Ivan Luca, 23-year-old Argentinian poker pro, brought home the first World Series of Poker win for his country on Wednesday in Event 30, a $1,000 buy-in NLHE competition, earning a $353,391 prize and a winner's bracelet.
A total of 216 players cashed from the $1.93 million prize pool and Luca went up against high profile players like Antonio Esfandiari, Bertrand Grospellier, Jason Koon and Chris Moorman, who didn't make it to the final table.
Luca entered the heads up as chip leader against Czech pro Artur Rudziankov and knocked him out in second place.
This win boosts Luca's total live tournament career earnings to $1.2 million.
Final table payouts:
Artur Rudziankov $219,976
Travis Case $152,907
Pierre Horaud $110,123
Bruce Angeski $80,485
David Chase $59,538
Viliyan Petleshkov $44,622
Kai Yand $33,868
Omri Sabach $26,008
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Alexa Alexa
06/21/15, 07:06:57 AM
I am sure this will mean a lot to the promotion of poker in Argentina.This is a big success for Ivan Luca. I followed his work a little bit,and I must say that this...
I am sure this will mean a lot to the promotion of poker in Argentina.This is a big success for Ivan Luca. I followed his work a little bit,and I must say that this was expected.It was only matter of time. He has so much talent,so I would not be surprised if we continue to see this picture over and over.
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