Kasparas Klezys was picked off in a battle of the blinds. The turn and river did not help the American, and Rocco hit the bricks in fifth place which paid out €341,000. Rocco flopped a seven and improved to two pair, but Tocci held a higher two pair. Rocco's Ace-seven could not come from behind to beat Michele Tocci's picket tens. Michael Rocco was the last American standing, and he busted in fifth place. Germany's Pudel was eliminated in sixth place, which paid out €255,000. Pudel could not improve and the pocket rockets held up. Michael Rocco looked like he was trying to steal the blinds with a button raise, so Nils Pudel called from the big blind thinking he could ambush the American with. Volkov bowed out in seventh place, which paid out €193,000. Volkov turned a pair of Aces, which held up. Ruslan Volkov picked a spot and attempt to double up with pocket tens against Kasparas Klezys's. Martinsson failed to improve, and the Swde banked €148,000 for eighth place. The board ran out :10s and Tocci rivered a full house. He made a valiant final stand with Ace-trey, but Michele Tocci was ready to rumble with pocket tens. The three short stacks included Michele Tocci (6.5M) from Italy, Ukraine's Ruslan Volkov (6M), and Sweden's Alf Martissson (3.15M).Īlf Martinsson was the first player to bust on the final day. Germany's Nils Pudel was just short of 10M. Max Neugebauer had the third biggest stack with 10.3M.

Kasparas Klezys from Lithuania was the second-biggest stack with a shade under 14M. Taiwan's Eric Tsai bagged the chip lead on the penultimate day with over 23.6M. Amogn the final eight were Eric Tsai, Max Neugebauer, Michele Tocci, Kasparas Klezys, Michael Rocco, Nils Pudel, Ruslan Volkov, and Alf Martinsson. The Main Event final table of eight included players from Austria, Taiwan, Italy, USA, Sweden, Ukraine, Germany, and Lithuiana.

This year's Main Event paid out 123 runners. The prize pool was €7.761 million, with €1.5 million set aside to the champion. The 2023 WSOP Europe Main Event had a €10,350 buy-in, which attracted 817 runners. This year's WSOP Europe had 15 bracelet events with the Main Event as the marquee tournament. The poker world gathered at the King's Casino in Rozvadov for the annual pilgrimage to RozVegas for the European version of the World Series of poker.

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