Event #13: €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em GGMillion€
Day 2 Completed
2025 WSOP Europe
Event #13: €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em GGMillion€
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 WSOP Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€920,000
Entries
38
Level
23
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
33
Players Left
1
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Level 23
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Where will he stop? After winning WSOP Player of the Year in 2018 and 2025 and already owning seven bracelets, Shaun Deeb still seems hungry for more. And more he found by capturing another title, taking down Event #13: €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em GGMillion€ of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), hosted at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.
From a field of 38 entries, Deeb claimed the top prize of €329,000 after defeating Iago Savino in heads-up play. Zdenek Zizka finished third — the same Zizka who beat Deeb heads-up this summer in Las Vegas in a WSOP $1,000 NLHE event, denying him back-to-back bracelet wins.
With this victory in Rozvadov, Deeb now joins Benny Glaser and Michael Mizrachi as an eight-time bracelet winner.
Final Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaun Deeb | United States | €329,000 |
| 2 | Iago Savino | Brazil | €219,000 |
| 3 | Zdenek Zizka | Czechia | €142,000 |
| 4 | Ioannis Angelou Konstas | Greece | €98,000 |
| 5 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | €73,000 |
| 6 | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | €59,000 |
From a Rough Start to a Winning Finish
If a bet had to be placed at the start of the day on which tournament Deeb would deep-run, it would have obviously been the Lucky 7’s, where he began second in chips. But at the restart… no Deeb at his seat. “Let’s be honest. I went out drinking very hard last night. I literally woke up from my alarm, went back to sleep, came back like an hour and a half after the tournament had restarted, and got three-outed pretty quickly for my stack,” he explained.
Despite this rough start, Deeb jumped in the €25,000 GGMillion€, which didn’t start much better. “I busted two bullets pretty quick. I busted the first bullet, doubled up on the second, and then busted again—all in 20 minutes.” The third bullet turned out to be the right one, earning him his eighth WSOP bracelet, and his second this year after winning the WSOP $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha in July.
It would have been three this year if Zdenek Zizka hadn’t gotten in his way during heads-up play in WSOP Event #84, a $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em this summer. Now on Zizka’s turf, Deeb faced him again at the final table and got his revenge. “ZZ is a great guy. We played together so much in that 1k from 80 people on. We kept talking about the fact that we didn’t want to be at each other’s tables because it was such a soft field. And we just kept ending up at the same table. Then we got heads-up. We knew it was destiny, and I was hoping to be heads-up with him here, but we got a flip, and I’m not a good person to try to flip against.”
This victory marks Deeb’s second no-limit hold’em bracelet after a WSOP $10,000 6-Handed Championship in 2018. “But I’m a realist, I’m not great at no-limit hold’em,” he acknowledges. “There were 38 people, and I was three of the bullets. It’s not that hard to win these smaller fields, especially if you have the bankroll and can gamble up and rebuy, which I obviously did. And I got a bunch of all-ins at this feature table and won all of them, so it made it easy.”
The environment at King’s Resort also put him in ideal conditions to play at his best: “When I go to a stop, I just want to play poker, and there are no distractions here. It’s just poker, a little drinking, and good food. They really take care of poker players. But I’m shocked, every year I come, I don’t understand why this place isn’t busier than it is. So I guess that’s their fault, but it gives me smaller and softer fields.”
Now that bracelet number eight is secured, Deeb is already eyeing the next one. “I’ve said for years I’m going to go after Phil [Hellmuth], so getting two in the same year is pretty nice. I obviously got very lucky in this one, but I’m just gonna keep showing off. It’s a lot of fun, and my wife lets me go away when there are bracelets on the line.”
Final Day's Action
Though 13 players qualified through Day 1 out of 18 entries, the €25,000 GGMillion€ saw 20 more entries (three of which were Deeb) join the field on Day 2, bringing the total to 38 entrants and building a total prize pool of €920,000. Mariusz Golinski was one of the late registrants, but also the first player eliminated on the final day. Thomas Eychenne followed, despite firing multiple bullets, soon joined by fellow Frenchman Emilien Pitavy and Fahredin Mustafov, who were both eliminated in a three-way all-in.
