As bracelets get awarded at the World Series of Poker Europe in the Czech Republic, a select number of players will be hoping to accomplish a WSOP two-fer — winning a bracelet in Las Vegas followed by another bracelet in Europe. In 2008, Denmark’s Jesper Hougaard became the first player to accomplish the feat.
Hougaard topped a field of 410 in the first event of the 2008 series in London, a £1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event that brought him £144,218 and his second bracelet. Earlier that summer in Vegas, he won a $1,500 No Limit Hold’em event that featured 2,447 entries and scored the Dane a cash worth $610,304.