Who Won the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event? (2018 WSOPE)

Posted by myrddin on November 17th, 2018

JACK SINCLAIR WINS WSOP EUROPE MAIN EVENT

England’s Jack Sinclair — an Upswing member naga poker — is the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, coming out on top of a field of 534 entries and going home with the first prize of €1,122,239 (,279,352 USD). Sinclair out-dueled Hungarian Laszlo Bujtas heads-up to take down the bracelet, with Butjas earning €693,573 (0,673) for the second place finish.

The win brings Sinclair his second seven-figure score of his poker 88 career, with the other coming in an 8th-place finish at the 2017 WSOP Main Event for .2 million. Sinclair dominated the heads-up battle against Bujtas, eventually finishing the job on a final hand that saw Sinclair’s Q♥ 9♣ hold up against Bujtas’ J♦ 7♠ on a board of K♦ Q♣ 3♥ 6♥7 ♣.

Sinclair has enjoyed enormous success in his limited experience at the WSOP. The 2017 Main Event was the first k buy-in event of his career, and not even 1 ½ years later the 27-year-old from London has two Main Event final table appearances, and one of the most coveted prizes in the game with the bracelet win.

Krasmir Yankov finished 3rd for €480,028 (7,232), and former WSOP Main Event champion Ryan Riess took home 4th place. The final table wrapped up just over six hours after the day began as eliminations came quickly and frequently, despite the fact that there were plenty of big stacks remaining to begin play.

The final day began with pokerace 99 and Sinclair as the biggest names remaining at the six-player official final table. Six different countries were represented, with Bujtas coming into the day with the chip lead at 14,040,000 (88 big blinds).

Serbia’s Milos Skrbic came in second in chips at 12,720,000 (80 big blinds), followed by Riess (10,615,00), Sinclair (8,585,000), and short stacks Yankov from Bulgaria (3,995,000) and the Ukraine’s Ihor Yerofieev (3,170,000).

Yerofieev’s day ended shortly after the final day began pokerclub 88, with a 6th -place finish and €175,965. Within the first two hours of play, Skrbic went from nearly the top of the leader board to the he short stack after surrendering double-ups to both Sinclair and Yankov, and eventually went out in 5th for €241,718.

RYAN RIESS FINISHES FOURTH

2013 WSOP Main Event champion Riess finished fourth, coming up just short in his bid to become the second player ever to win the Main Event at both the WSOP and WSOP Europe. The 28-year-old pro entered the final day second in chips with a 10,615,000 (66 big blinds) stack, but found himself on the wrong end of an all-in for his last 5.8 million chips about two hours into final table play.