Event #14: €10,350 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em European Championship
Day 2 Completed
2025 WSOP Europe
Event #14: €10,350 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em European Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 WSOP Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€10,350
Prize Pool
€6,138,585
Entries
659
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
471
Players Left
165
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Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Europe's largest poker arena saw card sharks from all over the world return to their seats at the King's Resort in Rozvadov for Day 2 of the 2025 World Series of Poker Europe €10,350 Main Event. That included all survivors of the two starting flights, however, the late registration was open for another five levels. During that time, the overall attendance increased to 659 entries and that generated a prize pool of €6,138,585.
When the dust had settled after seven levels of 90 minutes each, only 165 hopefuls bagged up chips for the penultimate chance at winning a gold bracelet in Czechia for the current year and one of their very own topped the leaderboard.
Michael Sklenicka already has more than $5 million to his name according to The Hendon Mob and his largest score on the live poker circuit came earlier this year when he won the $10,400 Wynn Summer Championship for $2,339,200. Sklenicka advanced with a huge stack of 1,388,000 while his nearest follower is Lukas Pazma, who made it through with 1,322,000.
Pazma has two cashes during the 2025 WSOP Europe and won his first-ever gold bracelet at this very venue two years ago when he topped a massive field of 3,503 entries in Event #1: €350 NLH Opener.
Only five players were able to accumulate a seven-figure stack thus far and among them were also Jan-Willem Nijmeijer (1,167,000), Gerald Karlic (1,127,000) and Jonas Lauck (1,105,000). Lithuania's Kestutis Jungevicius missed the same feat by one single chip as he bagged up 998,000, while Dutch live poker veteran Govert Metaal also advanced with a top ten stack worth 923,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts after Day 2
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Sklenicka | Czechia | 1,388,000 | 174 |
| 2 | Lukas Pazma | Slovakia | 1,322,000 | 165 |
| 3 | Jan-Willem Nijmeijer | Netherlands | 1,167,000 | 146 |
| 4 | Gerald Karlic | Austria | 1,127,000 | 141 |
| 5 | Jonas Lauck | Germany | 1,015,000 | 127 |
| 6 | Kestutis Jungevicius | Lithuania | 998,000 | 125 |
| 7 | Bartlomiej Muzacz | Poland | 940,000 | 118 |
| 8 | Timofey Asmolov | Russian Federation | 934,000 | 117 |
| 9 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 923,000 | 115 |
| 10 | Daniele Sacchi | Italy | 910,000 | 114 |
Recent gold bracelet event finalists Iago Savino (888,000) and Matthias Gude (850,000) are also among the 15 players who will return with more than 100 big blinds at their disposal for the race towards the money bubble, which is expected to unfold within the first two levels on Day 3.
The action will once again recommence at noon local time with blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a big blind ante of 8,000. As has been the case in the last three days, the level duration will remain at 90 minutes each with up to seven levels scheduled or down to the final 24 players - whichever of the two scenarios is reached first.
Among the slew of notables with above-average stacks are the likes of Josef Gulas (731,000), Christopher Puetz (703,000), Pascal Pflock (700,000), Dinesh Alt (614,000), Daniel Pidun (613,000), Georgios Tsouloftas (516,000), Pierre Calamusa (459,000) and Yannick Schumacher (452,000) to name all but a few.
Gulas has the chance to potentially follow into the footsteps of his son Josef Gulas Jr, who won the 2021 WSOP Europe Main Event at King's Resort. The 2023 champion Max Neugebauer is also still in contention, albeit with a shorter stack of 116,000 as he has the work cut out for a potential second victory on a mere 20 big blinds for Day 3. The 2019 champion Alexandros Kolonias was not as fortunate and bowed out after the end of the late registration period.
Many other big names from near and far came and left without anything to show for, including former national team football striker Max Kruse. Online poker legend Viktor "Isildur1" Blom has had many close calls for a maiden WSOP gold bracelet here at King's Resort and during the summer in Las Vegas, but he was also among those who had to leave empty-handed. Short-stacked after the end of the late registration, Blom got it in with ace-four suited and Florian Thumm improved with king-jack suited thanks to a jack on the turn.
Plenty of the participants left the poker arena with bad beat stories to tell such as Fahredin Mustafov, Uri Reichenstein or Zoltan Szarka who had their premium holdings failing to hold up. Georgios Zisimopoulos bowed out when his pocket kings were cracked by the flopped two pair of Savino while Lambertus De Haas ended up second-best with ace-king against the ace-queen of Pflock.
