Pavel «Rigapols81» Spirin Wins $2,650 Venom PKO on PokerKing for $675.2K
Spirin eliminated six of eight opponents at the final table — almost all in standard preflop showdowns, except for the final hand. Here’s what we know about the nine-handed finalists and how the final table action unfolded.
Overview of the $2,650 Venom PKO $5M GTD
The tournament drew 2,498 entries for a prize pool of $6,245,000. The final table featured representatives from nine different countries:
- Manuel «manuelmpc» Carvalho (Portugal) — 178 BB
- MillionDollarCorner (USA) — 173 BB
- Pavel «Rigapols81» Spirin (Latvia) — 122 BB
- JINLEMON (Austria) — 89 BB
- Adrian «AceOfSpades33» Mateos (Spain) — 75 BB
- UnaVez (Mexico) — 62 BB
- Matheus «colheitafeliaz» Grazziotin (Brazil) — 55 BB
- Disenchantment (Ukraine) — 52 BB
- wisimaki (UK) — 22 BB
9th place — JINLEMON ($78,442)
JINLEMON opened from the button, Spirin 3-bet. On the flop, Spirin made a 1/5-pot c-bet, JINLEMON called. On the turn, Spirin fired again, JINLEMON shoved and got snap-called. According to SharkScope, before the Venom, JINLEMON had $174K in profit on PokerKing.
8th place — Matheus «colheitafeliaz» Grazziotin ($77,831)
The Brazilian lost a classic coin flip — TT vs AKo — to Spirin. SharkScope data unavailable.
7th place — UnaVez ($128,711)
The Mexican player was card-dead for most of the final table, except for one hand with pocket kings, where he just picked up the blinds. He was also eliminated by Spirin. UnaVez 3-bet preflop, made a 1/4-pot c-bet on the flop (SPR fell below 1), and shoved the rest on the turn.
Before the Venom, UnaVez had played 67 tournaments on PokerKig and notched his career-best cash of $323K for 2nd place in the $2,650 OSS XL Main Event.
6th place — wisimaki ($110,888)
wisimaki came to the final table as the short stack and never climbed above 50 BB. In one hand, he called down two streets with third pair against Spirin, and after investing half his stack, dropped to 16 BB. Eventually, he was down to 5 BB and busted when his Q3s lost to Mateos’s 85o. wisimaki’s SharkScope data unavailable.
5th place — MillionDollarCorner ($177,115)
MillionDollarCorner was eliminated by Spirin in a AKo vs 99 coin flip for a 70.5 BB pot. The 5th-place finish marked his best score to date.
4th place — Adrian «AceOfSpades33» Mateos ($229,294)
Mateos was also eliminated by Spirin. He 3-bet shoved preflop with AQo and ran into pocket aces.
Thanks to his 4th-place finish, Mateos’s SharkScope graph on PokerKing peaked at +$953K.
3rd place — Disenchantment ($322,646)
In 3-max play, Spirin had a perfect ICM situation: he started with 225 BB, while Disenchantment and manuelmpc had 69 BB and 79 BB respectively. When Spirin folded, the other two clashed frequently.
Disenchantment lost those confrontations. In his final hand, he 4-bet shoved for 39 BB with Q9s, only to run into AQo from manuelmpc.
The 3rd-place finish was the Ukrainian player’s career-best cash.
2nd place — Manuel «manuelmpc» Carvalho ($437,671)
Heads-up began with Spirin trailing 111 BB to 200 BB. At one point, he dropped to 70 BB but quickly recovered and took the lead.
The heads-up lasted for almost an hour, with the lead changing hands several times. The tournament ended in a surprising way — with an effective stack of 99 BB.
Final hand:
Preflop: manuelmpc opened with J♥6♦, Rigapols81 defended the BB with 9♠5♠.
Flop: 4♠6♦K♦ — manuelmpc made a c-bet and got raised.
Turn: 8♥ — Rigapols81 overbet 19.25 BB into 14.94 BB, manuelmpc called.
River: Q♠ — Rigapols81 shoved 82 BB into a 53 BB pot. manuelmpc had 73 BB left, used his 10-second time bank, and made a hero call.
A stunned Chris Moneymaker, watching the stream, couldn’t believe it and said:
«Oh, really?»
Before the Venom, Manuel «manuelmpc» Carvalho had $116.4K profit on PokerKing.
Pavel «Rigapols81» Spirin Wins the Venom PKO ($675,224)
The Venom win marked the biggest cash of Spirin’s career. Before this, his PokerKing profit was $104K. His total live MTT winnings are $716K.
Final Table Payouts — $2,650 Venom PKO
| Place | Player (Country) | Bounty | Regular Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rigapols81 (Latvia) | $378,372 | $296,852 | $675,224 |
| 2 | manuelmpc (Portugal) | $378,372 | $59,299 | $437,671 |
| 3 | Disenchantment (Ukraine) | $276,216 | $46,430 | $322,646 |
| 4 | AceOfSpades33 (Spain) | $201,638 | $27,656 | $229,294 |
| 5 | MillionDollarCorner (USA) | $147,194 | $29,921 | $177,115 |
| 6 | wisimak (UK) | $107,451 | $3,437 | $110,888 |
| 7 | UnaVez (Mexico) | $78,443 | $50,268 | $128,711 |
| 8 | colheitafeliaz (Brazil) | $57,260 | $20,571 | $77,831 |
| 9 | JINLEMON (Austria) | $41,797 | $36,645 | $78,442 |
PohPohPohPAAAA Wins $2,650 Venom PLO PKO ($252,890)
The event drew 641 entries, generating a $1,602,500 prize pool.
| Place | Player (Country) | Bounty | Regular Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PohPohPohPAAAA (Austria) | $135,791 | $117,099 | $252,890 |
| 2 | gravityco (Sweden) | $135,791 | $49,384 | $185,175 |
| 3 | omahafyrarolls (Hungary) | $98,563 | $56,425 | $154,988 |
| 4 | Juantman (USA) | $71,540 | $14,511 | $86,051 |
| 5 | tooyoung (USA) | $51,927 | $22,167 | $74,094 |
| 6 | Blessed33 (Brazil) | $37,690 | $13,984 | $51,674 |
| 7 | TryAnHit (New Zealand) | $27,357 | $1,562 | $28,919 |
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