pino limp the button with the 
and Lamagnere checked the 
. After the 
flop, Lamagnere check-called for 2,300,000 and the 
turn was checked.
Lamagnere also checked the 
river and Del Pino checked back to get shown the bad news.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
69,000,000
-6,000,000
|
-6,000,000 |
|
|
40,000,000
6,000,000
|
6,000,000 |
Level 52
: 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Matthieu Lamagnere opened to 3,800,000 with the 
and Omar Del Pino three-bet to 12,000,000 with the in order to instantly shut down his opponent and gain a very narrow lead.
Soon after, a limped pot unfolded in which Lamagnere bet the 
flop with the 
and he then called Lamagnere's bet of 1,600,000 when the Frenchman only had 
. The 
turn was checked by Del Pino once more and Lamagnere followed it up with another bet of 4,200,000, resulting in a call by Del Pino.
After the 
river, Del Pino checked the third street in a row and Lamagnere made it 11,000,000 to go. The shove by Del Pino followed as the Spaniard transformed his second pair into a bluff and Lamagnere snap-folded his bluff, he was shown the seven.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000,000
27,000,000
|
27,000,000 |
|
|
34,000,000
-27,000,000
|
-27,000,000 |
Level 52
: 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
In the first hand back from the break, Omar Del Pino limped the 
and Matthieu Lamagnere checked with the 
.
The 
flop was checked by Lamagnere, Del Pino bet 2,000,000 and his opponent called.
There was no betting action on the turn and the 
river completed the board. Del Pino bet 6,500,000 and Lamagnere paid it off to see the lead cut down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
61,000,000
-6,000,000
|
-6,000,000 |
|
|
48,000,000
5,000,000
|
5,000,000 |
Level: 52
Blinds: 800,000/1,600,000
Ante: 1,600,000
Level 51
: 700,000/1,400,000, 1,400,000 ante
The final two players agreed on a short break upon completion of the current level and will be back in around ten minutes.
Level 51
: 700,000/1,400,000, 1,400,000 ante
Matthieu Lamagnere limped the button once more with an above-average hand in 
and Omar Del Pino checked with the 
. The 
flop was checked by Del Pino and he called a bet worth 1,500,000 by Lamagnere.
After the turn, both checked and Del Pino improved to the bottom two pair on the 
river. Del Pino now bet 11,000,000 into 6,500,000 and Lamagnere folded after brief consideration.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
43,000,000
-3,000,000
|
-3,000,000 |
Level 51
: 700,000/1,400,000, 1,400,000 ante
Omar Del Pino raised it up to 3,500,000 on the button with 
and he picked up a call by Matthieu Lamagnere with the 
. The 
flop was check-called by Lamagnere for 2,500,000 and he led the 
turn for 4,000,000, which shut down Del Pino.
The next limped pot gave Del Pino the top pair on the 
flop with and he checked it over to Lamagnere, who checked the 
. After the river, Del Pino bet 3,500,000 and earned a call.
They headed to the river on which the pot already contained 11,000,000. Del Pino now bet 8,000,000 and Lamagnere eventually paid it off for his opponent to draw closer again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,000,000
-14,000,000
|
-14,000,000 |
|
|
46,000,000
14,000,000
|
14,000,000 |