All those who were fortunate enough to bag up chips for the night will be back at noon local time with one firm first goal on the agenda: Making it through the money bubble. Only the top 99 finishes are set to earn at least €20,700 for their efforts and the bubble is expected to burst in the first half of the day.
Another three tournament days remain to crown a champion at the King's Resort in Rozvadov and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide as many key hands as possible until the final river card has been dealt on the live stream feature table.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 1 | Silviu Baltateanu | Romania | 240,000 | 30 |
| 101 | 2 | Marek Tomes | Slovakia | 455,000 | 57 |
| 101 | 3 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 246,000 | 31 |
| 101 | 4 | Jan-Willem Nijmeijer | Netherlands | 1,167,000 | 146 |
| 101 | 5 | Pavel Binar | Czechia | 421,000 | 53 |
| 101 | 6 | Alexander Dovzhenko | Ukraine | 253,000 | 32 |
| 101 | 7 | Aram Ali | Germany | 160,000 | 20 |
| 101 | 8 | Leon Veehof | Netherlands | 405,000 | 51 |
| 102 | 1 | Adrian Strobel | Germany | 834,000 | 104 |
| 102 | 2 | Max Schoch | Germany | 241,000 | 30 |
| 102 | 3 | Tyson Strauss | Sweden | 411,000 | 51 |
| 102 | 4 | Lorenzo Arduini | Italy | 308,000 | 39 |
| 102 | 5 | Daniel Bussmann | Switzerland | 76,000 | 10 |
| 102 | 6 | Giuliano Bendinelli | Italy | 263,000 | 33 |
| 102 | 7 | Alessio La Francesca | Italy | 66,000 | 8 |
| 102 | 8 | Timofey Asmolov | Russian Federation | 934,000 | 117 |
| 103 | 1 | Renji Mao | China | 260,000 | 33 |
| 103 | 2 | Elias Vaaraniemi | Finland | 273,000 | 34 |
| 103 | 3 | David Taborsky | Czechia | 270,000 | 34 |
| 103 | 4 | Anton Markachev | Russian Federation | 344,000 | 43 |
| 103 | 5 | Ferdinando D'Alessio | Belgium | 709,000 | 89 |
| 103 | 6 | Szabolcs Kukucska | Hungary | 365,000 | 46 |
| 103 | 7 | Necat Ayguen | Germany | 116,000 | 15 |
| 103 | 8 | Dirk Langer | Germany | 526,000 | 66 |
| 104 | 1 | Valter Teixeira | Portugal | 145,000 | 18 |
| 104 | 2 | Christian Schneider | Germany | 260,000 | 33 |
| 104 | 3 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 923,000 | 115 |
| 104 | 4 | Adrian Cazacu | Romania | 230,000 | 29 |
| 104 | 5 | Georgios Tsouloftas | Cyprus | 516,000 | 65 |
| 104 | 6 | Ran Ilani | Israel | 750,000 | 94 |
| 104 | 7 | Bastian Döhler | Germany | 846,000 | 106 |
| 104 | 8 | Kestutis Jungevicius | Lithuania | 998,000 | 125 |
| 105 | 1 | Jose Gomez Casillas | Mexico | 251,000 | 31 |
| 105 | 2 | Andreas Krause | Germany | 288,000 | 36 |
| 105 | 3 | Ivo Donev | Austria | 190,000 | 24 |
| 105 | 4 | Deniz Dogan | Germany | 217,000 | 27 |
| 105 | 5 | Oliver Boesch | Austria | 786,000 | 98 |
| 105 | 7 | Vlad Andrusca | Romania | 258,000 | 32 |
| 105 | 8 | Marcello Miniucchi | Italy | 572,000 | 72 |
| 106 | 1 | Roberto Manfredi | Italy | 367,000 | 46 |
| 106 | 2 | Luigi Pignataro | Italy | 128,000 | 16 |
| 106 | 3 | Dragoslav Timarac | Serbia | 154,000 | 19 |
| 106 | 4 | Christopher Puetz | Germany | 703,000 | 88 |
| 106 | 5 | Patrik Zidek | Czechia | 148,000 | 19 |
| 106 | 6 | Catalin Pop | Romania | 370,000 | 46 |
| 106 | 7 | Ivan Tikhov | Russian Federation | 461,000 | 58 |
| 106 | 8 | Robert Ashelm | Germany | 627,000 | 78 |
| 107 | 1 | Zoltan Szarka | Hungary | 265,000 | 33 |
| 107 | 2 | Aaron Duczak | Canada | 211,000 | 26 |
| 107 | 3 | Sorel Mizzi | Canada | 309,000 | 39 |
| 107 | 4 | Dimitrios Gkatzas | Greece | 322,000 | 40 |
