Knut Karnapp in the cutoff moved all-in for 20,500 and was called by Gerald Eisele who opened from under the gun.
Knut Karnapp: A♣J♦ 
Gerald Eisele: A♠K♦
Karnapp was lucky enough to hit a pair on Q♣9♠J♣7♦3♦ and doubled up.
The World Series of Poker Europe first came to Rozvadov in 2017, bringing the poker world together in this small town along the Czech-German border as King’s Resort became one of the premier destinations in Europe. The last eight years have brought many memorable champions and moments, so it was only fitting, in the last WSOP Europe to be played here, that Daniel Pidun turned off the lights in style: with two aces.
Pidun was on the right side of a massive preflop cooler, his aces taking out Gerald Karlic’s jacks, as the German emerged victorious over the 659-entry field to win the 2025 WSOP Europe Main Event, his first WSOP gold bracelet, and €1,140,000 top prize.
“Great. Of course, it makes me feel great. Very good feeling,” Pidun said. “I had a feeling I was going to win it. I just had a feeling. I don’t know why.”
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Pidun | Germany | €1,140,000 |
| 2 | Gerald Karlic | Austria | €757,000 |
| 3 | Murilo Garcia | Brazil | €525,000 |
| 4 | Teemu Jaatinen | Finland | €370,000 |
| 5 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | €265,000 |
| 6 | Max Neugebauer | Austria | €195,000 |
| 7 | Catalin Pop | Romania | €145,000 |
| 8 | Matthias Gude | Germany | €110,000 |
Diogo Coelho raised to 3,000 from the hijack and was called by PokerNews’ Brad Whitehouse in the cutoff and by Mateusz Wozniak on the button.
The dealer fanned a flop of 5♣6♣9♥ and Coelho checked. Whitehouse bet 8,000, Wozniak called but Coelho shoved all-in for 51,500. Whitehouse moved all-in as well with the starting stack and Wozniak folded.
Diogo Coelho: K♣7♣
Brad Whitehouse: 9♦9♣
Coelho had a flush draw and straight draw but Whitehouse flopped a set and even hit a full house with the 5♠A♥ runout to send Coelho to the rail.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Peter Hedlund raised from under the gun and called when Martinak Andras jammed for 15,000 from the big blind.
Andras Martinak: A♠A♥
Peter Hedlund: KxJx
Hedlund outflopped the aces, making two pair on the K♦J♦6♦ flop. The 9♥ turn was of no help to the aces but the 6♥ river gave Andras the better two pair.
Hedlund was out soon after, much to the delight of the table.
Maksym Bosyk opened to 3,000 from the hijack before Cheng Zhao made it 9,000 from the cutoff. Bosyk jammed for 51,500 and was called by the bigger stack.
Maksym Bosyk: 8♠8♦
Cheng Zhao: A♣Q♠
Boysyk's eights remained best following the K♦6♣4♠10♦3♥ runout and he doubled up.
Joao Vieira raised to 3,000 from the hijack and was called by Michele Di Lauro in the big blind.
Vieira continued for 2,500 on the K♠2♣J♦ and was called, then fired a second barrel to 17,500 on the 6♠ turn. Di Lauro check-called both times.
Di Lauro checked the J♣ river and Vieira moved all-in for 75,000. Di Lauro went into the tank for a few seconds and called with J♥5♥ for trips. Vieira only had Q♣10♥ and allowed Di Lauro to double his 62,500-chip stack.
Andrei Shostak opened to 3,000 from the hijack and was called by Roman Stoika from the cutoff. Renaud Garnier three-bet to 12,000 from the small blind. Stoika was the only caller.
Garnier continued for 8,000 on the Q♥Q♦3♣ flop. Stoika made it 22,000 and was called.
Garnier then check-folded to a bet of 27,000 on the 8♥ turn.
Chongxian Yang and Joao Vieira exchanged raised from the hijack and button, which saw the latter all-in and at risk for their last 47,000.
Joao Vieira: A♥K♦
Chongxian Yang: A♦J♦
Vieira went on to make the nut-flush on the 7♣4♥2♥6♥10♥ runout to double. Yang was left with around 25,000 and was oout shortly after.
In the 949th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow do an emergency show to react to the long-awaited video by Doug Polk in which he discusses the raid on his Texas card club. The Lodge. Find out what the large shareholder had to say, his timeline of events, and where things currently stand.
Plus, what did Doug think about the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) theory, some reasons players should remain optimistic for a positive outcome, and why Thursday, April 9, is an important date to remember.
Find out all about those stories and more in this week's episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Oh, and be sure to check out the audio version of the PokerNews Podcast that is available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.
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