Alessandro Pichierri After a full 12 hours of poker, Alessandro Pichierri has closed things out in the last few minutes of the night to win his first-ever gold bracelet in the 2020 World Series of Poker Europe Event #15: €3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Closer . Pichierri outlasted 228 total entries and defeated Timo Kamphues heads up to take home the first-place prize of €148,008.
The clock was ticking down to 10 p.m. when the tournament would be halted due to the government restrictions, but Pichierri went on a late-night heater and accumulated a massive heads-up chip lead. The Italian poker player, who said he mostly plays online, wasn’t about to let another opportunity pass by after finishing fourth in Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event . That was Pichierri’s first six-figure score and now he has recorded his second just two weeks later. WSOPE Event #15 Final Table Payouts
1st Alessandro Pichierri Italy €148,008 2nd Timo Kamphues Germany €91,468 3rd Manuel Fischer Germany €62,534 4th Claudio Di Giacomo Italy €43,876 5th Romain Locquet France €31,616 6th Thomer Pidun Germany €23,414 7th Milos Petakovic Serbia €17,834 8th Anil Ataoglu Germany €13,983 9th Georgios Tsouloftas Cyprus € 11,295 “I finished fourth in the Mini Main and winning this bracelet means so much to me,” Pichierri mumbled through his tears as he held on to his new piece of jewelry. “I know you need some luck in tournaments but I was really focused today.”
Pichierri gave a shout-out to his opponents who put up a strong fight and admitted he might be the underdog despite having a chip lead throughout much of the day: “This was a tough field. These guys on my left and my right, they are all regulars, so it’s special to come through a field like this.”
This was Pichierri’s first stop competing for a WSOP title and said it definitely won’t be his last going forward.
“I’ve never been to Las Vegas before, and it’s the first time I have come here. My friend told me to go take a shot in Rozvadov so here I am,” Pichierri has to fight back […]
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