Pedro Neves Wins The World Series Of Poker Monster Stack Event

Pedro Neves grabbed the second seven-figure score of his poker career along with his first gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on June 20. The cash was worth $1,098,220, and when combined with the $1,183,037 he won at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in Janury 2023 that takes his total tournament earnings up to just above $3.36 million.

The $1,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em event attracted a massive field of 8,703 entries thanks to three starting flights. That put the total prize pool at a whooping $11,618,005 with a min-cash for the top 1,307 players set at $3,001. Day 2 saw 2,831 players return with 416 advancing to Day 3.

The field was down to the final 55 after Day 3 concluded, and Day 4 saw the field whittle all the way down to the final seven before the final day of play. Notable players that made a deep run into the top 100 in the huge field included Justin Zaki (32nd), Nadya Magnus (34th), Maxwell Young (58th), Stephen Song (59th), Adrian Naggy (60th), Kristen Foxen (62nd), Joe Serock (69th), Michael Wasserman (82nd), Jamie Kerstetter (88th), and Ryan Laplante (95th).

When cards got into the air among the final seven, Neves found himself at the top of the chip stacks, and he increased that advantage to more than double his closest challenger before poker professional Tim Reilly fell in seventh place. Neves then got in on the bustout action when he eliminated Brian Roff in sixth place.

The hits kept on coming for Neves when he took out Jose Andrade in fourth place to increase his advantage over anyone else to a 3:1 chip lead. It was just a matter of time at that point as Neves took out Jeremy Maher in third place. Aaron Johnson held 70.2 million against the 365 million of Neves at the start of heads-up play after that.

Johnson was able to double up once, but the writing was already on the wall with the chip stacks being that imbalanced. The final hand saw Johnson get all in preflop with A2, but he was covered and dominated by the AK turned over by Neves. The runout kept things interesting when it hit the table 74356; and although Johnson made a straight on the turn, it was topped by the flush of Neves that he hit on the river. Johnson did take home a nice score worth $732,329 to take his career earnings above $2.1 million.

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

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