Hungarian Wins World Poker Tour Prime Liechtenstein Main Event

A complete of 1,644 entries had been made within the 2023 World Poker Tour Liechtenstein CHF 1,100 buy-in essential occasion at Grand Casino Liechtenstein, setting a brand new regular-season WPT Prime file for discipline dimension. The sturdy turnout resulted in a prize pool value greater than $1.8 million when rendered in U.S. {dollars}. After six beginning flights and two full days of combined-field motion, Hungary’s David Kozma emerged victorious with the title and the highest prize of $300,541.

This was by far the most important stay match rating but for Kozma, almost tripling his earlier prime payout of $105,000 earned for a runner-up displaying in a $1,700 buy-in occasion on the 2022 Winter Poker Open on the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa. The Budapest resident now has greater than $453,000 in recorded match earnings after his massive win within the European principality situated between Austria and Switzerland.

Kozma’s first-place payout additionally features a $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

This victory conveyed 1,080 Card Player Player of the Year factors upon Kozma, sufficient to maneuver him inside the highest 500 within the 2023 POY race standings introduced by Global Poker.

The remaining day of this occasion started with 11 gamers remaining and Kozma within the lead. He remained nicely out in entrance when the sector mixed onto a single desk. His first knockout on the remaining desk got here when his OkayJ outran the OkayJ, making a flush with 4 spades on board to eradicate Alessandro Pichierri (4th – $107,296).

He adopted that up by busting Lukas Pazma in third place ($143,360), along with his Okay-10 suited making tens and fours to finest the J-9 of Pazma after all of the chips went in preflop.

Heads-up play started with Marc Sen holding 26,600,000 to Kozma’s 22,900,000. The remaining two solely battled for 22 fingers earlier than a champion emerged. Kozma moved into the lead in time for the ultimate hand, which started with Sen limping on the button with A6 and Kozma checking his possibility with 65. The flop got here down 862 and Kozma guess a single massive blind. Sen raised to 3 massive blinds and Kozma referred to as. The flip introduced the 5 and Kozma guess one other three massive blinds. Sen shoved for 15 massive blinds and Kozma referred to as along with his two pair. The 5 river improved him to fives stuffed with sixes, incomes him the pot and the title.

Sen, a resident of close by Switzerland, took residence $193,200 because the runner-up finisher.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the remaining desk:

Winner picture offered by WPT.