WSOP Europe Completes 10 of 15 Events in Rozvadov

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on October 27th, 2019

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This year’s World Series of Poker Europe is well underway in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. In fact, the WSOP Europe begins this weekend. Action started on October 13 and runs through November 4 at King’s Casino, the same location as the past several years. This year, though, the schedule was beefed up to 15 bracelet events, as well as some high buy-in special events that did not offer bracelets. Some of the tournaments were also scheduled for livestreaming on PokerGO, a subscription-based streaming service. With that, let’s look at the first 10 bracelet events on the official WSOP Europe schedule and how they played out. (Keep in mind that all tournaments allowed at least one reentry.)

Event 1: €350 NLHE Opener

Entries:  1,011 Prize pool:  €302,541 (surpassed €220,700 guarantee) Paid players:  152 Minimum payout:  €465

1^st place:  Renat Bohdanov (Ukraine) - €53,654 2^nd place:  Norbert Mosonyi (Hungary) - €33,112 3^rd place:  Eyal Bensimhon (Israel) - €23,386 4^th place:  Mykhailo Hryhoriev (Ukraine) - €16,736 5^th place:  Samuel Mika (Slovakia) - €12,138 6^th place:  Michal Kral (Czech Republic) - €8,923 7^th place:  Rafi Elharar (Israel) - €6,651 8^th place:  Jeff Lisandro (Australia) - €5,026 9^th place:  Ricardas Vymeris (Lithuania) - €3,853

This was Bohdanov’s first piece of WSOP jewelry. Lisandro missed out on his seventh WSOP bracelet but couldn’t come back from a short stack.

Event 2: €550 PLO

Entries:  476 Prize pool:  €226,100 (surpassed €100K guarantee) Paid players:  38 Minimum payout:  €1,075

1^st place:  Dash Dudley (USA) - €51,600 2^nd place:  Chris Back (Canada) - €31,825 3^rd place:  Denis Drobina (Ukraine) - €21,825 4^th place:  Ming Juen Teoh (Malaysia) - €15,225 5^th place:  Ivo Donev (Austria) - €10,900 6^th place:  Oshri Lahmani (Israel) - €7,850 7^th place:  Anson Tsang (Hong Kong) - €5,800 8^th place:  Naor Slobodskoy (Israel) - €4,365

Dudley captured a second WSOP victory in the same year that he won the $10K PLO Championship in Las Vegas for more than $1 million. This WSOPE was his first time even playing outside of the US.

Event 3: €1,350 NLHE Mini Main

Entries:  766 Prize pool:  €873,240 (surpassed €551,750 guarantee) Paid players:  115 Minimum payout:  €1,793

1^st place:  Vangelis Kaimakamis (Greece) - €167,056 2^nd place:  Shahar Levi (Israel) - €103,216 3^rd place:  Jose Rivas (Venezuela) - €72,474 4^th place:  Markus Jordan (Germany) - €51,628 5^th place:  Didier Rabl (Czech Republic) - €37,321 6^th place:  Andrew Bak (UK) - €27,382 7^th place:  Luigi Macaluso (France) - €20,396 8^th place:  Leonid Yanovski (Israel) - €15,426

His first WSOP bracelet was only the fifth one ever claimed by a Greek player. The win was also Kaimakamis’ largest tournament cash to date.

Event 4: €250K Super High Roller NLHE

Entries:  30 Prize pool:  €7,125,000 (surpassed $5M guarantee) Paid players:  5 Minimum payout: €537,722

1^st place:  James Chen (Taiwan) - €2,844,215 2^nd place:  Chin Wei Lim (Malaysia) - €1,757,857 3^rd place:  Christoph Vogelsang (Germany) - €1,185,161 4^th place:  Tony Guoga (Lithuania) - €799,045 5^th place:  Cary Katz (USA) - €538,722

The Taiwan native captured his first bracelet and the first ever for Taiwan, a better finish than at the summer WSOP when he finished second in a PLO event.

Event 5: €2,500 8-Game Mix

Entries:  71 Prize pool:  €237,500 (overlay on €250K guarantee) Paid players:  11 Minimum payout:  €5,654

1^st place:  Espen Sandvik (Norway) - €75,426 2^nd place:  Ville Haavisto (Finland) - €46,613 3^rd place:  Phil Hellmuth (USA) - €31,058 4^th place:  Jeff Madsen (USA) - €21,386 5^th place:  Thomer Pidun (Germany) - €15,235 6^th place:  Jochen Kaiser (Germany) - €11,242

Sandvik became only the fourth Norwegian bracelet winner in WSOP history and did it by eliminating all opponents at the final table. That included Hellmuth, who was aiming to capture his 16^th bracelet.

