Guillermo Olvero Wins 2013 Punta Cana Poker Open Main EventMexican Wins $171,100 and Becomes First Latin Champion In The Event's Four-Year History |
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A total of 490 entires were made in the 2013 Punta Cana Poker Classic $1,500 no-limit hold’em main event, building a prize pool of $712,312. For the first time in the event’s four year history the champion is from Latin America, with Mexico’s Guillermo Olvero emerging victorious. For the win Olvero earned $171,100 and 720 Card Player Player of the Year points.
The event spanned five days at the beautiful Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana on the eastern shores of the Dominican Republic and featured a $500,000 guaranteed prize pool that was exceeded by more than $200,000.
Olvero defeated Chile’s Leo Otazo heads-up to capture the title. Other notables who made deep runs include World Poker Tour champion Carter Phillips (35th – $4,278), Jonathan Roy (25th – $5,704) and Anthony Zinno (4th – $38,500). This was Zinno’s sixth final table showing of 2013, including a win in the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open main event for $825,099. As a result the American poker pro has climbed to 20th place in the overall Player of the Year standings, with 2,552 points and $974,342 in year-to-date earnings.
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Guillermo Olvero | $171,100 | 720 |
| 2 | Leo Otazo | $101,952 | 600 |
| 3 | Jonathan Iacovelli | $62,740 | 480 |
| 4 | Anthony Zinno | $38,500 | 360 |
| 5 | Chanracy Khun | $30,657 | 300 |
| 6 | Gabriel Diaz | $23,527 | 240 |
| 7 | Patrick Serda | $20,676 | 180 |
| 8 | Derrick Scott | $17,184 | 120 |
| 9 | Stuart Marshak | $14,972 | 60 |
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