Wsop Europe 2019

Oct 13, 2019 The 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe kicks off today, Sunday, October 13 through November 4, in Rozvadov, the Czech Republic. Set to start at 6 PM local time, the event will offer more than €22,000,000 million in guaranteed prizes spread across 15 gold bracelet events that will take place at the King’s Resort Casino. At the feature table of the €250K Super High Roller, Phil Ivey looks like he wants to defend against Mikita Badziakouski but misclicks for half his stack ins.

The final table of the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event has been determined and it is Anthony Zinno sitting in the top spot with 16.845 million chips. Just six players remain from the original 541 entries to compete for the €1,133,678 first prize.

Just one person is within realistic striking distance of Zinno: Alexandros Kolonias with 12.150 chips. After Kolonias is Anh Do with 8.725 million, only about half of what Zinno holds. Dario Sammartino is in fourth place withi 7.100 million chips, followed by Claas Segebrecht with 6.400 million and Rifat Palevic with 2.915 million.

And though I said Kolonias is the only one within “realistic striking distance” of Zinno, this is poker and it only takes a hand or two to chance the final table landscape.

Zinno is as familiar as anyone with how to navigate the final table of a major poker tournament. He won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Season XIII Player of the Year title thanks to consecutive titles – WPT L.A. Poker Classic and the Fallsview Poker Classic – and seven total cashes. He has also won two WSOP bracelets: once this year in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better event and once in the $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha event in 2015.

“My final day was a blast, a real blast,” Zinno told WSOP.com afterward. “I started the day feeling optimistic about the outcome, this is how I play every tournament, always focused on winning. I lost a preflop all-in during the final table with ace-jack versus ace-queen, but I tried to remain calm. I realized that I still have a big stack and there is no reason to be disappointed.”

He added, “It is very important to run well in these spots, and this is exactly what happened to me today. I ran pure.”

Alexandros Kolonias is the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe €10,350 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event champion. The 32-year-old Greek poker pro outlasted a field of 541 entries to secure his. At the feature table of the €250K Super High Roller, Phil Ivey looks like he wants to defend against Mikita Badziakouski but misclicks for half his stack ins.

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As often happens in these types of tournaments, the chip leader’s biggest hand came late. In fact, it happened on the last hand of the night. Julien Martini, the chip leader earlier in the tournament, raised to 450,000 pre-flop with Queens. Anh Do called with T-9 suited hearts, and Zinno three-bet to 1.700 million. Martini then shoved for 5.870 million, Do folded, and Zinno quickly called.

And no wonder he did. Zinno had Aces. Nothing on the board ended up helping Martini and he was eliminated in seventh place. Zinno, already in good shape, suddenly elevated to the chip lead as the final table was set.

Also of note for Thursday is Dario Sammartino, who finished as the runner-up in the World Series of Poker Main Event this summer in Las Vegas. He is now the fourth player to make both the WSOP and WSOP Europe final tables in the same year, following Ivan Demidov (2008), James Akenhead (2009), and Antoine Saout (2009).

The 2019 World Series of Poker Europe took place from October 13-November 4 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.There were 15 bracelet events, including, for the first time at the WSOPE, a short deck event and a €100,000 Diamond High Roller No Limit Hold'em event.

The final table will commence at 2:00pm local time on Thursday.

2019 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event – Final Table Chip Counts

1. Anthony Zinno – 16,845,000
2. Alexandros Kolonias – 12,150,000
3. Anh Do – 8,725,000
4. Dario Sammartino – 7,100,000
5. Claas Segebrecht – 6,400,000
6. Rifat Palevic – 2,915,000

Alexandros Kolonias is the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe €10,350 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event champion. The 32-year-old Greek poker pro outlasted a field of 541 entries to secure his first WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $1,258,383 USD.

“I still haven’t figured it out in my mind what actually happened. I am really happy about the way I played in the beginning,” Kolonias told WSOP reporters after coming out on top. “One level was not so good when we had four left, but things worked out for me.”

Kolonias is primarily focused on online poker, and has reportedly cashed for more than $3 million under the screen name “mexican222”. While live tournament poker has been less of a focus for him, he has now managed to accumulate career earnings in excess of $3.6 million, making him the highest-earning Greek player of all time.

In addition to the bracelet and the money, Kolonias was also awarded 2,100 Card Player Player of the Year points as the champion of this event. This was his second final table of the year, having placed fourth in the partypoker LIVE! MILLIONS North America main event for $273,800 USD and 1,050 points back in May. As a result of this latest win, Kolonias has climbed into 37th place in the 2019 POY race standings, which are sponsored by Global Poker.

This year’s running drew the second-largest turnout in WSOPE main event history, behind only the 593 entries made in 2011. The 541 entries made this year saw the prize pool grow to €5,139,500 ($5,710,087 USD), with the top 82 finishers making the money.

The official final table was nine-handed, but play continued on the penultimate day of the event until just six players remained. WSOP bracelet winner Julien Martini was knocked out in seventh place, earning $146,539 USD for his fourth final-table finish of the year. Martini finished runner-up in the record-breaking $25,000 buy-in PokerStars NL Hold’em Players Championship in January for $2,974,000. He now sits in 22nd place on the POY race leaderboard.

When the final table began it was 2015 Card Player Player of the Year winner Anthony Zinno who sat in the chip lead. The two-time bracelet winner and three-time World Poker Tour main event champion began the day with 84 big blinds, while Kolonias was the next largest stack with 61 big blinds.

The first player to hit the rail was 2017 WSOP $1,000 no-limit hold’em turbo bounty event winner Rifat Palevic. He shoved his last 10 or so big blinds with K2 when it folded to him in the small blind. Anh Do woke up with QQ and called from the big blind. Palevic failed to improve and was eliminated in sixth place, earning $197,770 USD.

Despite scoring that first knockout, Do was the next to fall. He lost a big pot with pocket queens losing out to the pocket jacks of 2019 WSOP main event runner-up Dario Sammartino. Do was left quite short and was eliminated not long after, running K9 into the pocket kings of Claas Segebrecht.

Sammartino’s run came to an end when he got his last 7.5 or so big blinds in with AK against the J10 of Segebrecht. A jack-high flop gave Segebrecht the lead and he never looked back. The Italian poker pro earned $379,289 USD for his fourth final-table finish of 2019. He also took home 1,050 POY points, enough to see him climb into 7th place in the overall POY rankings, with 4,800 total points and more than $6.6 million in earnings.

Anthony Zinno fell just short of securing his third career bracelet. The American poker pro three-bet shoved from the big blind for around 13 big blinds with A9. Kolonias had opened J10 from the button and made the call. The QJ68K runout gave Kolonias the winning pair of jacks to send Zinno to the rail with $538,673 USD as the the third-place finisher. He surged into 15th place in the POY race after banking 1,400 points. This was his seventh final table of 2019.

With that Kolonias took just shy of a 3:2 chip lead into heads up play with Claas Segebrecht. In the end, it came down to a preflop coinflip. Kolonias raised to 1,200,000 from the small blind with the AK. Segebrecht three-bet shoved for 23,200,000 from the big blind with 33. Kolonias called and the board came down KQ2J5 to give Kolonias an ace-high flush to secure the pot and the title. Segebrecht earned $777,709 USD as the runner-up.

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Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Winner photo provided by WSOP.

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