Portuguese player Jorge Abreu achieved a dream big hit. Last Sunday (1º), the well-known online figure also attracted the spotlight in live play, winning the € 5.300 Main Event do EPT Paris, a PokerStars series. He dominated the final table and pocketed seven digits.
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In short, Jorge Abreu managed to overcome a field of 1.474 entries after six days of tournament play. As such, he earned € 1.148.600, the largest share of a prize pool that caught the eye, reaching € 7.075.200. In the heads-up, he beat German Felix Schneiders, while the best Brazilian run, by Eduardo Silva, stopped on Day 4.
Check out the final standings of the Main Event:
| Position | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1º | Jorge Abreu | Portugal | € 1.148.600 |
| 2º | Felix Schneiders | Germany | € 717.350 |
| 3º | Enrico Coppola | Italy | € 512.400 |
| 4º | Casimir Seire | Finland | € 394.150 |
| 5º | Nazar Buhaiov | Ukraine | € 303.150 |
| 6º | Tomas Jozonis | Lithuania | € 233.200 |
| 7º | Thierry Gogniat | France | € 179.350 |
| 8º | Sami Bechahed | France | € 137.950 |
Jorge Abreu’s trajectory, especially at the final table, was one of dominance. He started the Final Day, which featured seven survivors, with a large chip lead. The Portuguese player had no trouble reaching heads-up with a massive ten times more chips than Schneiders.
The fact that Schneiders was in the heads-up was indeed a surprise. At the start of the decisive round, he was the short stack, and he was able to work his stack to grow throughout the FT. Much of this was due to a double-up on the very first hand, where he got help from the deck to win with AK against Gogniat’s TT, who would be the first eliminated shortly after.
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In the heads-up itself, Schneiders didn’t have much of a chance. He tried to reverse the disadvantage, but his fight lasted exactly 11 hands. With QQ, he took the hand to the turn, calling when put against the wall by Abreu. The Portuguese player showed J8, and thanks to a J on the flop, he was still alive in the pot. The 8 on the river was cruel for the German and his rail, confirming the Lusitanian title.
As such, Jorge Abreu definitely establishes himself as a respected player on the live scene. It was by far his biggest prize at physical tables, a resume that previously only included low-relevance figures, according to Hendon Mob. He certainly has large scores online, even if the exact numbers are unknown.
