{"id":172954,"date":"2022-03-25T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=172954"},"modified":"2023-01-31T16:54:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:54:40","slug":"vamos-brazils-soares-takes-down-ppc-malta-master-ko-for-19-6k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/vamos-brazils-soares-takes-down-ppc-malta-master-ko-for-19-6k.html","title":{"rendered":"Vamos! Brazil\u2019s Soares Takes Down PPC Malta Masters KO For $19.6K"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brazil\u2019s Ailton Soares<\/strong> is on cloud nine right now after becoming the champion of the PPC Malta Masters KO<\/strong> event, turning his $55 investment into $19,671 in the process. Soares was one of four Brazilians on the seven-handed final table and he left his fellow countrymen in his wake.<\/p>\n

PPC Malta #03-M Masters KO Final Table Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nCountry<\/th>\nBounties<\/th>\nPrize<\/th>\nTotal prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nAilton Soares<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n$7,097<\/td>\n$12,574<\/td>\n$19,671<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nDanilo Maritani<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n$3,812<\/td>\n$12,549<\/td>\n$16,361<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nStefan Lehner<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\n$831<\/td>\n$7,813<\/td>\n$8,644<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nLucas Rocha<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n$1,462<\/td>\n$5,221<\/td>\n$6,683<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nManuel Martins<\/td>\nMalta<\/td>\n$1,634<\/td>\n$3,567<\/td>\n$5,201<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nLuiz Leiro<\/td>\nBrazil<\/td>\n$601<\/td>\n$2,534<\/td>\n$3,135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nTill Stropnik<\/td>\nSlovenia<\/td>\n$467<\/td>\n$1,761<\/td>\n$2,228<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Slovenia\u2019s Till Stropnik<\/strong> was the first final table player heading for the exits, busting in rather cruel circumstances. Danilo Maritani<\/strong> min-raised from under the gun to 3,200,000 with , Stropnik called from the next seat along with , and the flop fell . Maritani fired a 2,400,000 bet that Stropnik called. The turn was the and Maritani moved all-in, putting Stropnik to test for the 19,954,086 chips he had behind. Stropnik called with his top set but busted courtesy of the river.<\/p>\n

Luiz Lerio<\/strong>, one of the eventual champion\u2019s fellow Brazilians, busted in sixth place for a combined score worth $3,135. He open-shoved for nine big blinds with and Maritani called from the big blind with the dominating . The five community cards ran with four diamonds, and Maritani held the king of diamonds.<\/p>\n

Fifth-place and $5,201 went to Malta\u2019s Manuel Martins<\/strong>. Soares pushed all-in from the small blind with and Martins called off his 8.5 big blind stack with . The board improved Soares to a full house and saw his $34 worth of bounty payments swell to $449.<\/p>\n

Short-Stack Rocha Loses a CoinFlip<\/h2>\n

The final table lost another player when Lucas Rocha<\/strong> bowed out in fourth place, a finish worth $6,683. Rocha came unstuck when the action folded to him in the small blind and he moved all-in with for eight big blinds<\/a>, and Soares called with . Those fives remained best until the turn of the board.<\/p>\n

The tournament progressed to heads-up when Stefan Lehner<\/strong> of Austria saw his stack vanish before him; Lehner collected $8,644 for his efforts. Lehner busted after Maritani min-raised to 7,000,000 on the button and called Lehner\u2019s five big blind shove. Maritani showed which trailed the of the all-in Austrian. That fact only remained true for a few moments because the board ran .<\/p>\n

That hand gifted Maritani a 311,351,792 to 120,073,966 chip advantage. The one-on-one battle was an exciting encounter with the chip lead changing hands several times. However, the night and tournament belonged to Soares.<\/p>\n

Ill-Time Bluff Goes Wrong<\/h2>\n

The final hand started with Maritani limped in for 6,000,000 with and called when Soares raised to 21,000,000 with the lowly . The flop fell , and Soares led for 14,355,000, which Maritani called. Another deuce, the on the turn saw Soares slow down and check-call a 24,000,000 bet, leading to the river. Soares checked again with his trip deuces, opening the door for Maritani to bluff all-in with nothing but air. Soares clicked the call button and saw the good news.<\/p>\n

Maritani walked away with $16,361 in total, with Soares getting his hands on a $19,671 score and the title of champion.<\/p>\n

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Brazil\u2019s Ailton Soares is on cloud nine right now after becoming the champion of the PPC Malta Masters KO event, turning his $55 investment into $19,671 in the process. Soares was one of four Brazilians on the seven-handed final table and he left his fellow countrymen in his wake. PPC Malta #03-M Masters KO Final<\/p>\n

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