There Can Only be One - Who Will Win The 2022 WSOP International Circuit €1,700 Main Event?
Welcome to day 4 coverage of the World Series of Poker Circuit - Spring Edition Main Event. Nine players return to the main stage at King's Resort and Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic to play for the top prize of €160,500 and the much sought after WSOP Circuit Ring.
At the end of registration, there were 648 entries which fell short of the number required to reach the guarantee of €1,000,000. Every member of the final table has also locked up a World Series of Poker Europe Main Event ticket worth €10,350.
Our PokerNews ground team will be on hand to provide coverage of all the action.
Final Table Seat Assignment
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luc Ta | Germany | 5,385,000 | 90 |
| 2 | Nedeljko Todorovic | Slovenia | 5,100,000 | 85 |
| 3 | Tom Cohen | Israel | 3,355,000 | 56 |
| 4 | Volkan Alkan | Germany | 765,000 | 13 |
| 5 | Ruslan Volkov | Ukraine | 3,435,000 | 57 |
| 6 | Rama Mulaj | Kosovo | 5,200,000 | 87 |
| 7 | Vincent De Neve | Germany | 890,000 | 15 |
| 8 | Besnik Lalinovci | Kosovo | 6,200,000 | 103 |
| 9 | Lukas Zaskodny | Czech Republic | 2,195,000 | 37 |
Meet the Players
With over 100 big blinds, chip leader Besnik Lalinovci is virtually guaranteed to get the biggest poker score of his career. The Kosovan who now makes Switzerland his home had his biggest previous win at the 2015 Swiss Poker Championships at Baden for 15,640 SFr ($17,094).
The last Czech standing Lukas Zaskodny is no stranger to the feature table at King's. In 2019 he won the PartyPoker Millions Main Event for €906,770. Zaskodny who is currently in seventh place has work to do to challenge for the top prize.
Bursting onto the scene is Israel's Tom Cohen who is making his second major final table at Rozvadov in the space of the year. In September 2021 Cohen won the Dutch Classics Main Event for €83,793. Today he is looking for his first six-figure score.
Two players come to the final table with less than 20 big blinds. Volkan Alkan is the shortest stack with 13 big blinds. He has already guaranteed to make his biggest recorded tournament cash and will be looking to increase this figure.
Vincent De Neve will be starting with 17 big blinds but has experience on the final table in this event. The September 2021 WSOPC event at Rozvadov saw De Neve finish 3rd for €114,709.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €160,500 | ||
| 2 | €100,900 | ||
| 3 | €72,300 | ||
| 4 | €56,900 | ||
| 5 | €44,700 | ||
| 6 | €34,900 | ||
| 7 | €26,300 | ||
| 8 | €18,300 | ||
| 9 | €14,500 |
Play will resume at 2 p.m. local time with the blinds at 30,000/60,000 and 60,000 big blind ante and 21:52 remaining on the clock. Due to King's Casino broadcasting the final table on Twitch and YouTube, PokerNews will be providing updates on an hour delay to stay in sync with the stream.
flop gave De Neve top set and Zaskodny had a gutshot. Nothing changed on the blank 
turn but the 
river gave Zaskodny the straight, sending De Neve to the rail in 9th place for €14,500.
for Ta, but the 
on the turn gave Zaskodny the lead. Ta was down to one out which did not come as the 
hit the river to send Ta to the rail.
and was called by Lalinovci holding 
in the small blind. Lukas Zaskodny wakes up with 
and three-bet to 925,000. Mulaj didn't take long to fold, but Lalinovci decided to see a flop. 
Lalinovci checked to Zaskodny who continued for 600,000. Lalinovci decided on a raise to 1.5 million which was called by Zaskodny. 
on the turn which gave him a flush draw but also paired the board. Zaskodny moved all-in for 4.5 million. After some 'Hollywooding' Lalinovci eventually folded with his tail in-between his legs.
board and Volkov had to settle for €26,300. It was the third elimination on the final table and Zaskodny was responsible for all of them so far.
flop left Mulaj on very thin ice and he was drawing dead on the 
river a formality as Zaskodny notched up the fourth elimination in a row. Mulaj has to settle for 6th place, which comes with a payday of €34,900.
bet 350,000 from under the gun and was called by Besnik Lalinovci's 
.
and a bet of 1.1 million from Zaskodny. Lalinovci called and was verbally aghast when Zaskodny revealed he had a better kicker to beat his trip jacks.
gave additional outs to Todorovic. The Slovenian hit the 
turn and 