The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event has played down to a champion and that man is American Elio Fox. The American pro came into the final table as the chip leader and kept up his form coming into the final table to take down the bracelet and the prestigious World Series of Europe Main Event Europe Title.
As the final table started, Jake Cody, Max Silver and Chris Moorman were England’s hopes to hold onto the title after James Bord won it last year. However, Silver went soon after the restart and Jake Cody was unlucky to lose 35% of the chips in play losing pocket jacks to pocket tens and soon after busting out in 7th place for €150,000.
That meant that British hopes rested on the shoulders of the more than capable Chris Moorman. Elio Fox held the lead going into heads-up play and held onto it after fishing his way to a flush whilst holding Jh2c on a Jc6c5c board, whilst Moorman fired on the flop and blank turn. Fox caught his mini flush on the river and that was enough to take the pot.
The final pot saw Moorman call Fox’s 3-bet shove with Ah7s. He was disappointed to see Fox flip over the AdTs and although he caught a gutshot on the 643 flop and split pot opportunities on the 6 turn, it wasn’t to be and the 8 on the river sealed his fate and meant the WSOPE main event title would reside in America for the next 12 months.
The final table results were as follows:
1st Elio Fox €1,400,000
2nd Chris Moorman €800,000
3rd Moritz Kranich €550,000
4th Brian Roberts €400,000
5th Dermot Blain €275,000
6th Shawn Buchanan €200,000
7th Jake Cody €150,000
8th Max Silver €115,000
John
- hailing from Watford, UK John became hooked on the game of poker ever since his uncle taught him the rules of 7-card stud during a home game at the young age of 15. He caught the online bug three short years later after turning 18 and began regularly playing Texas Hold'em SNGs.
