From Day 1 Chip Leader to Day 4 Chip Leader: Nik Leads the €1,150 EPC Super Main Event

The 2026 King's Million European Poker Championship at King’s Resort in Rozvadov continued today with Day 3 of the €1,150 EPC Super Main Event. Across eight starting flights, a total of 7,013 entries were recorded, with 108 players advancing to Day 3. After ten levels of play, just sixteen players remain in contention for the title.

With the prize pool reaching €6,855,207, a first-place prize of €862,300 awaits the winner. Best positioned to claim the lion's share is chip leader Nik, who finished the day with 77,200,000. It is a familiar position for Nik, who first claimed the chip lead after last week's Day 1a flight and also entered Day 2 with the biggest stack.

Nik is already enjoying an impressive series in Rozvadov, having finished seventh in the €1,000 Mystery Bounty earlier this week for €23,600. He will now have his eyes firmly set on the King's Royal Scepter as he looks to improve on that final-table finish.

Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Nik	Romania	77,200,000	129
2	Mourad Tounnouti	Netherlands	45,900,000	77
3	Christophe Vincent	France	39,000,000	65
4	Mike Neuens	Luxembourg	37,800,000	63
5	Erdinc Guentay	Germany	27,100,000	45
6	Pavel Stribrny	Czechia	23,700,000	40
7	Hassibullah Hafizi	Austria	21,100,000	35
8	Wiktor Weiner	Poland	16,800,000	28
9	Lyubomir	Bulgaria	14,600,000	24
10	Antonio Sciacca	Italy	11,400,000	19

The Golden Couple

The unlikely story that captivated the livestream late into the day was the impressive run of the married couple Mr. and Mrs. Ehlermann. Pokerhonta696 and her husband, Ulrich Ehlermann, not only both made a top 0.5% finish in a 7,013-entry field, but were also seated at the same table for the best part of Day 3.

However, the poker fairy tale wasn't to come to fruition, as Pokerhonta696 exited in 35th place after her short stack ran into the pocket jacks of Ondrej Ladner. Her other half managed to survive a little longer, carrying a stack of 5,800,000 into Day 4. Although it didn't always look like Mr. Ehlermann would make it this far, as he had to crack not one but two pairs of kings in the same hand to stay alive on Level 32.

At the start of the final three-table redraw, Hassibullah Hafizi had less than a big blind when play resumed. However, a fortunate run of cards, including pocket aces, pocket kings, and a few timely suck-outs, saw Hafizi double up more than six times, building an impressive stack of 21,100,000 for the Day 4 restart.

Day 3 will restart October 6 at 2 p.m. with 35 minutes left on the clock in Level 36, with blinds at 300,000/600,000 and a 600,000 big blind ante. Play will continue through 70-minute levels until a winner is crowned, and you can catch all the action live on the King's Casino YouTube channel.