The Main Event was well-attended both in terms of the 888poker ambassadorial team and high-profile influencers. Finland also scored a second FT spot, while Portugal and Germany fielded one FT player. The other eight players were all Europeans, and both Spain and Italy had two players each in the final nine.

In total, there was more than €230k in play at the final table, with the only non-European recipient of FT cash being Venezuelan Tullio Bertoli. Laurila and German runner-up Nils Lechner, who was an online qualifier booking what looks to be his first Hendon Mob cash, made a deal heads-up that meant Laurila secured €64,000 for the win while Lechner pocketed €46,000 for second place after spinning €11 into second-place money. The endgame of the Main Event came down to a battle between Germany and Finland, but it was a fairly friendly battle.

The focus of the poker world is turning to Sin City for the next seven weeks but look for new stops on the 888poker LIVE schedule coming up after the 2023 WSOP wraps up in mid-July. The Finn previously had $74,655 ( USD) in earnings according to the Hendon Mob, so after the conversion, this win basically doubles his lifetime earnings.īarcelona marked the final scheduled event for 888poker LIVE prior to the big summer games in Las Vegas. The Main Event was €1100 to get into the game with four starting days that kicked off on May 17 and played the final day on May 22.įinnish player Tero Laurila managed to nearly match his previous lifetime earnings with the win, banking €64k after a heads-up deal.

The 13-day 888poker LIVE Barcelona kicked off on May 10, and there were 18 events plus a bevy of satellite games on the side through May 22. More than €350K was up for grabs in the Main Event that capped a two-week schedule of poker events in the Catalonian capital of Barcelona.

This past weekend, there was a wealth transfer from Spain to Finland after Tero Laurila took down the latest Main Event from 888poker LIVE.

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