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MegaPokerSeries Day 1B: Kikuxo and Diego Pérez Shine, Over 500 Participants
NewsJune 15, 2012·1 min read

MegaPokerSeries Day 1B: Kikuxo and Diego Pérez Shine, Over 500 Participants


The Day 1B of the MegaPokerSeries tournament had over 500 participants, making it a highly anticipated event. The tournament featured a variety of strategic plays and comebacks from notable players.

Francisco Fernández, known as Kikuxo, made a strategic move to enter strongly into Day 2 by pretending to be a novice and then dominating the game. He managed to double his chips in the first two hours and ended the day with 336,000 chips.

Diego Pérez, a professor at the school, also made a comeback after being eliminated on the previous day. He started comfortably and ended the day with 225,000 chips. Álex Piñeiro, known as taotattoo, had a challenging start but managed to end the day above the average with 136,000 chips. Rubén Setién, known as GrinderSpa, was eliminated early but made a comeback after the buy-in and ended the day with 107,000 points. Eduardo Rivas, known as corbein, had a tough day and will start the next day with very few chips, 58,600. Curro Ruibal, known as magico1973, was the only edukito eliminated on the day. Fran Vázquez, known as Fcv_83, and Álvaro Suárez, known as PkrSuarez, survived the day with 81,000 and 99,000 points respectively.

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