| 107 | 5 | Peter Cieslik | Germany | 171,000 | 21 |
| 107 | 6 | Max Neugebauer | Austria | 116,000 | 15 |
| 107 | 7 | Iago Savino | Brazil | 888,000 | 111 |
| 107 | 8 | Gennaro Proscia | Italy | 264,000 | 33 |
| 201 | 1 | Corey Hochman | United States | 299,000 | 37 |
| 201 | 2 | Daniel Pidun | Germany | 613,000 | 77 |
| 201 | 3 | Michael Sklenicka | Czechia | 1,388,000 | 174 |
| 201 | 4 | Lulei Hu | China | 523,000 | 65 |
| 201 | 5 | Mustafa Sharanshi | Netherlands | 254,000 | 32 |
| 201 | 6 | Jose Gaona | Mexico | 108,000 | 14 |
| 201 | 7 | Antonio Fragale | Italy | 308,000 | 39 |
| 201 | 8 | Michal Majtyka | Poland | 184,000 | 23 |
| 202 | 1 | Carlos Spoddig | Germany | 458,000 | 57 |
| 202 | 2 | Aliaksandr Shylko | Belarus | 161,000 | 20 |
| 202 | 3 | Selim Cimen | Germany | 310,000 | 39 |
| 202 | 4 | Emilien Pitavy | France | 118,000 | 15 |
| 202 | 5 | Aleksandar Tomovic | Serbia | 160,000 | 20 |
| 202 | 6 | Luca Maccatrozzo | Italy | 517,000 | 65 |
| 202 | 7 | Karsten Knoebel | Germany | 247,000 | 31 |
| 202 | 8 | Serkan Kuru | Turkey | 464,000 | 58 |
| 203 | 1 | Johannes Franz | Germany | 550,000 | 69 |
| 203 | 2 | Iraklis Manikaros | Greece | 562,000 | 70 |
| 203 | 3 | Michael Adam | Czechia | 466,000 | 58 |
| 203 | 4 | Tzur Levy | France | 442,000 | 55 |
| 203 | 5 | Mario Colavita | Italy | 202,000 | 25 |
| 203 | 6 | Jozef Cibicek | Slovakia | 295,000 | 37 |
| 203 | 7 | Pawel Zawadowicz | Poland | 161,000 | 20 |
| 203 | 8 | Cheng Zhao | China | 702,000 | 88 |
| 204 | 1 | Marco Di Persio | Italy | 580,000 | 73 |
| 204 | 2 | Wojciech Barzantny | Germany | 196,000 | 25 |
| 204 | 3 | Mariusz Golinski | Poland | 120,000 | 15 |
| 204 | 4 | Axel Bayout | France | 55,000 | 7 |
| 204 | 5 | Josef Gulas | Czechia | 731,000 | 91 |
| 204 | 6 | Max Avela | Finland | 125,000 | 16 |
| 204 | 7 | Giorgi Barabadze | Georgia | 263,000 | 33 |
| 204 | 8 | Andrei Spataru | Romania | 725,000 | 91 |
| 205 | 1 | Rudolf De Boer | Netherlands | 181,000 | 23 |
| 205 | 2 | Rutger Hennen | Netherlands | 263,000 | 33 |
| 205 | 3 | Viorel Gavrila | Romania | 260,000 | 33 |
| 205 | 4 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 258,000 | 32 |
| 205 | 5 | Michail Manolakis | Greece | 445,000 | 56 |
| 205 | 6 | Presiyan Tsvetanov | Bulgaria | 426,000 | 53 |
| 205 | 7 | Benjamin Huegel | Germany | 290,000 | 36 |
| 205 | 8 | Adrian State | Romania | 145,000 | 18 |
| 206 | 1 | Simone Pegolotti | Italy | 421,000 | 53 |
| 206 | 3 | Jonas Lauck | Germany | 1,015,000 | 127 |
| 206 | 4 | Darius Samual | United Kingdom | 426,000 | 53 |
| 206 | 5 | Luka Bojovic | Serbia | 84,000 | 11 |
| 206 | 6 | Yuhan Wang | China | 649,000 | 81 |
| 206 | 7 | Vlastimil Pustina | Czechia | 602,000 | 75 |
| 206 | 8 | Samir Nacer | France | 509,000 | 64 |
| 301 | 1 | Lukas Pazma | Slovakia | 1,322,000 | 165 |
| 301 | 2 | Artem Kobylynskyi | Ukraine | 750,000 | 94 |
| 301 | 3 | Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | 412,000 | 52 |
| 301 | 4 | Vasyl Pidhrushnyi | Ukraine | 532,000 | 67 |
| 301 | 5 | Dinesh Alt | Switzerland | 614,000 | 77 |
| 301 | 6 | Patrick Fasching | Austria | 187,000 | 23 |
| 301 | 7 | Frankie Cucchiara | United States | 241,000 | 30 |
| 301 | 8 | Diego Montone | Italy | 407,000 | 51 |
| 302 | 1 | Matthias Gude | Germany | 850,000 | 106 |
| 302 | 2 | Aleksei Vandyshev | Russian Federation | 413,000 | 52 |
| 302 | 3 | Fausto Tantillo | Italy | 140,000 | 18 |
| 302 | 4 | Jakob Miegel | Germany | 147,000 | 18 |
