Following two starting flights and four more days of action, Italy’s Simone Andrian has been crowned the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Champion. Simone Andrian, who began his live poker career at the King’s Resort in 2021 and won his first WSOP gold bracelet in the 2021 WSOP Europe, has now come full circle by winning the 2024 WSOP Europe Main Event for a career-best € 1.3 million. Simone Andrian has become the 15th player in WSOP Europe history to win the Main Event.
The €10,350 buy-in WSOP Europe Main Event saw an impressive 768 entries, pushing the guaranteed €5,000,000 to €7,219,200. Of the 768 entrants, only the top 116th received a payout. Among those who cashed were several notables, including Fabio Peluso (69th), Jan-Peter Jachtmann (59th), Lukas Pazma (54th), Dietrich Fast (42nd), the six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb (34th), and Anson Tsang who elimination on the final table bubble, collecting €74,000 for 10th place finish.
2024 WSOP Europe Main Event Final Table Recap
The final table was formed on Day 4, with Simone Andrian leading the final nine with 211 big blinds. Urmo Velvelt held the second-largest chip stack, while Serbia’s Luka Bojovic was the table short stack.
Germany’s Fabian Gumz was the first to fall at the final table. Gumz ran into the pocket aces of Raj Ilani with Kd-Qd and was eliminated in 9th place, collecting €93,900. Andrian scored his first final table elimination by knocking out Luka Bojovic in 8th place (€122,000). Andrian then sent Robin Berggren to the rail in 7th place (€161,000). The remaining final six players battled it out down to a winner on the final day. Simone Andrian started the day with the massive chip lead (168 big blinds), with Estonia’s Urmo Velvelt starting second in chips (78 big blinds).
Italian player and bracelet winner Enrico Camosci was the first to be eliminated among the remaining six. He was short-stacked and moved all-in with Ad-Jd, and Velvelt called with pocket eights. The flop came Kh-2d-5d, giving Camosci a nut flush draw, but the Ks on the turn and 4c on the river ended Camosci’s run in 6th place. He added €217,000 to his earnings.
Andrian extended his lead even further by eliminating David Hoccheim in 5th place (€297,000). Hoccheim put his last chips in the middle holding Ad-4c, and Andrian called with pocket queens. The queens held, sending Hoccheim to the rail.
Next, Marius Golinski shoved with Ah-Js, and Andrian called with Ac-Qd. Andrian spiked a Qs on the flop and caught an Ad on the river to kick off the three-handed battle. Golinski banked €415,000 for his 4th-place finish.
Ran Ilani’s run came to an end in 3rd place. In a blind versus blind battle, Velvelt four-bet Ilani, and Ilani jammed with Ad-Ks. Velvelt showed pocket queens, and the board ran out Jh-4d-4s-10c-3h. Velvelt’s queens held, sending Ilani to the rail in 3rd place, pocketing €590,000.
Heading into heads-up play, Urmo Velvelt (40,000,000) held a slight chip lead over Andrian (36,000,000). The heads-up battle lasted for over three hours, with both players fighting to take the lead. Although Velvelt extended his lead at one point, Andrian regained ground and evened the stacks.
On the final hand, Urmo Velvelt called Andrian’s all-in with Ah-10s. Andrian showed pocket tens. The board ran out 6d-2s-9s-7c-Kh, and Simone Andrian clinched the Main Event title, earning his third WSOP bracelet and a staggering seven-figure prize of €1,300,000. Velvelt had to settle for €854,000 as the runner-up.
2024 WSOP Europe Main Event Final Table Standings
| Rank | Player | Prize (EUR) |
| 1st | Simone Andrian | €1,300,000 |
| 2nd | Urmo Velvelt | €854,000 |
| 3rd | Ran Ilani | €590,000 |
| 4th | Mariusz Golinski | €415,000 |
| 5th | David Hochheim | €297,000 |
| 6th | Enrico Camosci | €217,000 |
| 7th | Robin Berggren | €161,000 |
| 8th | Luka Bojovic | €122,000 |
| 9th | Fabian Gumez | $93,900 |
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Source: WSOP
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