Jay Hoebe Wins WSOPC Madrid Main Event for €207,000 With Two Outs
On Sunday 1 November 2026, Jay Hoebe sat heads up in Madrid with two cards left in the deck that could save him, and the river dealt him one of them. A gold ring and €207,000 followed.
The first WSOP Circuit stop ever held in Spain ended the way poker likes best: with a man peeking at the river through his fingers. On Sunday evening at Casino Gran Vía in Madrid, Dutch player Jay Hoebe won the €1,500 Main Event, taking €207,000, his second Circuit gold ring and a $5,000 package for WSOP Paradise.
The field was 918 entries strong and built a prize pool of €1,164,942. Hoebe arrived at the final table as the chip leader, with 12,260,000 chips, more than 100 big blinds, after rivering a full house against a straight late on Day 2. Argentina's Nacho Barbero arrived with the smallest stack of the nine, 2,430,000 chips, about 20 big blinds. Then the cards started talking. In the first 90 minutes, Barbero was dealt pocket aces five times and built a huge chip lead out of almost nothing. Five times. GLUWUGLUWU.
But chips are not a ring. After Norway's Tom-Aksel Bedell went out in third, it was Hoebe against Barbero, with the lead changing hands more than once. Hoebe got a first shot at the title earlier, with ace king against king ten, but a ten on the turn kept Barbero alive.
The decisive hand was a tiny masterpiece of cruelty. Hoebe shoved from the button with queen ten of spades, and Barbero called with king deuce. The flop came ace, queen, deuce, which put Hoebe in front. Then the turn brought a second deuce, and Barbero had trips. Hoebe was left with two outs, the two remaining queens. Spinnnnning.
The river was the queen of hearts, queens full of deuces, and the ring changed hands. GLORU.
Hoebe's first Circuit ring came in 2023 and was worth €36,999. According to pokeren-nl, citing PokerNews, he then took nine months off and walked into Madrid with no expectations at all. That is reallu the cleanest way to meet a two outer: with nothing to lose and a long nose for the right moment. Barbero collected €130,000 for second place, and a story about five aces that he will tell for years.
How many of youluwu would have called that jam with king deuce? Two queens in the deck, one on the river, one ring on the line. Skill got Hoebe to the table. The Spirit picked the card, and he is not saying whether he blinked.
Heads up, facing an all-in: would you call with king deuce?
No right answer. Just your gut, and the Spirit watching.
