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Peters, Garp, and Antanaitis Among Recent Winners At 2023 World Series of Poker Europe

Check Out The Latest Results From The WSOPE At King's Resort Rozvadov

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The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe is now two-thirds completed, with 10 of the 15 bracelet events now officially in the books. This year’s WSOPE spans from Oct. 25 through Nov. 15, with more than €15 million in guaranteed prize money to be paid out along the way.

There have already been 11,279 entries made in the completed tournaments, with nearly $10.4 million in prize money awarded thus far. This article takes a closer look at three of the most recent events to wrap up at the King’s Resort Rozvadov in the Czech Republic.

€1,650 No-Limit Hold’em Six Max €300K GTD

Tobias PetersJust one day after recording a fifth-place finish from a field of 3,436 entries in the €550 Colossus event, Dutch poker pro Tobias Peters navigated his way through 495 entries to take down the €1,650 no-limit hold’em six-max event.

For the win, Peters was awarded his first WSOP gold bracelet and $162,657, the largest score of his career. He now has nearly $2.3 million in recorded tournament earnings to his name across 188 in-the-money finishes.

Two-time bracelet winner Barny Boatman fell just one spot shy of adding a third, taking home $104,781 as the runner-up. The longtime British poker pro now has almost $3.5 million in tournament scores.

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 Tobias Peters $162,657 720
2 Barny Boatman $104,781 600
3 Rafi Elharar $74,677 480
4 Jorge Pardo $44,096 360
5 Daniel Koloszar $31,164 300
6 Adem Marjanovic $22,472 240

€1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty €300K GTD

Tobias GarpSweden’s Tobias Garp was the last player standing in the €1,100 mystery bounty event.

The 35-year-old poker player and assistant soccer coach from Bergshamra secured $97,838 from the main prize pool to go with his first bracelet after outlasting a field of 803 entries. The strong turnout saw the event’s €300,000 guarantee easily surpassed, with €562,100 ultimately paid out among the top 121 finishers.

PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship winner Aliaksandr Shylko ran deep in this event, finishing 14th for $3,829.

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 Tobias Garp $97,838 912
2 Adi Rajkovic $71,391 760
3 Koray Korkmaz $53,795 608
4 Benjamin Pitoun $30,793 456
5 Otto Lemke $22,472 380
6 Stanislaw Miadzel $16,642 304
7 Alexander Romme $12,508 228
8 Martin Schamaun $9,540 152
9 Yehor Shumeiko $7,409 76

€2,000 Eight Game Mix €100K GTD

Dainius AntanaitisThe lone mixed-game tournament on the 2023 WSOPE schedule featured a €2,000 buy-in. A total of 97 entries were made by the time registration closed in the eight-game affair, creating a final prize pool of €170,477 that easily surpassed the €100,000 guarantee.

The top 15 finishers made the money, with the largest share going to eventual champion Dainius Antanaitis of Lithuania. He earned $50,636 and his first gold bracelet after scooping the final pot during a hand of Omaha eight-or-better.

Plenty of notables ran deep in this event, including bracelet winner Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero (15th), bracelet winner Wing Po Liu (13th), four-time bracelet winner Max Pescatori (10th), Roland Israelashvili (7th), two-time bracelet winner Oleksii Kovalchuk (6th), and Viktor Blom (5th), better known to many by his former online screen name ‘Isildur1’.

Place Player Earnings POY Points
1 Dainius Antanaitis $50,636 216
2 Ian Bradley $31,297 180
3 Wooram Cho $21,878 144
4 Ioannis Konstas $15,683 108
5 Viktor Blom $11,538 90
6 Oleksii Kovalchuk $8,713 72
7 Roland Israelashvili $6,763 54
8 Maurizio Melara $5,395 36

Photo credits: WSOP / Tomas Stacha.