| 302 | 5 | Jan Dijkstra | Netherlands | 302,000 | 38 |
| 302 | 6 | Teemu Jaatinen | Finland | 358,000 | 45 |
| 302 | 7 | Grzegorz Flak | Poland | 437,000 | 55 |
| 302 | 8 | Heinz Traut | Germany | 587,000 | 73 |
| 303 | 1 | Salih Atac | Switzerland | 167,000 | 21 |
| 303 | 2 | Alberto Speranzoni | Italy | 816,000 | 102 |
| 303 | 3 | Bartlomiej Muzacz | Poland | 940,000 | 118 |
| 303 | 4 | Benedikt Zeyher | Germany | 190,000 | 24 |
| 303 | 5 | Iryna Tsikhanskaya | Belarus | 60,000 | 8 |
| 303 | 6 | Alkiviadis Stamatis | Greece | 229,000 | 29 |
| 303 | 7 | Ricardas Vymeris | Lithuania | 283,000 | 35 |
| 303 | 8 | Mihai Tabac | Romania | 256,000 | 32 |
| 304 | 1 | Daniele Sacchi | Italy | 910,000 | 114 |
| 304 | 2 | Aliaksei Chernak | Belarus | 130,000 | 16 |
| 304 | 3 | Stefan Heizmann | Germany | 518,000 | 65 |
| 304 | 4 | Yannick Schumacher | Germany | 452,000 | 57 |
| 304 | 5 | Marko Bajic | Bosnia | 726,000 | 91 |
| 304 | 6 | Barak Oz | Israel | 313,000 | 39 |
| 304 | 7 | Yosefi Cohen | Israel | 320,000 | 40 |
| 304 | 8 | Alessandro Pichierri | Italy | 219,000 | 27 |
| 305 | 1 | Ratmir Kesidis | Greece | 596,000 | 75 |
| 305 | 2 | Dominik Panka | Poland | 291,000 | 36 |
| 305 | 3 | Jan Krnac | Czechia | 545,000 | 68 |
| 305 | 4 | Simon Wilson | Ireland | 241,000 | 30 |
| 305 | 5 | Nikolas Wicquart | Belgium | 234,000 | 29 |
| 305 | 6 | Bastian Gallitzendoerfer | Germany | 787,000 | 98 |
| 305 | 7 | Marek Sulc | Czechia | 278,000 | 35 |
| 305 | 8 | Marcell Csata | Hungary | 187,000 | 23 |
| 306 | 1 | Michele Tocci | Italy | 302,000 | 38 |
| 306 | 2 | Roland Haddad | Germany | 774,000 | 97 |
| 306 | 3 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 459,000 | 57 |
| 306 | 4 | Gregor Daniel | Germany | 203,000 | 25 |
| 306 | 5 | Pascal Pflock | Germany | 700,000 | 88 |
| 306 | 6 | Gerald Karlic | Austria | 1,127,000 | 141 |
| 306 | 7 | Alexander Burghardt | Germany | 169,000 | 21 |
| 306 | 8 | Murilo Garcia | Brazil | 453,000 | 57 |
| 307 | 1 | Ermanno Di Nicola | Italy | 169,000 | 21 |
| 307 | 2 | Andras Halasi | Hungary | 193,000 | 24 |
| 307 | 3 | Jakub Koleckar | Czechia | 223,000 | 28 |
| 307 | 4 | Glenn Davies | United Kingdom | 471,000 | 59 |
| 307 | 5 | Christopher Campisano | Italy | 391,000 | 49 |
| 307 | 6 | Vikrant Mangal | Germany | 250,000 | 31 |
| 307 | 7 | Ivan Banic | Croatia | 402,000 | 50 |
| 307 | 8 | Mateusz Hajman | Poland | 314,000 | 39 |
| 61 | 1 | Nolan Curatolo | Italy | 113,000 | 14 |
| 61 | 2 | Kevin Schafer Barthold | Germany | 123,000 | 15 |
| 61 | 3 | Ridvan Sare | Germany | 174,000 | 22 |
| 61 | 4 | Mario Boos | France | 240,000 | 30 |
| 61 | 5 | Martin Kabrhel | Czechia | 385,000 | 48 |
| 61 | 6 | Florian Thumm | Germany | 455,000 | 57 |
| 61 | 7 | Klaus Suhr | Germany | 130,000 | 16 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,388,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
||
|
1,322,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
1,167,000
317,000
|
317,000 |
|
1,127,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
1,015,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
||
|
998,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
940,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
934,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
923,000 | |
|
910,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
888,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
850,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
846,000
196,000
|
196,000 |
|
834,000
