VILAMOURA / PORTUGAL
2010 Edition

This weekend the fourth leg of the DeepStack Open took place in Vilamoura, Portugal. Sun, beach, parties, good food and obviously amazing poker were experienced by all over these 4 amazing yet nail biting days of poker!


Eventually 335 players participated, mainly from Portugal and Spain but the tournament also included players from all over Europe: French, Belgium, Swiss, Italian, Danish, German, Russian, Polish, English and Irish … amazingly, more than 15 nationalities took part in this post summer event! This first Iberian leg of the DeepStack Open was an event full of surprises: Day 1a was dominated by Trung Cheng Moc ("Alien Andy") who reached a staggering 600,000 chips when the average was 90,000 and the second player in chips had 200,000. Ultimately, Trung dominated the tournament throughout the whole event.

Local poker pros also took part in the event: The Spanish Chilipoker Team Gerardx and Rozio, Andre “Roddias” Dias (pro sponsored player), Sofia Mendes (pro sponsored Portuguese player) and Antonio Gonzalez Cantador (paid in main event WSOP).

22 DSO VIP players were part of the field - 3 reached the money and 5 won a free seat for another DSO stage thanks to the DSO VIP Bubble Insurance. Click here for full info about the DSO VIP promotion.
Finally, first prize was won by Trung Cheng Moc who already finished Day 1A as the massive chipleader and runner up was Michael Revah who also finished in the money during April’s DSO Aix en Provence.

Final results:
1. Trung Cheng Moc – =English €35,000
2. Michael Revah - French - €30,000
3. David Amilleta – Spanish – €16 248
4. Rafael Martins – Portuguese - €12 348
5. Pedro Zagalo - Portuguese - €9911
6. Amadeu Lima de Carvalho - Portuguese - €8449
7. Tuomas Sippula – Finish - €6896
8. Pedro Dias – Portuguese - €5524
9. António Mondim – Portuguese - €4224
10. Carlos Branco – Portuguese - €2925

After a deal with runner up Sebastien Mano from Belgium, French player Jonathan Brygo from Pokeralille won the €330 Side Event which gathered 103 players. The next tournament will be in Vienna from October 14th to October 17th in the Montesino casino. This tournament is expected to reach 500 players and will include a TV table where players will be able to buy the dvd of them playing!

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The DeepStack Open is a 3 day tournament with over 500 players. The ‘DeepStack’ concept for the same buy-in allows players to start the tournaments with five times more chips than a classic casino tournament. Players can play more hands, see more cards and play a DeepStack Open event with the guarantee of enjoying a fabulous poker weekend – whether you’re a rookie or a pro.

It has been copied many times, however has never succeeded until now! The DeepStack Open has revolutionized European poker! The DSO tournaments are the only events providing a comfortable 3 day poker game for a low buy-in in fantastic destinations such as Paris, Vienna, Marrakech, Cannes, Malta and the Costa Brava. Our DeepStack tournament has kept its unique structure of regular blind increases to ensure non-stop action but with enough time to pass bad cards. To add even more fun to the game, the sponsor gives players the opportunity to win iPads, Laptops, Bose Headsets and buy-ins to other DSO events – keeping the DeepStack Open a fun and friendly tournament.