Henning Wendlandt of Germany has emerged victorious in the €1,150 PLO 8-Max Mystery Bounty, overcoming a 243-entrant field to claim the lion’s share of the €248,832 prize pool.
Wendlandt was sat atop the standings for most of the day – and sealed the victory when he overcame Fagundes Borges of Portugal heads-up, his aces improving to a full house versus Borges’ combination draw.
Wendlandt pulled €50,200 of bounties, including the biggest €26,400 envelope, to take home €76,600 in total.
€1,150 PLO 8-Max Mystery Bounty Final Table Results (Inclusive of Bounties)
1. Henning Wendlandt – €76,600
2. Fagundes Borges – €23,300
3. Bouwe Claushuis – €21,700
4. Vahid Amirzahiri – €23,900
5. Balazs Somodi – €9,400
6. Calen McNeil – €5,400
7. Jamie Flynn – €4,500
8. Nikolaos Mastrantonas – €7,600
9. Fabian Rolli – €3,300
10. Nico Frenn – €19,200
Recap of the Day
A number of late registrations brought the total field to 243, with 98 players sitting down for Day 2.
The knockouts came at a frantic pace, and the field was quickly reduced to the bubble, where Paolo Guastalla was the unfortunate player to leave empty-handed.
Eliminations continued apace once bounties were in play, the biggest envelopes being bagged by Wendlandt, Nico Frenn and Bouwe Claushuis.
Players such as Barny Boatman, David Docherty, Hugh Smyth and Mo Nuwwarah all cashed but exited before the final table.
The final two tables quickly became one due to two hands resulting in double knockouts – in one Jannick Schob and Martyn Cavanagh fell to Wendlandt, while Geleziunas and Frenn busted to Vahid Amirzahiri.
Wendlandt came into the final table with the chip lead, and always appeared to be the most likely winner. He entered the final three and heads-up with the majority of chips, and leverage his lead well, picking his spots to pressure opponents.
In the final act, he turned a full house to render Borges’ monster draws obsolete and seal the title.
