WSOP Europe: Stojanovic, Ausmus Win, Seidel Goes For #9

After a day without bracelets on Wednesday it was a double-championship day on Thursday at WSOP Europe:

STOJANOVIC STOPS O’BRIEN

Darko Stojanovic (GPI#19503) won the first WSOP bracelet for France in 2013 earlier in the day defeating Dan O’Brien (GPI#94) heads-up in the Mixed-Max NLH event.

The event, which played down to the final heads-up matchup last night, saw O’Brien take the lead into the final. Unfortunately for the popular American player, nothing seemed to go his way on Thursday.

The GPI300 trio of Shannon Shorr (GPI#18), Noah Schwartz (GPI#25) and Joe Kuether (GPI#90) as well as poker superstar Phil Ivey (GPI#447) were other notables who earned Top 10 finishes in the Mixed-Max NLH event.

World Series of Poker Europe Event #3 | Mixed-Max NLH
Casino Barrière  |  Enghien-les-Bains, FRA
€5,300 Buy-In  |  140 Entries  |  €672,000 Prize Pool

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BRACELET #1 FOR AUSMUS

In a battle for a first bracelet, 2012 October Niner Jeremy Ausmus (GPI#23) got the better of Finnish star Juha Helppi (GPI#78) heads-up to win Event #4: Pot Limit Omaha.

It was almost a year ago that earned a fifth place finish at the World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table … and he hasn’t slowed down since having collected over 800K USD so far in 2013.

Former GPI #1 ranked player Jason Mercier (GPI#9) also reached the final table in Enghien-les-Bains. His fourth place finish will certainly allow him to add some points to his totals, it will be interesting to see where Mercier lands in next week’s GPI Rankings update.

World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Event #4 | Pot Limit Omaha
Casino Barrière  |  Enghien-les-Bains, FRA
€1,650 Buy-In  |  184 Entries  |  €270,480 Prize Pool

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SEIDEL SEEKS #9

The final seven players will make their way to the Casino Barrière on Friday for the NLH Nine-Handed finale. Legendary poker pro Erik Seidel (GPI#40) will attempt to join Ivey and Johnny Moss in the Nine-Bracelet Club. Seidel will carry a big chip lead into final day play.

Meanwhile, Roger Hairabedian (GPI#50) and Max Greenwood (GPI#135) will both attempt to add a second bracelet to their trophy cashes while GPI Top 10 member Mike Watson (GPI#5) will attempt to score big in his pursuit of the #1 rank on the GPI.

Kevin Song (GPI#1502), Erwann Pecheux (GPI#306) and Matan Krakow (GPI#3742) will also be part of Friday’s festivities.

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