Late registration closed after the first three levels of the day, which made Alessandro Pichierri’s bustout a few minutes later definitive. The same fate awaited this week’s bracelet winners Martin Kabrhel, who lost with five-four suited against Salih Atac’s queen-ten, and Renji Mao. Ren Lin was also sent to the rail at the same time by “Lady Gaga”, while the only woman in the field, Jessica Teusl, was eliminated despite starting Day 2 second in chips.
All these eliminations, including those of Atac and Patrik Jaros, reduced the field to the final table that Iago Savino entered as the chip leader, closely followed by Ioannis Angelou Konstas. Savino eventually flopped a straight to eliminate the 2023 WSOPE Main Event champion Max Neugebauer, and Jan-Peter Jachtmann then sent Said Madani to the rail in eighth place, bringing the field to the money bubble.
However, no one wanted to leave empty-handed, and for almost three and a half hours, no eliminations occurred. During that stretch, Luka Bojovic doubled up twice, while Sirzat Hissou and Deeb each doubled once.
Luka Bojovic and Sirzat Hissou eventually found themselves at risk again, this time simultaneously against Iago Savino who flopped a set to score a double knockout. With just 5,000 more chips than Bojovic, Hissou managed to secure the min-cash, while the Serbian bowed out on the bubble.
Now officially in the money, Ioannis Angelou Konstas and his three big blinds quickly shoved and doubled up. Meanwhile, Jan-Peter Jachtmann wasn’t as lucky and had to leave with €73,000 for his fifth-place finish.
Angelou Konstas was next to fall in fourth. The highly anticipated rematch between Deeb and Zizka then ended on a flip, with Zizka’s sixes losing to Deeb’s ace-king and Zizka out in third.
That left Deeb to play for the bracelet against Savino, who held a slight lead, but things changed when Deeb doubled up into a commanding lead before taking down the €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em GGMillion€ of the 2025 WSOPE.
That concludes PokerNews coverage of Event #13. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the 2025 WSOP Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov.
Level 23
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Shaun Deeb open-jammed on the button, and Iago Savino called all in for his last 1,350,000 from the big blind.
Iago Savino: J♣9♠ 
Shaun Deeb: K♦10♦
The K♥10♠5♠ flop gave Deeb a big lead with two pair, while Savino needed a queen or running cards to potentially stage a miraculous comeback. None of them came on the A♣ turn or 2♣ river to deny the Brazilian a maiden golden bracelet, while Deeb scored his eighth career title.
Stay tuned for a recap of today's action and the winner's reaction of Deeb, who immediately shared the good news with his wife.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,900,000
1,650,000
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1,650,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 23
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
In the third hand of heads-up play, Shaun Deeb raised to 500,000 on the button. Iago Savino three-bet to 2,000,000 out of the big blind, and Deeb tossed a time bank card into the middle before double-checking his stack. He then pushed all in for 8,525,000, and Savino instantly called.
Shaun Deeb: A♠6♦
Iago Savino: 8♠8♥
The 9♥7♦5♦ flop gave both players a gutshot, and Deeb took the lead with the A♦ turn, the Q♦ river then secured his double with a flush to take a commanding lead in the heads-up duel. Savino, who had been dominating the final table for a long time, suddenly plummeted to only eight big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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17,250,000
8,725,000
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8,725,000 |
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1,650,000
8,725,000
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8,725,000 |
Level 23
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Zdenek Zizka opened the action with a limp out of the small blind, and Shaun Deeb raised to 625,000 in the big blind. The limp-shove by Zizka followed, and Deeb instantly called with the marginally covering stack of just over 20 big blinds.
Zdenek Zizka: 6♠6♣
Shaun Deeb: A♣K♠
Deeb gained more equity with the Q♣10♣3♣ flop, which gave him the superior flush draw and a gutshot straight draw. Nothing changed on the 2♥ turn, but the J♠ on the river brought Broadway for Deeb.
