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Francisco Lopes wins WPTDeepStacks Portugal

World Poker Tour DeepStacks was back in action in the recent week and a half, as the tour was over in Europe for WPTDeepStacks Portugal in beautiful Vilamoura. The €200,000 guaranteed Main Event attracted a field of 250 entries, generating a guarantee-bursting prize pool of €242,500. Taking home the title and first-place prize of €57,010 was Portugal’s own Francisco Lopes.

“It’s a big trophy and a lot of money,” Lopes told WPT.com following his victory. “It’s been an amazing week. I have a lot of friends here with me. We study a lot together and for them to be here is really great. For one of us to win a big one is amazing.”

Included in Lopes’ first-place prize was a €2,000 package to the WPTDeepStacks European Championship to be held in Berlin, Germany, in January 2018.

“Vilamoura is an amazing place,” Lopes added. “I’ve never been here, even though I’m Portuguese. My friends have had some success in the side events, so we’re absolutely going out to celebrate.”

Coming up next for the WPTDeepStacks tour in Europe is the PMU.fr WPTDeepStacks Marrakech festival, kicking off Saturday, September 30, 2017, at Casino de Marrakech in Morocco and running through Sunday, October 8. The festival is anchored by the €1,200 Main Event starting on Friday, September 6. Players will also be thrilled to see the schedule includes Two other notable events the €1,800 High Roller and the €2,700 Super High Roller, starting on Wednesday, October 4, and Sunday, October 8, respectively.

Final Table Results:

• Francisco Lopes – €57,010*
• Omar Lakhdari – €40,037
• Manuel Borges – €25,754
• Paul Marius – €19,061
• Gregory Janin – €14,305
• Joao Franco – €11,446
• Pedro Goncalves – €9,506
• Pedro Ferro – €7,615
• Omar Cabral – €5,699

*First-place prize includes €2,000 package to the WPTDeepStacks European Championship

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