Thomas Bihl become the first ever winner of a World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winning the £2,500 HORSE event in London, England. It was not the easiest bracelet to win, as the remaining 8 players at the final table already shared 9 WSOP bracelets between them.

Here's how the final table lined up...

Seat 1: Jennifer Harman — 204,000

Seat 2: Gary Jones — 30,000

Seat 3: Joe Beevers — 74,500

Seat 4: Kirk Morrison — 172,500

Seat 5: Thomas Bihl — 130,500

Seat 6: Yuval Bronshtein — 185,500

Seat 7: Alex Kravchenko — 114,500

Seat 8: Chris Ferguson — 142,500

After much action it was down to Jennifer Harman and Thomas Bihl with the lead swapping many times. It was well after a 100 hands of heads-up play before Bihl was crowned the the winner during hold'em play. Here's how the final hand went down.

The flop came...

Both players checked.

The turn came

Harman checked, and Bihl bet out only to be raised by Harman. Bihl then called with a open-ended straight draw and flush draw.

The river came a 6, and completed Bilh's straight and with Harman all in on the river  with only two pair - 10's and 7's.

Here's how the final standings and payouts looked...

1. Thomas Bihl £70,875
 
2. Jennifer Harman £40,688

3. Kirk Morrison £26,250

4. Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson £21,700

5. Alex Kravchenko £17,850

6. Yuval Bronshtein £14,438

7. Joe Beevers £11,812

8. Gary Jones £9,188

-BM

 Play poker with Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson and Jennifer Harman at Fulltiltpoker.com 

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