Volodymyr Kokoulin Wins First Career Bracelet At WSOP Europe

The 2024 World Collection of Poker Europe kicked off this week with a number of bracelet tournaments at extra inexpensive worth factors. Occasion no. 2 was one such contest, with 642 entries made at €550 for the pot-limit Omaha eight-max event.

After three beginning flights and two extra days of motion inside Kings Resort Rozvadov, Volodymyr Kokoulin emerged victorious with the title and the highest prize of $62,271.

This was the primary bracelet win for the Ukrainian participant, who completed runner-up in a WSOP Worldwide Circuit ring occasion earlier this 12 months on the identical venue.

This occasion featured a €300,000 assure, which was narrowly surpassed by the point registration got here to a detailed. The highest 97 finishers made the cash, with loads of huge names operating deep. Amongst people who cashed had been bracelet winner Stephen Nahm (forty second), three-time bracelet winner Anson Tsang (thirty eighth), bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock (sixteenth), and bracelet winner Dario Alioto (eleventh).

Probably the most completed reside event participant on the remaining desk was American Damjan Radanov, who got here into this occasion with greater than $2.1 million in profession cashes. He ended up bowing out in eighth place, incomes $5,661 for his 118th recorded in-the-money end.

Kokoulin was practically knocked out in fourth place, with all of his chips within the center with two pair trailing prime set for Claudio Di Giacomo. Kokoulin managed to hit a backdoor flush to double up and take the lead. Di Giacomo was knocked out in fourth place ($19,758) shortly after taking that beat.

Tomasz Kozub knocked out Hristiyan Banov (third – $28,305) to enter heads-up play with 4,285,000 to Kokoulin’s 11,660,000. Kokoulin prolonged that benefit even additional earlier than the ultimate hand was dealt. All of the chips bought in preflop with Kokoulin holding QQ74 in opposition to the JJ85 of Kozub. The board ran out 76258 and Kokoulin made an eight-high straight to scoop the pot and the title. Kozub earned $41,514 because the runner-up.