2017 World Series of Poker Europe explained

Competition:2017 World Series of Poker Europe
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Location:King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
Dates:19 October – 10 November 2017
Champion: Marti Roca de Torres
Prev:2015
Next:2018

The 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from 19 October to 10 November at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. It featured 11 bracelet events with buy-ins ranging from €550 to €111,111, culminating in the €10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event. The series was the first WSOP Europe since 2015, and the first to take place in the Czech Republic.

Event schedule

Source: [1]

EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1€1,100 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack561Oleksandr Shcherbak€117,707Viliyan PetleshkovResults
2€550 Pot Limit Omaha523Andreas Klatt€56,400Nico EhlersResults
3€1,100 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty325Martin Kabrhel€53,557Philipp CaranicaResults
4€1,650 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed240Theodore McQuilkin€88,043Jan BednarResults
5€550 The Colossus No Limit Hold'em4,115Matous Skorepa€270,015Florian FuchsResults
6€2,200 Pot Limit Omaha191Lukas Zaskodny€93,677Allen KesslerResults
7€1,650 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better92Chris Ferguson€39,289Stanislav WrightResults
8€1,100 Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em868Albert Hoekendijk€170,764Thomas HofmannResults
9€25,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller113Niall Farrell€745,287Benjamin PollakResults
10€111,111 High Roller for One Drop No Limit Hold'em132Dominik Nitsche€3,487,463Andreas EilerResults
11€10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event529Marti Roca de Torres€1,115,207Gianluca SperanzaResults

Player of the Year

Final standings as of 10 November (end of WSOPE):

Standings[2]
RankNamePointsBracelets
1 Chris Ferguson1,178.531
2 John Racener1,042.041
3 Ryan Hughes994.350
4 Mike Leah910.010
5 John Monnette865.21
6 Kenny Hallaert838.350
7 Alex Foxen833.450
8 Dario Sammartino775.890
9 Ray Henson768.490
10 Ben Yu766.491

Main Event

The 2017 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event began on 4 November and finished 10 November. The event drew 529 entrants, generating a prize pool of €5,025,500. The top 80 players made the money, with the winner earning €1,115,207.

Final Table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
7,830,000 (29.7%) 0 44 $1,311,124
7,260,000 (27.5%) 0 1 $1,932
Gianluca Speranza 4,400,000 (16.7%) 0 11 $215,441
Niall Farrell 3,025,000 (11.5%) 1 36 $2,286,524
Mathijs Jonkers 2,785,000 (10.6%) 0 0 0
Robert Bickley 1,085,000 (4.1%) 0 3 $9,654

Final Table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st €1,115,207
2nd Gianluca Speranza €689,246
3rd Mathijs Jonkers €476,585
4th Robert Bickley €335,089
5th Niall Farrell €239,639
6th €174,365
7th Jack Salter €129,121
8th Luis Rodriguez €97,344

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 WSOPE Schedule. WSOP.com. 23 July 2017.
  2. Web site: WSOP Player of the Year standings. WSOP.com.