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WPT Barcelona: Chanracy Kuhn won the Main Event
The Main Event of the Spanish stage of the World Poker Tour Season XI ended yesterday with the victory of Chanracy Kuhn. 249 players took part in the main event of the WPT Barcelona but after four days of competition, only six players reached the final table. Note that this field generated a total prize pool of $ 1,029,661, which was shared among the 27 best players of the poker tournament. Chip leader at the start of the final table with more than 2 million chips, Chanracy Khan had everything to let him win his first WPT title. Indeed, this Canadian player had 2.393 million chips at the beginning of the day while his two direct pursuers, the French Benjamin Pollak and the Moroccan Tahiri Hassani, had respectively 1,899,000 and 1,636,000 chips.
Sergio Fernandez was the first player eliminated from the final table but his 6th place; however let him raise $ 47,813. Bruno Garcia Cotelo ($ 59,443) was the next on the list followed shortly after by Tahiri Hassani ($ 80,119). The short stack of the final table, Alfaia Antonio resisted but Chanracy Khan ousted him as the other finalists one by one. Chanracy Khan found Benjamin Pollak during the last headÂ’s up that quickly turned to his advantage. The French pocketed $ 258.440 for his runner-up spot while Chanracy Khan, winner of the WPT Barcelona won $ 258,440 and a ticket for the grand finale at Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Source: Jack SMITH
Monday, 15 April 2013
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