This might just be the most incredible achievement in online poker history. Believe it or not but Pablo "Gordiju" Gordillo, a Spanish pro who resides in London, won three major Sunday tournaments on PokerStars in the same session by defeating a total field of 42,967 players! What are the odds? Well, 1 in 350,000,000,000 if we should believe what is said on some poker forums (any math experts?).
The tournaments Gordillo won to pull off the incredible hat-trick were PokerStars Sunday Kickoff for $26,000, PokerStars Sunday Storm for $30,000 and, last but not least, PokerStars Bigger $55 for $44,000, to earn a combined $101,060!
Gordillo spoke to PokerStars Blog about his incredible winning streak...
"I started the session like any given Sunday, waking up at 1pm and eating early in order to start playing the last WCOOP Sunday," said Gordillo. "I didn't want to miss the Kickoff - and it was a good choice, since it is one of the tournaments I did win. After 17 hours and 100 tournaments (which turned a bit lengthy), I ended up winning three of them and making some deep runs, too... You can't win them all, hahaha!"
PokerStars Blog: what were you thinking?
"Actually, after each tournament I was thinking different things," he explained. "I felt released after the first win, because it made up for the downswing I was in; after the second one, the Storm, I started to think about the difficulty of what had just happened, because of the 35,000 players. And then came The Big 55, the last one. I only could think in how every hand was fitting and how well I was running. I was overconfident, and the last part felt quite easy."
Support from friends and family...
"My friends were so happy for me as if they were winning themselves, and everyone was thinking that it was something really hard to happen," said Gordillo. "At home we celebrated every major pot won. By the way, my other flat mate also won The Hot16.50 to square a perfect night at home. We changed the Internet provider a couple of days ago, so maybe this IP is really blessed."