They counted the stacks, and Zizka, who was covered by less than one big blind, shook hands with Deeb and bowed out in third place for €142,000.
There will now be a short break before the heads-up match for the WSOP Europe gold bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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10,375,000 | |
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8,525,000
4,895,000
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4,895,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 23
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Zdenek Zizka opened the button to 400,000 with the 9♣7♣ and Iago Savino three-bet to 1,200,000 with the A♥A♣ in the big blind, forcing out the initial raiser.
Savino continued his card rack skills with a small blind raise to 600,000, holding the A♣10♣, and Zizka defended the A♦3♦. The 10♦8♦8♠ flop gave both players a piece with tens and eights against the ace-high flush draw. Both players checked to the 4♣ turn and then did so again to see the 8♥ river for free.
Savino bet 2,000,000 with his full house, and Zizka laid down the suited ace.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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10,375,000
900,000
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900,000 |
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4,000,000
1,800,000
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1,800,000 |
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Level 23
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Ioannis Angelou Konstas raised to 700,000 on the button, and Iago Savino called out of the small blind. The K♣6♥4♥ flop saw Savino bet enough to give his opponent only two choices - fold or call all-in for 350,000. Angelou Konstas opted for the latter.
Ioannis Angelou Konstas: Q♦6♦
Iago Savino: 7♥7♣
The 5♣ turn changed nothing, nor did the J♠ river, and that spelled the end for Angelou Konstas in fourth place for €98,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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9,475,000
1,065,000
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1,065,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Level 22
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Here is the list of WSOP Europe bracelet winners last year at King’s Resort.
| Event | Entries | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event #1: The €350 NLH Opener | 3,509 | €1,039,014 | Przemyslaw Szymanski | €115,350 |
| Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha | 642 | €301,740 | Volodymyr Kokoulin | €56,100 |
| Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event | 1,286 | €1,500,000 | Christopher Campisano | €213,350 |
| Event #4: €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha | 229 | €398,231 | Vivian Saliba | €91,400 |
| Event #5: €550 NLHE Colossus | 2,799 | €1,500,000 | Michal Schuh | €171,350 |
| Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha | 141 | .€629,565 | Dennis Weiss | €159,897 |
| Event #7: €1,650 NLH 6-max | 351 | €494,910 | Ermanno Di Nicola | €111,250 |
| Event #8: €25,000 NLH GGMillion€ | 38 | €1,000,000 | Alessandro Pichierri | €335,900 |
| Event #9: €1,100 NLH Mystery Bounty | 515 | €484,100 | Amir Mozaffarian | €69,050 |
| Event #10 €2,000 8-Game Mix | 90 | €156,510 | Patrick Bueno | €43,400 |
| Event #11: €1,100 NLH Turbo Bounty Hunter | 458 | €430,520 | Darius Neagoe | €63,650 |
| Event 12: €50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller | 30 | €1,395,900 | Martin Kabrhel | €529,000 |
| Event #13: €10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship | 768 | €7,219,200 | Simone Andrian | €1,300,000 |
| Event #14: €1,000 NLH Turbo Freezeout | 152 | €150,000 | Zewei Ding | €35,351 |
| Event #15: €550 NLH Closer | 473 | €222,310 | Marius Schneider | €44,000 |
Level 22
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Shaun Deeb opened to 320,000 first to act with the A♥6♦ and Zdenek Zizka called in the big blind holding the 8♦7♠. The flop came A♠10♦3♣ and Zizka checked, Deeb checked behind with his top pair.
After the 5♦ turn, Zizka checked again and so did Deeb as they headed to the 2♠ on the river. Once Zizka checked the third street in a row, Deeb bet 405,000 and that won the pot without resistance. That was the final hand of the level, sending the last four players on a scheduled 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,410,000
320,000
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320,000 |
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5,800,000
880,000
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880,000 |
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3,630,000
880,000
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880,000 |
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1,160,000 | |
