{"id":7482,"date":"2024-07-04T23:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-wallaby-310340.hostingersite.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/spanish-born-bulgarian-martin-alcaide-tops-10143-players-in-wsop-colossus-event\/"},"modified":"2024-07-04T23:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T23:29:13","slug":"spanish-born-bulgarian-martin-alcaide-tops-10143-players-in-wsop-colossus-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/spanish-born-bulgarian-martin-alcaide-tops-10143-players-in-wsop-colossus-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish-Born Bulgarian Martin Alcaide Tops 10,143 Players in WSOP COLOSSUS Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Martin Alcaide, a dedicated online poker player, made headlines by winning his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and $501,250 in prize money. Alcaide, originally from Spain but now representing Bulgaria, overcame a massive field of 10,143 entries in the $400 buy-in no-limit hold\u2019em \u2018Colossus\u2019 event.<\/p>\n<p>Alcaide attributed his presence at this year\u2019s WSOP to winning a main event seat online through GGPoker. With this seat secured, he traveled to Las Vegas and decided to enter the Colossus event, which led to his impressive success.<\/p>\n<p>Before this achievement, Alcaide had accumulated just under $12,500 in live poker earnings. This victory significantly boosted his earnings and earned him the prestigious WSOP champion title.<\/p>\n<p>The Colossus event attracted 10,143 players, creating a prize pool of $5,940,883. The top 2,296 finishers took home a share of the prize money. Notable players like 2004 WSOP main event winner Greg Raymer, seven-time bracelet winner Men Nguyen, and Matt Glantz had deep runs, finishing 56th, 27th, and 19th, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured three initial flights, followed by three more days of play with a combined field. On the final day, 92 players remained, with Alcaide already in the top 20. 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I was mostly just scared of losing, which is not a good mindset, so I was just trying to concentrate on the hands, so I\u2019m relieved more to be rid of the tension than the happiness right now, but I\u2019m sure that will change.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Final Table Results 2024 WSOP\u00a0Event #70: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold\u2019em<\/h2>\n<table width=\"262\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Result<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Player<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">Prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Martin Alcaide<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">$501,240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Eugene Yujian Zhou<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">$325,640<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Brooks Floyd<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">$247,030<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Joel Vanetten<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">$188,510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">6<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Ricardo Andino<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">$144,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">7<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Bohdan Slyvinskyi<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">$111,740<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Cales Powell<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">$86,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Trevor Brown<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">$67,840<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">9<\/td>\n<td width=\"134\">Nicholas Richards<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">$53,354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker-news\/martin-alcaide-wins-wsop-colossus\/\">Spanish-Born Bulgarian Martin Alcaide Tops 10,143 Players in WSOP COLOSSUS Event<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martin Alcaide, a dedicated online poker player, made headlines by winning his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and $501,250 in prize money. Alcaide, originally from Spain but now representing Bulgaria, overcame a massive field of 10,143 entries in the $400 buy-in no-limit hold\u2019em \u2018Colossus\u2019 event. 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