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Dennis Weis Captures First Bracelet In WSOP Europe €5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event

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The sixth event of the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe was the highest buy-in so far at the 15-event-series, with a €5,000 price tag to enter the pot-limit Omaha tournament. A total of of 141 entries were made at Kings Resort Rozvadov before registration closed, resulting in a prize pool of $698,817. It took two days to narrow that field down to a champion, with Germany’s Dennis Weiss dragging the last pot. Weiss was awarded $177,486 and his first WSOP gold bracelet for the win.

This was not only Weiss’ first bracelet, it was his first live title ever. Prior to this victory, his best tournament performance was a fifth-place finish in a $1,100 pot-limit Omaha event at the Venetian’s DeepStack Championship Poker Series in July for $15,296.

Weiss was awarded 576 Card Player Player of the Year points after coming out on top. This was his second POY-qualified score, having earned 180 points for his aforementioned deep run in Las Vegas this summer. With 756 total points, Weiss is now sitting just outside the top 1,000 in the 2024 POY standings presented by Global Poker.

The top 22 finishers made the money in this event, with big names like two-time bracelet winners Oleksii Kovalchuk (22nd) and Omar Eljach (20th), bracelet winner Hokyiu Lee (17th), four-time bracelet winner Julien Martini (15th), and Thomas Eychenne (13th) all running deep.

The final table began with Weiss in the lead. Early eliminations among the last nine included high-stakes tournament regular Fahredin Mustafov (9th – $14,959), Vakhtang Javakhishvili (8th – $17,716), Vazha Kometiani (7th – $21,907), and Krzysztof Magott (6th – $28,238).

Jonas Kronwitter’s run came to an end when his ASpade SuitKClub SuitJClub Suit6Diamond Suit ran into the ADiamond SuitAClub SuitKHeart Suit8Heart Suit of Amir Mozaffarian. The 2023 WSOP $50,000 pot-limit Omaha third-place finisher earned $37,880 as the fifth-place finisher after the board kept the pocket aces ahead. He now has nearly $2.6 million in career cashes after this latest strong showing.

Mozaffarian continued to chip up thanks to his AHeart SuitKDiamond SuitKClub Suit2Heart Suit holding against the QHeart SuitQDiamond Suit9Spade Suit9Heart Suit of Victor Dota in the next big clash. Dota failed to connect with the board and was eliminated in fourth place ($52,798).

The next big showdown saw all of Nikola Minkov’s chips go in after a flop of KDiamond Suit10Spade Suit6Club Suit. He held ASpade SuitAClub SuitQClub Suit5Spade Suit for an overpair, a gutshot straight draw, and two backdoor nut flush draws. Weiss was his opponent, with AHeart SuitKHeart SuitJHeart Suit9Spade Suit for top pair of kings with a different gutshot straight draw. The KClub Suit turn gave Weiss trip kings, while upgrading Minkov’s club draw from backdoor to a fully fledged flush draw. The 6Spade Suit on the end kept Weiss’ hand best, though, and Minkov was eliminated in third place ($76,358). The Bulgarian now has more than $697,000 in career tournament scores under his belt.

Heads-up play started with Weiss holding 9,400,000 to Mozaffarian’s 4,700,000. He was able to stretch the lead even further ahead of the final hand of the tournament. Weiss limped in from the button for 120,000 total with AClub Suit10Spade Suit9Spade Suit5Heart Suit and Mozaffarian raised to 360,000 from the bug blind with JClub Suit8Spade Suit5Spade Suit2Club Suit. Weiss called and the flop came down KSpade Suit10Heart Suit8Club Suit. Mozaffarian shoved for his last 540,000 and Weiss made the call. The ASpade Suit turn gave Weiss aces up and a spade draw. The 3Diamond Suit on the end made his victory official.

Mozaffarian walked away with $114,432 as the runner-up. This was his second-largest live tournament score yet, bringing his career earnings to nearly $474,000.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 Dennis Weiss $177,486 576
2 Amir Mozaffarian $114,432 480
3 Nikola Minkov $76,358 384
4 Victor Dota $52,798 288
5 Jonas Kronwitter $37,880 240
6 Krzysztof Magott $28,238 192
7 Vazha Kometiani $21,907 144
8 Vakhtang Javakhishvili $17,716 96
9 Fahredin Mustafov $14,959 48

Photo credit: WSOP, Kings Resort Rozvadov / Tomas Stacha.

 

 

 

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