Eduardo Rodrigues Scores a Double Knockout to Win Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH
Brazil��s Eduardo "Ghazbaran" Rodrigues knocked out two players on the final hand to win his first WSOP gold bracelet in Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH Freezeout. The 20th event of the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online bracelet series attracted 1,080 entrants for a $1,539,000 prize pool, with the winner receiving $212,815.
Italy��s Dario Sammartino came into Day 2 in second place on the leaderboard and remained a factor throughout the final table, eliminating Lee "SON_7" Jinhyang in eighth place, Romain "Flingue" Dours in sixth place, and Renato Valentim in fifth place before falling to Rodrigues in a three-way pot to finish second. This was Sammartino��s second final table of the series on GGPoker after finishing fifth in Event #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship.
Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH Freezeout Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eduardo "Ghazbaran" Rodrigues | Brazil | $212,815 |
| 2 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | $159,588 |
| 3 | Jerecho ��choleeek89�� Caballero | South Korea | $119,674 |
| 4 | Thomas ��zizelux�� Harvey | New Zealand | $89,743 |
| 5 | Renato Valentim | Brazil | $67,278 |
| 6 | Romain "Flingue" Dours | France | $50,466 |
| 7 | Chris "AIR-JORDAN" Karambinis | United States | $37,844 |
| 8 | Lee "SON_7" Jinhyang | Hong Kong | $28,379 |
| 9 | Karolis "Internecik" Sereika | Lithuania | $21,281 |
Rodrigues came into the final table as the chip leader and maintained that position for most of the way until Sammartino��s final table run put him near the bottom. The late turning point came with four players left when Rodrigues made quads against Jerecho ��choleeek89�� Caballero and quickly followed that up with a pair of queens to move back into the chip lead.
After Thomas ��zizelux�� Harvey was knocked out in third place, Rodrigues extended the lead with a big pot by check-raising Callabero��s river bet to force the fold. The final two eliminations did not wait long as Rodrigues found the victory with ace-queen in a three-way final pot when a flopped ace defeated Sammartino and knocked out Caballero��s ace with the better kicker.
This concludes the live coverage of Event #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH on PokerNews. Be sure to tune in throughout this week for coverage of Event #23: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em on Tuesday August 31 and Event #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha on Thursday September 2.
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