Simone Andrian had performed poker on-line for 3 years earlier than taking his shot on the reside felts in 2021. With virtually no reside event cashes on his resume, he achieved what most poker gamers solely dream of by profitable his first WSOP gold bracelet and €158,616 in a €1,650 No-Restrict Maintain’em 6-Max occasion throughout the 2021 WSOP Europe. Tonight, Andrian got here full circle, profitable the coveted 2024 World Collection of Poker Europe Predominant Occasion bracelet and a career-best rating of €1,300,000 at King’s Resort—the very place the place his reside poker journey started.
Andrian turned the fifteenth participant in historical past to win the WSOPE Predominant Occasion, triumphing over a area of 768 entrants. He finally defeated Urmo Velvelt in a gripping heads-up duel that lasted over three hours and noticed the chip lead change fingers a number of instances.
Winner’s Response
“It’s superb. By far the most important rating of my profession. I couldn’t be extra joyful” he stated following his victory. “I’ve been taking part in right here so much and to have that sort of rating right here feels particular.”
Andrian’s victory was removed from straightforward; he needed to navigate a collection of ups and downs, going from an enormous stack to a brief stack a number of instances throughout the heads-up battle in opposition to Velvelt.
“It was very, very robust. We had been tremendous deep. Enjoying heads-up tremendous deep, with 100 massive blinds every, it’s robust. Normally, you don’t get to play tremendous massive pots.” He added that having the assist of his pals and fellow Italian professionals was “tremendous necessary, particularly once I was short-stacked with 25 massive blinds.”
Andrian’s poker profession has come a good distance since his first bracelet win, culminating in at the moment’s Predominant Occasion victory. Throughout that point, he secured six further six-figure scores, bringing his whole reside event earnings to only over $1,300,000—a determine that has greater than doubled with at the moment’s win.
Remaining Desk Outcomes
Remaining Desk Motion
Andrian began the day with a large chip lead, holding greater than double the chips of Velvelt, who began in second. Andrian’s fellow Italian professional, Enrico Camosci, started the day because the shortest stack, having underneath 20 massive blinds. It solely took a couple of fingers earlier than he obtained his chips in with ace-jack suited in opposition to Velvelt’s pocket eights. Camosci was a slight favourite after flopping the nut-flush draw to associate with his two overcards, however the flip and river had been each bricks and Camosci turned the primary participant eradicated on the ultimate day.
David Hochheim was the second shortest stack in the beginning of the day, however he rapidly doubled up after calling Andrian’s small blind shove from the massive blind with queen-ten suited. Hoccheim had Andrian’s ten-seven offsuit dominated and he stayed forward, efficiently doubling via the chip chief. One orbit later, Hoccheim discovered himself in one other blind-on-blind confrontation in opposition to Andrian, this time in dangerous form with ace-four offsuit in opposition to Andrian’s pocket queens. Hoccheim couldn’t join with the board and was despatched to the rail in fifth place.
Mariusz Golinski began the day in third place, however the Polish professional had nothing go his means as soon as playing cards had been within the air. He paid off a price wager from Velvelt within the first degree with pocket sevens solely to see Velvelt flip over journey jacks. Shortly after, he four-bet shoved ace-queen and was referred to as by Ran Ilani, who had pocket queens. That hand left Golinski with lower than ten massive blinds, and he was quickly compelled to commit the remainder of his stack with ace-jack. Andrian awakened with ace-queen and held, eliminating Golinski and paving the best way for three-handed play.
Ilani was the underdog as soon as three-handed play started, with solely 6,000,000 chips whereas Andrian and Velvelt every had over 30,000,000. He misplaced half of that stack instantly after being compelled to fold a number of instances, however he wasn’t taking place with no combat and began mounting a comeback. He doubled up after calling Velvelt’s small blind shove with queen-jack and holding in opposition to Velvelt’s eight-seven. He then instantly doubled up via Velvelt once more, this time with ace-queen in opposition to Velvelt’s ace-jack.
Ilani wanted only one extra double as much as get again into rivalry and shortly discovered his alternative in a traditional preflop race, holding ace-king in opposition to Velvelt’s pocket queens. Sadly for Ilani, he couldn’t double up a 3rd time in opposition to Velvelt after failing to attach with the board, and he exited in third place whereas Velvelt entered heads-up play with a slight lead over Andrian.
For the primary time since halfway via Day 4, Andrian didn’t maintain the chip lead. When heads-up play started he had 36,425,000 to Velvelt’s 40,375,000. Andrian regained the lead and began pulling away after profitable a couple of pots with out showdown, however quickly after Velvelt turned a straight and obtained paid off by Andrian’s high pair to carry the stacks again to even.
Velvelt then referred to as down two streets from Andrian with a pair of fours and led out on the river. Andrian, having been bluffing with jack-high, was compelled to concede the pot, permitting Velvelt to take the lead for the second time. With momentum now on his facet, Velvelt then five-bet shoved with pocket eights, forcing Andrian to fold his ace-eight and increasing his lead additional.
Velvelt had Andrian on the ropes, however after bluffing two streets with king-high—solely to have Andrian present down aces up—the stacks had been near even as soon as extra. When Velvelt began pulling away once more with some well-timed aggression, Andrian tried to combat again by check-raising backside pair on a king-high flop. He continued with one other wager on the flip, however Velvelt, holding high pair, moved all in. Andrian was compelled to muck after which Velvelt held three quarters of the whole chips in play.
Andrian regained some momentum after calling off for his event life in opposition to Velvelt, who had barreled three streets on an ace-high board. Andrian held solely a pair of fives, however Velvelt had been caught bluffing with seven-deuce, permitting Andrian to remain in rivalry. Quickly after, Andrian wager the activate a jack-high related board just for Velvelt to check-shove, placing Andrian to a different resolution for his event life. Andrian referred to as with high pair and was up in opposition to Velvelt’s backside pair and gutshot. When the river bricked Andrian held a commanding lead as soon as once more, with 63,000,000 chips to Velvelt’s 14,000,000.
The ever-aggressive Velvelt began to mount one other comeback after check-raising Andrian on the flop with simply ten-high and transferring all in by the river. Andrian held high pair however couldn’t discover the decision. A number of fingers later, Velvelt five-bet shoved into Andrian holding ace-ten. Andrian held pocket tens and snap-called. Andrian stood by his rail which erupted after the clear runout gave Andrian the profitable hand. Velvelt was compelled to accept second place whereas Andrian claimed the 2024 WSOPE Predominant Occasion title.
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