Just Like That! Martin Kabrhel Wins Fourth Bracelet in Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event
Martin Kabrhel, the well-known Czech poker player, is now the official champion of Event #75: $1,000 Mini Main Event here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. He navigated his way through a massive field of 10,794 entries to claim the top prize of $843,140, along with the coveted gold bracelet—his fourth WSOP title overall.
Kabrhel defeated start-of-day chip leader Alexander Yen heads-up, the only American player at the final table, with Yen earning $566,170 for his impressive run.
The polarizing high-stakes player continued his remarkable momentum this summer by securing his fourth WSOP bracelet—and his first on Las Vegas soil, as his three previous victories all came at WSOP Europe. Kabrhel has now tallied eight cashes this summer totaling over $2 million. This marks his fourth final table of the series, including another just days ago in Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty. With this victory, he has moved into the number one spot in the WSOP Player of the Year race.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | $843,140 |
| 2 | Alexander Yen | United States | $566,170 |
| 3 | Vadzim Lipauka | Belarus | $426,550 |
| 4 | John Ishak | Hungary | $323,460 |
| 5 | Bartlomiej Swieboda | Poland | $246,900 |
| 6 | Lucas Lew | Argentina | $189,710 |
| 7 | Allan Tirel | France | $146,740 |
| 8 | Katie Lindsay | United States | $114,260 |
| 9 | Christopher Davis | United States | $89,577 |
Winner's Reaction:
Talking about the support he had behind him, especially on the final day, Kabrhel joked that he wasn’t surprised: “Everybody loves me!” He also laughed about his new bracelet, saying he would have liked it to have “a few more diamonds on it.”
When asked about his talkative table presence and constant interactions with other players, he claimed that probably only “eight or ten people in the entire field didn’t like it—everyone else loved it.”
As for the upcoming Main Event, Kabrhel didn’t reveal which starting day he plans to enter, joking that he’ll “just see which day is the most GTO.”
Action of the Day
The very short-stacked Bartlomiej Swieboda was the first to hit the rail just a few minutes after play resumed, losing his last big blinds to Vadzim Lipauka with king-six against king-nine.
Kabrhel, who started the day second in chips, quickly claimed the chip lead with aggressive play, collecting several small pots from Lipauka and Yen.
The second shortest stack at the start, John Ishak, first managed to double up through Yen, but his run didn’t last long. In an unusual hand, Ishak shoved six big blinds and was called by Kabrhel before realizing his cards had been mucked. The floor ruled he would only forfeit the minimum raise, awarding the pot to Kabrhel. A few minutes later, Kabrhel took the rest of Ishak’s chips when his jack-deuce made a straight against Ishak’s king-six.
Yen then went on a strong run, winning a flip for a big double-up against Kabrhel, followed by another huge pot against Lipauka when his pocket eights turned into quads to win a second flip, leaving Lipauka with less than a single small blind. He lost his remaining chips to Kabrhel with king-four against ace-eight, finishing in third place for $426,550—his second-best live result.
Heads-up play began with Kabrhel holding a 2.5-to-1 chip advantage over Yen. However, the balance soon evened out as Yen chipped away by winning multiple small pots against the ever-talkative Kabrhel. Yen kept up his aggressive play and took the lead before Kabrhel found a double-up with pocket nines against Yen’s ace-deuce suited. Kabrhel extended his lead again, but soon enough, it was Yen’s turn to double with ace-three suited versus queen-deuce.
Despite the back-and-forth swings, the American was never able to reclaim the lead. He was eliminated in second place when he called Kabrhel’s shove with ace-four against ace-king, leaving Kabrhel to celebrate with his many fans and friends on the rail.
That wraps up our coverage of the $1,000 Mini Main Event, but stay tuned to PokerNews for all the latest updates from the World Series of Poker as the Main Event only started.
