First Time Bracelet Winner Phillip Boucher Wins WSOPE Event 6

The sixth event at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) was the €1,620 buy-in 6-handed Pot Limit Omaha tournament.

The smaller buy-in resulted in a larger field and with 339 playing in the event there was a sizeable prize pool just short of half a million euros – €498,330 to be exact. After three days of play it was Canadian Philippe Boucher who took home the honours and his first ever World Series of Poker bracelet, along with the top prize of €124,584.

Boucher, who has been playing since 2003, has cashed in a number of WSOP events previously, including a cash in the $2,500 buy-in No Limit Hold’Em event this summer, but has never won one until now.

There were some big names still in the tournament by the time it got to the business end with the likes of Bryan Devonshire, Victor Ramdin and Tommy Vedes all going deep but none of them managed to make the final table. The Brits also made an appearance in the cashing spots with Richard Ashby, Joseph Eames and Roberto Romanello all finishing within a few spots of each other, coming 33^rd, 32^nd and 31^st respectively and all taking home €2,616 each.

By the time the dust had settled in the last event before the Main Event, it was Boucher who beat out Portuguese Michel Dattani heads-up for the win. It was a tough end to the day for Dattani as well, having his Aces cracked as he got defeated.

The two got all-in pre flop with AcAdJc7c for Dattani against AsQcTd9c for Boucher. The board ran out 6c6d8cJsQh to give Boucher the straight on the river to send Dattani home with €76,982 and a fantastic second place finish.

The final table results were:

1^st Philippe Boucher €124,584
2^nd Michel Dattani €76,982
3^rd Nicolas Fierro €53,426
4^th Alexander Dovzhenko €37,529
5^th Jared Solomon €26,676
6^th Jack Ellwood €19,181

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.