Fabian Gumz topped a discipline of 732 entries that turned out to Card Casino Bratislava for the 2024 World Poker Tout Prime Slovakia championship occasion, securing his first WPT Prime title and the highest prize of €117,980 ($125,902 USD. That sum features a $10,400 buy-in for the 2024 WPT World Championship going down this December at Wynn Las Vegas.
This was the fourth-largest payday of Gumz dwell event profession. His high rating got here again in 2019, when he completed second within the WPT Rock & Roll Poker Open essential occasion for $353,380. He now has greater than $1.8 million in lifetime event earnings.
This occasion ran from April 11-15. The 732 entries amassed throughout the six beginning flights constructed a last prize pool of prize pool of €702,720 ($747,121 USD), simply surpassing the €500,000 assure. The high 95 finishers made the cash, with five-figure USD payouts going to the ultimate 12.
The last day started with Andras Matrai within the lead among the many remaining 9 contenders, whereas Gumz sat in third chip place. Gumz scored his first knockout of the ultimate not lengthy after two-time bracelet winner Emil Bise (sixth – $24,847) was despatched packing. Gumz made the nut flush with A-Okay suited to eradicate Iulian Tataru (fifth – $32,409). He then got here from behind with A-5, making a straight on the river to finest the A-J of Andras Matrai (4th – $43,212) after the chips went in preflop.
Maor Zaharagi knocked out Jozef Cibicek (third – $57,257) to arrange the ultimate heads-up showdown for the title. Gumz held almost a 3:1 chip result in begin, and was in a position to prolong that benefit within the early going. In the ultimate hand, Zaharagi shoved from the button for 11 massive blinds with A
3
. Gumz referred to as with Q
10 out of the massive blind and the board ran out J1036
7 to provide Gumz a profitable pair of tens. Zaharagi took residence $77,783 because the runner-up.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the last desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Fabian Gumz | $125,902 | 912 |
| 2 | Maor Zaharagi | $77,783 | 760 |
| 3 | Jozef Cibicek | $57,257 | 608 |
| 4 | Andras Matrai | $43,212 | 456 |
| 5 | Iulian Tataru | $32,409 | 380 |
| 6 | Emil Bise | $24,847 | 304 |
| 7 | Dennis Gerschengoren | $19,121 | 228 |
| 8 | Lukasz Adamczewski | $14,800 | 152 |
| 9 | Alexey Mishuk | $11,667 | 76 |
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