Patrick Bueno Triumphs In World Series of Poker Europe €2,000 Eight-Game Mix

France’s Patrick Bueno first cashed on the World Collection of Poker again in 2001, ending thirty sixth in that yr’s essential occasion for a $30,000 payday. Greater than 23 years later, Bueno has lastly secured his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Bueno overcame a area of 90 entries within the 2024 WSOP Europe €2,000 buy-in eight-game combine occasion, incomes $48,174 together with the {hardware}. This was his third money of the collection, having additionally positioned seventeenth within the €550 pot-limit Omaha occasion and sixty fifth within the €1,350 mini essential occasion.

Due to this win, Bueno now has practically $1.1 million in profession match earnings to his identify. The victory additionally awarded 216 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors for Bueno, his first of 2024.

This match ran from Oct. 2-3, with the highest 14 finishers making the cash. Amongst people who ran deep have been current WSOP Europe €5,000 pot-limit Omaha bracelet winner Dennis Weiss (14th), two-0time bracelet winner Ilija Savevski (eleventh), 2023 North American Poker Tour Las Vegas essential occasion winner Sami Bechahed (4th), and three-time bracelet winner Anson Tsang (third).

Bueno knocked out Bechahed throughout a spherical of pot-limit Omaha, flopping fives stuffed with deuces to greatest Bechahad’s pocket queens with ace-high hearts. Bechahed was unable to discover a queen on the flip or river and was despatched packing with $14,541. He then knocked out Tsnag throughout a spherical of stud eight-or-better, making a flush on seventh road to greatest Tsang’s aces up. Neither participant had a qualifying low, which meant that Tsang settled for $20,813 for his third-place displaying.

Heads-up play started with Bueno holding a large 14:1 chip lead over Germany’s Daniel Habl. He quickly transformed that lead into the title, profitable the ultimate hand throughout a spherical of deuce-to-seven triple draw lowball.

Habl ended up with a pat Q-8-6-4-3 going into the ultimate draw. Bueno was drawing two with 7-3-2. He wound up with 8-7-6-4-2 to earn the pot and the title. Habl was awarded $31,080 because the runner-up.

Here’s a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors

1
Patrick Bueno
$48,174
216

2
Daniel Habl
$31,080
180

3
Anson Tsang
$20,813
144

4
Sami Bechahed
$14,541
108

5
Philipp Krieger
$10,606
90

6
Martin Schamaun
$8,092
72

7
Jeremy Trojand
$6,471
54

8
Andreas Bremer
$5,433
36

Picture credit score: WSOP, Kings Resort / Tomas Stacha.