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Action is heating up quickly at the World Series of Poker Europe, where Andrew Hinrichsen of Australia just received a bracelet and almost 150,000 Euro for winning Event 2. The WSOPE’s second event featured an NLHE format and a 1,090 Euro buy-in, creating a rich payout schedule for the final table.

Unfortunately, Hinrichsen’s win also meant that Roberto Romanello, who earned WPT and EPT titles earlier in the year, would not be getting the coveted poker Triple Crown, at least not from this event. Although the Triple Crown is technically just for bragging rights, only four players have accomplished the feat in the past, and Romanello is undoubtedly kicking himself over his mistakes today.

Hinrichsen started the day with a strong chip stack, although it was a distant second to that of Gianluca Speranza of Italy. Speranza used his formidable chip pile to push Gregory Lejolivet and Eric Baudry out in 9th and 6th places, respectively. The knock-outs gave him over half of the tournament’s chips with a total of 5 players remaining.

Romanello was next to hit the rail when he was largely forced all-in with A-2. Bernard Guigon showed A-K on a garbage board, and Romanello headed to the cage to collect his 5th-place prize of just under 38k Euro. Guigon himself was next to fall, collecting over 50k Euro.

Hinrichsen’s momentum actually faltered significantly after the dinner break in three-handed play, until he finally scored a fairly lucky flush bringing 9-10 of hearts to showdown against the A-10 offsuit of Speranza. Hinrichsen continued to build his stack with another all-in push, this time improving 10-8 on the board against the pocket fives of Speranza.

On the final hand, both players held a pair of kings, but Hinrichsen had the better kicker with the ace of spades. Speranza was visibly disappointed despite receiving a second-place prize of over 91k Euro. Hinrichsen’s winnings came to just over 148k Euro.