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Event #13: €8,400 GGMillion$ High Roller
Day 3 Completed
2026 WSOP Europe
Event #13: €8,400 GGMillion$ High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
2026 WSOP Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
€8,400
Prize Pool
€2,872,000
Total Entries
359
Level
29
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
17
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 359
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
The crowning of Marius Kudzmanas as WSOP Europe Main Event champion on Friday did little to slow the momentum at King’s Casino at Hilton Prague, where four more bracelet winners emerged before the festival reached its conclusion.
David Wintersberger took down the €2,750 The Closer Turbo Bounty, Richard Geyer etched his name into the history books by winning Europe’s first-ever PLO Double Board bracelet event, and Nikolai Ogoltsov claimed the €1,500 European Circuit Championship.
That left the €8,400 GGMillion$ High Roller as the final battleground of the series, with Christian Pedersen securing the last bracelet of the festival and putting the finishing touch on a new chapter of WSOP Europe.
He bested a 359-entry field to claim his bracelet, a GGMillion$ trophy and €600,000 top prize from the €2,872,000 prize pool, sealing the victory after defeating GPI Player of the Year Punnat Punsri in heads-up play.
WSOPE €8,400 GGMillion$ High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Pedersen | Denmark | €600,000 |
| 2 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | €400,000 |
| 3 | Miroslav Alilovic | France | €270,000 |
| 4 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | €185,000 |
| 5 | Zackary Estes | United States | €131,000 |
| 6 | Mario Diaz Quilez | Spain | €95,000 |
| 7 | Mike Watson | Canada | €71,000 |
| 8 | Jake Greenbaum | United States | €54,000 |
| 9 | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | €42,000 |
Pedersen turned professional in early 2020 after beginning his poker journey in tournaments before shifting his focus to online cash games.
"I started out playing MTTs, but then kind of got tired of the bad time schedule and having to play all night," Pedersen said. "So for the past couple of years I've mainly been grinding cash games online, but I still travel to stops like this to play live."
This victory also marked just his second WSOP cash and his first major live tournament title.
"I've never really dreamed about winning a bracelet," Pedersen added. "But I've dreamed about winning a big live tournament. It's a very nice feeling to finally do it."
Early Day Action
Seventeen players returned for the final day, and there was no shortage of action on the road to the final table. Jeremie Zouari was the first to fall, followed shortly by Eduard Anufriiev, whose ace-king ran into kings.
A huge confrontation soon unfolded between two of the big stacks, Mustapha Kanit and Zackary Estes. Kanit called a five-bet preflop, with the rest of the chips piling in on the turn. Kanit tabled queens, but Estes revealed aces to send the Italian to the rail in 15th place, despite starting the day fifth in chips.
Andre Marques, Alexandre Reard, Martin Hellmuth, and Boris Kolev soon followed, setting up the final table bubble, which lasted nearly two hours. There were dozens of all-in and calls but no eliminations, until a four-hand sequence saw Yuliyan Kolev lose his chips to Mike Watson, who entered the final table as chip leader.
Pedersen Cruises to Victory
Mehdi Chaoui began the final table with just over one big blind and was the first to fall, with Estes claiming another stack. EPT Main Event champion Aliaksei Boika then booked two early doubles, one of which left crypto social media influencer Jake Greenbaum with just half a big blind. Greenbaum was eliminated in eighth place on the very next hand.
Shockingly, Watson was the next to go. His chip-leading stack disappeared within ten minutes of play resuming after the dinner break. First, he ran queens into Pedersen’s kings.
"I've never sweat an all-in so hard in my life before. I was sweating that all-in more than sweating the all-in for the bracelet," Pedersen said. "I just saw all the nightmares of busting eighth again after having a good spot."
On the very next hand, the Triple Crown winner got his chips in against Estes, who held the superior ace, and Watson was suddenly out in seventh place.
From there, it became the Pedersen show. He calmly padded around in the complimentary hotel slippers as he took control of the action. Fresh off of decimating Watson, he steamrolled the table and sent Mario Diaz Quilez to the rail just a few hands later, continuing to dictate the pace with seemingly every move going his way.
Estes was eliminated in fifth place, with Pedersen once again acting as executioner to move to nearly two-thirds of the chips in play. Boika was next on his chopping block as Pedersen continued his relentless charge through the field.
Punsri then picked up his first elimination of the final table, sending Miroslav Alilovic to the rail in third place to set up heads-up play, where the Thai sensation trailed by more than two-to-one in chips.
"I didn't have nerves about playing Punnat, obviously he's a good player, but I was more nervous that I would make a blunder because it's been so long since I played heads-up," he said. "But when we got into it and I got in the flow, I felt like my brain remembered the spots."
