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SPT Seville: Álvaro Santamaría, reigning champion
The penultimate stage of the Spanish Poker Tour tournament (SPT) made a stop at the Grand Casino Aljarafe Seville since November 5th. Some 198 poker enthusiasts consisting of several renowned players such as Leonard Truche, Javier Martinez, Mikael Johansson or Catarina Santos joined the casino in order to participate in the Main Event. tournament. The director of the tournament Thomas Kremser and Marina Rado were also part of the starting field. Note that organizers have guaranteed a prize pool of € 200,000 for the Main Event and the title finally returned to Alvaro Santamaria after Sunday's game on November 7th. Several players have also participated in tournaments schedules during the SPT Seville, and in the side event of € 330 buy-in, two French players have accomplished great results who are Romain Cojean who finished 6th and Olivier Chubilleau 8th.
After three days of competition during which the public enjoyed remarkable confrontation between competitors, the title went to Alvaro Santamaria, a local player. The champion began the final duel against his compatriot David Amilleta who lost despite efforts well earned during the game and bagged the second prize of € 27,500. 90 competitors were able to access the list of cashes and Guillaume Renault was able to defend the honor of France, finishing 4th. For his triumph, Alvaro Santamaria won the first prize of € 43,300. The last step in this Hispanic poker circuit will take place in Lloret de Mar in Costa Brava from November 17th to 21st for a Grand Final with a guaranteed prize of € 300,000.
Source: Poker 777
Thursday, 11 November 2010
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