WSOP Main Event Result: The Chinese Government, a Lawyer, and the Live Finale
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The international leg of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is over and Argentina’s Damian Salas is the new champion.
Argentinian lawyer Damian Salas is the international WSOP Main Event champion. (Image: GGPoker/Twitter)
In addition to picking up $1.5 million and a WSOP title, Salas moves on to a heads-up showdown set to take place in Las Vegas on Dec. 30.
Although the Argentinian’s victory stole the headlines, it’s not the only story from the Main Event’s unique final table. With the event switching from an online affair to a live one, Peiyuan Sun became an unexpected early casualty.
Damian Salas wins 2020 WSOP Main Event international tourney Staff Writer, December 16, 2020 5:52 pm
The first half of the 2020 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event has concluded, with Damian Salas outlasting the rest of the final table at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.
The international main event was open to poker players outside of the United States on GGPoker. The $10,000 tournament drew 7,221 online players from around the world. When the field was whittled down to nine, the final table convened at the King’s Casino.
The final nine actually became the final eight after one of the final table players, Peiyuan Sun from China, opted out of the in-person portion of the tournament. Sun was automatically awarded ninth place and $75,360.
Damian Salas is the first of two WSOP Main Event champions after winning the tournament’s international finale inside King’s Resort.
Damian Salas is the international WSOP Main Event champion and will play the US winner on December 30 in Las Vegas. (Image: Partypoker Live)
The unique dynamics this year’s $10,000 Main Event are a result of COVID-19 restrictions hampering plans earlier in 2020.
As such, there will be an international and US champion. One will eventually take the overall title but, for now, Salas is a champion and the man progressing to the live finale in Las Vegas.
International Finale Starts with Eight
2020 World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship Main Event has been determined, at the
King s Resort in Rozvadov for the international leg of the online/live hybrid.
Eight of the nine finalists out of a field of 674 entries made the trip to the Czech Republic to battle for the lion s share of the
$6,470,400 prize pool. Ultimately, the two finalists with the longest travels met heads up and Argentina s
Damian Salas defeated Brazil s
Brunno Botteon to claim the
top prize of $1,550,969.
Salas beamed with pride and proudly flashed the Argentinian flag throughout the entire final table, in which he ultimately prevailed after dominating the duel with Botteon. The Brazilian is mainly active in the online poker arena and reached three final tables including two runner-ups during the
Ramon Miquel Munoz
Ramon âRitzaâ Miquel Munoz is the man currently occupying seventh-place with a stack of 3,025,000 chips.
Miquel Munoz
hails from Barcelona, Spain but resides in London, United Kingdom. Heâs jetting off to the beautiful Czech Republic knowing if he finishes seventh or higher in the live final that heâll beat his previous best live cash of $158,829. This was Miquel Munozâs reward for a runner-up finish in a â¬2,200 buy-in event held, ironically, in Prague, Czech Republic in December 2017.
Outside of poker, Miquel Munoz is passionate about rescuing, fostering, and re-homing animals. He also has plans to