2023 World Series of Poker Europe

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2023 World Series of Poker Europe
LocationKing's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
Dates25 October – 15 November
Champion
Austria Max Neugebauer
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The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe was the 14th edition of the World Series of Poker Europe. It was held between 25 October – 15 November at King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic and featured 15 bracelet events.[1]

Omar Eljach, the reigning WSOP Europe champion, won his second bracelet in Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha and had another second-place finish.[2]

The Main Event attracted a record field of 817 entries and was won by Max Neugebauer of Austria.[3]

Event Schedule[edit]

Source: [4]

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up
1 €350 No-Limit Hold'em Opener 3,503 Slovakia Lukas Pazma (1/1) €110,000 Hungary Andras Balogh
2 €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 719 Sweden Omar Eljach (1/2) €65,900 Portugal Diana Volcovschi
3 €1,350 Mini Main Event 1,729 Greece Sokratis Linaras (1/1) €310,350 Norway Daniel Lehmann
4 €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 206 Hong Kong Hokyiu Lee (1/1) €91,183 Italy Dario Alioto (0/1)
5 €550 No-Limit Hold'em Colossus 3,436 Italy Ermanno Di Nicola (1/1) €210,350 Poland Alain Saka
6 €5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 202 Hong Kong Wing Po Liu (1/1) €230,000 Sweden Omar Eljach (1/2)
7 €1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max 495 Netherlands Tobias Peters (1/1) €143,100 United Kingdom Barny Boatman (0/2)
8 €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em GGMillion€ 89 Canada Daniel Dvoress (1/2) €600,000 United States Michael Rocco
9 €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty 803 Sweden Tobias Garp (1/1) €92,300 Austria Adi Rajkovic
10 €2,000 8-Game Mix 97 Lithuania Dainius Antanaitis (1/1) €47,770 United Kingdom Ian Bradley
11 €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Bounty Hunter 570 Sweden Joakim Andersson (1/1) €70,000 Italy Samantha Algeri
12 €50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Diamond High Roller 34 India Santhosh Suvarna (1/1) €650,000 China Ren Lin
13 €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event 817 Austria Max Neugebauer (1/1) €1,500,000 Taiwan Eric Tsai
14 €1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Freezeout 182 Germany Bernd Gleissner (1/1) €46,700 Italy Candido Cappiello
15 €550 No-Limit Hold'em Closer 628 Germany Maurice Nass (1/1) €60,000 Romania Traian Stanciu

Main Event[edit]

The €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event began on 10 November with the first of two starting flights. The event attracted 817 total entries, the most in WSOP Europe history, generating a prize pool of €7,761,500. The champion was crowned on 15 November and earned €1,500,000.[5]

Max Neugebauer, a former professional basketball player from Austria, defeated Taiwan's Eric Tsai heads-up to win the title and his first WSOP bracelet.[3]

Final Table[edit]

Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Taiwan Eric Tsai 23,650,000 (29.0%) 0 24 $327,247
Lithuania Kasparas Klezys 13,950,000 (17.1%) 0 50 $349,406
Austria Max Neugebauer 10,325,000 (12.7%) 0 3 $10,049
Germany Nils Pudel 9,875,000 (12.1%) 0 26 $100,867
United States Michael Rocco 8,000,000 (9.8%) 0 36 $1,376,692
Italy Michele Tocci 6,525,000 (8.0%) 0 3 $19,160
Ukraine Ruslan Volkov 6,000,000 (7.4%) 0 8 $23,274
Sweden Alf Martinsson 3,150,000 (3.9%) 0 1 $3,037

Final Table results[edit]

Place Name Prize
1st Austria Max Neugebauer €1,500,000
2nd Taiwan Eric Tsai €891,000
3rd Italy Michele Tocci €639,000
4th Lithuania Kasparas Klezys €464,000
5th United States Michael Rocco €341,000
6th Germany Nils Pudel €255,000
7th Ukraine Ruslan Volkov €193,000
8th Sweden Alf Martinsson €148,000

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sofen, Jon (28 July 2023). "The Schedules are Out for the 2023 WSOP Europe and International Circuit Tour". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. ^ O'Hair, Dan (1 November 2023). "WSOP Europe Main Event Champ Omar Eljach Wins Second Bracelet in Rozvadov". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Salituro, David (16 November 2023). "The Giant of Rozvadov: Former Pro Basketball Player Max Neugebauer Wins the WSOP Europe Main Event". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. ^ "WSOP Europe schedule". WSOP.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ Grant, Calum (13 November 2023). "Record-Breaking WSOP Europe Main Event to Award €1,500,000 to the Winner". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

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