Kosovo and France Win on Day 11 of WSOP Europe

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on November 30th, 2021

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Two players won World Series of Poker bracelets on Day 11 of WSOP Europe at King’s Casino in Rozvadov. Edmond Jahjaga of Kosovo won his first piece of WSOP gold, and Julien Martini of France won the second of his poker career.

Poker fans have been able to catch some of the action livestreamed from the Czech Republic. The WSOP has been streaming some of the final tables on its YouTube channel. The most recent captured the final table action from the Colossus and Jahjaga’s win.

It is unclear if this will continue, but it appears that PokerGO is taking over the coverage going forward, at least for four upcoming events. But instead of requiring a membership, poker fans will be able to watch it on PokerGO at no cost. (The “presented by ClubGG” part may have something to do with that.)

The schedule of airtimes listed is:

Dec 1 at 12:30pm ET: €25K NLHE Platinum High Roller (Event 10)

Dec 2 at 12:30pm ET: €1,650 NLHE 6-Max (Event 11)

Dec 4 at 12:30pm ET: €10K NLHE 6-Max (Event 13)

Dec 8 at 12:30pm ET: €10,350 NLHE Main Event (Event 14)

Meanwhile, here’s what happened yesterday at King’s.

Event 5: €550 NLHE Colossus

After a rough start to the tournament – flight cancellations, starting time changes, date changes – the WSOPE Colossus is done and dusted.

The final day of action started with ten players and Matteo Calzoni in the chip lead. It didn’t take long for Marijn van Rooij to bust in tenth place, setting the official final table with Riadh Farhat then in the lead. Short-stacked Gabriele Re exited first and Fotios Ntamaris next, with Aurelio Reggi following soon after.

Edmond Jahjaga had climbed into a solid chip lead by that point and over 25M chips by eliminating Zlatin Penev in sixth place. Farhat compiled a solid stack, though, after ousting Andrea Ricci in fourth place. Jahjaga took out Calzoni in third to go to heads-up play with 48.8M chips. Farhat had 13.1M and quickly risked it all with K-Q. Jahjaga had A-9 suited, and an ace on the turn solidified the win.

As a recreational cash game poker player from Kosovo and a business owner, he plays tournaments infrequently. But that made this win all the more special. “It means a lot to me,” he said. “I don’t know how to describe it because it comes so unexpected. The whole experience feels like a movie, and it just happened.”

 

🥇🏆🥇 Announcement of the Winner 🥇🏆🥇
Our congratulations go to Edmond Jahjaha from 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇽🇰, who has won the 2021 WSOP Europe NLH Colossus Event and took home a WSOPE Gold Bracelet and €147,775! 💰👏🎊🎉
Image courtesy of @MannyDaxwell via Pokernews! pic.twitter.com/iuE5hpQchN

— King's Resort (@PokerroomKings) November 30, 2021

Event 8: €2,500 Short Deck

There were 20 players still in the Short Deck action on Day 2, but only 15 would make the money. Aleksei Voronovich was the first one to do so for €4,095. Roland Israelashvili followed. Marek Blasko busted in eighth place to set the unofficial final table, which became official when Nicolas Bokowski exited in seventh place with €7,971. Julien Martini did the honors, but Emil Base held the chip lead going into six-handed play.

Reto Herrmann went on a heater, as did Philipp Schwab, and they took over the top two spots as play went on and on. Schwab finally busted Christian Stratmeyer, while Martini took care of Brian Cornell in fifth and then Herrmann in fourth. Martini led three-handed play and dominated for some time. He busted Bise in third place to take 3.3M to heads-up against the 1.6M of Schwab.

It didn’t take long from there. Schwab pushed with K-J, but Martini had A-K for the win. Martini then told PokerNews that the win felt amazing. “Obviously, it was unexpected. It’s so hard to win a tournament. We all come for this, and when it happens, we kind of cannot believe it. I’m very happy to be here and to be lucky enough to ship it.”

 

🏆🏆 3 ans après le 1er, @JulienJRMARTINI remporte son 2e bracelet #WSOP à Rozvadov… et en Short Deck s'il vous plait !
Et il n'est même pas le seul 🇫🇷 à avoir perfé en ce début de semaine…

— Winamax Poker 🔞 (@Winamax) November 30, 2021

Event 9: €1,100 NLHE Bounty Hunter

A solid field of 604 entries made this an exciting event. They tried to play this single-day event down to a winner but just couldn’t make it happen. Six players return on Tuesday to play the rest of it.

 

Event 10: €25K NLHE Platinum High Roller

Registration remained open as play stopped after the first night of high-stakes action. There were 52 entries to start and 33 players to end, but the open registration period may add to the overall numbers. Meanwhile, Julien Martini had jumped into this one and ended the night with the second-highest stack. But it was US player Jordan Westmorland with a sizeable lead but a long way to go for the win.