2023 World Series of Poker Europe

2023 World Series of Poker Europe
LocationKing's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
Dates25 October – 15 November
Champion
Austria Max Neugebauer

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

Source: [4]

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

Main Event

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

Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Taiwan Eric Tsai23,650,000 (29.0%)024$327,247
Lithuania Kasparas Klezys13,950,000 (17.1%)050$349,406
Austria Max Neugebauer10,325,000 (12.7%)03$10,049
Germany Nils Pudel9,875,000 (12.1%)026$100,867
United States Michael Rocco8,000,000 (9.8%)036$1,376,692
Italy Michele Tocci6,525,000 (8.0%)03$19,160
Ukraine Ruslan Volkov6,000,000 (7.4%)08$23,274
Sweden Alf Martinsson3,150,000 (3.9%)01$3,037

*Career statistics prior to the Main Event

Final Table results

Place Name Prize
1stAustria Max Neugebauer (1/1)€1,500,000
2ndTaiwan Eric Tsai€891,000
3rdItaly Michele Tocci€639,000
4thLithuania Kasparas Klezys€464,000
5thUnited States Michael Rocco€341,000
6thGermany Nils Pudel€255,000
7thUkraine Ruslan Volkov€193,000
8thSweden Alf Martinsson€148,000

References

  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. 1 2 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.