King's Resort Plays Host to 2024 World Series of Poker Europe; €15M GTD Across Schedule
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Along with the schedule of the 2024 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the dates and itinerary for the 2024 WSOP Europe have also been released, with a familiar venue playing host to the festival.
King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic will once again be the home of the WSOPE, and 15 bracelets will be up for grabs along with €15 million in guaranteed prize pools.
The series gets underway on September 18, with the curtain closing on October 9, which is when the WSOPE Main Event NLH European Championship will crown its champion.
2024 WSOP Europe Schedule
Plenty of Seven-Figure Prize Pools
The Main Event is obviously the series' showstopper and comes with a €5 million guarantee, with around 400 qualifiers expected in the first starting flight.
The last edition had a €7,761,500 prize pool thanks to the record-breaking 817 entries. Former pro basketballer Max Neugebauer was the last player standing in 2023 and walked away with the €1.5 million first-place prize along with the Main Event bracelet.
In addition to the Main Event, five other tournaments have guarantees of at least €1 million, those being:
- Sept 18-23: €350 NLH Opener - €1,000,000 GTD
- Sept 22-28: €1,350 Mini Main Event - €1,500,000 GTD
- Sept 25-30: €550 NLH Colossus - €1,500,000 GTD
- Sept 30-Oct 1: €25,000 NLH GGMillion$ - €1,000,000 GTD
- Oct 3-4: €50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller - €1,000,000 GTD
2023 WSOP Europe Winners
Along with Neugebauer, there several notable names who captured a bracelet on Rozvadov soil.
2022 WSOPE Main Event victor Omar Eljach bagged his second WSOP bracelet after taking down the €550 PLO 8-Max event and came close to getting his third but was denied in heads-up during the $5K PLO.
Seasoned pro Tobias Peters came out on top in the €1,650 NLH 6-Max. He beat 2024 EPT Paris Main Event champ and two-time bracelet winner Barny Boatman and ended his 11-year pursuit of poker's most coveted prize.
In the high-stakes sphere, Daniel Dvoress and Santhosh Suvarna won some of the biggest prizes dished out inside in King's Resort, earning a bracelet each along with €600,000 and €650,000.
| Event | Entries | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event #1: €350 NLH Opener | 3,503 | Lukas Pazma | €110,000 |
| Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-max | 719 | Omar Eljach | €65,900 |
| Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event | 1,729 | Sokratis Linaras | €310,350 |
| Event #4: €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha | 206 | Hokyiu Lee | €91,183 |
| Event #5: €550 NLH Colossus | 3,436 | Ermanno Di Nicola | €200,000 |
| Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha | 202 | Wing Po Liu | €230,000 |
| Event #7: €1,650 NLH 6-Max | 495 | Tobias Peters | €143,100 |
| Event #8: €25,000 NLH GGMillion€ | 89 | Daniel Dvoress | €600,000 |
| Event #9: €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty | 803 | Tobias Garp | €92,300 |
| Event #10: €2,000 8-Game Mix | 97 | Dainius Antanaitis | €47,770 |
| Event #11: €1,100 NLH Turbo Bounty Hunter | 570 | Joakim Andersson | €70,000 |
| Event #12: €50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller | 37 | Santhosh Suvarna | €650,000 |
| Event #13: €10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship | 817 | Max Neugebauer | €1,500,000 |
| Event #14: €1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Freezeout | 182 | Bernd Gleissner | €46,700 |
| Event #15: €550 NLH Closer | 628 | Maurice Nass | €60,000 |
Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum's proudest poker achievement is winning the only tournament he has ever played in Las Vegas, the prestigious $60 Flamingo evening event.