Event 6: €25,500 Short Deck NLHE

Entries:  111 Prize pool:  €2,636,250 (surpassed €2.5M guarantee) Paid players:  17 Minimum payout: €39,943

1^st place:  Siamak Tooran (Germany) - €740,996 2^nd place:  Thai Ha (USA) - €457,964 3^rd place:  Orpen Kisacikoglu (Turkey) - €323,553 4^th place:  Netanel Amedi (Israel) - €230,807 5^th place:  Besim Hot (Switzerland) - €166,258 6^th place:  Rob Yong (UK) - €118,653

Tooran won his first WSOP gold, pushing Ha out in second for the second time in the second Short Deck tournament in WSOP history.

Event 7: €1,100 Turbo Bounty NLHE

Entries:  377 Prize pool:  €348,631 (surpassed €200K guarantee) Paid players:  57 Minimum payout:  €1,099

1^st place:  Tomas Fara (Czech Republic) - €59,904 2^nd place:  Nisad Muratovic (Bosnia) - €37,004 3^rd place:  Manig Loeser (Germany) - €24,949 4^th place:  David Elyashar (Israel) - €17,172 5^th place:  Anson Tsang (Hong Kong) - €12,071 6^th place:  Arturs Scerbaks (Latvia) - €8,670 7^th place:  Phillip Hui (USA) - €6,366 8^th place:  Julian Selinger (Germany) - €4,781 9^th place:  Giorgiy Skhulukhiya (Russia) - €3,674

Fara won his first piece of WSOP gold after having been relegated to a single tournament chip but doubling up numerous times to get back into the game.

Event 8: €25,500 Platinum High Roller NLHE

Entries:  83 Prize pool:  €1,971,250 (surpassed $1M guarantee) Paid players:  13 Minimum payout:  €37,275

1^st place:  Kahle Burns (Australia) - €596,883 2^nd place:  Sam Trickett (UK) - €368,899 3^rd place:  Hossein Ensan (Germany) - €251,837 4^th place:  Abdelhakim Zoufri (Netherlands) - €177,062 5^th place:  Timothy Adams (Canada) - €128,326 6^th place:  Alex Foxen (USA) - €95,962 7^th place:  Anton Morgenstern (Germany) - €74,117 8^th place:  Robert Campbell (Australia) - €59,189

Burns took home his first WSOP gold bracelet, while reigning WSOP Main Event champion Ensan just missed adding another piece of gold to his collection.

Event 9: €1,650 PLO/NLHE Mix

Entries:  279 Prize pool:  €397,575 (surpassed €200K guarantee Paid players:  42 Minimum payout:  €2,392

1^st place:  Asi Moshe (Israel) - €97,465 2^nd place:  Kristoffer Rasmussen (Denmark) - €60,230 3^rd place:  Harout Gharazian (Canada) - €41,754 4^th place:  William Chattaway (UK) - €29,480 5^th place:  Jakob Madsen (Denmark) - €21,206 6^th place:  Erik Cajelais (Canada) - €15,548 7^th place:  Dragos Trofimov (UK) - €11,622 8^th place:  Quan Zhou (China) - €6,893

Moshe grabbed his fourth career WSOP bracelet and his second in 2019. He did it without a lot of Omaha experience but played ICM.

Event 10: €25,500 Mixed Games Championship

Entries:  45 Prize pool:  €1,068,750 (surpassed €1M guarantee) Paid players:  7 Minimum payout:  €38,389

1^st place:  Besim Hot (Switzerland) - €385,911 2^nd place:  Phil Hellmuth (USA) - €238,509 3^rd place:  Dzmitry Urbanovich (Poland) - €162,463 4^th place:  Benny Glaser (UK) - €111,689 5^th place:  Julien Martini (France) - €77,502 6^th place:  Daniel Negreanu (Canada) - €54,287 7^th place:  Alex Livingston (Canada) - €38,389

With his first WSOP win, Hot bcame the second champion ever from Switzerland. And he was the second player at the WSOP Europe to keep Hellmuth from taking home his 16^th bracelet.