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“Champagne for the Casino” After ‘Tony G’ Wins MPP $10K High Roller

“Champagne for the Casino” After ‘Tony G’ Wins MPP $10K High Roller
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Jason Glatzer Content Writer
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  • Last updated on: August 19, 2024 · 2 minutes to read

Lithuanian and Australian businessman, politician, philanthropist, and all-around poker boss Antanas Guoga has once again found poker glory as he shipped the Meditteranean Poker Party (MPP) $10,400 High Roller for $257,500 after agreeing to a heads-up deal with American Alex Pelfy at the Merit Diamond Royal Hotel and Casino.

Guoga, better known to the poker world as ‘Tony G’, has been at it on the cash game and tournament poker felts for more than two decades. He is currently the leader on The Hendon Mob Lithuanian All Time Money List with $10,810,296 in recorded live tournament cashes. The victory catapulted poker’s bad boy into 98th place on the Worldwide All Time Money List ahead of the likes of David Pham and Darren Elias.

Tony G sent many players on their bike en route to his 24th six-figure cash.

“Nice victory this time,” Tony G shared on Facebook after his victory. “Champagne for the casino. Cyprus is a lucky place. Managed to knock out 5 Russians along the path to victory. In the final table knocked out the great Australian K (Kahle) Burns. Stephen Chidwick and Danny Tang were tough opponents. Ultimately it’s a confidence builder that I can still compete after so many years away from the circuit.”

2022 MPP $10,400 High Roller Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Tony GLithuania$257,500*
2Alex PefflyUnited States$247,500*
3Andrea RicciItaly$140,800
4Stephen ChidwickUnited Kingdom$100,000
5Danny TangHong Kong$80,000
6Kahle BurnsAustralia$65,000

*Reflects heads-up deal

The MPP $10,400 High Roller attracted 149 entries for a $1,490,000 prize pool to smash the $1,000,000 guarantee slapped on the event by nearly 50 percent.

Final Table Recap

It was a star-studded final table with the likes of Tony G, Stephen Chidwick, Danny Tang, and Kahle Burns all in the mix with six players remaining heading into the final day.

Kahle Burns entered the Hold’em action with the shortest stack and was soon on the rail in sixth place. It wasn’t all sunshine and daydreams for Danny Tang and Andrea Ricci who entered the final table with the two biggest stacks. Tang’s stack fell apart before hitting the rail in fifth place with Ricci managing to make it to the podium to finish just outside the deal in third place. Meanwhile, Chickwick finished in between these two players with a fourth place performance worth a cool $100,000.

Stacks were shallow when Tony G and Pelfy agreed to a deal to reduce the $105,000 scheduled paybump from second to first place. This worked out well for Pelfy who ultimately hit the rail in second place for $247,500. Meanwhile, a huge congrats to Tony G, who is staying in Cyprus to play in the Triton Series Cyprus from Sept. 5-19.

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