🇩🇪 Aram Ali is the IPS 56th Ed. Main Event winner!
- Stefano Atzei
- 2 days ago
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The Main Event of the IPS Italian Poker Sport – 56th edition has come to an end, registering a total of 5,256 entries, a tournament that crowned Germany’s Aram Ali as the winner, taking home a €200,000 first prize plus a package for the next King’s Million, once again here in Rozvadov.
The final table began with Cengiz Michael Schwalgun in the chip lead and four Italian players chasing a major result. However, it was the early elimination of the former chip leader that opened the door for Aram Ali, who went on to control the action and ultimately claim the title of champion of this IPS Main Event.
Below you can find the final table setup, followed further down by a full recap of the final table action in text form, starting from the official final table lineup and stacks.
🇩🇪 Cengiz Michael Schwalgun – 57,750,000
🇸🇰 Marian Uharcek – 41,325,000
🇩🇪 Aram Ali – 38,325,000
🇮🇹 Daniele Sacchi – 34,225,000
🇨🇿 Dalibor Dula – 27,950,000
🇮🇹 Andrea Marchi – 20,675,000
🇮🇹 Mauro Ortu – 19,370,000
🇮🇹 Antonio De Lucia – 13,900,000
🇨🇿 Michal Schuh – 7,600,000
The final table started with 🇩🇪 Cengiz Michael Schwalgun leading the field, while four Italian players were still in contention, all chasing a prestigious result in one of the most important events of the IPS calendar. Despite beginning the final table as chip leader, Schwalgun was among the first to exit, opening the door for Aram Ali, who would then take full control of the table and eventually secure the title.
After the first elimination, the spotlight immediately turned to Schwalgun himself. The German played a massive pot of roughly 78 million chips against Aram Ali in a hijack–cutoff confrontation. Schwalgun took an extremely aggressive line with A♠3♠ on a K♠ 4♦ 2♠ flop, committing his entire stack. The Q♦ on the turn, however, gave Aram Ali two pair with K♣ Q♣, and the A♣ on the river failed to complete the flush for Schwalgun, who was eliminated in 8th place after going from a dominant position to the rail in a single hand.
Shortly after, it was time for the first of the two Sardinian players still in the field to leave the tournament. 🇮🇹 Mauro Ortu, calling from the cutoff with 10♦10♣ after a raise from 🇮🇹 Antonio De Lucia holding A9, also saw 🇸🇰 Marian Uharcek enter the pot from the big blind. On a 6♠ 9♦ 9♣ flop, Ortu moved all-in and was called by De Lucia, whose trips held through a 6♦ turn and J♠ river. Ortu’s run ended in 7th place.
The very next elimination saw 🇮🇹 Andrea Marchi bow out in 6th place. Reduced to around eight big blinds, Marchi was forced into a blind-versus-blind confrontation, moving all-in with A5 and finding himself dominated by A7. The board offered no help, ending another Italian’s deep run.
After roughly twenty minutes of play, 🇨🇿 Dalibor Dula became the next casualty, eliminated by Aram Ali, who by this stage had begun to fully dictate the pace of the table. With 🇨🇿 Michal Schuh already out in ninth place, Ali’s growing stack allowed him to apply constant pressure on every remaining opponent.
With two Italians still in contention, the tournament continued until 🇮🇹 Antonio De Lucia, now the shortest stack at the table, was eliminated in 3rd place. De Lucia moved all-in from the big blind with KQ off, only to run into 44 held by Aram Ali. The board A♠ 7♦ 3♣ 6♠ 10♦ confirmed the outcome, awarding De Lucia a payout of just over €88,000.
That result set up the heads-up duel between 🇮🇹 Daniele Sacchi and 🇩🇪 Aram Ali, with an overwhelming chip imbalance: 49 million chips for Sacchi versus 210 million for Ali. The final battle lasted around thirty minutes, until the gap became impossible to close.
In the decisive hand, Sacchi held A♦2♥, while Ali revealed K♦ Q♣. The board ran out 4♥ 10♣ 4♠ Q♥ 3♣, sealing the victory for Aram Ali.
Daniele Sacchi finishes runner-up after another outstanding performance, confirming his excellent form over the past months on the circuit. For Aram Ali, the victory is fully deserved, built on control, pressure, and a crucial hand played early at the final table that shifted the balance of the entire tournament.
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