Dutch poker pro Albert Hoekendijk became the latest winner at the World Series of Poker Europe in Rozvadov over the weekend, seizing victory in the Euro 1,111 buy-in Little One for One Drop event to score his first WSOP bracelet and the Euro main prize of Euro 170,784.
The event attracted a field of 868, and a percentage of the rake is destined for water charities in developing nations around the world.
Hoekendijk entered what turned out to be a long and hard fought, 133-hand heads up at a slight disadvantage to the more experienced Swiss pro Thomas Hofmann. However, over the following three hours the Dutch player showed both aggression and talent in first overtaking his opponent, and then driving his advantage to a win that tripled his career live tourney earnings, and sent the Swiss pro home with the runner up prize of Euro 105,532.
Other final table cashes included:
Johannes Toebe – Euro 74,055
Abdelhakim Zoufri – Euro 52,703
Oleh Haisiuk – Euro 38,046
Jonas Lauck – Euro 27,856
Serghei Lisiy – Euro 20,710
Artan Dedusha – Euro 15,632
Przemyslaw Klejnowski – Euro 11,966