Yesterday night, the WPTDeepStacks (WPTDS) Portugal Main Event was brought to an end, with the local player Francisco Lopes emerging victorious from the competition, denying his last remaining opponent Omar Lakhdari the chance to win the Main Event.
Unfortunately for Lakhdari, it was not him, but Francisco Lopes who took down the Main Event, scooping the tournament’s trophy as well as a monetary prize of €55,010. As part of the first-place prize, Lopes was also granted with a €2,000 package to the WPTDeepStacks European Championships that is to take place at the Spielbank Casino in Berlin from January 5th to 8th 2018, with the package including a €1,500 seat and €500 expenses.
The WPTDeepStacks Portugal Main Event was scheduled as a three-day event with two starting flights. It was hosted by Casino Vilamoura from August 31st to September 3rd, featuring buy-in of €1,100. It gathered a total of 250 entrants who accumulated a total prize pool of €242,500.
The 24-year-old student from Abrantes, Portugal managed to overcome the rivalry of all his 249 competitors, ranking first and denying Omar Lakhdari a well-desired WPTDeepStacks title.
WPRDS Final Day and Final Table Ranking
The last day of the WPTDeepStacks Portugal saw only nine remaining players return for the final table action, with Omar Lakhadri coming into the day as an overwhelming chip leader. Omar Cabral became the first to be eliminated, with the rest of the group becoming casualties of the gameplay one by one.
At the time the game’s action reached the heads-up phase, it was Francisco Lopes who had the chip lead, with a stack of 3,900,000, while Omar Lakhdari had 2,300,000 in chips in his possession. Ranking for the heads-up play was a deja vu for Omar Lakhdari, as three months ago, he managed to remain as one of the last two players who were left around the final table of the WPTDeepStacks Main Event in Cannes, which took place this June. After failing to emerge victorious from the tournament in Cannes, he was aiming to take down the one in Portugal, but unfortunately for him, Lopes denied him this honour.
With Francisco Lopes emerging on the first place of the tournament’s ranking, scooping the lion’s share of the guaranteed prize pool, it was Omar Lakhdari who occupied the runner-up position and took home a prize pool cash portion estimated to €40,037. Manuel Borges remained third, for which he was granted with a consolation prize of €25,754.
The fourth position in the Main Event’s final table ranking was taken by Paul Marius for €19,061, followed by Gregory Janin, who received a cash portion of €14,305. Joao Franco became sixth, scooping a monetary prize of €11,446, while Pedro Goncalves remained seventh. He received a monetary prize amounting to €9,506. The eighth and ninth positions in the ranking were occupied by Pedro Ferro for €7,615 and Omar Cabral for €5,699, respectively.
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Harry Evans
