2019 World Series of Poker Europe explained

Competition:	2019 World Series of Poker Europe
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Location:	King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
Dates:	13 October – 4 November 2019
Champion:	Alexandros Kolonias
Prev:	2018
Next:	2021

The 2019 World Series of Poker Europe took place from 13 October – 4 November at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. There were 15 bracelet events, including, for the first time at the WSOPE, a short deck event and a €100,000 Diamond High Roller No Limit Hold'em event. The €10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on 25 October.^[1]

Event schedule

Source:^[2]

	High stakes event (€10,000+ buy-in).
	No points awarded towards Player of the Year.

	Event	Entrants	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
1	€350 Opener No Limit Hold'em	1,011	Renat Bohdanov	€53,654	Norbert Mosonyi	Results
2	€550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed	476	Dash Dudley	€51,600	Christopher Back	Results
3	€1,350 Mini Main Event No Limit Hold'em	766	Vangelis Kaimakamis	€167,056	Shahar Levi	Results
4	€250,000 Super High Roller No Limit Hold'em	30	James Chen	€2,844,215	Chin Wei Lim	Results
5	€2,500 8-Game Mix	71	Espen Sandvik	€75,246	Ville Haavisto	Results
6	€25,500 Short Deck High Roller No Limit Hold'em	111	Siamak Tooran	€740,992	Thai Ha	Results
7	€1,100 Turbo Bounty Hunter No Limit Hold'em	377	Tomas Fara	€59,904	Nisad Muratovic	Results
8	€25,500 Platinum High Roller No Limit Hold'em	83	Kahle Burns	€596,883	Sam Trickett	Results
9	€1,650 Pot Limit Omaha/No Limit Hold'em Mix	279	Asi Moshe	€97,465	Kristoffer Rasmussen	Results
10	€25,500 Mixed Games Championship	45	Besim Hot	€385,911	Phil Hellmuth	Results
11	€2,200 Pot Limit Omaha	271	Tomas Ribeiro	€128,314	Omar Eljach	Results
12	€100,000 Diamond High Roller No Limit Hold'em	72	Chin Wei Lim	€2,172,104	Jean-Noël Thorel	Results
13	€2,500 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em	179	Kahle Burns	€101,834	Manig Löser	Results
14	€10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	541	Alexandros Kolonias	€1,133,678	Claas Segebrecht	Results
15	€550 Colossus No Limit Hold'em	2,738	Bertrand Grospellier	€190,375	Avraham Dayan	Results

Player of the Year

Final standings as of 4 November (end of WSOPE):

Standings^[3]

Rank	Name	Points	Bracelets
1	Robert Campbell	3,961.31	2
2	Shaun Deeb	3,917.32	0
3	Daniel Negreanu	3,861.78	0
4	Anthony Zinno	3,322.00	1
5	Phil Hui	3,186.17	1
6	Daniel Zack	3,126.13	1
7	Dario Sammartino	3,091.03	0
8	Chris Ferguson	2,997.10	0
9	Kahle Burns	2,983.37	2
10	Dash Dudley	2,860.79	2

Main Event

The 2019 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event began on 25 October with the first of two starting flights. Registration remained open until Level 12 on Day 2, with players allowed one re-entry. The final table was reached on 30 October, with the winner being determined on 31 October.

The Main Event attracted 541 entries, the most since 2011 and the biggest field in the three years the tournament was held at King's Casino. The top 82 players finished in the money, with the winner earning €1,133,678.

Final Table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
	16,845,000 (31.1%)	2	49	$3,134,213
Alexandros Kolonias	12,150,000 (22.4%)	0	5	$199,893
Anh Do	8,725,000 (16.1%)	0	0	0
	7,100,000 (13.1%)	0	40	$9,545,240
Claas Segebrecht	6,400,000 (11.8%)	0	14	$916,343
Rifat Palevic	2,915,000 (5.4%)	1	10	$617,085

• -Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2019 WSOPE Main Event

Final Table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Alexandros Kolonias	€1,133,678
2nd	Claas Segebrecht	€700,639
3rd		€485,291
4th		€341,702
5th	Anh Do	€244,653
6th	Rifat Palevic	€178,171
7th	Julien Martini	€132,017
8th	Jakob Madsen	€99,555

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pitt. Matthew. 2019 WSOP Europe Festival Schedule Features 11 Gold Bracelet Events. PokerNews.com. 25 April 2019. 24 July 2019.
2. Web site: 2019 World Series of Poker Europe schedule. WSOP.com. 24 July 2019.
3. Web site: WSOP Player of the Year standings. WSOP.com.