Manuel Cabello Florensa Wins 888Live Costa Brava Main Event

Manuel Cabello Florensa took down the 888Live Costa Brava Main Event title just after 2 a.m. local time on Sunday morning, topping a field of 165 entries to bring to a close a four-day “Poker Fiesta” put on by 888poker from May 18-22 May in Costa Brava, Spain. What’s more is that Florensa started the final table as the short stack, but ran it up to claim victory and €11,000 in first-place prize money.

A Festival of Poker

Qualifiers from around Europe had won packages that included accommodation at the 5-Star Guitart Monterrey Hotel, entry into the $50,000 guaranteed Main Event, beach activities and, on the final night, an exclusive Bounty Freeroll and VIP party at Disco Tropics nightclub.

888poker ambassador Kara Scott played host to the activities, welcoming guests at a champagne reception on the night of their arrival, taking to the sea on a jet ski for the beach activities, playing in all the tournaments, and finally commentating on the final table that was streamed on Twitch.tv for the first time.

UK poker pro Rupert Elder was a special guest, noted for his own Twitch streaming, and he joined in the festivities and joined Scott in the commentary booth.

Relaxing and Freerolling

Thursday was a day of relaxation and fun on the beach before the poker began with a freeroll event at the spacious poker room in …

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