2017 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€183,350
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,650
Prize Pool
€1,000,000
Entries
651
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Marcin Chmielewski Wins WSOP International Circuit Main Event for €183,350

Level 33 : 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
WSOP International Circuit Main Event Winner Marcin Chmielewski
WSOP International Circuit Main Event Winner Marcin Chmielewski

After a back-and-forth heads-up battle between Marcin Chmielewski and Boris Kotleba, it was the Polish player Chmielewski who finally emerged triumphant shortly before 3 a.m. local time.

Coming into the final day Chmielewski navigated a tricky field to take home the gold ring as well as over €180,000 in prize money.

"This tournament was difficult for me," he told PokerNews shortly after his victory, "But the heads-up maybe the most difficult. I was tired but my opponent played well and he had three times as many chips as me."

"I gave him pressure a lot of times, maybe that's why I win. I tried to play my best, and I have definitely enjoyed my experience."

PositionNameCountryPayout (EUR)
1Marcin ChmielewskiPoland€183,350
2Boris KotlebaSlovakia€115,520
3Michal SchuhCzech Republic€82,745
4Jiri HorakCzech Republic€65,170
5Chi Quay HoangGermany€51,205
6Lukasz WasekPoland€39,995
7Przenyslaw PiotrowskiPoland€30,115
8Jeremy WilliamsUnited States€20,995
9Markus PrinzGermany€16,625

The day started with German Markus Prinz in the lead, but over the course of the day and on reflection the tournament as a whole, there was never a runaway chip leader, and the lead would swing between a number of players as the levels ticked by.

Sickening hands littered the day, with Jorg Peisert rivering a gutshot to crack the aces of overnight chip leader Prinz, before Ngoc Bui Hai shoved his top pair into the rivered straight of Chi Quay Hoang to bust just as the final two tables were confirmed.

At this point it was eventual runner-up Kotleba who led proceedings, but was pushed by Polish player Lukasz Wasek, especially after Wasek eliminated home favourite Martin Kabrhel when they both flopped sets, with Wasek’s set of eights ahead of his opponent’s set of fives.

As the players approached the final table, there was no real action by anyone to grab proceedings by the scruff of the neck. In fact, the six eliminations leading to the final table of nine were done by six different players, such was the dynamic at the tables.

By the time the final table did come around, it didn’t take long for our first casualty – one hand in fact, before overnight chipleader Markus Prinz ran his pocket queens into the pocket kings of Lukasz Wasek.

Jiri Horak boosted his standings by eliminating Jeremy Williams, and later joined by Michal Schuh with the pair contributing to most of the raising, and thereby putting pressure on their tablemates.

Wasek stuck around, but exited in sixth place for €39,995, closely followed by Chi Quay Hoang (5th – €51,205) and Jiri Horak (4th – €65,170). The final three consisted of Schuh, Kotleba and Chmielewski, and toward the beginning it looked like Schuh was going to walk away with it as a combination of good cards and well-timed aggression brought him to the head of proceedings.

However, he would exit in third for €82,745 after he ran Queen-Ten into the pocket Aces of Kotleba to give the Slovakian the chip lead heads-up.

He came into the contest with a 2:1 chip lead, which would soon grow even bigger and at one point touched on a 5:1 lead. After a short while however, it appeared as if Kotleba faded as the night drew on.

With fatigue creeping in, Chmielewski pounced, albeit somewhat luckily. Kotleba moved all in holding two-pair, and Chmielewski held only pocket tens and a gutshot. The Polish player hit his gutshot, but Kotleba did not realise and celebrated before being brought back to reality.

From then it appeared only a matter of time. Kotleba seemed deflated and Chmielewski looked to turn the screw. In the final hand Chmielewski spiked a Jack on the river to make a straight, crack the pocket threes of Kotleba and take down the tournament.

Tags: Boris KotlebaChi Quay HoangJorg PeisertLukasz WasekMarcin ChmielewskiMarkus PrinzMartin KabrhelMichal SchuhNgoc Bui Hai