Almost three years in the past, Alessandro Pichierri was overjoyed to seize his first bracelet at King’s Resort throughout the 2021 World Collection of Poker Europe (WSOPE). At present, he surpassed that achievement with a victory in Occasion #8: €25,000 NLH GGMillion€. Pichierri overcame a star-studded subject of 38 entrants to say his second WSOP gold bracelet and a career-best prize of €335,900.
Selecting to register as late as potential on Day 2, Pichierri stayed underneath the radar for a lot of the day, coming into the ultimate desk in the midst of the pack. He started to achieve momentum after the cash bubble burst, finally overtaking Alex Foxen heads-up to safe the title and the lion’s share of the €1,000,000 prize pool.
Last Desk Outcomes
Winner’s Response
“I really feel very grateful to see end result from my exhausting work,” Pichierri talked about when requested how he felt following the massive win. “Whenever you play on daily basis and issues go dangerous, you may assume that you simply’re doing one thing unsuitable however while you win a event like this, you may really feel a little bit of peace. I’ve had many up moments and a few down moments in my profession, and that is for certain an up second”.
Pichierri had a troublesome path to victory, with Foxen seated to his left and holding a dominant chip lead for a lot of the day. Pichierri touched on the problem of navigating that remaining desk till heads-up play started.
“The entire remaining desk was exhausting and painful at occasions. He [Foxen] is a really troublesome opponent, very aggressive, and he was on my left as a large chip chief. For the entire remaining desk, I simply waited and let him do all the things. As soon as heads-up play started, I received fortunate two occasions. I received a flip after which a semi-cooler. So heads-up was simple, however Foxen was a really exhausting opponent”.
Day 2 Motion
Late registration remained open by means of the primary two ranges of Day 2, permitting a number of high-profile gamers to affix the 14 Day 1 survivors. Among the many new entries had been notable names reminiscent of Julien Martini, Fahredin Mustafov, former King’s Resort proprietor Leon Tsoukernik, Anson Tsang, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, and Alessandro Pichierri.
The day started with Alex and Kristen Foxen because the shortest stacks within the subject, however their journeys took very totally different paths. Alex gained early momentum, profitable a number of pots with out a showdown and ultimately knocking out Stephen Chidwick earlier than eliminating his partner, Kristen, to ascend among the many chip leaders. Kristen and Chidwick selected to reenter, although neither might enhance on their second makes an attempt. Kristen managed to construct momentum after busting Chidwick, however was despatched to the rail once more by her husband, this time in a blind-on-blind conflict.
In the meantime, Martin Kabrhel, who began because the chip chief, supplied loads of desk banter. At one level, he needled Chidwick after the latter’s early bust-out. Nevertheless, Kabrhel struggled to achieve traction regardless of his early benefit and was eradicated properly earlier than the ultimate desk was shaped.
Amongst those that narrowly missed out on the ultimate desk had been Shaun Deeb, Simone Andrian, in addition to the beforehand talked about Jachtmann and Tsang. With Safwane Bahri’s elimination in tenth place, the nine-handed remaining desk was locked in, led by Foxen, who held a dominant chip benefit over the sphere.
Last Desk Play
On the alternative finish of the spectrum from Foxen was Orpen Kisacikoglu, who began the ultimate desk because the brief stack with 16 massive blinds. Kisacikoglu was unable to spin up his brief stack and have become the primary to fall from the unofficial remaining desk after dropping a preflop race to Salih Atac, who entered the ultimate desk with the second-largest stack.
On-line legend Viktor Blom started the day with an above-average stack, however his luck took a pointy flip for the more serious as soon as the ultimate desk started. After being pressured to fold twice to Foxen’s aggression, Blom discovered himself on the unsuitable facet of a nasty cooler when his queens bumped into Pichierri’s aces, leading to Blom’s elimination simply two spots shy of creating the cash. Not lengthy after, Samuel Ju would additionally run into aces, this time held by Atac. Ju failed to enhance together with his ace-king and earned the unlucky title of bubble boy whereas Pichierri gained some much-needed momentum.
Former King’s Resort proprietor Tsoukernik had a roller-coaster remaining desk following Ju’s elimination. First, he eradicated Sirzat Hissou in sixth place, and shortly afterwards, he turned a set of sixes in one other hand that introduced him almost even with Foxen for the chip lead. From there, Tsoukernik misplaced most of his stack after doubling up Alessandro Pichierri twice however appeared poised for a comeback after sending off Tom-Aksel Bedell in fifth place. Foxen lastly ended Tsoukernik’s run after selecting up pocket kings and holding in opposition to the pocket queens of Tsoukernik, who exited in fourth place.
Foxen held properly over half the overall chips in play with three gamers remaining and utilized relentless strain on his opponents following Tsoukernik’s elimination. Pichierri managed to name a bluff from Foxen, maintaining himself in competition, whereas Atac continued to dwindle earlier than bowing out in third place.
Getting into heads-up play, Foxen had almost a 4:1 chip lead over Pichierri. Nevertheless, Pichierri shortly received a flip in one of many first palms, which helped him keep aggressive. From that time on, he seized the momentum. After profitable a number of extra small pots, Pichierri discovered himself with the chip lead for the primary time that day.
The ultimate hand noticed Foxen get his chips in with prime pair in opposition to Pichierri’s overpair. Sadly for Foxen, he couldn’t hit both of his two outs and was pressured to accept second place, whereas Pichierri claimed the ultimate pot of the evening, together with the trophy and the highest prize of €335,900.
