Zewei Ding Wins 2024 World Series of Poker Europe Turbo Freezeout

The 2024 World Series of Poker Europe is within the closing stretch. The 15-event sequence kicked off on Sept. 24, and can conclude later this week on Oct. 9. The marquee €5 million assured €10,350 no-limit maintain’em fundamental occasion is at present ongoing, with simply over 100 contenders remaining from the 768 that entered.

While that match continues its march in direction of deciding a champion, one other a lot brisker affair performed out elsewhere contained in the match space at Kings Resort Rozvadov. The €1,000 no-limit maintain’em turbo freezeout drew 152 entries, and took only a single day to slender that subject all the way down to a winner.

When the mud settled, Zewei Ding was the one participant left standing. The Chinese participant earned his first WSOP gold bracelet, the highest prize of $39,240, and 288 Card Player Player of the Year factors. This was Ding’s first-ever WSOP money.

The prime 24 finishers earned a share of the $156,510 prize pool on this occasion, with notables like bracelet winner Bernd Gleissner (twenty third) and Or Nezer (nineteenth) amongst people who ran deep.

Ding was virtually left on fumes early on the closing desk. He acquired all-in with pocket kings towards the pocket aces of Dirk Schumacher, who then hit prime set on a AQJ flop. The flip introduced the ten to offer Ding the broadway straight and the lead. The 6 on the tip modified nothing and Schumacher was eradicated in tenth place ($2,922).

Ding scored a double-knockout of Maximilian Huber (ninth – $3,296) and Erik van Hulst (eighth – $3,894) to slender the sphere to seven. His subsequent elimination got here when his A5 beat the A4 of De Han Kim, with 4 diamonds on the board giving him the ace-high flush. Kim earned $11,597 for his robust exhibiting. This was his second closing desk of the sequence, having additionally positioned ninth within the turbo bounty occasion only a few days earlier.

The closing two knockouts had been made with premium fingers for Ding. His A-k held towards the A-2 of Gal Naim (third – $16,799) to set a heads-up conflict towards Stepan Khachaturyan. Just a handful of offers after that, Ding limped from the button with OkOk and known as the shove of Khachaturyan, who held 53. The board got here down Ok75103 and Ding’s prime set of kings secured him the pot and the title. Khachaturyan walked away with $25,230 because the runner-up.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on this occasion:

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