Although all eyes were set on three-time WPT champion Anthony Zinno during the WPT Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event final table, it was eventually Andjelko Andrejevic who topped the tournament’s field. Andrejevic received the amount of €200,000 for his performance and joined the WPT Champions club.
During WPT’s previous season, the Serbian player, now residing in the USA, was really close to winning a Main Event on the Main Tour’s schedule several times. He finished 3rd in the WPT Maryland Main Event and 4th in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star. As it seems, it was meant for him to win his first-ever title across the Atlantic.
The WPT Amsterdam €3,300 Main Event was a five-day tournament. It kicked off on May 10. Holland Casino Amsterdam played host to the second stop on the Season XV WPT Main Tour schedule. The Main Event attracted as many as 318 entries, with some of the world’s best poker pros being among these. Entries generated an overall prize pool of €911,881.
The event’s final day was played on Saturday, May 14, with six players returning to determine who would take the lion’s share of the money and would have their name added to the WPT Champions Cup.
Final table play started with Andrejevic as the chip leader but it was Zinno who captured the most attention yesterday. If the latter had won the WPT Amsterdam Main Event, that would have been his WPT title number four. And Zinno would have been the only player in the poker series history to have scored four victories.
It took only seven hands of play before a player left the six-handed final table. Hans Bosman from the Netherlands was eliminated in 6th place after he could not hold up against no other but Zinno. The local player collected €40,396 for his efforts.
Senh Ung was the next to go. He was busted by Andrejevic and received €50,518 for taking 5th place in the tournament. Emrah Cakmak finished 4th, good for €67,300. It took some time before another player left the final table. Eventually, it was Zinno who was eliminated in 3rd place. His share of the prize pool amounted to €90,460.
Two-handed play between Andrejevic and Tomas Fara started with the Serbian-American holding the chip lead with 5,150,000, although his opponent was not that far behind him with his 4,390,000. It took 82 hands of play before the name of the champion was announced. Chips swung back and forth for hours during two-handed play.
Finally, Andrejevic moved all in on Hand #161 and Fara called quickly. The Serbian had [8h][7c] against his Czech opponent’s [Kc][9h]. The board ran out [Jd][6d][8c][5s][8s], securing Andrejevic with the title and the first-place prize. Fara took home €143,300 for his second-place finish.
