31-year-old Mario Prats Garcia showed the World Series of Poker the havoc that an experienced online turbo tournaments player can wreak Saturday when he demolished five final table opponents in just 13 hands.
Spanish-born but Prague-based Garcia was one of 1,712 entrants in the $1,000 buy-in Big Blind Ante NLHE Turbo event, and he dominated the final table action to wrap up the main prize of $258,255 and his first WSOP winner’s bracelet in just 87 hands.
Garcia’s lightning fast action and skill saw him enter the heads up stage against Matthew Hunt holding an almost 8 to 1 chip advantage that despite a valiant effort Hunt was unable to overcome; the heads up lasted for just 3 hands before Hunt was dispatched to the cashier to collect his second placing reward of $159,532.
Final table cashes included:
3rd: Sebastian Dornbracht – $114,909
4th: Michael Wang – $83,663
5th: Mark Schluter – $61,580
6th: Gregory Walker – $45,828
7th: DJ MacKinnon – $34,486
8th: Martin Staszko – $26,245
9th: Lander Lijo – $20,2020