Przemyslaw Szymanski won World Series of Poker Europe event #1: €350 No-Limit Hold’em Opener for €115,350 after beating the field of 3,509 runners, who generated a prize pool of €1,039,014. Szymanski won a heads-up battle against Daniel Trunk to win the title. Trunk was rewarded with €80,150 for second place.
Szymanski didn’t have any big scores in his live MTT record, and this score of €115,350 is by far the most significant score of his career. His total live earnings are $149,955. This was also his first WSOPE bracelet.
Event #1: €350 NLH Opener Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Przemyslaw Szymanski | Poland | €115,350* |
| 2 |  Daniel Trunk | Germany | €80,150 |
| 3 |  Rostyslav Sabishchenko | Ukraine | €60,850 |
| 4 |  Alberto Speranzoni | Italy | €47,250 |
| 5 | Dmitrij Fadeev | Germany | €37,550 |
| 6 |  Georg Strebel | Switzerland | €30,650 |
| 7 | Antonio Menga | Italy | €25,700 |
| 8 |  Viorel Gavrila | Romania | €22,050 |
| 9 |  Jozsef Dobos | Hungary | €19,41 |
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The Final Table
Jozsef Dobos was the first to leave the final table action after he shoved from the CO and got called by Speranzoni in the BB. Dobos had A♠5♠ against Speranzoni’s J♠J♦, and the board came Q♠4♣9♦6♣Q♦ showing Dobos no aces or draws. Dobos was rewarded with €19,407 for his ninth-place finish.
Viorel Gavrila was the next to hit the exit door when he was shoved from SB and got called by Sabishchenko in the BB. Gavrila was holding Q♣6♥ and could be happy to see both of his cards were live against Sabishchenko’s A♣10♦. The board came 8♠A♦6♦J♠5♣, and Gavrila’s chances were drastically lowered on each street that came, and he was eliminated in the eighth place for €22,050.
Antonio Menga was on the BTN when he pushed all his chips in the middle, holding A♠8♦. Daniel Trunk was in the BB and decided to call K♣9♣ after the count was done. Menga was the slight favorite to win the hand, but things changed on the flop when the dealer showed J♥9♠10♦. The turn was A♣, giving Menga a great chance to double up and stay in the game, but the river was Q♥, giving Trunk a straight and eliminating Menga in seventh place for €25,700.
Georg Strebel was the next victim of Daniel Trunk, who opened from the BTN and got shoved on by Strebel, who was in SB. Trunk called with A♠K♥ and was the favorite against Strebel’s A♦5♦. The board ran Q♥J♦Q♣10♥J♠, and Strebel’s situation was not looking bright on the turn when he had to his one of three outs just to split. It didn’t happen, and he was out in sixth place for €30,650.
Dmitrij Fadeev opened from the BTN with J♠J♦, and Speranzoni in the SB decided to shove with A♦8♣. Fadeev called, and he was ahead with pocket jacks. The flop 5♠6♥7♣ gave additional equity to Speranzoni, who had an open-ended straight draw; the turn was 5♥, and the river 9♠ was the end of the road for Fadeev, who finished his run in fifth place for €37,550.
After he eliminated Fadeev, Speranzoni was next to leave as he called Trunk’s shove from BTN while sitting in the SB and holding A♥Q♣.Trunk was dominated, holding A♣5♦, but the lady luck was on his side, giving him runner-runner flush as the board ran 4♦2♠8♦6♦J♦. Speranzoni was eliminated in fourth place for €47,250.
Trunk continued to send people home when he was shoved from SB and called by Sabishchenko in the BB. Trunk had 6♥6♣ against Sabishcheko’s A♣9♠. The board ran 7♥3♥4♦10♦Q♣, and it was a great run out for Trunk but a bad one for Sabishchenko, who finished in third place for €60,850.
The Heads-Up
Going into the heads-up battle, both players had similar stacks, but Trunk was slightly ahead in chips. But in less than half an hour, Szymanski turned things entirely in his favor and won the whole thing. On the last hand, Szymanski was shoved from BTN and got called by Trunk. Szymanski had 9♣3♣ and was against Trunk’s K♣4♦. The board ran J♦K♠3♠A♥9♠, looking very good for Trunk until the river, which gave Szymanski the winning two pairs.
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* Images and hands courtesy of WSOP and PokerNews.
