Roberto Romanello won $216 000 and a WSOP Online bracelet
The attention of the world's poker community is currently turned to the WSOP Online 2020, which takes place at WSOP.com from July 1 to July 31, and starting July 19, the series is held in the poker rooms of the top Asian poker network GG Network (Natural8, GGpoker).
The other day, the $1 500 NLH bracelet event took place as part of the WSOP Online at GGPoker. It collected 922 entries, which helped form a prize pool of $1 313 850.
Roberto Romanello from Wales, who is a Main Event EPT Prague 2010 champ, managed to capture this tournament, earning $216 200 for the first place.
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In heads-up, Romanello beat Swedish poker pro Niklas Astedt, who was a chip leader at the final table, but ended up in second place and received $156 900 in prize money.
WSOP Online: $1 500 NLH final table results
| Place | Player | Country | Payouts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberto Romanello | Wales (UK) | $216 210 |
| 2 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | $156 900 |
| 3 | Paul Barnes | UK | $113 860 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Trofimov | Russia | $82 600 |
| 5 | Thomas Cazayous | France | $59 960 |
| 6 | Hannes Speiser | USA | $43 510 |
| 7 | Ravali Krishna | India | $31 580 |
| 8 | Orkhan Allahverdyiev | Azerbaijan | $22 910 |
| 9 | Jeffrey Cormier | Canada | $16 630 |
In the last hand of the tournament, Romanello made a 3-bet with 7-7, and the Swedish player shoved with K-Q offsuit. Romanello hit a set on the flop, Nicklas had outs on the turn, but the river brought a blank card, and Roberto Romanello became a champion of the WSOP Online bracelet event. Overall, 134 players reached the ITM zone of this event.