494,000
|
494,000 |
|
816,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
|
787,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
786,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
774,000
424,000
|
424,000 |
|
750,000 | |
|
750,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
731,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
726,000
465,600
|
465,600 |
|
725,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
709,000
389,000
|
389,000 |
|
703,000
193,000
|
193,000 |
|
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Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Some 166 players have bagged up their chips for the night and the full chip counts as well as a recap of today's action are to follow.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Elias Vaaraniemi raised to 12,000 in the hijack before Bastian Gallitzendoerfer three-bet to 35,000 on the button. Bartlomiej Muzacz called in the small blind, while Vaaraniemi also stuck around.
The flop came K♠Q♠J♦ and Gallitzendoerfer bet 35,000. Muzacz called and Vaaraniemi folded.
Both players checked the 2♠ turn before Gallitzendoerfer bet 60,000 on the 5♠ river. Muzacz called and Gallitzendoefer tapped the felt and revealed 10♥8♦ for a bluff. Muzacz showed 10♦10♠ for a flush to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
920,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
750,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Marek Tomes made it 13,000 from middle position and only Aliaksandr Shylko called out of the big blind.
Shylko knuckled the action over to Tomes on the 8♥5♠K♥ flop, and Tomes bet 11,000. Shylko check-raised to 28,000, and Tomes jammed, putting Shylko all in for 66,000. Shylko immediately called.
Aliaksandr Shylko: Q♥3♥ 
Marek Tomes :8♠7♠
Shylko had an overcard and a flush draw against the middle pair of Tomes. Shylko took the lead by hitting a pair of queens on the Q♣ turn. The J♠ river didn't change anything, and Shylko doubled up on one of the last hands of Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
575,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
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|
167,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The floor have announced that four more hands will be played before the survivors bag up for the night.
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel limped in from middle position for 6,000 and Salih Atac shoved the small blind for 142,000. Kabrhel then went into the tank for over two minutes before he eventually called.
Salih Atac: A♥8♦
Martin Kabrhel: J♥J♦
"I thought you were super strong," said Kabrhel to Atac.
On the 6♠A♣9♥ flop, Atac took the lead with a pair of aces.
"See, you were super strong," joked Kabrhel.
No jacks were in sight on the 9♠K♠ runout, and Kabrhel had to cough up the chips over to Atac.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
321,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
|
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|
296,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Hans Bosman was all-in and at risk with the A♣K♥ and well ahead of Marek Tomes with the A♥Q♥.
The 7♠2♥2♦ flop provided some split pot opportunity, but instead the 4♥ turn and another heart on the river brought the cruel exit for Bosman as Tomes made the runner-runner flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
780,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
