2023 World Series of Poker Europe explained

Competition:2023 World Series of Poker Europe
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Dates:25 October – 15 November
Champion: Max Neugebauer
Prev:2022

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.

Event Schedule

Source: [3]

EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-up
1€350 No-Limit Hold'em Opener3,503 Lukas Pazma (1/1)€110,000 Andras Balogh
2€550 Pot-Limit Omaha719 Omar Eljach (1/2)€65,900 Diana Volcovschi
3€1,350 Mini Main Event1,729 Sokratis Linaras (1/1)€310,350 Daniel Lehmann
4€2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha206 Hokyiu Lee (1/1)€91,183 Dario Alioto (0/1)
5€550 No-Limit Hold'em Colossus3,436 Ermanno Di Nicola (1/1)€210,350 Alain Saka
6€5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha202 Wing Po Liu (1/1)€230,000 Omar Eljach (1/2)
7€1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max495 Tobias Peters (1/1)€143,100 Barny Boatman (0/2)
8€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em GGMillion€89 Daniel Dvoress (1/2)€600,000 Michael Rocco
9€1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Mystery Bounty803 Tobias Garp (1/1)€92,300 Adi Rajkovic
10€2,000 8-Game Mix97 Dainius Antanaitis (1/1)€47,770 Ian Bradley
11€1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Bounty Hunter570 Joakim Andersson (1/1)€70,000 Samantha Algeri
12€50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Diamond High Roller34 Santhosh Suvarna (1/1)€650,000 Ren Lin
13€10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event817 Max Neugebauer (1/1)€1,500,000 Eric Tsai
14€1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Freezeout182 Bernd Gleissner (1/1)€46,700 Candido Cappiello
15€550 No-Limit Hold'em Closer628 Maurice Nass (1/1)€60,000 Traian Stanciu

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.[4]

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.[5]

Final Table

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Eric Tsai 23,650,000 (29.0%) 0 24 $327,247
Kasparas Klezys 13,950,000 (17.1%) 0 50 $349,406
Max Neugebauer 10,325,000 (12.7%) 0 3 $10,049
Nils Pudel 9,875,000 (12.1%) 0 26 $100,867
Michael Rocco 8,000,000 (9.8%) 0 36 $1,376,692
Michele Tocci 6,525,000 (8.0%) 0 3 $19,160
Ruslan Volkov 6,000,000 (7.4%) 0 8 $23,274
Alf Martinsson 3,150,000 (3.9%) 0 1 $3,037

Final Table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st Max Neugebauer €1,500,000
2nd Eric Tsai €891,000
3rd Michele Tocci €639,000
4th Kasparas Klezys €464,000
5th Michael Rocco €341,000
6th Nils Pudel €255,000
7th Ruslan Volkov €193,000
8th Alf Martinsson €148,000

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sofen. Jon. The Schedules are Out for the 2023 WSOP Europe and International Circuit Tour. PokerNews.com. 28 July 2023. 15 November 2023.
  2. Web site: O'Hair. Dan. WSOP Europe Main Event Champ Omar Eljach Wins Second Bracelet in Rozvadov. PokerNews.com. 1 November 2023. 21 December 2023.
  3. Web site: WSOP Europe schedule. WSOP.com. 15 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Grant. Calum. Record-Breaking WSOP Europe Main Event to Award €1,500,000 to the Winner. PokerNews.com. 13 November 2023. 15 November 2023.
  5. Web site: Salituro. David. The Giant of Rozvadov: Former Pro Basketball Player Max Neugebauer Wins the WSOP Europe Main Event. PokerNews.com. 16 November 2023. 16 November 2023.