The 2024 WSOP Europe festival held at King’s Resort in Rozvadov, Czechia, saw Alessandro Pichierri capture his second WSOP gold bracelet by coming out on top of Event #8: €25,000 NLH GGMillion€ High Roller. Pichierri’s second WSOP gold bracelet also landed him his career-best prize of €335,900.
This highly anticipated event had 38 entrants who are experienced players, and one of them was last year’s winner, Alex Foxen, who is ranked 21st on the Hendon Mob’s career tournament winnings list.
Who Were The Participants at the Final Table of WSOP Event #8: €25,000 NLH GGMillion€ High Roller?
The final table of Event #8: €25,000 NLH GGMillion€ High Roller was stacked, skills-wise. Apart from Italian Pichierri and the American Foxen, the table also included Salih Atac from Switzerland, Leon Tsoukernik from Czechia, Norway’s Tom-Aksel Bedell, and Germany’s Sirzat Hissou.
Foxen was the favorite to win it all since his strong play saw him hold roughly three quarters of all the chips in play. Meanwhile, Pichierri managed to keep a low profile and saw himself at the middle of the pack until he capitalized on three-handed play.
The first player to bow out of the final table was Sirzat Hissou, who ended up with €65,000. He is followed by Tom-Aksel Bedell with €75,500, and Leon Tsoukernik with €98,200.
It is worth noting that Tsoukernik had a bit of momentum leading to his exit. Tsoukernik managed to knock out Sizzou early in the match, and after a couple of hands proceeded to eliminate Bedell, resulting in the final four participants. However, his elimination came shortly after, as his pocket queens weren’t enough to beat Foxen’s pocket kings.
Both Piecherri and Atac had the short stack leading to the final three, and eventually, after a couple of aggressive plays from Piecherri and Foxen, Atac landed in third place with a solid €141,500 winnings.
The final hand pitted Pichierri and Foxen as they battled for the chip lead after a 10-6-3 flop. Foxen had 10-Q for top pair/good kicker, but Pichierri had pocket queens.
Pichierri’s higher pair held up, and as the 7 and 7 on the turn and river completed the board, it was enough for Pichierri to win.
The €25,000 NLH GGMillion€ High Roller paid out a million-euro prize pool to the top six finishers, making the event a big-money success for the players who landed on the top six positions.
Event #8: €25,000 NLH GGMillion€ High Roller Final Results
| Place | Player | Winnings |
| 1 | Alessandro Pichierri | €335,900 |
| 2 | Alex Foxen | €223,900 |
| 3 | Salih Atac | €141,500 |
| 4 | Leon Tsoukernik | €98,200 |
| 5 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | €75,500 |
| 6 | Sirzat Hissou | €65,000 |
Following his victory, Alessandro Pichierri was asked by the interviewer how he felt winning his second WSOP bracelet,
“I feel very grateful to see a good result from my hard work,” Pichierri replied.
He added that when you play every day and things go bad, you can think that you’re doing something wrong but when you win a tournament like this, you can feel a bit of peace,
“I’ve had many up moments and some down moments in my career, and this is for sure an up moment”.
When asked about being part of the final table and the final play against Alex Foxen, Pichierri noted that the whole final table was hard and painful at times,
“He [Foxen] is a very difficult opponent, very aggressive, and he was on my left as a massive chip leader. For the whole final table, I just waited and let him do everything. Once heads-up play began, I got lucky two times. I won a flip and then a semi-cooler. So heads-up was easy, but Foxen was a very hard opponent.”
