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Marty Mathis wins partypoker South America Main Event

USA’s Marty Mathis’ best live cash was $87,500 for finishing 17^th in 2011 PCA Main Event until yesterday. He won about ten times the above figure yesterday when he shipped the highlight event of the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS South America, the $10,300 Main Event for an enormous $873,700 (~INR 6.02 Crores).

A total of 439 unique players turned up for the Main Event which had $5 million in guaranteed prize pool. Of those 439, only 55 received a pay-check after the conclusion of the event. The likes of Jack Sinclair, Tom Middleton and Manig Loeser. Patrick Leonard was also in the mix and cashed in at 10^th place for $60,000.

Day 4 of the event conducted day before yesterday saw the field whittling down to the Final Table of 8. Andrew Busato busted first on the FT at 8^th by Matas Cimbolas’ hands who had Kings over Ace-queen of the former. Cimbolas busted Michael Sklenicka next at 7^th on the same day.

Day 5 yesterday started with the final players contesting for the top prize and all were guaranteed $250k and the first to fall on the day was Brazil’s Caio Hey. Gradually the 3-way was reached. They all went on a 40-minute break to discuss a possible deal for the remaining prize pool and was eventually reached, leaving $212k for the champion.

Mathis proceeded to bust both of his opponents then. Cimbolas fell at 3^rd place by Mathis’ turned spade flush over the former’s Fives. Entering heads-up, Mathis had 96 big blinds against Bruno Volkmann’s 80, so the contest was fought tooth and nail. In the final hand, Volkmann shoved his stack with Queen-two and Mathis called with Queen-eight. The board proved indifferent and Mathis collected the pot and the title with the higher Eight kicker.

Final Table Results –

1. Marty Mathis – R$3,494,800 ($873,700)
2. Bruno Volkmann – R$2,748,400
3. Matas Cimbolas – R$2,236,800
4. Samuel Gagnon – R$1,480,000
5. Vlada Stojanovic – R$1,200,000
6. Caio Hey – R$1,000,000
7. Michael Sklenicka – R$800,000
8. Andre de Oliveira – R$600,000

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