Poker Hand Matchup: Simone Andrian vs. Urmo Velvelt
Simone Andrian	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 15,975,000	63.85 %	59.8 %	75.0 %	Winner!
Urmo Velvelt	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 60,800,000	34.67 %	37.98 %	25.0 %

Posted On: Oct 22, 2024

Outcome

Preflop, with two players remaining and blinds of 200,000-400,000 with a big blind ante of 400,000, Simone Andrian limped from the button. Urmo Velvelt checked from the big blind. On the flop Velvelt bet 600,000, and Andrian called. On the turn Velvelt bet 3,500,000, and Andrian called. On the river Velvelt moved all in, and Andrian called for his last 11,475,000.

Analysis

Shortly after making the correct fold, Simone Andrian was able to correctly call down a triple-barrel bluff from Urmo Velvelt to close the gap and put the heads-up match for the WSOP Europe main event title on more even footing. The hand began with Andrian limping from the button with J-5. Velvelt looked down at 7-2 and checked his option. The six-high flop gave Velvelt an open-ended straight draw. He fired half pot as the first to act, likely hoping to fold out some of Andrian’s weaker overcard combos. Andrian had flopped middle pair, though, and made the call. The turn brought an ace, putting a second flush draw on board. Velvelt dipped back into his stack and cut out an overbet of 3,500,000 into the pot of 2,400,000. He might have been bolstered in his decision to bluff by the fact that he held two separate straight blockers in his hand, with each interacting with different possible straights on board. Andrian was still not convinced and made the call, growing the pot to 9.4 million while leaving him with just shy of 11.5 million remaining in his stack. The river paired the board while completing the ‘front-door’ diamond draw. Velvelt had arrived at the river with seven high, and one of the most obvious draws that he might have been semi-bluffing with had come in. Given those factors, he decided to follow through with an all-in bluff on the end. After three minutes or so spent deep in thought, Andrian made the massive hero call for his tournament life to double up to around 80 big blinds. Less than an hour later, he was hoisting the bracelet and collecting the top prize of $1,443,000. Velvelt earned a career-best score of $947,940 as the second-place finisher.