2021 World Series of Poker Europe

2021 World Series of Poker Europe
Location	King's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
Dates	19 November – 8 December
Champion
Josef Gulas

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

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

Main Event

The €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event began on 3 December 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 8 December, with the winner earning €1,276,712.^[4]

Final Table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
Josef Gulas	20,200,000 (29.4%)	0	2	$6,842
Alexander Tkatschew	17,375,000 (25.3%)	0	10	$57,494
Johan Guilbert	13,025,000 (18.9%)	0	22	$431,567
Athanasios Kidas	6,025,000 (8.8%)	0	0	0
Thomas Denie	5,500,000 (8.0%)	0	0	0
Stanislav Koleno	3,400,000 (4.9%)	0	5	$48,833
Aleksandar Trajkovski	3,250,000 (4.7%)	0	4	$8,600

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

Final Table results

Place	Name	Prize
1st	Josef Gulas (1/1)	€1,276,712
2nd	Johan Guilbert	€789,031
3rd	Alexander Tkatschew	€558,505
4th	Athanasios Kidas	€401,344
5th	Stanislav Koleno	€292,862
6th	Aleksandar Trajkovski	€217,854
7th	Thomas Denie	€163,434
8th	Ilija Savevski	€125,052

References

1. Glatzer, Jason (12 July 2021). "WSOP Europe Schedule Released; Nearly €12M Guaranteed Across 15 Bracelets". PokerNews.com. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
2. Smyth, Daniel (26 November 2021). "Czech Republic Calls COVID State of Emergency, WSOPE Continues". CardsChat. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
3. "WSOP Europe schedule". WSOP.com. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
4. Hansen, Matt (9 December 2021). "Josef Gulas Jr Wins the 2021 WSOP Europe Main Event (€1,276,712)". PokerNews. Retrieved 12 November 2024.

External links

• Hendon Mob results
• Tournament results at the World Series of Poker