Jesse Lonis could have set the tempo in 2025, however Juan Pardo appears decided to make the ultimate month of the yr his personal.
Pardo went full “MalakaStyle” and put the poker world on discover forward of December’s bumper-to-bumper live-poker providing. The Spanish star lit up GGMillion$ Week, profitable 5 on-line excessive rollers on GGPoker and timing his surge in kind to perfection because the yr’s greatest month of reside motion approaches.
The week-long heater included 4 victories in $10K occasions and one other in a $5K, good for greater than $530,000 in winnings and loads of ammunition for WSOP Paradise, the place Pardo appears greater than able to roll.
The Heater Begins
Pardo kicked off his run by beating a number of opponents he’ll quickly be battling once more in The Bahamas, as he appears to assert his first WSOP bracelet. The $10,300 Tremendous Monday Tremendous Excessive Curler [7-Max] paid simply 4 spots from its 23 entries, with Aleksejs Ponakovs, Joao Vieira and Adrian Mateos the one others to see a return on their five-figure buy-in.
Pardo and compatriot Mateos discovered themselves aspect by aspect as soon as extra, not lengthy faraway from their deep runs within the EPT Malta Most important Occasion. Mateos completed eleventh within the penultimate EPT Most important Occasion of the yr, whereas Pardo made his first EPT Most important Occasion remaining desk, going out in eighth.
Pardo, who has greater than $15 million in reside earnings, bought the higher of Spain’s All-Time Cash Record chief, knocking out Mateos in fourth earlier than Ponakovs dispatched Joao Vieira in third.
Pardo then closed it out towards Ponakovs to seal his first victory of the week and the $115,155 prime prize. Who says you should hate Mondays?
Occasion #14: $10,300 Tremendous Monday Tremendous Excessive Curler [7-Max] Outcomes
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Pardo’s Bounty Bonanza
Whereas Pardo solely KO’d Mateos and Ponakovs in his opening win, he shortly discovered his ruthless streak in a pair of bounty occasions.
He blasted by means of the $10,300 Thursday Throwdown, sending six of the 24 entrants to the rail for $72,500 in bounties alone. A heads-up win over “GREAGYPoker” pushed his complete haul to $125,591. A number of classes later, Pardo accomplished his hat-trick in a stacked 84-entry subject within the $5,250 Bounty Hunters Tremendous Excessive Curler.
As soon as once more, he cleaned up. His 9 eliminations produced $70,313 in bounties, and the $40,119 first-place payout took his complete to $110,432, his third six-figure rating of the week.
Occasion #31: $10,300 Thursday Throwdown Tremendous HR [Bounty] Outcomes
Occasion #45: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Tremendous Excessive Curler Outcomes
Kulev Denied Twice
One other sizeable subject turned out for the $10,300 Tremendous Monday Tremendous Excessive Curler, which surpassed its $400,000 assure by $70,000, and those that fired should have been sick of the sight of Pardo, none extra so than Alex Kulev.
The Bulgarian took the bigger slice of a heads-up deal, but it surely was Pardo who claimed the title after securing each chip in play. Lower than 24 hours later, the very same situation unfolded in $10,300 Tuesday Traditional Tremendous Excessive Curler, the place one other deal noticed Kulev earn essentially the most money, however Pardo once more walked away with the win.
Pardo’s cash-rush leaves him in sharp kind heading into WSOP Paradise. 5 wins towards elite fields within the span of every week is as stable a tune-up as any participant may ask for.
Occasion #57: $10,300 Tremendous Monday Tremendous HR [7-Max], $400K GTD Outcomes
Occasion #63: $10,300 Tuesday Traditional Tremendous Excessive Curler Outcomes
*signifies heads-up deal
Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Dwell Occasions Government
