Another 12 months, one other World Series of Poker Europe victory for Ermanno Di Nicola.
Less than 11 months after he took down the 2023 WSOP Europe €550 buy-in Colossus occasion for $222,971, the Italian participant got here out on high on this 12 months’s €1,650 no-limit maintain’em six-max occasion.
Di Nicola’s newest win noticed him outlast a area of 351 entries to safe his second profession gold bracelet and the highest prize of $123,488. This rating pushed his Career earnings previous $813,000.
This win additionally made Di Nicola simply the third Italian participant in poker historical past to have secured a number of bracelets, becoming a member of four-time WSOP champion Max Pescatori and Alessandro Pichierri, who received his second bracelet on the identical day as Di Nicola.
This was Di Nicola’s first final-table end of 2024. The 600 Card Player Player of the Year factors he secured because the champion moved him inside the highest 1,400 within the total standings, that are offered by Global Poker.
This event took simply two days to finish inside Kings Resort Rozvadov within the Czech Republic. Day 2 started with 89 gamers nonetheless remaining and Di Nicola atop the leaderboard. The high 53 finishers made the cash, together with bracelet winner Or Nezer (53rd), two-time bracelet winner Wing Liu (51st), bracelet winner Ran Koller (forty ninth), bracelet winner Tobias Peters (forty eighth), two-time bracelet winner Ilija Savevski (forty fourth), bracelet winner Lukas Pazma (thirty fifth), bracelet winner Fabio Peluso (twenty third), three-time bracelet winner Timur Margolin (18th), and 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure major occasion winner Maria Lampropulos (tenth).
By the time the sector mixed onto a single desk, Rachid Yaacoubi had moved into the highest spot. Axel Bayout completed sixth ($16,206) when his A-8 bumped into the pocket queens of Traian Stanciu. Amiel Gamliel (fifth – $22,644) quickly adopted due to his A-8 clashing in opposition to the A-Q of Di Nicola.
Di Nicola then discovered pocket queens in opposition to the pocket jacks of Stanciu to slender the sector to a few. Stanciu earned $32,523 because the fourth-place finihser.
The subsequent huge conflict noticed all of the chips go in after a flop of 10
53
, with El Yaacoubi holding Ok
10 in opposition to Di Nicola’s J8. The 6 flip accomplished Di Nicola’s flush draw, leaving El Yaacoubi drawing useless. The 2 on the tip was a mere formality, and El Yaacoubi was eradicated in third place ($59,441).
Di Nicola held 11,000,0000 to Dohang Na’s 3,040,000 when playing cards received again within the air. That lead grew earlier than the ultimate hand of the event was dealt. Na shoved from the button for round 22 huge blinds with A
6 and Di Nicola rapidly known as with OkOk. The flop got here out 965 to offer Na a pair of sixes and the nut flush draw for a sweat. The Q on the flip and 9 provided no additional assist, although, and Di Nicola’s overpair earned him the pot and the title. Na walked away with $83,861 because the runner-up.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the ultimate desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Ermanno Di Nicola | $123,488 | 600 |
| 2 | Dohang Na | $83,861 | 500 |
| 3 | Rachid Yaacoubi | $59,441 | 400 |
| 4 | Traian Stanciu | $32,523 | 300 |
| 5 | Amiel Gamliel | $22,644 | 250 |
| 6 | Axel Bayout | $16,206 | 200 |
Photo credit score: WSOP, Kings Resort / Tomas Stacha.
