Diego Ventura Wins CPP Online Main Event For $880K
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Diego Ventura wrote himself into partypoker��s history books on November 25 when he came out on top of a stacked final table to become the 2020 Caribbean Poker Party Main Event champion.
Ventura shone brightly throughout this $5,300 buy-in event, topping the chip counts at the conclusion of each day. Now he has $879,894 more than a few days ago plus the title of CPP Online Main Event champion.
Caribbean Poker Party Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diego Ventura | Peru | $879,894 |
| 2 | Grayson Ramage | Canada | $631,636 |
| 3 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | $417,807 |
| 4 | Philippe D��Auteuil | Canada | $283,101 |
| 5 | Isaac Haxton | Canada | $200,659 |
| 6 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Estonia | $142,069 |
| 7 | Enrico Camosci | Mexico | $99,552 |
| 8 | Jonathan Proudfoot | United Kingdom | $78,812 |
| 9 | Pavlo Kolinkovskyi | Ukraine | $65,331 |
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The nine-handed final table set off at a blistering pace that saw three players busting out before the first scheduled break.
Ukraine��s Pavlo Kolinkovskyi was the first of that trio heading to the exits. He min-raised in late position with ace-king and called off his last 23 big blinds when Grayson Ramage three-bet all-in from the big blind with queen-jack. A jack on the flop sent the Ukrainian to the rail.
Jonathan Proudfoot crashed out soon after. The talented British pro open-shoved for 11 big blinds from the small blind with ace-four and Team partypoker��s Isaac Haxton looked him up with the dominating ace-nine. Haxton��s hand held and Proudfoot hot-footed it out of the door.
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Then came the demise of Mexico��s Enrico Camosci. He defended his big blind with six-five of hearts after Ramage opened from under the gun. Camosci check-called a continuation bet on a seven-high flop before check-raising all-in when he turned an open-ended straight draw. Ramage called with a pair of queens in the hole, Camosci missed his outs, and the final table was suddenly down to six players.
It took another 45-minutes before the next player busted, Aleksejs Ponakovs being that player. Ventura was first to act in the small blind and he set Ponakovs all-in for his last 15 big blinds. Ponakovs called with queen-jack but that failed to connect with the board and ultimately lost to Ventura��s ace-jack.
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Haxton Crashes Out But Collects $200,000
Haxton��s impressive run ended in a fifth-place finish after losing a coinflip to the hot-running Ramage. Haxton three-bet all-in for 20 or so big blinds with ace-king after Ramage had opened yet another pot with a min-raise. Ramage called and showed pocket eights. Haxton��s Big Slick couldn��t melt those snowmen and he headed to the exits.
Ventura claimed the scalp of Philippe D��Auteuil shortly after Haxton bowed out. D��Auteuil opened to 36 million leaving himself only 13.5 million behind, or 3.5 big blinds. Ventura called that bet before check-calling D��Auteuil��s shove on an ace-high flop. D��Auteuil had a gutshot on the flop and picked up a flush draw on the turn, but the river bricked and he busted.
Heads-up was set when Lithuania��s Dominykas Mikolaitis ran out of steam in third place. It was that man Ventura who did the damage. Ventura clicked it open to 10 million with ace-jack and quickly called when Mikolaitis three-bet all-in for 20 big blinds with ace-nine. Ventura flopped Broadway and that, as they say, is that.
Cooler Hand Brings Main Event to a Conclusion
Ventura trailed Ramage by 343,514,572 to 690,750,760 chips going into the one-on-one battle. They grappled with each other for 45-minutes with neither managing to get a foothold in the match and pull ahead. Something had to give and it certainly did.
Ramage opened with pocket queens and Ventura called with ten-eight. Ventura flopped top two pair and check-raised Ramage��s continuation bet only for Ramage to put in a re-raise of his own. Ventura called and a deuce landed on the turn, which was a complete brick and Ventura check-called another Ramage bet.
A seven on the river received the same treatment, Ventura check-calling Ramage��s jam. The Peruvian��s two pair was good, meaning Ramage had to make do with the $631,636 runner-up prize while Ventura scooped a huge $879,894 score.
Lefrancois Wins Again!
Pascal Lefrancois took down the $25,500 Super High Roller earlier in the series and followed that impressive victory up with another in the $10,300 High Roller event.
Lefrancois topped a star-studded field of 111 entrants to lock up another $277,268. The Canadian overcame some of poker��s elite players on his way to victory, including former MILLIONS Online champion Jon Van Fleet and UK-based Spaniard Juan Pardo Dominguez, the latter being this event��s runner-up.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pascal Lefrancois | Canada | $277,268 |
| 2 | Juan Pardo Daminguez | United Kingdom | $184,736 |
| 3 | Jon Van Fleet | Canada | $128,963 |
| 4 | Giuseppe Iadisernia | United Kingdom | $88,852 |
| 5 | Rok Gostisa | Slovenia | $65,555 |
| 6 | Mark Radoja | Canada | $51,638 |
| 7 | Erik Bauer | Netherlands | $41,820 |
2020 Caribbean Poker Party Festival Results
| Date | Event | Prize Pool | Entries | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 16 | CPP #01: $1,050 The Opener | $714,000 | 714 | Alexander van der Swaluw | $105,251 |
| Nov. 24 | CPP #02: $55 Micro Main Event | $150,000 | 2,152 | Timur Kurbanov | $21,456 |
| Nov. 24 | CPP #02: $530 Mini Main Event | $743,500 | 797 | Vitalijs Zavorotnijs | $123,718 |
| Nov. 25 | CPP #02: $5,300 Main Event | $5,185,000 | 1,037 | Diego Ventura | $879,894 |
| Nov. 18 | CPP #03: $1,050 The Knockout | $204,000 | 204 | Karl-Joonatan Mets | $42,652 |
| Nov. 19 | CPP #04: $25,500 Super High Roller | $2,100,000 | 84 | Pascal Lefrancois | $585,176 |
| Nov. 19 | CPP #05: $1,050 Heads Up | $100,000 | 102 | Hannes Speiser | $25,040 |
| Nov. 20 | CPP #06: $3,200 Pot Limit Omaha | $150,000 | 51 | Gavin Cochrane | $49,561 |
| Nov. 23 | CPP #07: $1,050 The Warm Up | $621,000 | 621 | Jan-Eric Schwippert | $100,273 |
| Nov. 23 | CPP #08: $2,600 Second Chance Turbo | $212,500 | 85 | Ivan Zufic | $59,214 |
| Nov. 25 | CPP #09: $10,300 High Roller | $1,110,000 | 111 | Pascal Lefrancois | $277,268 |
| Nov. 24 | CPP #10: $5,200 High Roller Second Chance | $335,000 | 67 | Guillaume Nolet | $100,517 |
| Nov. 25 | CPP #11: $530 The Closer | $150,500 | 301 | Atanas Pavlov | $21,227 |
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