WSOPE Flashback: Dvoress Takes Down GGMillion€ for €600K
At the 2023 WSOP Europe, 42 of the world’s most prolific poker players had gathered at King’s Resort in Rozvadov to battle for the €25,000 GGMiliion€ title.
When the dust had settled, the 89 entries they had done together created a mighty prize pool of €2,079,930. However, the lion’s share of €600,000 could only go to the victor, and that was Canadian high roller Daniel Dvoress, who won his second golden bracelet by defeating Michael Rocco heads up. Rocco took home €365,000 after a relatively short heads-up battle but ultimately missed out on the top spot and all the glory that comes with it.
The win was Dvoress' first live bracelet, and followed his 2020 WSOP Online triumph. The live bracelet felt more special for Dvoress as “It was a tougher final table, it was a deeper final table, and the whole tournament was just longer, so it felt more real.”
Event #8: €25,000 GGMillion€ Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | €600,000 |
| 2 | Michael Rocco | United States | €365,000 |
| 3 | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | €260,000 |
| 4 | Gab Yong Kim | South Korea | €189,000 |
| 5 | Leonard Maue | Germany | €140,300 |
| 6 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | €106,600 |
| 7 | Cedric Schwaederle | France | €82,900 |
| 8 | Tamas Adamszki | Hungary | €66,200 |
Dvoress denied Rocco his maiden bracelet, but the American only had to wait until the following summer to finally shake off his WSOP hoodoo.
Rocco capped off a career summer at the WSOP in Las Vegas, where he cashed in 11 events and made six final tables. Towards the end of the series, he topped the field in Event #94: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship (6-Handed).
It is unlikely that we'll see Rocco in Rozvadov this time around, as the high-stakes poker player told PokerNews he was swapping cards for crops.
Rocco informed us that he acquired a farm last year and intends to focus on that venture instead of his card-playing exploits.
Event #94: $10,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Rocco | United States | $924,922 |
| 2 | Alexandre Reard | France | $610,013 |
| 3 | Aleks Dimitrov | Bulgaria | $410,657 |
| 4 | Aram Zobian | United States | $282,302 |
| 5 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | $198,261 |
| 6 | Egor Procop | Moldova | $142,316 |