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Serbia has a new champion at the 2025 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) after Dusan Despotovic delivered a fantastic performance in Event #6: €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha at King’s Resort, Rozvadov. The second PLO bracelet event of the series drew 406 entries, and it was Despotovic who rose above them all to capture his first WSOP bracelet and the €182,500 top prize.
The two-day tournament generated a prize pool of €870,000 and came to an end with a clean sweep at the official final table. Despotovic was able to eliminate every single one of his seven opponents himself before sealing victory against Germany’s Quirin Zech after just a few hands of heads-up, finishing Zech off in a boat over boat cooler.
#6: €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dusan Despotovic | Serbia | €182,500 |
| 2 | Quirin Zech | Germany | €120,200 |
| 3 | Javier Francort | Netherlands | €80,900 |
| 4 | Konstantin Razinkov | Russia | €55,700 |
| 5 | Tamazi Skhirtladze | Georgia | €39,300 |
| 6 | Antoine Delorme | France | €28,400 |
| 7 | Eray Teker | Germany | €21,100 |
| 8 | Marek Uharcek | Slovakia | €16,000 |
| 9 | Volodymyr Kokoulin | Ukraine | €12,450 |
Winner’s Reaction
For Despotovic, winning his first WSOP bracelet was the fulfillment of a long-held dream. “Excellent, excellent,” he said when asked how he felt after the victory. “Yes, it has always been a dream of mine to win a bracelet. Of course, the money is good too.”
A Pot-Limit Omaha lover at heart, Despotovic explained that family responsibilities had limited his time at the tables in recent years. “The last four years I had two small kids, so I didn’t play much. Now I have a bit more time to play again.”
While he doesn’t plan on entering the higher buy-in €5,000 or €10,000 PLO events here, he confirmed he will play more PLO tournaments. As for celebrating his triumph, he said. “I don’t know, maybe nothing special, just enjoy the moment and a little time with friends, more poker.”
Despotovic also reflected on his final table opponents, crediting his toughest opponents from earlier stages of the tournament and pointing out Antoine Delorme and Konstantin Razinkov. But in the end, he was the one who ended up with all the chips to capture the bracelet and the €182,500 first prize.
Despotovic the Destroyer of Stacks
Just 61 players returned to the baize at the start of the day, all guaranteed at least a min-cash of €5,150. With everyone holding four cards and plenty of ways to make a hand, it took just over two hours for the field to be trimmed to the final three tables. At that point, Despotovic had climbed into the lead, with PLO specialist and start-of-day chip leader Zech close behind.
By the time the final table was reached, Despotovic sat third in chips, while Javier Francort led after winning a massive pot when ten remained. Francort called Grzegorz Derkowski’s three-bet preflop, then jammed on the flop with a wrap. Derkowski called with top two pair only for Francort to spike his straight on the turn and fade the river to claim the chip lead. Derkowski was left short and departed as the final table bubble boy.
The final table began slowly with no clear short stacks. In the end, Volodymyr Kokoulin was the first to exit after losing most of his chips trying to crack Eray Teker’s aces, which brought around the official final table of eight. Soon after, Despotovic got the better of Marek Uharcek when his set of aces beat Uharacek’s set of kings, which set in Despotovic’s elimination frenzy.
With momentum on his side, Despotovic claimed the chip lead by rivering a full house against Tamazi Skhirtladze, who had a straight. He then snapped off Teker’s river bluff shove with a flush to send him out in seventh. France’s Delorme followed shortly after when his kings couldn’t beat Despotovic’s aces, and the Serbian now held more than double his nearest rival.
After the break, Despotovic’s rampage continued. Skhirtladze bowed out in fifth after running into Despotovic’s turned flush, and Razinkov was next to fall in fourth to the eventual champion. Francort added another deep run to his impressive series, but his third-place finish came after his aces were cracked by Despotovic’s turned quads, the second time Francort was eliminated by four of a kind in just a few days.
When heads-up play began, Despotovic held a lead of 4:1 and steadily widened the gap by taking down pot after pot. Not long after heads-up started, it came to an end when Despotovic turned aces full against the trips of Zech. The river gave Zech an inferior full house, and he couldn’t find the hero fold, calling off his stack to finish runner-up for €120,200. Despotovic collected the top prize, shook hands with Zech, and claimed his first WSOP bracelet.