Punsri was the established superstar, boasting more than $30 million in live tournament earnings and six Triton Super High Roller Series titles. Pedersen, meanwhile, was enjoying the deepest run of his career, though he had previously recorded two eighth-place finishes in $10K high roller events.
Punsri doubled with king-jack against pocket threes to make it even but failed to gain any momentum. On the second all-in and call, Pedersen had threes again. This time they held to bring the curtain down on the 2026 WSOP Europe fesitval.
"I've always had these big spots where I finished eighth or eleventh." said the Dane, rounding out his winner's interview. "So it's a very nice feeling to finally be able to run good in these spots."
With the final bracelet awarded, PokerNews coverage from the 2026 WSOP Europe at King’s Casino at Hilton Prague comes to a close.
Thank you for following along with us throughout the series, and be sure to keep it locked on PokerNews for coverage from the world’s biggest poker tournaments.
Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Christian Pedersen jammed from the button and Punnat Punsri called off his stack of around 5,600,000.
Punnat Punsri: Q♣10♣
Christian Pedersen: 3♥3♠
Pedersen tried to use pocket threes to eliminate Punsri on the first all-in and call of heads-up. That time Punsri came out on top.
On the second time of asking, Pedersen held out, and was officially a bracelet winner after the K♦7♠8♦2♦A♠ confirmed his victory.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,900,000
4,000,000
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4,000,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Punnat Punsri completed his blind and Christian Pedersen checked to see the A♠5♣5♥ flop. Pedersen checked, Punsri bet 300,000, and Pedersen raised to 1,000,000, which Punsri called.
Pedersen kept the pressure on the 3♠ turn with a bet of 2,000,000, and Punsri called once more.
The river brought the 9♣ and Pedersen moved all in, putting Punsri at risk. Punsri decided to let his hand go, giving up another decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,900,000
5,500,000
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5,500,000 |
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4,000,000
5,500,000
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5,500,000 |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Christian Pedersen opened to 600,000 from the button. Punnat Punsri three-bet to 1,800,000 but snap-folded when Pedersen jammed.
Punsri then raised to 650,000 and Pedersen folded.
In a limped pot to the K♦8♣6♥ flop, it checked through to showdown where Pedersen's 4♦3♥ beat Punsri's Ax4x on the K♦8♣6♥7♠3♣ board.
On the next deal, Punsri made it 650,000 and got a fold.
Another limped then took place, and the action was checked to the river. On the J♦6♣10♥J♣A♥ board, Punsri check-called for 600,000. Pedersen was bluffing with 5♥3♣, and Punsri's Q♠8♠ was good for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,400,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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9,500,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Punnat Punsri completed his blind and Christian Pedersen raised to 1,200,000, which Punsri called.
Both players checked the J♣6♣Q♠ flop.
On the 8♥ turn, Pedersen fired 2,700,000 and Punsri made the call.
With the 4♠ landing on the river, Pedersen moved all in, putting Punsri at risk. After using his last time bank card, Punsri made the fold, conceding the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,000,000
4,700,000
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4,700,000 |
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9,900,000
4,700,000
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4,700,000 |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Punnat Punsri raised to 650,000 from the button and Christian Pedersen called from the big blind.
Pedersen called bets of 400,000 and 1,600,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read K♣6♣3♥3♦9♦. It checked through to showdown, where Punsri mucked after Pedersen tabled A♠8♣.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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21,300,000
2,750,000
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2,750,000 |
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14,600,000
2,750,000
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2,750,000 |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Christian Pedersen opened to 600,000 and Punnat Punsri made the call.
Both players checked the K♥4♥J♥ flop.
Pedersen bet 400,000 on the A♣ turn and Punsri check-called.
After Punsri checked the river, Pedersen fired 3,000,000, prompting a fold from Punsri.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,550,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
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17,350,000
1,300,000
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1,300,000 |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Punnat Punsri raised to 650,000 from the button.
"I think it's a call," he said after Christian Pedersen jammed.
Punsri committed his 9,175,000 chips for the first all-in and call for the bracelet.
Punnat Punsri: K♣J♠
Christian Pedersen: 3♠3♣
Punsri paired up on the A♣J♥7♣ flop to leave Pedersen drawing to two outs. Punsri became the chip leader after the 8♥ turn and 8♠ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,650,000
9,175,000
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9,175,000 |
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17,250,000
9,175,000
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9,175,000 |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Punnat Punsri called and Christian Pedersen checked.
Both players checked through to the river on a board of 9♦8♥10♥10♠J♦, leading to a showdown. Pedersen showed A♦6♣ for ace-high, while Punsri held 9♥4♣ for two pair, which was enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,425,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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9,475,000
150,000
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150,000 |
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