2018 World Series of Poker Europe explained

Competition:2018 World Series of Poker Europe
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Location:King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
Dates:9 October – 2 November 2018
Champion: Jack Sinclair
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The 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from 9 October – 2 November at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. There were 10 bracelet events, including a €100,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller and the €10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event. The Main Event began with the first of two starting flights on 27 October, with the final table taking place on 2 November.[1]

Event schedule

Source: [2]

EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1€550 Colossus2,992 Tamir Segal€203,820 Wojciech WyrebskiResults
2€1,650 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Deepstack221 Asi Moshe€82,280 Robert SchulzResults
3€550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed572 Hanh Tran€59,623 Oleg PavlyuchukResults
4€1,100 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Bounty Hunter387 Mykhailo Gutyi€61,000 Florian SarnowResults
5€1,100 Monster Stack666 Timur Margolin€134,407 Raul VillarroelResults
6€1,650 Mixed PLO/NLHE241 Norbert Szecsi€86,956 Shaun DeebResults
7€2,200 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed187 Anson Tsang€91,730 Ilya BulychevResults
8€25,500 Super High Roller133 Michael Addamo€848,702 Christian RudolphResults
9€100,000 King's Super High Roller95 Martin Kabrhel€2,624,340 David PetersResults
10€10,350 Main Event534 Jack Sinclair€1,122,239 Laszlo BujtasResults

Player of the Year

Final standings as of 2 November (end of WSOPE):

Standings[3]
RankNamePointsBracelets
1 Shaun Deeb5,050.012
2 Ben Yu3,746.041
3 Joe Cada3,531.862
4 John Hennigan3,440.131
5 Scott Bohlman3,155.881
6 Michael Addamo3,046.882
7 Paul Volpe2,863.101
8 Anthony Zinno2,593.340
9 Eric Baldwin2,516.301
10 Romain Lewis2,460.140

Main Event

The 2018 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event began on 27 October with the first of two starting flights. The final table was reached on 1 November, with the winner being determined on 2 November. The event drew 534 entrants, generating a prize pool of €5,073,000. The top 81 players finished in the money, with the winner earning €1,122,239.

Final Table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Laszlo Bujtas 14,040,000 (26.4%) 0 4 $34,598
Milos Skrbic 12,720,000 (23.9%) 0 4 $35,622
10,615,000 (20.0%) 1 37 $9,094,826
8,585,000 (16.2%) 0 9 $1,429,471
Krasimir Yankov 3,995,000 (7.5%) 0 7 $192,176
Ihor Yerofieiev 3,170,000 (6.0%) 0 0 0

Final Table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st €1,122,239
2nd Laszlo Bujtas €693,573
3rd Krasimir Yankov €480,028
4th €337,778
5th Milos Skrbic €241,718
6th Ihor Yerofieiev €175,965
7th Koray Aldemir €130,350
8th Bulscu Lukacs €98,287

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Palansky. Seth. 2018 World Series of Poker Europe Set for October 9 to November 2, 2018. WSOP.com. 11 June 2018. 10 October 2018.
  2. Web site: 2018 WSOPE Schedule. WSOP.com. 10 October 2018.
  3. Web site: WSOP Player of the Year standings. WSOP.com.