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Simone Andrian Claimed Victory in €10K Main Event WSOP Europe After Roughly Three Hours Of One-on-One Play (€1.3M)

Simone Andrian Claimed Victory in €10K Main Event WSOP Europe After Roughly Three Hours Of One-on-One Play (€1.3M)
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  • Last updated on: October 10, 2024 · 3 minutes to read

Simone Andrian confidently led until heads-up at the final table. Here’s how the action unfolded.

But first, let’s move back to the penultimate day of the tournament.

Simone Andrian started Day 4 with one of the shortest stacks

The €10K Main Event at WSOP Europe attracted 768 entries. 47 players advanced to Day 4, including Simone Andrian, who had the third shortest stack with 13bb. Andrian managed a series of double-ups (AQ > AT, 55 > AK, KK > AK), moving into the top-5 in the chip count.

The final 9-max table was formed by the end of Day 4 and Simone Andrian had the biggest stack of 211bb (33% of all chips in play).

Short stacks quickly busted one after another.

Fabian Gumz finished 9th

Gumz 4-bet shoved for 18bb with K Q , and Ran Ilani called with A A

Gumz was drawing dead on the turn (here and below source of the screenshots: King’s Resort YouTube)

Luka Bojovic finished 8th

Bojovic shoved for 7bb from UTG+2 with A 9 and was called by Simone Andrian with A J

Bojovic was also drawing dead on the turn

Robin Berggren finished 7th

Berggren 4-bet shoved for 19bb with K Q and was called by Simone Andrian with A Q

Day 4 ended at this point, Simone Andrian entered the final day with 209bb (44% of all chips in play)

Enrico Camosci finished 6th

Short stacks continued to bust one by one in the final day. Enrico Camosci lost a coin flip to Urmo Velvelt.

30bb pot

David Hochheim finished 5th

Hochheim 3-bet shoved for 24bb with A 4 and was called by Simone Andrian with Q Q

No Ace from Space

Mariusz Golinski finished 4th

At this point, Ran Ilani and Mariusz Golinski were the two shortest stacks with 20bb each.

Ilani doubled up in an all-in against Golinski.

Golinski managed to double up once but couldn’t rebuild his stack in the end.

The river brought an A

Ran Ilani finished 3rd

In 3-max, the stack distribution was as follows:

  • Simone Andrian – 197bb
  • Urmo Velvelt – 157bb
  • Ran Ilani – 30bb

The main question remained: Could Ilani rebuild his stack and challenge the leaders?

He couldn’t.

Ilani busted in a classic coin flip: AK vs Velvelt’s QQ, 96bb pot

The three-hour heads-up ended with Simone Andrian’s victory

For the first time during the final table, Simone Andrian lost the chip lead. He had 162bb, while Urmo Velvelt had 146bb. On the line was a €446K pay jump and the WSOP Europe Main Event champion’s bracelet. All signs pointed to a long-lasting game

Urmo Velvelt played aggressively, putting maximum pressure on his opponent

In this hand, Velvelt led the flop, bet the turn, and bet the river. Andrian took 3 minutes to make a decision on the river but found the hero call

In the final hand, Urmo Velvelt 5-bet shoved for 50bb with A 10 , and Andrian called with 10 10

GG for Urmo Velvelt

Payouts at the final table of the €10K WSOP Europe Main Event: 

PlacePlayerCountryPayout
1Simone Andrian€1,3M
2Urmo Velvelt€854K
3Ran Ilani €590K
4Mariusz Golinski€415K
5David Hochheim€297K
6Enrico Camosci€217K
7Robin Berggren€161K
8Luka Bojovic€122K
9Fabian Gumz€93,9K

This is the third bracelet in Simone Andrian’s career

Before 2021, Simone Andrian played online. One of his first live poker appearances brought him a victory in the €1,650 WSOPE NLHE 6-max in 2021 (€158.6K). He won his second bracelet online on GGPoker in the $800 WSOP Online Ultra Deepstack in 2024 ($156.2K). Before his win in the WSOP Europe Main Event, Simone Andrian had already earned $1.3M in live tournament prizes.

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