2021 World Series of Poker Europe
LocationKing's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
DatesNovember 19-December 8
Champion
Czech Republic Josef Gulas

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

On November 25, 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

Julien Martini won two events, becoming the first Frenchman with three WSOP bracelets

Source: [3]

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up Results
1 €350 No-Limit Hold'em Opener 1,789 Italy Antonello Ferraiuolo (1/1) €87,920 Germany Levent Efe Results
2 €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max 623 Netherlands Bjorn Verbakel (1/1) €60,253 Singapore Feng Zhao Results
3 €1,350 Mini Main Event 1,397 Switzerland Emil Bise (1/1) €260,525 Romania Marius Gicovanu Results
4 €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 241 Slovakia Samuel Stranak (1/1) €101,764 Slovakia Alan Sabo Results
5 €550 No-Limit Hold'em Colossus 2,478 Kosovo Edmond Jahjaga (1/1) €158,125 France Riadh Farhat Results
6 €1,650 PLO/NLH Mixed 339 Netherlands Antoine Vranken (1/1) €113,000 Tunisia Moncef Karoui Results
7 €5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 184 Denmark Maximilian Klostermeier (1/2) €204,010 Finland Joni Jouhkimainen Results
8 €2,500 Short Deck 98 France Julien Martini (1/2) €60,009 Germany Philipp Schwab Results
9 €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Bounty Hunter 604 Romania Sergiu Covrig (1/1) €79,282 Germany Michael Strauch Results
10 €25,000 Platinum High Roller 72 Ukraine Andriy Lyubovetskiy (1/1) €518,430 Finland Joni Jouhkimainen Results
11 €1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max 535 Italy Simone Andrian (1/1) €158,616 Czech Republic Josef Snejberg Results
12 €2,000 8-Game Mix 61 France Julien Martini (2/3) €33,910 Germany Ole Schemion (1/1) Results
13 €10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max 73 France Romain Le Dantec (1/1) €207,267 France Sonny Franco Results
14 €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event 688 Czech Republic Josef Gulas (1/1) €1,276,712 France Johan Guilbert Results
15 €3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Closer 228 Italy Alessandro Pichierri (1/1) €148,008 Germany Timo Kamphues Results

Main Event

The €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event began on December 3 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 December 8, with the winner earning €1,276,712.

Final Table

Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Czech Republic Josef Gulas20,200,000 (29.4%)02$6,842
Germany Alexander Tkatschew17,375,000 (25.3%)010$57,494
France Johan Guilbert13,025,000 (18.9%)022$431,567
Greece Athanasios Kidas6,025,000 (8.8%)000
Netherlands Thomas Denie5,500,000 (8.0%)000
Slovakia Stanislav Koleno3,400,000 (4.9%)05$48,833
North Macedonia Aleksandar Trajkovski3,250,000 (4.7%)04$8,600

*-Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2021 WSOPE Main Event

Final Table results

Place Name Prize
1stJosef Gulas€1,276,712
2ndJohan Guilbert€789,031
3rdAlexander Tkatschew€558,505
4thAthanasios Kidas€401,344
5thStanislav Koleno€292,862
6thAleksandar Trajkovski€217,854
7thThomas Denie€163,434
8thIlija Savevski€125,052

References

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