Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha

Andreas Klatt bested a field 523 players to win his first WSOP gold bracelet at the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe in Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Hold'em. He takes home €56,400 for his efforts.

It is Klatt's sixth WSOP cash of the year, following five in Las Vegas earlier this summer. It caps off a stellar year for Klatt, coming six months after he bagged himself two six-figure cashes in Monte Carlo.

In second place was fellow German Nico Ehlers, who recorded his first WSOP cash, taking home €34,860 for his runner-up finish.

However Klatt said that it was "unbelievable" to win a bracelet; his first and Germany's fourth of the year after the successes of Christopher Frank, Jens Lakemeier and Sebastian Langrock in Las Vegas this summer.

"I would say it's like a dream of every poker player to win a bracelet," said Klatt following his victory, "These days money is sometimes more important, but a bracelet is still a bracelet.

"My goal at this year's WSOPE is to win as much money as possible, but it's always nice to win a tournament!"

Klatt, who is predominantly a Hold'em tournament player, says that he plays in a lot of Pot-Limit Omaha cash games. Coming back today with just 31 players, he admitted to hardly ever looking at the payouts or the number of players left on his way to victory.

"I just focussed on my game. I just tried to play every hand perfectly. There was this turning point with six or seven left and I lost a big pot to Georgios Zisimopoulos, and I lost my mood and thought 'It's over; I'm going to lose.'

"But then I won another pot and was like: 'Maybe I can turn this around.' That was a couple of key hands there."

The day started with a bang with start-of-day chip leader Fahredin Mustafov (pictured above) eliminated early on, after a bluff went wrong against eventual runner-up Nico Ehlers. Mustafov held the nut-flush blocker, but Ehlers called him down with the second-nut flush to knock him out of the tournament.

This gave Ehlers the chip lead which he held for most of the afternoon. He was chip leader at three tables and two tables, with Ehlers the first player over one million in chips.

Two-time bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell enjoyed a blistering start to the day, but she was sent to the rail in a double elimination when her Aces were cracked by the flush ofVasile Stancu.

By the time the official final table of eight was reached, Ehlers was joined by Sergio Fernandez in the seven-figure stack club. Fernandez is enjoying a stellar WSOPE, with the festival only just begun, after he finished third in the Monsterstack yesterday.

With players relatively short at the final table of eight, it wasn't long until Vasile Stancu and Michal Maryska were sent to the rail by Ehlers and Georgios Zisimopoulos respectively.

Zisimopoulos enjoyed a hot period, taking chips from Klatt to add to his chips from the elimination of Maryska, and moving into the overall chip lead. The Greek player would benefit from the elimination of Krzysztof Magott in sixth place to take his stack within touching distance of two million chips.

However, after Ehlers eliminated Sergio Fernandez in fifth place, there were just 200,000 chips separating Zisimopoulos, Klatt and Ehlers, with Theodoros Aidonopoulos bringing up the rear.

The Germans soon pressed on, pushing their stacks up over two million chips, and putting the pressure on their Greek opponents. Aidonopolis was soon eliminated by Ehlers, whose stack was almost identical to Klatt's.

Zisimopoulos was one of the most experienced players at the final table, finishing 2nd in a WSOP bracelet event in 2016 and a 4th place finish earlier this year. This was his 15th WSOP cash, and first in Europe.

As was the case throughout the final table, there was not much to separate the two Germans. The average was only 23 big blinds, so it was inevitable that a conclusion was going to be reached soon. And it was, with Klatt turning a straight and fading his opponent's flush draw to seal the deal before the clock reached midnight.

After Nico Ehlers took the chip lead with a couple of small pots, it was Klatt's turn make a hand. Ehlers limped in on the button with      and Klatt checked his option holding     . The flop came     and Klatt check-called a bet of 125,000 from Ehlers.

The turn brought the   and both players checked to the   on the river. Klatt led out for 325,000 with a full house and Ehlers made the call with a small straight.

Andreas Klatt	2,900,000	-110,000
Nico Ehlers	2,300,000	80,000

Georgios Zisimopoulos raised to 300,000 with      in the small blind and Andreas Klatt reraised to 900,000 with      in the big blind. Zisimopoulos called all in and was at risk.

The flop came    , giving Klatt an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the  , completing his straight, and the river was the  . Zisimopoulos was eliminated in 3rd place and received €23,979.

Andreas Klatt	3,010,000	490,000
Nico Ehlers	2,220,000	0
Georgios Zisimopoulos	0	-340,000

Nico Ehlers raised to 225,000 with      and Georgios Zisimopoulos raised all in for 675,000 with     . Ehlers called.

The board ran out       giving Zisimopoulos two pair and the Greek doubled up.

Nico Ehlers	1,450,000	-585,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	1,360,000	685,000

Georgios Zisimopoulos got all of his chips in the middle preflop with      and was called by Nico Ehlers holding     . Zisimopoulos was the player at risk for 945,000.

The flop came     and Zisimopoulos held a strong lead in the hand. The   landed on the turn giving Ehlers a gut-shot straight draw. The river landed the   bringing the straight for Ehlers but Zisimopoulos made the nut flush to double up.

Georgios Zisimopoulos	1,890,000	945,000
Nico Ehlers	920,000	-1,230,000

Georgios Zisimopoulos opened to 120,000 from the under the gun with      and Andreas Klatt three-bet to 400,000 on the button with     . Zisimopoulos made the call and they went heads-up to the flop of    .

Both players checked to the   on the turn and the   on the river. Zisimopoulos made a small bet of 85,000 with a straight and Klatt raised all-in for 1,300,000. Zisimopoulos only had 600,000 remaining and elected to fold after taking his time.

Klatt jumped out into the chip lead while Zisimopoulos is now on the short stack.

Andreas Klatt	2,275,000	835,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	600,000	-715,000

Nico Ehlers raised to 175,000 on the button with      and Sergio Fernandez shipped all in from the small blind for 385,000 with     . Ehlers made the call and Fernandez was the player at risk.

Despite having his opponent dominated, Fernandez was out-flopped when the dealer fanned the    . The turn brought the   and Fernandez was drawing to a king to win or a nine to chop. The river landed the   and Fernandez became the fifth-place finisher.

It was another deep run and another final table for Fernandez after finishing in third place in Event #1 for €49,929.

Nico Ehlers	1,260,000	545,000
Sergio Fernandez	0	-385,000

Sergio Fernandez raised to 110,000 with      on the button. Theodoros Aidonopoulos raised to 405,000 with      in the small blind and Fernandez called.

On a     flop, Aidonopoulos put his remaining 190,000 chips in the middle and Fernandez called.

The turn was the   and the river the   and Aidonopoulos doubled up.

Theodoros Aidonopoulos	1,240,000	595,000
Sergio Fernandez	640,000	-595,000