Amir Mozaffarian made it all the way down to the final two players in the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe €5,000 pot-limit Omaha event, only to fall one spot short of securing the bracelet. Incredibly, just two days later, he found himself heads-up again with another WSOPE title on the line. This time around the German player came out on top, topping a field of 515 entries in the €1,100 mystery bounty tournament to earn his first bracelet and the main prize pool payout of $76,646.
With the $114,432 he earned as the runner-up in the PLO event earlier this week, Mozaffarian has now cashed for $191,078 at this festival. As a result, his lifetime earnings have now surpassed $550,000.
Mozaffarian also secured 1,320 total Card Player Player of the Year points with his two deep runs over the past few days, enough to move him inside the top 350 in the 2024 POY standings presented by Global Poker.
The solid turnout in this mystery bounty event saw the €300,00 guarantee easily surpassed. In the end, the top 78 finishers made the money, with $537,351 in prize money up for grabs. Big names that ran deep included two-time bracelet winner Martin Kabrhel (70th), bracelet winner Gabi Livshitz (23rd), bracelet winner Fabio Peluso (22nd), and bracelet winner Tobias Peters (15th).
When the field converged onto a final table, Viorel Gavrila heldthe lead while Mozaffarian sat in the middle of the pack. He scored an early knockout with A-K against the Q-6 suited of short stack Yehor Shumeiko (8th – $5,744) to climb up the leaderboard a bit.
John Armbrust finished seventh ($7,604) when his two pair ran into the flopped straight of Gavrila, and Zdenek Zizka soon followed after his pocket eights lost to the pocket tens of Lorenzo Arduini. Zizka earned $10,295 as the sixth-place finisher.
Mozaffarian was nearly knocked out in fifth place, having gotten all-in with A-9 suited trailing the A-10 of Gavrila, but the board brought three diamonds to five him the nut flush and the chip lead. He was soon surpassed by six-time bracelet winner Shaun Deeb, though, thanks to Deeb’s pocket aces holding against another A-10 for Gavrila.
Lorenzo Arduini’s run in this event concluded thanks to a classic coin flip, with his A
K failing to outrun the J
J
of Paco Kaplan. Arduini earned $14,264 as the fifth-place finisher.
Deeb came out on the wrong end of a big pot with Mozaffarian during four-handed play to find himself on the short stack. He eventually got all-in for his last 6 or so big blinds with K4
dominated by the K9 of Mozaffarian. The flop gave Mozaffarian kings and nines, which remained best by the river. Deeb settled for $20,202 as the fourth-place finisher. He now has more than $14.1 million in recorded tournament scores to his name.
Gavrila soon joined Deeb on the rail when his J4 was unable to beat out Mozaffarian’s A6. Neither player connected with the board and Gavrila was eliminated in third place ($40,793).
Heads-up play began with nearly a 4:1 lead for Mozaffarian over Kaplan. In the final hand, Mozaffarian shoved from the button with K6 and Kaplan called with Q5 for his last 12.5 big blinds. The board came down 1084J and Kaplan was awarded $55,001 as the runner-up.
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Amir Mozaffarian | $76,646 | 840 |
| 2 | Paco Kaplan | $55,001 | 700 |
| 3 | Viorel Gavrila | $40,793 | 560 |
| 4 | Shaun Deeb | $20,202 | 420 |
| 5 | Lorenzo Arduini | $14,264 | 350 |
| 6 | Zdenek Zizka | $10,295 | 280 |
| 7 | John Armbrust | $7,604 | 210 |
| 8 | Yehor Shumeiko | $5,744 | 140 |
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