The 2025 World Series of Poker Europe festival is barreling towards its exciting conclusion. A €25,000 no-limit hold’em event is in progress, and the main event is on deck. It’s been a busy stretch in the lead-up to the finale at King’s Resort Rozvadov, and in recent days, a pair of memorable champions have returned to the WSOP winner’s circle.
Martin Kabrhel extended his record for the most WSOP bracelets won in Europe to four with his victory in a €10,000 pot-limit Omaha mystery bounty event. Around the same time, Tobias Peters became the third two-time bracelet winner crowned during this year’s WSOPE with his victory in a €3,000 no-limit hold’em six-max tournament. He joined event no. 3 winner Sascha Wilhelm and event no. 8 champion Renji Mao.
As WSOP Europe approaches the finish line, let’s dig a little deeper into each of the two newest winners from the Czech Republic.
Kabrhel Becomes A Five-Time WSOP Winner
Coming into the 2025 WSOP Europe festival, Kabrhel was the only ever three-time WSOPE bracelet winner. The Czech poker pro captured his first victory on home soil in Rozvadov in 2017, taking down a €660 no-limit hold’em six-max event. His second win, and to date the biggest live score of Kabrhel’s career, came in a €100,000 buy-in, €5 million guaranteed high roller in 2018, worth over $3 million.
It took until 2024 for Kabrhel to strike a third time in Rozvadov. His €50,000 high roller victory a year ago was worth $843,140.
And after securing his fourth career bracelet in Las Vegas over the summer, his first away from WSOPE, Kabrhel returned to his home casino for more.
Kabrhel won WSOP bracelet number five on Sept. 30, taking down a €10,000 pot-limit Omaha mystery bounty event with 88 entrants. For his efforts, Kabrhel won $220,545 for first place, the gold bracelet, and 480 points in the Card Player Player of the Year race presented by CoinPoker. With that result, Kabrhel climbed to 20th on the yearly leaderboard, with three titles and six final-table finishes so far in 2025.
The tournament allowed for day 2 entry, and Kabrhel took full advantage of that opportunity. He doubled on the first hand he played, flopping a set and rivering a boat, and built from there.
By the time they reached the final table, Kabrhel sat in second place, behind only Krasimir Yankov of Bulgaria. But Kabrhel didn’t take long to pick up a truly eye-popping pot.
One Pot Changes It All
With two limps in front of him, Kabrhel tried a squeeze from the small blind. Yankov called in the big blind, and a short-stacked Bouwe Claushuis shoved for just enough to re-open the betting.
Kabrhel tried to squeeze yet again, raising to nearly the size of the now bloated pot, and Yankov elected to jam. Kabrhel called, and in the blink of an eye the two biggest stacks had a ton of chips in the middle in a three-way all-in. The hands were not quite what you might expect, though.
Claushuis: A♦A♥Q♥2♦ Kabrhel: Q♣J♥4♥3♣ Yankov: 9♦9♥7♥5♦
According to the Card Player Omaha odds calculator, Claushuis had a 41.87% chance to scoop a key triple-up. But his chips and the main pot were secondary to the massive side pot between Kabrhel and Yankov. In their side pot, it was essentially a coin flip between the two of them, with Yankov winning 51.84% of the time, and Kabrhel taking the pot down 48.12% of the time.
The drama was all but done on the J♣J♠3♦ flop. Kabrhel’s full house meant that Yankov needed running nines to win the pot. Claushuis looked for one of the two remaining aces, but it would not come. Kabrhel surged into the lead, Yankov fell to one of the shortest stacks, and Kabrhel scored the bounty for knocking Claushuis out in eighth.
Robert Cowen, a two-time bracelet from Wales, took his moment to surge into the lead. He rattled off three straight eliminations, including Yankov in sixth, to reduce the field to four, while Kabrhel suffered one of only a few setbacks on the day and saw his stack slip.
It was only a temporary issue, though. A few key pots, including the elimination of Tomasz Kozub in fourth, had Kabrhel on the brink of victory with a massive chip lead.
There were three WSOP bracelet winners at this final table, and they were the final three players in contention to win this event. Dario Alioto, the Italian pro and 2007 WSOPE bracelet winner, was the first to go. Both he and Cowen managed to double up multiple times, but Kabrhel’s lead was simply too much to overcome. Cowen did manage two further doubles during heads-up play, but a flopped straight for Kabrhel ultimately sealed bracelet win number five.
By virtue of his bounties, including the biggest on offer, Cowen nearly matched his second-place payout.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | Bounties | POY Points |
| 1 | Martin Kabrhel | $220,545 | $73,125 | 480 |
| 2 | Robert Cowen | $141,570 | $137,475 | 400 |
| 3 | Dario Alioto | $94,770 | $0 | 320 |
| 4 | Tomasz Kozub | $66,222 | $5,850 | 240 |
| 5 | Ioannis Angelou-Konstas | $48,438 | $2,925 | 200 |
| 6 | Krasimir Yankov | $37,089 | $38,025 | 160 |
| 7 | Filip Lovric | $29,952 | $0 | 120 |
| 8 | Bouwe Claushuis | $25,389 | $0 | 80 |
| 9 | Patrik Jaros | $22,815 | $0 | 40 |
Peters Proves Six-Max Supremacy Again At WSOPE
Since 2009, Peters has been rattling off live tournament results on a consistent basis in Europe. He’s racked up nearly $3 million in total live results over the last 16 years, and things took a major step forward when Peters won a €1,650 six-max no-limit hold’em event at WSOP Europe in 2023.
Peters once again proved himself a potent six-max player at this year’s series. He recorded his second career WSOP bracelet victory in the €3,000 six-max no-limit hold’em event to strike more gold in Rozvadov.
Peters outlasted a field of 309 entrants to claim the bracelet, 720 POY points, and the first-place prize of $216,275. This was a new career-best for the Dutch player.
Among his final table competition was 2017 WSOP bracelet winner Rifat Palevic of Sweden. Palevic ultimately finished fourth.
It was a long day of battling down to a winner, with 46 players returning on day 2. By the time they reached the evening and the final table, Peters was solidly in second place. Pocket kings against pocket jacks allowed Peters to score a massive double into the chip lead.
Palevic held his own for a while, scoring the first two knockouts of the final table. But a few mistimed bluffs, including a shove with 10♣9♦ into Peters’ pocket queens, spelled his end.
Peters held a massive chip lead by that point, and picked off the last two players in quick succession to secure his second career bracelet.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Tobias Peters | $216,275 | 720 |
| 2 | Elias Vaaraniemi | $144,554 | 600 |
| 3 | Felix Seelentag | $99,977 | 480 |
| 4 | Rifat Palevic | $71,897 | 360 |
| 5 | Frederic Delval | $53,762 | 300 |
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