Francisco Benitez has gone back-to-back in high roller events by winning the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em for €341,565 following a heads-up ICM deal with Argentina’s Ramiro Petrone. Benitez is just coming off a victory in the €10,200 Mystery Bounty event for €224,080 with collected bounties. The day after that win, he entered this €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, and he ultimately emerged victorious to claim another trophy, along with a total of over half a million euro across the two events.

After his triumph the other day, the Uruguyan player said: "(It was a) good start and (gives me) more confidence for the rest of the tournaments.” He plans to play a full schedule of events in Barcelona and after this dream start, Francisco can have all the confidence in the world.

Before the Main Event itself, the Estrellas sub-event, offering a more affordable buy-in than the main tournament. Even before Thursday's last two flights, the question of breaking all previous records held by the year 2019 with 4,682 entries hung in the air. The counter finally stopped at 6,313 entries, meaning a prizepool worth €6,060,480!

Source: pokernews.com