Reigning WSOP Player of the Year Shaun Deeb was harshly denied his ninth WSOP bracelet in Prague, finishing second in the 181-entry €3,300 Pot Limit Mixed Omaha event at WSOP Europe.
Unfortunately for Deeb, this was his seventh career runner-up finish in a bracelet event.
Frank Koopmann defeated Deeb in the PLO8 round, turning quads after Deeb flopped a king-high flush. To add insult to injury, Koopmann also held the ace of spaces, which caused Deeb to celebrate early, as he thought Koopmann was bluffing with the nut blocker.
Deeb described the beat as “one of the sickest heads-up hands” he’s ever played.
Koopmann, a 20-year amateur player, won €123,879 for the victory. His first-career six-figure cash took his career winnings to just over $440,000.
Final hand cooler
In PLO8 (Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo), Koopmann opened with , and Deeb three-bet with . Koopmann called.
The flop came , giving Deeb a king-high flush while Koopmann had a set of fours. In addition, both players shared the nut-low draw while Koopmann held the nut-flush blocker. At the time, Deeb had a 63% chance of winning the hand.
Deeb c-bet small, and Koopmann raised. Deeb made the call.
The turn was the , giving Koopmann quads. Koopmann continued betting, and Deeb called off for about a third of his remaining stack.
The river was the , a blank and denying both players the low. Koopmann put Deeb all-in, and Deeb called. Deeb thought he had won the hand, though Koopmann started celebrating his maiden bracelet.
“I see dry ace in his hand, and I start to celebrate,” Deeb wrote on Twitter. “Then realize he was way more happy and notice his other cards are 443.”
Koopmann, a self-professed recreational player, was “overwhelmed” after beating a player of Deeb’s caliber en route to winning poker’s greatest prize.
“It’s amazing to beat such a professional player like Shaun,” he told PokerOrg. “PLO is my love.”
WSOP Europe €3,300 Pot Limit Mixed Omaha final table results
As for Deeb, he’ll be thrilled to have put up the second-most points on the new 2026 Player of the Year leaderboard. While all of the top three players would lock up a $100,000 WSOP package, Deeb will be looking to become the first three-time WSOP POY winner. Only he and Daniel Negreanu have earned the honor multiple times.
Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Blaz Zerjav, one of Europe’s best and most active mixed games players, earned a fantastic third place finish, also falling to Koopmann via quads.
Bulgaria’s Simeon Tsonev finished fourth, as the one-time WSOP Circuit ring winner fell just short of his first-ever bracelet. The €38,779 cash was the third-largest of his 18-year career.
London-based Rishi Amin enjoyed a fairytale run to the final table, finishing fifth to double his previous high score.
One-time bracelet winner and 2019 WSOP Main Event runner-up Dario Sammartino finished sixth, giving him his 19th top-six finish in a WSOP bracelet event.
Dimitrios Michailidis, a Greek pro with a PLO title at EPT Barcelona in 2018, rounded out the final table, finishing seventh.
| Position | Player | Country | Prize (Euro) |
| 1st | Frank Koopmann | Germany | €123,879 |
| 2nd | Shaun Deeb | United States | €81,784 |
| 3rd | Blaz Zerjav | Slovenia | €55,518 |
| 4th | Simeon Tsonev | Bulgaria | €38,779 |
| 5th | Rishi Amin | United Kingdom | €27,894 |
| 6th | Dario Sammartino | Italy | €20,682 |
| 7th | Dimitrios Michailidis | Greece | €15,820 |
What’s next?
WSOP Europe rolls on as today is day two of Event #1: €1,100 The Opener, which is a multi-flight Mystery Bounty tournament. The €250,000 top bounty has already been claimed, and Benny Glaser is the chip leader with 17 players left at the time of writing.
Today is also Day 1B of Event #3: €565 COLOSSUS, which will likely be the WSOP Europe event that garners the most entries. There are well over 2,000 entries as of now.
Of course, tomorrow will be the first flight of the new-and-improved €5,300 WSOP Europe Main Event, which boasts a healthy €10,000,000 guarantee.
