Tuesday, February 8, 2011

MARATHON MAN: ESCOBAR SURVIVES MARATHON SESSION, WINS ESTRELLAS MADRID


PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com

Estrallas Poker Tour hosted it's first event of the season in Madrid over the weekend ... the main event was supposed to end on Sunday but actually went way into Monday ... ending around 8am local time - that's when Ricardo Escobar finally ended the drama.

Of note, poker reporter Remko Rinkema finished fourth in this event, congratulations go out to the Dutch journalist.

Here are the payouts for the final table participants:

Ricardo Escobar €103,503
Jose Luis RodrĂ­guez €69,600
Phillip Schimmerl €39,150
Remko Rinkema €26,100
Robert James Snell €21,750
Valeriano Ruiz €17,400
Xavier SolĂ  €13,050
Mathew Rainford €8,700


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Pokerstars Estrellas Poker Tour Madrid
Main Event
February 5-7, 2011

Gran Casino Madrid
Madrid, Spain

Buy-in: $1,365
Prizepool: $681,562
Entries: 498

POINTS AT STAKE
RICARDO ESCOBAR 35
JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ 18
PHILIP SCHIMMERL 10
REMKO RINKEMA 8
ROBERT JAMES SNELL 5

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