A common theme runs through the spine of the 2019 Poker Masters – the winners are all players bang in form. No crow’s feet. No bloodshot. Every single winner has a twirl in the skirt cocksureness about them, and the latest is Sergi Reixach.
The Spaniard won Event #8: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em. 41-hunters entered the fray, and nobody could strip down a rifle quicker than Reixach. I don’t know how many bullets he loaded into the thing, but he never missed a shot.
It’s his third win of an incredible year that’s seen him earn $3,385,930 in gross annual revenue. Those two other wins are a 64-entrant €100,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona for €1,816,210, and a 22-entrant, £26,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the British Poker Open for £253,000.
How did he win this one?
“I was very lucky.”
They all say that.
The Nutshell Action
Orpen Kisacikoglu began the final table with the chip lead, but Reixach took command with a double knockout right off the bat. Sean Winter opened to 160,000 with QsJh, Andras Nemeth moved all-in for 515,000 holding AdKh, Sergi Reixach called with pocket tens and exposed his hand leaving Winter with a decision for his remaining shrapnel. The call came, and Reixach dodged every ace, king, queen and jack in the deck to eliminate both players.
Reixach then set his sights on Sam Soverel.
The reigning British Poker Open (BPO) winner, moved all-in for eight big blinds and QTs and lost to Reixach’s K5o. Soverel left in the fourth place, but it was good enough to overtake Chance Kornuth at the top of the championship leaderboard.
Reixach maintained his sublime relationship with the Poker Gods after ousting Kisacikoglu in the third spot. The London-based Turkish star got it in good with JJ versus 88 only for the Spaniard to flop a set and river quads.
The heads-up match-up between Reixach and George Wolff lasted until Wolff flopped a pair of sixes on Qh7s6c holding 64hh, and he moved all-in over a Reixach bet, holding pocket aces.
It was Wolff’s third cash of the series, finishing seventh in the $10,000 8-Game, and third in the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO). Only Kornuth and Soverel have more points in the race for the Poker Masters title with two events to go.
ITM Results
- Sergi Reixach – $369,000
- George Wolff – $246,000
- Orpen Kisacikoglu – $164,000
- Sam Soverel – $102,500
- Andras Nemeth – $82,000
- Sean Winter – $61,500
Poker Masters Championship Leaderboard
- Sam Soverel – 690 points
- Chance Kornuth – 630
- George Wolff – 420
- Sean Winter – 330
- Kahle Burns – 330
Remaining events:
Event #9: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Event #10: $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em