The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe is underway at King’s Resort Rozvadov within the Czech Republic. The pageant will run from Oct. 25 – Nov. 15, with 15 bracelet occasions and greater than €15 million in collective assured prize cash.
There have already been three champions topped in simply over per week of play. Below is a take a look at the outcomes from the trio of tournaments which have performed out to date.
€350 No-Limit Hold’em €1 Million GTD
The very first bracelet occasion of the pageant was the €1,000,000 assured €350 buy-in no-limit maintain’em ‘Opener’ match. A complete of 3,503 entries have been made throughout six beginning flights, surpassing the assure by greater than €48,000.
In the tip, Lukas Pazma emerged victorious with the title, the bracelet, and the highest prize of €110,000* ($127,571 USD). Pazma and the 11 different gamers inside the highest 12 of this occasion additionally took house an entry into the €10,350 primary occasion which kicks off on Nov. 12.
This was not solely Pazma’s first bracelet, it was his first general dwell match title. Prior to this large win, the Slovakian’s crowning achievement was a third-place end within the WPT Prime Lichtenstein occasion for $143,360. He now has almost $311,000 in recorded earnigns to his title.
Emil Bise was the one bracelet winner to make the ultimate desk of this occasion. The two-time WSOPE occasion winner received his first again in 2021, and his second final 12 months. He in the end completed ninth on this occasion for $21,571.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Lukas Pazma | $127,571 | 528 |
| 2 | Andras Balogh | $80,931 | 440 |
| 3 | Stanislav Koleno | $61,851 | 352 |
| 4 | Florin Bilan | $48,071 | 264 |
| 5 | Stephan Glausch | $39,061 | 220 |
| 6 | Iman Ghashayar | $32,171 | 176 |
| 7 | Alessandro Michele | $27,401 | 132 |
| 8 | Stefan Alexandru Drusca | $23,691 | 88 |
| 9 | Emil Bise | $21,571 | 44 |
€550 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight Max €300K GTD
Omar Eljach took down the record-setting 2022 WSOPE primary occasion for $1,380,129. He earned his second profession bracelet within the second occasion on the schedule this 12 months, the €550 pot-limit Omaha eight-max.
The Swedish participant outlasted a subject of 719 entries to safe the {hardware} and the highest prize of €65,900 ($69,854 USD). The sturdy turnout noticed the occasions €300,000 assure simply cleared.
Eljach now has greater than $2 million in lifetime earnings to his title, with the overwhelming majority coming from his success in WSOPE tournaments.
2023 WSOP badugi bracelet winner Michael Rodrigues completed fourth, whereas ten-time WSOP Circuit ring winner Roland Israelashvili positioned third.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Omar Eljach | $69,854 | 456 |
| 2 | Diana Volcovschi | $43,142 | 380 |
| 3 | Roland Israelashvili | $30,846 | 304 |
| 4 | Michael Rodrigues | $22,260 | 228 |
| 5 | Ihar Pliashko | $16,430 | 190 |
| 6 | Martino Cito | $12,190 | 152 |
| 7 | Patrik Jaros | $9,222 | 114 |
| 8 | Yan Shing Tsang | $7,102 | 76 |
€2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha €300K GTD
The first four-figure buy-in occasion to wrap up was the €2,000 pot-limit Omaha occasion. A 206-entry turnout noticed constructed a last prize pool of €362,045, as soon as once more surpassing the €300,000 assure.
The final participant standing was Hok Yiu Lee. The Hong Kong resident earned his first bracelet and €91,183 ($96,654 USD) for the win.
This was Lee’s largest rating but, blowing by the $63,732 he obtained because the sixth-place finisher in a €10,300 buy-in pot-limit Omaha occasion on the European Poker Tour Barcelona cease in 2016. His lifetime match earnings now sit at almost $259,000.
Lee was joined by a pair of bracelet winners on the last desk in two-time WSOP champion Barny Boatman (fifth) and Dario Alioto (2nd). The latter earned his {hardware} by taking down the 2007 WSOPE $10,000 pot-limit Omaha occasion for $464,000.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Hok Yiu Lee | $96,654 | 360 |
| 2 | Dario Alioto | $59,739 | 300 |
| 3 | Gab Kim | $41,128 | 240 |
| 4 | Daniel Smuskovics | $29,008 | 180 |
| 5 | Barny Boatman | $20,972 | 150 |
| 6 | Bruno Stefanelli | $15,553 | 120 |
| 7 | Zhengfan Ye | $11,838 | 90 |
| 8 | Namhyung Kim | $9,256 | 60 |
| 9 | Guy Goossens | $7,438 | 30 |
Photo credit: WSOP / Tomas Stacha, Christian Zetzsche.
