Christopher Campisano Wins WSOP Europe Mini Main Event

Frederic Marechal entered the final table of the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe €1,350 No-Limit Hold’em Mini Main Event as the clear chip leader. At one point during heads-up play, he held a commanding 3:1 chip lead over Christopher Campisano. However, as is often the case in poker, things took a dramatic turn. Christopher Campisano mounted a comeback, securing multiple double-ups to seize the lead and ultimately claim victory. The Italian player earned a career-best $236,819 payday and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

The event attracted 1,286 entries across four starting flights, coming just short of surpassing the €1.5 million guaranteed prize pool. A total of 195 players made the money, with rapid eliminations near the bubble leading to several players splitting a min-cash.

Notable players who cashed included three-time bracelet winner Anson Tsang (148th), pot-limit Omaha bracelet winner Vivian Saliba (90th), bracelet winners Tobias Peters (69th) and Stephen Nahm (25th), Florian Duta (23rd), and recent PLO event finalist Alen Sabic (18th).

The final day began with eight players, and Marechal holding over a third of the total chips in play. Despite not being involved in the early eliminations of Luc Ramos (8th – $34,466), Luigi Pignataro (7th – $41,792), or Frederik Thiemer (6th – $52,004), Marechal maintained his lead through the first break.

He gained momentum by winning a crucial preflop coin flip with K-Q against the pocket jacks of Andreas Krause (5th – $66,545), flopping a pair of kings and later rivering a flush to narrow the field to four.

Christopher Campisano then picked up pocket aces, calling an all-in from Xiaohua Yang, who had three-bet shoved with K-J after Marechal’s under-the-gun raise. Marechal folded, and Campisano’s aces held up, eliminating Yang in fourth place for $87,302.

Three-handed play saw Dimitrios Anastasakis briefly take the lead, but a key all-in hand with K-Q against Marechal’s A-7 proved costly. Anastasakis was left with a short stack after an ace-high board and was soon eliminated by Marechal, earning $117,494 for third place.

Christopher Campisano entered heads-up play with 74,200,000 chips against Marechal’s 54,400,000. Early in the match, Marechal won a sizable pot after rivering top pair, but Campisano staged a comeback. He doubled up with Q♥6♥ against A♦5♣ and then held on with A♦J♣ against K♠6♠. A major hand saw Campisano’s top pair of jacks hold against Marechal’s open-ended straight draw, shifting the momentum in his favor with a 2:1 chip lead.

In the final hand, Campisano shoved with K♦9♦ from the button, and Marechal called with A♦3♣. The board ran out Q♦6♦2♠K♥3♦, giving Campisano a flush and sealing his victory.

Marechal finished as the runner-up, earning $161,561, his largest live tournament cash to date.

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