Peters, Garp, and Antanaitis Among Recent Winners At 2023 World Series of Poker EuropeCheck Out The Latest Results From The WSOPE At King's Resort Rozvadov |
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The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe is now two-thirds completed, with 10 of the 15 bracelet events now officially in the books. This year’s WSOPE spans from Oct. 25 through Nov. 15, with more than €15 million in guaranteed prize money to be paid out along the way.
There have already been 11,279 entries made in the completed tournaments, with nearly $10.4 million in prize money awarded thus far. This article takes a closer look at three of the most recent events to wrap up at the King’s Resort Rozvadov in the Czech Republic.
€1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Six Max €300K GTD
Just one day after recording a fifth-place finish from a field of 3,436 entries in the €550 Colossus event, Dutch poker pro Tobias Peters navigated his way through 495 entries to take down the €1,650 no-limit hold’em six-max event.
For the win, Peters was awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet and $162,657, the largest score of his career. He now has nearly $2.3 million in recorded tournament earnings to his name across 188 in-the-money finishes.
Two-time bracelet winner Barny Boatman fell just one spot shy of adding a third, taking home $104,781 as the runner-up. The longtime British poker pro now has almost $3.5 million in tournament scores.
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Tobias Peters | $162,657 | 720 |
2 | Barny Boatman | $104,781 | 600 |
3 | Rafi Elharar | $74,677 | 480 |
4 | Jorge Pardo | $44,096 | 360 |
5 | Daniel Koloszar | $31,164 | 300 |
6 | Adem Marjanovic | $22,472 | 240 |
€1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty €300K GTD
Sweden’s Tobias Garp was the last player standing in the €1,100 mystery bounty event.
The 35-year-old poker player and assistant soccer coach from Bergshamra secured $97,838 from the main prize pool to go with his first bracelet after outlasting a field of 803 entries. The strong turnout saw the event’s €300,000 guarantee easily surpassed, with €562,100 ultimately paid out among the top 121 finishers.
PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship winner Aliaksandr Shylko ran deep in this event, finishing 14th for $3,829.
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Tobias Garp | $97,838 | 912 |
2 | Adi Rajkovic | $71,391 | 760 |
3 | Koray Korkmaz | $53,795 | 608 |
4 | Benjamin Pitoun | $30,793 | 456 |
5 | Otto Lemke | $22,472 | 380 |
6 | Stanislaw Miadzel | $16,642 | 304 |
7 | Alexander Romme | $12,508 | 228 |
8 | Martin Schamaun | $9,540 | 152 |
9 | Yehor Shumeiko | $7,409 | 76 |
€2,000 Eight Game Mix €100K GTD
The lone mixed-game tournament on the 2023 WSOPE schedule featured a €2,000 buy-in. A total of 97 entries were made by the time registration closed in the eight-game affair, creating a final prize pool of €170,477 that easily surpassed the €100,000 guarantee.
The top 15 finishers made the money, with the largest share going to eventual champion Dainius Antanaitis of Lithuania. He earned $50,636 and his first gold bracelet after scooping the final pot during a hand of Omaha eight-or-better.
Plenty of notables ran deep in this event, including bracelet winner Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero (15th), bracelet winner Wing Po Liu (13th), four-time bracelet winner Max Pescatori (10th), Roland Israelashvili (7th), two-time bracelet winner Oleksii Kovalchuk (6th), and Viktor Blom (5th), better known to many by his former online screen name ‘Isildur1’.
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Dainius Antanaitis | $50,636 | 216 |
2 | Ian Bradley | $31,297 | 180 |
3 | Wooram Cho | $21,878 | 144 |
4 | Ioannis Konstas | $15,683 | 108 |
5 | Viktor Blom | $11,538 | 90 |
6 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | $8,713 | 72 |
7 | Roland Israelashvili | $6,763 | 54 |
8 | Maurizio Melara | $5,395 | 36 |
Photo credits: WSOP / Tomas Stacha.