{"id":54054,"date":"2021-12-06T16:58:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T16:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=54054"},"modified":"2021-12-06T17:01:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T17:01:48","slug":"wsop-europe-update-martini-shakes-it-up-scoring-two-bracelets-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-europe-update-martini-shakes-it-up-scoring-two-bracelets-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOP Europe Update: Martini Shakes It Up, Scoring Two Bracelets in a Single Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Series of PokerEurope<\/strong><\/a> continues at King\u2019s Casino Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic<\/strong>. Many new bracelet winners have emerged as European vie for some hardware.<\/span><\/p>\n

The standout over the last week was France’s<\/a> Julien Martini<\/strong>, who grabbed two bracelets.<\/span><\/p>\n

The festival runs through Dec. 8\u00a0 with more than \u20ac11.5 million<\/strong> guaranteed. The \u20ac10,350 Main Event<\/strong> is also now underway and is set for Dec. 3-8 with a \u20ac5 million<\/strong> guarantee. Here\u2019s a look at some of the winners over the last week of action.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Event 5: \u20ac550 Colossus (Nov. 24)<\/span><\/h2>\n

It took multiple days but Kosovo\u2019s Edmond Jahjaga<\/strong> won his first bracelet after taking down the Colossus<\/strong> event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jahjaga defeated France’s Riadh Farhart in heads-up play for the title. The event featured 2,478 entrants<\/strong> and Jahjaga won \u20ac147,775<\/strong> for his victory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“It means a lot to me,\u201d Jahjaga told WSOP.com. \u201cI don’t know how to describe it because it comes so unexpected. The whole experience feels like a movie and it just happened.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Event 6: \u20ac1,650 NLHE\/ PLO Mixed (Nov. 25)<\/span><\/h2>\n

The mixed event drew in 339 players to create a <\/span>\u20ac483,075<\/strong> prize pool. Antoine Vranken<\/strong> of the Netherlands scored his first bracelet after defeating Moncef Karoui of Tunisia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Originally this event was scheduled to be a two-day event but the tournament went into a third day. Ten players returned to Day 3 to chase the gold including a short stacked Vranken. However, he stayed patient and was able to make a run to score the win.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Event 7: \u20ac5,000 PLO (Nov. 27)<\/span><\/h2>\n

Denmark\u2019s Maximilian Klostermeier<\/strong> crushed the competition in the <\/span>\u20ac5,000 PLO<\/strong> event. This was the second bracelet win for Klostermeier. His first bracelet was won in 2019 in a PLO event as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Klostermeier<\/span> defeated 184 players to score a payday of \u20ac204,010<\/strong>. The total prize pool for this event was \u20ac830,300<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bulgaria<\/strong> had a heavy presence at the final table as Nikola Minkov, Vasil Medarov, and Veselin Karakitukov all made an appearance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Event 8: \u20ac2,500 Short Deck (Nov. 28)<\/span><\/h2>\n

Frenchman Julien Martini<\/strong> (pictured above in lead image) won his second bracelet on Tuesday after winning the Short Deck<\/strong> event. The event drew in 98 players and created a prize pool of <\/span>\u20ac214,130<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Martini won <\/span>\u20ac60,009<\/strong> for first place. <\/span>For those new to Short Deck, the game\u00a0 uses a 36-card deck<\/strong> with all the twos, threes, fours, and fives taken out. This changes the odyssey for a couple hands:<\/span><\/p>\n