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2015 WSOP - Event #30: The First WSOP Winner From Argentina Has Been Crowned

Tags: Franco Ivan Luca.
Posted on 18 June 2015 by "T".

Franco Ivan Luca is the first player from Argentina to win a bracelet in the 47-year-history of the World Series of Poker. Luca, a 23-year-old poker pro from Buenos Aires, topped a field of 2,150 entrants over four days of play to lay hands on his first gold bracelet and $353,391 in prize money.

Luca entered the fourth day, which was added due to a very long Day 3, with a sizeable lead against Artur Rudziankov. The final table of play is described like this on WSOP's website: ‘When play resumed today, Luca was a three-to-one chip leader. Rudziankov battled back, winning an all in and even getting Luca to be all in for his tournament life. Luca survived that all in and eventually came back to win the tournament. A well played heads up battle by both players.'

Final table results: 


OTHER IN-THE-MONEY FINISHERS:

Aside from the final table finishers, other notable players who cashed in the top 20 included - British pro Chris Moorman (10th), iconic Frenchman Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier (11th), top pro Jason Koon (17th), and 2012 Big One for One Drop champ Antonio Esfandiari (18th).

Winners of gold bracelets this year who cashed in this event included - Shaun Deeb and Sam Greenwood.

FUN FACTS:

The gender breakdown of participants was 2,059 males and 92 females (about 5 percent of the field).

The average age of participants was 40 years, with ages ranging from 21 up to 79.

There were no gold bracelet winners among the nine players at the final table

source: WSOP.com


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4 comments on "2015 WSOP - Event #30: The First WSOP Winner From Argentina Has Been Crowned"


 french34718/06/2015 22:19:53 GMT
Excelent game , congrat to Ivan !!!!
 StheP18/06/2015 23:06:07 GMT
I follow that event on wsop news because of elky, and he busted on 11th Sad I realy hoped he would ship the whole thing... but he didnt Sad
 klash2319/06/2015 15:15:29 GMT
I was quite surprised to see that this was the first bracelet going to Argentina,there have been some good players from there such as Jose Barbaro,Leo Fernandez and Pastor.
 bowie198416/07/2015 12:32:07 GMT
Only thing this article forgets to mention is actually which event did they play. I mean I see that it was event#30 or so, but we still don't know what type of poker was played on which limit. I'm bit curious about it to be honest, I'll look after it later.

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