The atmosphere more closely resembled a World Cup soccer match than a World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table.
It came down to Jose Ignacio “Nacho” Barbero against Fabiano Kovalski, Argentina versus Brazil, and the boisterous South American rail surrounding the final table inside the Bally’s Event Center erupted in celebration whenever one of them took down a pot.
In the end, it was Barbero, already a poker icon back home in Argentina, who became a WSOP bracelet winner after taking down Event #67: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em, outlasting a starting field of 419 entrants to win a $587,520 top prize.