Tobias Schwecht Wins World Series of Poker Super Circuit London Main Event

The 2023 World Series of Poker International Super Circuit London £3,300 buy-in no-limit maintain’em primary occasion attracted a area of 910 whole entries throughout 4 beginning flights. After three extra days of match motion, that sea of gamers was narrowed down to 1 champion: Tobias Schwecht. The German poker professional was awarded his first WSOPC gold ring and £480,000 ($609,600 USD) for the victory.

This was the biggest reside match rating for Schwecht, surpassing the $254,000 he earned with a money within the Triton London sequence that was held on the similar venue only a week earlier. He now has greater than $2.1 million in recorded cashes to his identify.

This occasion featured a £3,000,000 assure and did finish with a bit of an overlay. The high 136 finishers finally made the cash. Plenty of large names operating deep, equivalent to bracelet winner and Aussie Millions champion Ami Barer (forty ninth), World Poker Tour winner Taylor von Kriegenbergh (forty first), two-time bracelet winner and WPT champion Chris Moorman (18th), 2023 WSOP primary occasion sixth-place finisher Dean Hutchison (fifteenth), and high-stakes common David Yan (tenth).

Recent WSOP primary occasion seventh-place finisher Toby Lewis was the primary to fall on the last desk. The British poker professional misplaced a basic race with QQ towards the AOk Catalin Pop, with three hearts hitting the board to offer Pop the nut flush. Lewis earned $38,100 because the ninth-place finisher, rising his profession earnings to over $9.9 million.

David Miscikowski additionally fell by the hands of a turned nut flush. He bought all-in with A-8 main the A-6 suited of Kattapong Thanarattrakul, however was unable to dodge the diamonds and was despatched to the rail with $45,720.

Thanarattrakul continued to build up, knocking out Pop in seventh place ($57,150) to surpass 21 million in chips. Schwecht did his greatest to maintain tempo, eliminating bracelet winner Christian Rudolph in sixth ($76,200), however Thanarattrakul quickly busted one other participant to proceed his surge. Philip Ward’s A-Ok was unable to carry up towards the A-J suited of Thanarattrakul, with a jack on the river ending Ward’s run in fifth place ($114,300).

Ravi Sheth bought his final chips all-in with A9 main the A7 of Schwecht. The German hit a seven on the flip to take the lead however needed to fade golf equipment and nines on the tip. The J accomplished the board, although, and Sheth was completed in fourth place ($177,800).

WPT champion and 2023 WSOP ‘millionaire maker’ occasion winner Pavel Plesuv was left brief after accurately folding the underside finish of a straight throughout three-handed motion, He quickly bought his last handful of large blinds in with 9-8 going through A-10 fitted to Schwecht. Plesuv hit a pair and a flush draw on the flop, however was trailing the highest pair of Schwecht. The flip and river introduced him no additional assist and Plesuv was knocked out in third place ($266,700). He now has practically $7.9 million in profession earnings after this run.

With that, Thanarattrakul entered heads-up play with 35,100,000 to the 19,500,000 of Schwecht. Thanarattrakul prolonged his lead early, however Schwecht gained an enormous pot with fours full of sevens to even issues out. He then started to drag away.

In the ultimate hand, Schwecht limp-shoved with Ok5 over a elevate from Thanarattrakul out of the massive blind. Thanarattrakul, who had JJ, made the decision for round 16 large blinds and the board got here down OkQ7Ok10 to carry the occasion to a detailed. Thanarattrakul secured $387,350 because the runner-up, rising his earnings to simply shy of $5 million within the course of.

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

Winner photograph supplied by WSOP.