MTT Report – Roberto Romanello wins the Triple Crown and his first bracelet by beating Lena900 Heads-Up

MTT Report Featured Poker Tournaments

• WSOP Online Event #39: $1,500 No Limit Holdem at GG Network
• WSOP Online Event #40: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha at GG Network
• WSOP Online Event #41: $400 COLOSSUS [Day 2], $3M GTD at GG Network
• WSOP Online Event #42: $400 PLOSSUS [Day 2], $1M GTD at GG Network

Roberto Romanello enters elite club of Triple Crown Winners by shipping WSOP Event #39

Team partypoker Pro Roberto Romanello is a legend on the European tournament circuit with $4,241,758 in live winnings.

He is also Number 1 in the Wales All Time Money List and last night Romanello finally entered the elite club of Triple Crown Winners by shipping WSOP Online Event #39: $1,500 No Limit Holdem.

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Heads-Up he denied the most successful online player of all time Niklas “Lena900“ Astedt the title to win his first WSOP Bracelet and complete the Triple Crown.

Roberto Romanello had won the EPT Prag 2010, followed by a victory at WPT Bratislava in 2011.

However, it took him almost ten years to secure his entry in the poker history books by becoming one of the few as well as the latest Triple Crown winner.

WSOP 2020 Event #39: $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Payouts:

Simon Lofberg denies Online Legend Andreas “skjervoy” Torbergsen his first bracelet

But this was not the only bracelet to be played out last night at GG Network. Next up was Event #40: $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha, which brought the best PLO players in the world to the virtual felt at

The two biggest names on the final table were certainly Norwegian high stakes and Full Tilt Poker legend Andreas “skjervoy” Torbergsen and King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik, who plays the highest stakes in the world.

Both of them made it to the Top 4 and the bracelet was in their grasp, but Leon then busted in 4th plcae for $88,141.76, while “skjervoy” went all the way to Heads-Up play.

The Heads-Up was a Scandinavian affair as Tobergsen competed with Swede Simon Lofberg for the bracelet. The latter had a slight chiplead to begin with, but “skjervoy” soon got back to even.

Then a massive cooler emerged, when both players flopped the straight with Tobergsen having the idiot end of it.

This huge pot gave Lofberg a decisive chiplead and he soon after finsihed it off to secure his first bracelet and the $224,493 first place prize.

WSOP 2020 Event #40: $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Payouts:

Joni Jouhkimainen highlights $3,000,000 GTD COLOSSOS Final Table

Yesterday night also Day 2 of the $3,000,000 GTD COLOSSOS, one of the absolute highlights of the WSOP 2020 took place.

The 2020 COLOSSOS had an incredible 12,757 entries, which boosted the prize pool to a staggering $4,796,632. Its winner has the unique chance to turn a small buy-in of only $400 into a life changing cash of $595,930.

Not sursprisingly many big names tried their luck. Austrian high stakes reg Matthias Eibinger was the one who came closest to the final table, when busting in 14th place.

Other notables, who managed deep runs were: Mike McDonald, Thomas Boivin, Joao Vieira, Chance Kornuth, Mark Radoja and Steven “SvZff” van Zadelhoff.

While Beasts of Poker Team Member Joni Jouhkimainen made it through to the final, which will take place on August 1st.

Here are the chipcounts before the Final Table:

Brazilian tournament crusher Yuri Martins Dzivielevski eyes his 2nd Bracelet in the PLOSSUS

Brazilian tournament crusher Yuri Martins Dzivielevski eyes his second WSOP Bracelet in Event #42: $400 PLOSSUS [Day 2], $1M GTD.

Martins will enter the Final Table, which kicks off on August 1st at 9 pm GMT as dominant chipleader with 51,590,103 chips.

He is an absolute tournament beast having amassed a staggering $6,450,298 on PokerStars alone, where he plays under the nick name “theNERDguy”.

In addition to that, Martins has $1,224,272 in live winnings with his biggest success being the victory in WSOP 2019 Event #51: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better for $213,750.

Closest on Martin’s heels are Gabi “kidrurim” Livshitz (38,927,193 chips), Tautydas “GuliGul” Jokubauskas (24,393,060), Samuel “vivaegipto” Bernabeu (20,357,958), and Chad “ThefastLayne” Layne (21,793,958). The winner will take home a whopping $221,557.

Here are the Chipcounts before the PLOSSUS Final: 

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