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If Simon quickly bluffed off his entire stack and was out in fourth place ($69,095) just after Carini and Trebbi, then Bogdanov reached 3-max phase and even dispatched Andrea Dato at the 3rd place. The Italian decided to push his short-stack with K-4o and ran into the A-K of Bogdanov, gaining $95,003 and letting the Russian into the heads-up play.

Before the heads-up match start Rinat had a chip lead and four illustrative examples of previous Russian WPT champions: Alexander Kuzmin, Dmitry Gromov, Natalia Nikitina and Andrey Pateychuk. On the Italian’s side was a big local crowd that believed that their fellow countryman Alessandro Longobardi would win. However, these hopes were dashed after the second hand of heads-up play.




With blinds at 40,000/80,000 Longobardi raised with K-Q to 200,000 with Bogdanov making the call with 6c-4c. The Russian then check-called his opponent’s 60,000 bet on the Q-7-4 flop, and his 240,000 bet on the 6 turn. Finally, when a 4 on the river completed Bogdanov’s full-house, he cannily checked once again into Longobardi, who made a 300,000 bet with his two pair. The Italian then called the Russian’s all-in re-raise only to see that he was trapped.

Consequently, Longobardi had to content himself with $146,826, while Rinat Bogdanov took home the $302,065 first prize plus a $25,500 ticket to the WPT Championship in May. Our congratulations to a happy winner!


 

WPT Venice Grand Prix Final Table Results

1. Rinat Bogdanov - $302,065
2. Alessandro Longobardi - $146,826
3. Andrea Dato - $95,003
4. Simon Ravnsbaek - $69,095
5. Gianluca Trebbi - $56,134
6. Andrea Carini - $42,319