Final Table Profile: Andres Gonzalez
| Seat: | 8 |
| Chip Count: | 18,300,000 |
| Big Blinds: | 11 |
| Hometown: | Cartagena, Spain |
Andres Gonzalez’s Poker Background
Thirty-year-old Andres Gonzalez is a Spanish poker player with recorded tournament cashes dating back to 2012. Excluding his payout in the World Series of Poker Main Event, he’s recorded $294,249 in live tournament earnings, with his best live result coming this summer.
In June, Gonzalez finished third in Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout for a $201,518 payday, but his Main Event performance will dwarf that figure.
Gonzalez has yet to close a major live tournament, but if there ever was a time to do it, it would be now.
Andres Gonzalez’s Main Event Story
Gonzalez is no stranger to the Main Event, as the 2024 edition marks his fifth attempt at becoming Poker’s World Champion. This is the first time he’s put in a deep run, and he will enter the final table as the short stack with 11 big blinds, but that’s not worrying him at all.
“I think I will spin it up. I have a good feeling about this run,” he told PokerNews at the end of Day 8, where he bagged and tagged a stack of 18,300,000.
He attributed his deep run to a newfound level of patience, something needed in this test of endurance. And working with high-stakes crusher , Juan Pardo, along with other Spanish poker pros, has helped propel him to his biggest-ever cash.
While the $10,000,000 first-place prize would be “life-changing,” Gonzalez is making sure to smell the roses as a run like this may never happen again.
“I’m reminding myself to just enjoy the moment. I’m happy with whatever happens.”
A Spanish friend on the rail will join Gonzalez, and his girlfriend is getting ready to fly to Las Vegas to support him.
Gonzalez hopped into the Main Event on the opening starting flight, where he turned the 60,000 starting stack into 98,800. That figure doubled on Day2abc, and he ended up in the top third of the field by the end of Day 3. Day 4 is where things really set into motion for Gonzalez, ending the session 39th out of 464 players.
On Day 4, Gonzalez picked up aces and scored a double knockout, with fan favorite Cody Daniels being one of the players he felled in the hand. That pot took him to 2,525,000, and he added another 125,000 to his stack before the end of the night.
The next round saw him in the top 25 of the end-of-day chip counts, and then he more than doubled his stack on Day 6, where winning the Main Event became an attainable goal. On Day 7, Gonzalez escaped elimination after finding a three-outer against fellow final tablist Joe Serock, who he doubled through again before play closed to stay afloat.
Gonzalez started off hot on Day 8, taking out Gerardo Hernandez, but failed to find momentum throughout the remainder of the day. He wasn’t afraid to risk it all at several points throughout the day, but his shoves got through, which was good enough to keep him in contention for the “richest trophy in sports.”
How Andres Gonzalez Got to the Final Table
| End of Day | Chips | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | 98,800 | 222/620 |
| 2abc | 186,000 | 1,291/3,617 |
| 3 | 428,000 | 528/1,524 |
| 4 | 2,650,000 | 39/464 |
| 5 | 6,225,000 | 24/160 |
| 6 | 14,775,000 | 16/59 |
| 7 | 14,900,000 | 14/18 |
| 8 | TBC | TBC |
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2024 WSOP Main Event Final Table Seating
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Angelov | Bulgaria | 52,900,000 | 33 |
| 2 | Malo Latinois | France | 25,500,000 | 16 |
| 3 | Brian Kim | United States | 94,600,000 | 59 |
| 4 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | 94,200,000 | 59 |
| 5 | Joe Serock | United States | 83,600,000 | 52 |
| 6 | Jordan Griff | United States | 143,700,000 | 90 |
| 7 | Jonathan Tamayo | United States | 26,700,000 | 17 |
| 8 | Andres Gonzalez | Spain | 18,300,000 | 11 |
| 9 | Jason Sagle | Canada | 67,300,000 | 42 |
2024 WSOP Main Event Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 2 | $6,000,000 |
| 3 | $4,000,000 |
| 4 | $3,000,000 |
| 5 | $2,500,000 |
| 6 | $2,000,000 |
| 7 | $1,500,000 |
| 8 | $1,250,000 |
| 9 | $1,000,000 |
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Calum has written for various poker outlets but found his home at PokerNews, where he has contributed to various articles and live updates, providing insights and reporting on major poker events, including the World Series of Poker (WSOP).
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