Orenes Gran Casino Castellón has delivered an impressive festival turnout as the €150 Mini Main Event €50,000 GTD officially confirmed 727 entries, generating a total prizepool of €90,875. Christian Martin Medina leads the final nine players returning to battle for the €16,000 top prize and the championship trophy.
Mini Main Event reaches final table showdown
The final starting flight, Day 1D Hyper, brought in 94 entries, including PartyPoker Tour Team member Sam Acheampong, with 14 players advancing to Day 2. A total of 108 players returned for Day 2, all securing a min cash and aiming for the €16,000 top prize. After hours of play, the field narrowed to the final nine players. Christian Martin Medina leads the pack as chipleader with 5,100,000 chips, closely followed by Kevin Brzozowski with 4,850,000 and PartyPoker Tour Ambassador Matt Staples with 4,650,000.
Fabian Andres Torres Jimenez (3,830,000), Alberto Martinez Vendrell (3,670,000), Kostantinos Vatseris (2,610,000), Marius-Laurentiu Dinu (2,375,000), Andres Carbonell Torres (1,400,000), and Hugo Damian Gotuzzo Montes de Oca (895,000) round out the final table.
Side event results and festival highlights
Away from the Mini Main action, the €200 NLH KO drew 61 entries for a €9,720 prizepool, with Robert Gets taking home €3,000 and the trophy following PartyPoker Tour Team member Niall Farrell’s birthday celebrations. Meanwhile, the Party Madness PLO / NLH Bounty attracted 84 entries, where Matthew Wharrie claimed victory and the trophy after defeating runner-up Lewis Henderson.
The festival also marks a PartyPoker Tour first by featuring a multi-day Mystery Bounty format. Furthermore, PartyPoker maintains its policy of zero hidden fees, ensuring 100% of advertised prizepools are paid out directly to players.
