Nick Petrangelo Wins Bellagio High Roller Event #11: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $151,200
Nick Petrangelo got hot at the right time and survived a wild 45-minute stretch to claim the $151,200 first-place prize and the title in the Bellagio High Roller Event #11: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em.
The madness began after Anthony Marquez was eliminated to burst the money bubble. Sung Joo Hyun found himself all-in with ace-jack against David Mock’s ace-queen. Hyun could not find a jack and was eliminated in sixth place for $25,200.
Fifteen minutes later, the hand of the tournament began. Sergio Fernandez moved all-in on the button for approximately 400,000. Petrangelo was next to act in the small blind and re-shoved for over a million in chips. Johan Guilbert was in the big blind and didn’t take much time before calling all-in for 850,000 total.
Fernandez held pocket fours, Petrangelo held ace-king, and Guilbert held ace-queen. The board ran out ace-high, Petrangelo had the better kicker and sent both players out the door. Fernandez finished in fifth place for $33,600, while the 2021 WSOP-Europe Main Event runner-up Guilbert walked away in fourth place for $42,000.
Dominik Nitsche fell ten minutes later when his ace-king fell to the king-six of Mock. Both players rivered a straight, but Mock held the higher end to eliminate Nitsche in third place for $67,200.
Even with the knockout of Nitsche, Mock went into the heads-up portion of the match at a three-to-one chip disadvantage against Petrangelo. With the big chip lead, the heads-up match lasted all of another ten minutes as Petrangelo flopped a straight against the overpair of Mock. Mock had outs to a better straight but found no help on the turn or the river, and the tournament was over in the blink of an eye.
This tournament is part of the PokerGO Tour, with players earning points based on the amount they cash for. The full PokerGO Tour schedule can be found here, and the current PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate leaderboard is available here.
| Bellagio High Roller Event #11 Results | ||||
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | PokerGO Tour Points |
| 1st | Nick Petrangelo | United States | $151,200 | 151 |
| 2nd | David Mock | United States | $100,800 | 101 |
| 3rd | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | $67,200 | 67 |
| 4th | Johan Guilbert | France | $42,000 | 42 |
| 5th | Sergio Fernandez | Spain | $33,600 | 34 |
| 6th | Sung Joo Hyun | South Korea | $25,200 | 25 |
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