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The Punta Cana Poker Classic a tourney held in a beautiful beach location in the Dominican Republic where you will play poker in paradise while being treated like a first class VIP OR The World Series of Poker Main Event the longest-running, richest and most prestigious tournament series EVER!! Nov 05, 2019  Here is the complete schedule of daily poker tournaments in the Dominican Republic area, including Punta Cana. Click on any tournament for comprehensive information and details including buy-ins, admin fees, starting chips, blind structures, days run, and more. The Punta Cana Poker Classic Main Event is a live poker tournament, to be held at the Melia Caribe Tropical in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic—October 25th through 31st. You can find out more about the event and to book your hotel room at www.PuntaCanaPokerClassic.com.

The 2017 Punta Cana Poker Classic attracted 382 entries to the beautiful five-star Melia Caribe Tropical Hotel Resort on the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic. The $1,650 buy-in tournament sported a guaranteed prize pool of $500,000 which was easily surpassed by the strong turnout. In the end $555,810 in total prize money was awarded to the top 45 finishers in this event, with the largest share going to eventual champion Roberto Carvallo from Chile.

“The final table was tough, I started the day with only a few chips and had the luck to win some flips,” Carvallo said in a video interview on sponsor Americas Cardroom’s YouTube channel.ACR ran online satellites to the event which awarded $4,900 packages to the tournament, including airfare, six-nights accommodations, food and beverage packages, entry into the tournament and much more.

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Carvallo, who won a live satellite into the main event, entered the nine-handed final table in sixth chip position with 448,000. The chip leader to start the day was Santiago Soriano with 3,945,000. Soriano was ultimately eliminated in third place when he called an all-in shove from Carvallo. Soriano was ahead with the A4 but failed to hold up against Carvallo’s KJ on a 1052KQ board. Soriano earned $50,025 as the third-place finisher and Carvallo entered heads-up play at a slight chip disadvantage to American Jamin Stokes.

Carvallo and Stokes battled it out for a while, with a number of lead changes. At one point the two drew relatively level in chips, with Carvallo holding a slight advantage and the two agreed to chop the remaining prize pool for $97,590 each. They then went all-in on the next hand to determine who would be the official winner of the title and the trophy. Carvallo was dealt the 103 and found himself up against the 98 of Stokes. The board ran out 63237 and Carvallo made trips to secure the pot and the title.

Carvallo followed in the footsteps of 2016 champion Eduards Kudrjavcevs, 2015 winner Luis Yepez and notable poker pro Ari Engel, who took home the title in 2014.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:

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You can check out the winner interview with Carvallo below:

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