Tomas Ribeiro Wins 2019 World Series of Poker Europe €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Event

Tomas Ribeiro has won the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe €2,200 pot-limit Omaha event. The poker pro from Portugal topped a field of 271 total entries to become the fifth Portuguese player in history to win a WSOP gold bracelet. The four previous winners from Portugal were Joao Vieira, Jonathan Aguiar, Francisco António da Costa Santos and Diogo Veiga.

“Actually it’s my first trophy ever,” said Ribiero, who focuses primarily on cash games. "I won three tournaments, but they didn’t have trophies and winning my first ever trophy at a WSOP event, it’s totally overwhelming.”

In addition to the hardware and the glory, Ribiero also earned $142,429 USD and 432 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. This was his second final-table finish of 2019. This most recent win was enough to see him join the top 500 in the POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker.

The final day began with Tobias Peters leading the remaining eight players, while Ribeiro sat in fifth chip position. The first player to hit the rail was German Christopher Frank. He got all-in with a double suited rundown, but his 8764 could not overcome the AK105 of Marc Palatzky, who flopped trip aces and held from there. Frank earned $12,833 USD as the eighth-place finisher.

Leonid Yanovski also lost a key preflop showdown against Palatzky. Yanovsky got all-in preflop with AK109, and Palatzky looked him up holding AQ96. The flop came down 966 and Palatzky hit a full house right off the bat. The 2 left Yanovski drawing dead. He took home $16,824 USD for making it down to the final seven.

The reigning champion of this event Anson Tsang put in a valiant effort at defending his title, but in the end fell just short when his AK93 couldn’t beat out the KQ107 on the surging Palatzky, who flopped a pair of tens and ended up with queens full by the river. Tsang earned $22,516 USD for his sixth-place showing in this event.

Palatzky scored his fourth knockout of the day, with Ilyaz Dosikov getting all-in on a 842 flop with 9874 for top two pair. Palatzky had AAQ7 for the overpair and a backdoor flush draw. The K on the turn and K on the river gave Palatzky the superior two pair to secure the pot. Dosikov had to settle for $30,741 as the fifth-place finisher.

Palatzky began four-handed play as the runaway leader, but Ribeiro managed to win some key pots against him to fight back into contention. Ribeiro closed the gap even further by eliminating start-of-day leader Tobias Peters. All the chips got in preflop with Peters holding KQJ9 and Ribeiro the AKQ9. Ribeiro flopped an ace and held from there to send Peters home in fourth place ($42,825 USD).

That knockout gave Ribeiro the lead, and from there he took control of the table. He won several medium pots from Palatzky, further extending his advantage. Despite his red-hot start to the final table, Palatzky fell to the bottom of the leaderboard during three-handed action. He ended up getting his last chips in preflop with K753 against the Q742 of Ribeiro. The AA84J runout secured the pot for Ribeiro. Palatzky was awarded $60,814 USD for his third-place showing.

Ribeiro took nearly a 5:1 chip lead into heads up play with Omar Eljach. The Swede fought his way back into the match for a bit, but was still well behind when the final cards were dealt. He got his last 14 or so big blinds in preflop with AKJ6. Ribeiro held the KQQ10. The board came down 644J9 and Ribeiro’s queens were good enough to lock up the pot and the title. Eljach took home $88,013 USD as the runner-up finisher.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

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