SharePortugal’s Michael Dattani took down the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event for a monster $1,316,963 cash after a heads-up deal with fellow countryman Pedro Neves...
There were 889 entries to the $10k buy-in flagship event at the Baha Mar resort in Nassau, with a total prizepool of $8,623,300 shared among 127 players.
Ike Haxton, Mario Ho, Martin Zamani, Chino Rheem, John Juanda and Maria Konnikova all made it to the paid spots, the latter taking 30th place and jumping straight into the PSPC...
It took seven full days of play to separate the hopefuls, with 2019 WSOP Europe Main Event winner, Alexandros Kolonias, falling in 7th spot late on day five to set the scene for a thrilling finale.
Kolonias: A♥ J♥
Neves: A♣ 7♣
Board: 10♠9♦ 7♥ 4♥ 10♦
Jamil Wakil desperately needed an early double-up but instead was the victim of an early exit...
Csik followed Wakil to the rail when his kings were rocked by a flopped ace at the hands of Canada’s Alexandre Raymond, but Raymond then suffered a similar fate, out in 4th spot and $519,600 when his queens were coolered by Neves’ kings.
When Russia’s highstakes king, Artur Martirosian, the 2021 EPT Sochi Main Event champion, fell in third spot, it was the Portuguese pairing of Dattani and Neves who would be sharing $1.5million.
A deal was struck that saw Dattani take $1,266,963 and Neves $1,183,037, with $50k left on the table to play for. The end was just as exciting as the battle that led to it, Dattani coming out on top for a historic victory...
Final results
| 1 | Michael Dattani | $1,316,963* |
| 2 | Pedro Neves | $1,183,037* |
| 3 | Artur Martirosian | $677,400 |
| 4 | Alexandre Raymond | $519,600 |
| 5 | Christoph Csik | $399,800 |
| 6 | Jamil Wakil | $307,500 |
| 7 | Alexandros Kolonias | $236,500 |
| 8 | Taylor Paur | $181,900 |
| 9 | Jonathan Little | $139,900 |
*Denotes ICM deal
