ElkY Wins Last of WSOP Europe Events in Rozvadov

The World Series of Poker Europe finally wrapped weeks of live poker tournaments at King’s Casino in Rozvadov. What started on October 13 and brought a total of 15 bracelet events in the weeks that followed is now done and in the WSOP history books.

The first 10 events of WSOP Europe delivered numerous first-time bracelet winners, as well as some interesting stories.

–Dash Dudley won his second bracelet in 2019 after taking down the $10K PLO this summer.

–James Chen captured the first-ever bracelet for a Taiwanese player.

–Asi Moshe took home his fourth career bracelet.

That left five tournaments to go, the last one of which just finished this week. Let’s take a look at those results, keeping in mind that all of the tournaments allowed at least one reentry:

Event 10: €2,200 PLO 8-Handed

Entries:  271

Prize pool:  €520,049 (surpassed €200K guarantee)

Paid players:  41

Minimum payout:  €3,210

1^st place:  Tomas Ribeiro (Portugal) – €128,314

2^nd place:  Omar Eljach (Sweden) – €79,291

3^rd place:  Marc Palatzky (USA) – €54,787

4^th place:  Tobias Peters (Netherlands) – €38,581

5^th place:  Ilyaz Dosikov (Russia) – €27,701

6^th place:  Anson Tang (Hong Kong) – €20,285

7^th place:  Leonid Yanovski (Israel) – €15,157

8^th place:  Christopher Frank (Germany) – €11,561

Ribeiro took home his first gold bracelet but only the fifth in WSOP history for Portugal. As a full-time player since 2014, the young pro plays more Omaha than Hold’em.

Event 12: €100K NLHE Diamond High Roller

Entries:  72

Prize pool:  €6,840,000 (surpassed €5M guarantee)

Paid players:  11

Minimum payout:  €154,285

1^st place:  Chin Wei Lim (Malaysia) – €2,172,104

2^nd place:  Jean-Noel Thorel (France) – €1,342,459

3^rd place:  Anatoly Filatov (Russia) – €907,301

4^th place:  Christoph Vogelsang (Germany) – €633,336

5^th place:  Matthias Eibinger (Austria) – €457,107

6^th place:  Ole Schemion (Austria) – €341,510

7^th place:  Danny Tang (Hong Kong) – €264,440

8^th place:  Phil Ivey (USA) – €212,504

There were only 34 unique players in this event, and Lim outlasted the high rollers to claim his largest win to date and his first WSOP bracelet.

Event 13: €2,500 NLHE Short Deck

Entries:  179

Prize pool:  €391,115 (surpassed €250K guarantee)

Paid players:  27

Minimum payout:  €3,682

1^st place:  Kahle Burns (Australia) – €101,834

2^nd place:  Manig Loeser (Germany) – €62,929

3^rd place:  Felix Schulze (Germany) – €42,233

4^th place:  Federico Anselmi (Italy) – €29,027

5^th place:  Vladimir Peck (USA) – €20,444

6^th place:  Oshri Lahmani (Israel) – €14,764

After winning a bracelet in Event 8 just days before, Burns won his second within a week. The Aussie said it felt like a “whirlwind,” and he had only been playing Short Deck for a few months, but he was clearly on a roll.

ICYMI: Australia's Kahle Burns won his second bracelet of the 2019 #WSOPEurope for taking down the €2,500 Short Deck in the early morning hours of Saturday.

Recap: https://t.co/DbfPR8CFCI pic.twitter.com/8IfgxputOt

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) October 26, 2019

Event 14: €10,350 NLHE Main Event

Entries: 541

Prize pool:  €5,139,500 (surpassed $5M guarantee)

Paid players:  82

Minimum payout: €15,089

1^st place:  Alexandros Kolonias (Greece) – €1,133,678

2^nd place:  Claas Segebrecht (Germany) – €700,639

3^rd place:  Anthony Zinno (USA) – €485,291

4^th place:  Dario Sammartino (Italy) – €341,702

5^th place:  Anh Do (Czech Republic) – €244,653

6^th place:  Rifat Palevic (Sweden) – €178,171

7^th place:  Julien Martini (France) – €132,017

8^th place:  Jakob Madsen (Denmark) – €99,555

This action-packed tournament and final table deserved its own recap, which can be found here.

Event 15: €550 NLHE Colossus

Entries:  2,738

Prize pool:  €1,300,550 (overlay on €1M guarantee)

Paid players:  313

Minimum payout:  €1,120

1^st place:  Bertrand Grospellier (France) – €191,172

2^nd place:  Avraham Dayan (Israel) – €117,630

3^rd place:  Marian Kubis (Slovakia) – €86,172

4^th place:  Mick Heder (Denmark) – €63,670

5^th place:  Dieter Becker (Germany) – €47,452

6^th place:  Christoph Peper (USA) – €35,674

7^th place:  Sergii Karpov (Ukraine) – €27,057

8^th place:  Alessandro Pezzoli (Italy) – €20,703

9^th place:  Francesco Candelari (Italy) – €15,984

The longtime poker pro known as ElkY claimed his second career bracelet as he closed out the 2019 WSOP Europe. His first came in 2011 when he won the $10K Seven-Card Stud Championship. The French-born gaming and poker champion now lives in Prague and plays regularly at King’s Casino.

Won🥇 the #Colossus at @PokerroomKings 🇨🇿 for my 2nd career @WSOP bracelet and 190,375€ 🎉🎊🍾

Unreal feeling to triumph over 2737 players

Thanks everyone for the continuous love ♥️ + support, especially @nojennyno and Leon who were happier than me, if even possible.#sosick pic.twitter.com/3kDDXwjPhA

— ElkY (@elkypoker) November 5, 2019

With all of the tournaments completed and bracelets awarded, the final matter of the 2019 WSOP was also settled. Daniel Negreanu squeaked ahead of Robert Campbell and Shaun Deeb to claim the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year honor. Read more about that here.

The key to his Player of the Year victory?

He understands that everything he does at the poker table conveys information.

Again, well done @RealKidPoker on earning your 3rd WSOP Player of the Year title. https://t.co/T9Cv1fqGxE

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) November 4, 2019

The 2019 #WSOPEurope has come to a close at @PokerroomKings. The series awarded 15 bracelets (WSOPE record), drew 7,050 entries and awarded €29,378,051 (WSOPE record). pic.twitter.com/seFstzb5aV

— WSOP – World Series of Poker (@WSOP) November 4, 2019