2021 World Series of Poker Europe explained

Competition:2021 World Series of Poker Europe
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Dates:19 November – 8 December
Champion: Josef Gulas
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The 2021 World Series of Poker Europe was the 12th edition of the series of poker tournaments. It took place from 19 November – 8 December at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic and featured 15 WSOP bracelet events.[1]

On 25 November, the Czech government declared a state of emergency as a result of rising COVID-19 cases in the country. The WSOP Europe proceeded as planned, but all events had to conclude by 10 p.m. local time to comply with curfew restrictions.[2]

Event schedule

Source: [3]

EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1€350 No-Limit Hold'em Opener1,789 Antonello Ferraiuolo (1/1)€87,920 Levent EfeResults
2€550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max623 Bjorn Verbakel (1/1)€60,253 Feng ZhaoResults
3€1,350 Mini Main Event1,397 Emil Bise (1/1)€260,525 Marius GicovanuResults
4€2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha241 Samuel Stranak (1/1)€101,764 Alan SaboResults
5€550 No-Limit Hold'em Colossus2,478 Edmond Jahjaga (1/1)€158,125 Riadh FarhatResults
6€1,650 PLO/NLH Mixed339 Antoine Vranken (1/1)€113,000 Moncef KarouiResults
7€5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha184 Maximilian Klostermeier (1/2)€204,010 Joni JouhkimainenResults
8€2,500 Short Deck98 Julien Martini (1/2)€60,009 Philipp SchwabResults
9€1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Bounty Hunter604 Sergiu Covrig (1/1)€79,282 Michael StrauchResults
10€25,000 Platinum High Roller72 Andriy Lyubovetskiy (1/1)€518,430 Joni JouhkimainenResults
11€1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max535 Simone Andrian (1/1)€158,616 Josef SnejbergResults
12€2,000 8-Game Mix61 Julien Martini (2/3)€33,910 Ole Schemion (1/1)Results
13€10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max73 Romain Le Dantec (1/1)€207,267 Sonny FrancoResults
14€10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event688 Josef Gulas (1/1)€1,276,712 Johan GuilbertResults
15€3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Closer228 Alessandro Pichierri (1/1)€148,008 Timo KamphuesResults

Main Event

The €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event began on 3 December with the first of two starting flights. The event drew 688 entries, the largest Main Event field in WSOP Europe history. The final table was played on 8 December, with the winner earning €1,276,712.

Final Table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Josef Gulas 20,200,000 (29.4%) 0 2 $6,842
Alexander Tkatschew 17,375,000 (25.3%)0 10 $57,494
Johan Guilbert 13,025,000 (18.9%) 0 22 $431,567
Athanasios Kidas 6,025,000 (8.8%) 0 0 0
Thomas Denie 5,500,000 (8.0%) 0 0 0
Stanislav Koleno 3,400,000 (4.9%) 0 5 $48,833
Aleksandar Trajkovski 3,250,000 (4.7%) 0 4 $8,600

Final Table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st Josef Gulas €1,276,712
2nd Johan Guilbert €789,031
3rd Alexander Tkatschew €558,505
4th Athanasios Kidas €401,344
5th Stanislav Koleno €292,862
6th Aleksandar Trajkovski €217,854
7th Thomas Denie €163,434
8th Ilija Savevski €125,052

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Glatzer. Jason. WSOP Europe Schedule Released; Nearly €12M Guaranteed Across 15 Bracelets. PokerNews.com. 12 July 2021. 8 December 2021.
  2. Web site: Smyth. Daniel. Czech Republic Calls COVID State of Emergency, WSOPE Continues. CardsChat. 26 November 2021. 8 December 2021.
  3. Web site: WSOP Europe schedule. WSOP.com. 8 December 2021.