There were 56 players still alive in the €1,650 No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Event when World Series of Poker Europe action resumed on Tuesday afternoon in Rozvadov. Asi Moshe, having won a WSOP bracelet earlier this summer in Las Vegas, was one of them but after dominating the final table he joined Dash Dudley as the second player to win a bracelet one both sides of the Atlantic Ocean this year.

Chris Ferguson busted on the final table bubble and Quan Zhou quickly followed him to the payouts desk and it had nothing to do with wanting some answers about what really happened at Full Tilt Poker. Playing PLO, Harout Ghazarian raised to 90,000 from the cutoff and Zhou defended his big blind. After the flop, Zhou fired his last 100,000 into the pot and Ghazarian called. Zhou showed which put him behind Ghazarian’s . The turn and river improved both players to a straight, but Ghazarian’s king-high straight was best and Zhou was out in eighth place.

Thirty minutes later a battle of the blinds sent another player packing. Again playing Omaha, Dragos Trofimov raised to 120,000 from the small blind and Kristoffer Rasmussen called from the big. After the flop, Trofimov fired 180,000 and Rasmussen called again. The turn was the and Trofimov moved all in for 460,000 and Rasmussen called. Trofimov turned up and Rasmussen showed . The river was no help for Trofimov and he was eliminated in seventh.

Moshe finally picked up a final table elimination in a hand of hold’em against Canadian Erik Cajelais. Moshe raised from the cutoff and down to just 300,000 – six big blinds – Cajelais moved all in. Moshe called and found himself ahead with against Cajelais’ . The flop gave Cajelais hope and he remained safe through the turn. The river however gave Moshe top pair and ended Cajelais’ run in sixth.

Another 45 minutes passed before Moshe found himself collecting the stack of another player. Moshe raised to 180,000 from the button and Jakob Madsen moved all in for 420,000 from the small blind. Moshe called and shows while Madsen tabled . The flop gave Madsen bottom pair while Moshe picked up a flush draw. The turn moved Moshe ahead with top pair and he picked up two pair after the river to officially eliminate Madsen in fifth.

Moshe only had to wait 15 more minutes for another chance to further dwindle the field. William Chattaway moved all in for 320,000 from the cutoff and Moshe moved all from the small blind to force Ghazarian to fold the big blind. Chattaway was racing with against Moshe’s . The board ran out to give Moshe a flush and give Chattaway a career-best WSOP score thanks to a fourth place finish.

Ghazarian wasn’t able to hold Moshe off, however. After almost two hours of three-handed play, Ghazarian and Moshe clashed in a PLO hand that got the tournament to heads-up. Ghazarian called from the button before Rasmussen folded the small blind. Moshe raised to 420,000 from the big blind before Ghazarian re-raised only to have Moshe move all in. Ghazarian called and showed and Moshe tabled . The board gave Moshe a flush and busted Ghazarian in third.

Moshe’s run left him with 86% of the chips in play and it took him just two more hands to finish off Rasmussen and claim his fourth career bracelet and second of 2019. Moshe moved all in and Rasmussen called. Moshe’s was behind the of Rasmussen and the flop gave Rasmussen top pair but the turn completed Moshe’s straight draw and after the river completed the board, Rasmussen was out in second place.

Moshe’s first bracelet came in 2014 in a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event. His second bracelet came last Fall in Rozvadov when he won the €1,650 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed Deepstack event. This summer he won the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty event for his third career bracelet.

Final Table Payouts

1. Asi Moshe – €97,465
2. Kristoffer Rasmussen – €60,230
3. Harout Ghazarian – €41,754
4. William Chattaway – €29,480
5. Jakob Madsen – €21,206
6. Erik Cajelais – €15,548
7. Dragos Trofimov – €11,622
8. Quan Zhou – €8,861