2021 888poker WPTDeepStacks London Online

Gerard "Panxetillo" Carbo navigated through a field of 1,024 entries to win the $1,050 WPTDeepStacks London Online Main Event for $184,320 at 888poker.

This was easily the largest cash for Carbo at 888poker. The Andorran-based player was able to seal the deal after besting Jesse "jessecesar" Cesar Fonseca in just one hand of heads-up play. This was nearly the second title for Carbo as he nearly found the winner's circle in the $320 WPT DeepStacks #13 - $100,000 6-Max before settling for the $16,550 runner-up prize.

The event itself was a huge success with the prize pool ballooning to $1,024,000 to eclipse the event's $1,000,000 guarantee. The final table was broadcast on a 30-minute delay with hosts Nick Wealthall and David Tuchman. The duo was first joined by WPT commentator Vince Van Patten before WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage took over for Van Patten.

WPTDeepStacks London Online Main Event Final Table Results

Final Table Action

Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold began the final table with the chip lead. Carbo entered in third place and quickly snagged the chip lead before three short-stacked players in Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen (seventh - $31,130), "brudii030" (eighth - $20,992), and "ShinyMew2" (ninth - $12,800) ended their Main Event runs.

Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji temporarily snagged the chip lead after picking off a bluff by Hobold before Carbo eliminated "BetBetFck" (sixth - $41,370) when their jack-nine got there against ace-jack.

Carbo took down a few pots before the break to take the chip lead and never looked back as he watched his four Brazilian opponents hit the rail one-by-one.

Carbo's opponents were all short-stacked before Jesse "jessecesar" Cesar Fonseca began to pick up some steam by eliminating both Rodrigo "selouan1991" Selouan (fourth - $74,240) and Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold (fifth - $51,610).

Seiji was then ousted by Carbo when his queen-trey suited didn't improve against his opponents tens and Carbo entered heads-up play with nearly double the stack of Cesar Fonseca.

Despite both players having some chips, heads-up play lasted just one hand. Carbo min-raised the button with ace-jack and was called by Cesar Fonseca with five-four. Carbo flopped top pair on the ace-four-trey flop while Cesar Fonseca held middle pair and a gutshot straight draw. Cesar Fonseca called a small bet before called a bigger one after a ten hit the turn. A second ace paired the board on the river and Cesar Fonseca called off a pot-sized jam for the rest of his chips to exit the tournament in second place for $133,120.

Meanwhile, a huge congrats to Gerard "Panxetillo" Carbo for winning the $184,320 top prize and becoming the latest big winner at 888poker.

This concludes our coverage of the WPTDeepStacks London Online at 888poker. Stay tuned at PokerNews as we cover the biggest online and live events from around the world.

Gerard "Panxetillo" Carbo min-raised the button with before Jesse "jessecesar" Cesar Fonseca defended his big blind with .

Commentators David Tuchman and Nick Wealthall, who were joined by guest host Matt Savage all predicted some action after the flop with Carbo holding top pair and Fonseca Cesar holding middle pair and a gutshot straight draw.

Cesar Fonseca check-called a bet of 200,000 before doing the same for around 700,000 on the turn. The river paired the board and Cesar Fonseca checked again. Carbo jammed and Cesar Fonseca called off his stack of about 2,350,000 with a little more in the pot. Cesar Fonseca got the bad news and had to settle for the $133,120 runner-up prize.

Meanwhile, congrats to Gerard "Panxetillo" Carbo for becoming the latest WPTDeepStacks Main Event champion and winning the juicy $184,320 top prize.

Stay tuned at PokerNews for the recap of the WPTDS London Online Main Event.

Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji jammed for 5.5 big blinds from the small blind and was called by Gerard "Panxetillo" Carbo from the big blind.

Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji:
Gerard "Panxetillo" Carbo:

Carbo's tens held after the ran out on the board and Seiji's run was over in third place for $99.328.

Carbo entered heads-up play with a nearly double the stack of Jesse "jessecesar" Cesar Fonseca.

Rodrigo "selouan1991" Selouan jammed for 6.2 big blinds with and was called by Jesse "jessecesar" Cesar Fonseca with

The ran out on the board to give Cesar Fonseca a straight and Selouan hit the rail in fourth place for $74,240.

Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold jammed for 5.3 big blinds with from under the gun and was called by Jesse "jessecesar" Cesar Fonseca with from the big blind.

The flop put Cesar Fonseca ahead and Hobold was ousted in fifth place for $51,610 after getting no help from either the turn or the river.

Gerard "Panxetillo" Carbo snagged back the chip lead by raising a bunch of pots preflop and one bigger pot against Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji before the final table went into its first six-minute break.

Carbo's opponents all have under 10 big blinds heading out of the break.