Santino Marko Wins 2021 Palm Beach Poker Classic Main Event

The 2021 Palm Beach Texas Hold’em Standard $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold ’em main event attracted an area of 312 entries, surprising the $200,000 guarantee to create a prize swimming pool of $302,640. New York indigenous Santino Marko arised victorious in the long run, getting rid of Yuriy Kozinskiy heads-up for the title, the top reward of $71,119, as well as 480 Card Player Gamer of the Year points.

According to the Palm Coastline Kennel Club Casino poker Area’s blog site, Marko had guaranteed his grandma that he would earn the prize. The 30-year-old made good on that pledge, safeguarding the equipment to bring home to his partner and also four youngsters.

A total amount of 48 gamers endured the two beginning flights in this event, with Marko being in 18th chip position when the final day’s action started. The leading 33 finishers made the cash in this occasion, with a min-cash being worth $1,807. The top 7 finishers all safeguarded five-figure cash advances.

Kozinskiy, who completed second for $43,974, made 400 POY points as the jogger up. This was his second POY-qualified score of the year, having actually won a $600 buy-in event at the Seminole Hard Rock Resort & Gambling Establishment Hollywood in February for $60,000 as well as 456 points. He now sits in 33rd area in the 2021 POY race standings, which are funded by International Texas hold’em.

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

PlacePlayerEarningsPOY Points
1Santino Marko$71,119480
2Yuriy Kozinskiy$43,974400
3Igor Pinheiro$31,938320
4Matthew Lambrecht$23,591240
5Aaron Klausman$17,710200
6Michael Serio$13,507160
7Michael Tait$10,462120
8Kevin Blewitt$8,22680

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