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Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden wins $10K WCOOP Main Event ($1,007,058)

Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden wins $10K WCOOP Main Event ($1,007,058)

Luck combined with skill secured Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden’s victory in the 2024 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) Main Event.

Johannes “Jepser8” Straver finished in 9th place

“Jepser8” 5-bet shoved for 24bb from SB with K K , and chipleader Guillaume “Nolet20” Nolet called with A K .

Ace on the River (here and below source of the screenshots: PokerStars Twitch)

Preben “prebz” Stokkan finished in 8th place

As the shortest stack, Stokkan went all-in for 6.6bb from SB with A 8 , “Pass_72” called from BB with A K .

“prebz” got dominated

Two doubles for “€urop€an” against “FourSixFour”

In 7-max play, Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden doubled up with A A . The effective stack was 30bb. “€urop€an” completed from SB, “FourSixFour” raised to 4bb with J 10 , “€urop€an” 3-bet to 9bb and got called.

Flop: 5 2 10 , pot 18.8bb. “€urop€an” bet 3bb, “FourSixFour” raised to 7bb, “€urop€an” 3-bet to 11bb, “FourSixFour” 4-bet to 21bb and got called. “€urop€an” moved to the top 3 in chip count.

Really well played with aces

In the next hand effective stack = 47bb. “€urop€an” opened from CO with A 10 , “FourSixFour” 3-bet from BTN to 6.3bb with J 10 and got called. Flop 7 8 2 , 15bb pot. “€urop€an” check-called 6bb. Turn 5 . Both checked. River 9 . “€urop€an” check-called for all of his chips.

One more double-up for “€urop€an”

“Natrium111” finished in 7th place

“Natrium111” open-shoved from UTG+1 for 6.5bb with A Q , “Pass_72” called from BTN with Q Q and 46.6bb stack. “€urop€an” 3-bet shoved with A K and got called by “Pass_72”.

One of the biggest hands for “Pass_72”

Joao “IneedMassari” Simao finished in 6th place

“IneedMassari” was the shortest stack for a long time, won several all-ins, but ultimately busted in all-in BTN vs BB against “Pass_72”.

“IneedMassari” lost 19bb pot

Davi “DaviMMaker” Cola finished in 4th place

Effective stack = 36bb. “Nolet20” opened from UTG with K 4 , “Pass_72” called from BTN with 7 7 , “DaviMMaker” defended BB with K 10 .

Flop 5 7 A . All players checked. Turn A . “Pass_72” bet 3.5bb, “DaviMMaker” raised to 12.5bb. “Nolet20” folded. “Pass_72” called. River 6 . “DaviMMaker” bet 6.7bb, got raised for all his chips and couldn’t find a fold.

“DaviMMaker” lost all his chips with a nut flush

Guillaume “Nolet20” Nolet finished in 3rd place

The 3-max lasted over an hour.

Brilliant re-raise by “€urop€an”

In his final hand, Nolet with a 24bb stack opened with J J , and “€urop€an” 3-bet shoved with K Q .

The Jacks lost again

Pascal “Pass_72” Lefrancois finished in 2nd place

“€urop€an” started heads-up with a chip lead of 156bb vs 52bb. He was consistently hitting the board and denying “Pass_72” any major pots.

Even with 72o he hit the board

“€urop€an” showed real true skill in heads-up

In this hand, “€urop€an” bluffed with 9-high over three streets

In the final hand, the effective stack was 27bb. “Pass_72” opened with 5 3 , and “€urop€an” defended BB with 10 6 . On the board 3 3 A 4 6 , “€urop€an” check-raised on the flop, bet on the turn and on the river.

“Pass_72” called instantly on the river

Final table payouts of the $10,300 WCOOP 2024 Main Event (total 502 entries):

PlaceNameCountryPayout
1Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden $1,007,058
2Pascal “Pass_72” Lefrancois $659,899
3Guillaume “Nolet20” Nolet $487,407
4Davi “DaviMMaker” Cola $351,448
5Darrell “FourSixFour” Goh $252,488
6Joao “IneedMassari” Simao $182,960
7“Natrium111” $136,521
8Preben “prebz” Stokkan $105,462
9Johannes “Jepser8” Straver $78,985