WSOP Europe: Despotovic And Wang Latest Bracelet Winners

The 2025 World Series of Poker Europe rolled on this week at Kings Resort Rozvadov in the Czech Republic. Below is a look at the results from the two latest bracelet events at the WSOPE.

Wrecking Ball Despotovic KOs Every Opponent

Dusan Despotovic put on the most dominating display so far this series when he knocked out every single one of his opponents at the final table of the €2,000 pot-limit Omaha event. The first-time bracelet winner from Serbia had only a handful of small cashes totaling a few thousand dollars before securing this $213,525 triumph.

“It has always been a dream of mine to win a bracelet. Of course, the money is good too. The last four years, I had two small kids, so I didn’t play much. Now I have a bit more time to play again,” Despotovic told PokerNews live reporters following his win.

Despotovic began the final table second in chips, and by the time he trimmed the field to his last opponent, Quirin Zech, he had a 4-1 chip lead. En route to his win, he beat a set of kings with a set of aces, rivered a full house, filled a flush, found aces again, and even eliminated Javier Francort with quads.

Francort took seventh place in an earlier PLO event at the festival.

The two-day event returned 61 players on day 2, all of whom were in the money. Max Stenberg (12th), Antoine Vranken (13th), Sokratis Linaras (25th), Michal Schuh (27th), Manig Loeser (51st), and Zdenek Zizka (55th) were among those to cash.

Final Table Results

Yuhan Wang Wins First Tournament & WSOP Bracelet in Mini Mani

Yuhan Wang was one of 1,293 entrants in the €1,350 mini main event, and he played his way to his first live tournament win. The Chinese player earned $265,415 and his first bracelet as the champion.

The field generated a $1.78 million prize pool across four starting flights. 277 players returned for day 2, and 23 players returned for Day 3.

“It’s unbelievable, it feels kind of unreal. Before coming here, I never thought I could win a bracelet and my first live win, so it means a lot to me,” said Wang.

He was above average in chips heading into Day 2, but got knocked down to ten big blinds. “I managed to get back to 20 big blinds, which was manageable. After that, I doubled in a huge pot and things started to go smoothly. I made another crucial double-up at the start of Day 3, and then my game just felt perfect,” he said.

Action From The Last Day

Play took around 3.5 hours to trim the field from 23 to a final table. Runner-up Stanislav Koleno began the live-streamed final table with the chip lead, and Gail Naim trailed by only five big blinds. Salih Atac, Francesco Zappala, and Wang formed the chase pack.

Roman Isaienko, Besnik Aruqi, Dan Sfarlea, and Christophe Vincent rounded the final table as the short stacks. Naim picked off Isaienko with aces in the hole and let him hang himself with just a pair of sixes.

Atac didn’t connect his A♠Q♦ against Koleno’s pocket fours to get eliminated in eighth. Sfarlea also flipped with ace-queen, and Vincent’s pocket tens knocked him out. Then Aruqi pinned his hopes on Q♠J♥, and Vincent’s A♦4♣ was good enough to win the pot and earn the knockout.

Then, Zappala’s pocket jacks were bested by Naim’s A♣K♥ for Zappala’s exit. Naim’s next showdown with A♠6♦ fell short against Vincent’s pocket queens for fourth place. Vincent got into a showdown for his stack, where he was dominated holding Q♦J♠ against Koleno’s A♥Q♣. They both paired their queen and the ace kicker played.

Koleno began heads-up way out in front with 96.5 million to Wang’s 32.8 million. The championship pair played for 90 minutes with Wang clawing his way back with a couple of well-timed double-ups to stay alive.

Wang overtook the lead after an hour of play after winning a big pot with a straight. The final hand saw Koleno make a stand with A♣6♣ and Wang had him dominated a second time with A♦8♥. Neither hit the board, and Wang secured the victory.

Final Table Results

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