{"id":71437,"date":"2024-10-14T00:03:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T00:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=71437"},"modified":"2024-10-14T00:03:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T00:03:35","slug":"simone-andrian-wins-2024-wsop-europe-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/simone-andrian-wins-2024-wsop-europe-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Andrian Wins the 2024 WSOP Europe Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
Italian pro Simone Andrian didn\u2019t even play live poker until 2021. Since then, he has taken the poker world by storm and is now the owner of his third WSOP gold bracelet, this being the most prestigious of them all.<\/p>\n
After five days and outlasting 767 fellow competitors, Andrian earned the lion\u2019s share of the \u20ac7,219,200, winning \u20ac1,300,000, which more than doubled his previous career live tournament earnings. Andrian topped Estonian Urmo Velvelt after well over three hours of a rollercoaster of heads-up play to become WSOP Europe\u2019s 15th Main Event winner.<\/p>\n
After the exhausting duel in Rozvadov, Andrian shared his joy with PokerNews.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing. By far the biggest score of my career. I couldn\u2019t be more happy\u201d he said after the win. “I\u2019ve been playing here (at King\u2019s Casino) a lot and to have that kind of score here feels special.\u201d<\/p>\n
Usually, heads-up play starts with stacks around 20-60 big blinds deep. However, Andrian and Velvelt both had piles before their duel and the two knew they\u2019d have to battle for several hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was very, very tough. We were super deep. Playing heads-up super deep, with 100 big blinds each, it\u2019s tough. Usually, you don\u2019t get to play super big pots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
Place<\/th> | Player<\/th> | Prize (EUR)<\/th> | Prize (USD)<\/th> | Country<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1<\/td> | Simone Andrian<\/td> | \u20ac1,300,000<\/td> | $1,423,827<\/td> | Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2<\/td> | Urmo Velvelt<\/td> | \u20ac854,000<\/td> | $935,378<\/td> | Estonia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3<\/td> | Ran Ilani<\/td> | \u20ac590,000<\/td> | $646,221<\/td> | Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4<\/td> | Mariusz Golinski<\/td> | \u20ac415,000<\/td> | $454,545<\/td> | Poland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5<\/td> | David Hochheim<\/td> | \u20ac297,000<\/td> | $325,301<\/td> | Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6<\/td> | Enrico Camosci<\/td> | \u20ac217,000<\/td> | $237,677<\/td> | Italy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7<\/td> | Robin Berggren<\/td> | \u20ac161,000<\/td> | $176,341<\/td> | Sweden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8<\/td> | Luka Bojovic<\/td> | \u20ac122,000<\/td> | $133,625<\/td> | Serbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n Velvet started heads-up play with a slight 40.4 million to 36.4 million chip lead, with both players expecting a very long, drawn-out dogfight. Andrian took the early lead but Velvelt pulled back to even after turning a straight against the Italian\u2019s top pair.<\/p>\n Velvelt then went on a rampage, taking down a two-street pot before five-bet shoving pocket eights against Andrian\u2019s ace-eight. While having pulled away, he bluffed off kings high into Andrian\u2019s two pair to see the gap close. However, the Estonian found a way to battle back and take a 3:1 chip lead.<\/p>\n The momentum completely shifted when Andrian made a huge hero call with a pair of fives after Velvelt triple-barreled an ace-high board with just seven-deuce. Shortly after, Andrian hero-called on a wet jack-high board on the turn with top pair against Velvelt\u2019s bottom pair and gutshot straight draw. The Italian held to take a commanding 4.5:1 chip lead.<\/p>\n Andrian would seal the title after a pair of strong hands collided. Velvet five-bet jammed his ace-ten into Andrian\u2019s pocket tens. The tens would hold and give the poker pro bracelet number three.<\/p>\n With that, WSOP Europe has officially come to an end, with 15 bracelets being awarded to 15 players from nine different countries. The Italians reigned supreme, with four bracelets (Christopher Campisano, Ermanno Di Nicola, Alessandro Pichierri, Andrian) while the Germans won three bracelets. Home country Czechia won two bracelets, including Martin Kabrhel, who won the prestigious \u20ac50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller.<\/p>\n\n
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