Alejandro Sanchez Eliminated in 7th Place (€20,425)

(Photo: Alejandro Sanchez)

The cast of the final table of WPT Venice has been selected after a rash of quick eliminations after the dinner break. First to leave the house was Christopher Creus, then we had the exit of Marvin Rettenmaier and now we have lost Alejandro Sanchez.

Andrea Benelli raises to 34,000 in the cutoff and Sanchez moves all-in for around 120,000 in the big blind. Benelli was waiting for it and he called very quickly. When the cards had their big reveal it was an awful moment for Sanchez.

Benelli: [9h] [9s]
Sanchez: [8c] [8d]

The flop was eightless – [Ad] [Kc] [3d] – and the turn card [9c] sealed the deal. Nobody was looking at the [7h] as it hit the felt, instead five people were celebrating and two people were exchanging a friendly handshake. One of those people was Sanchez, our unfortunate final table bubble boy.

So our final table is:

Seat 1: Edoardo Alescio – 1,714,000
Seat 2: Michele Caroli – 2,097,000
Seat 3: Andrea Dato – 461,000
Seat 4: Andrea Benelli – 1,143,000
Seat 5: Steve O’Dwyer – 501,000
Seat 6: Alex Dovzhenko – 480,000