Benjamin Hammann raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and Sebastien Rey called on the button.
Hammann slowed down on the K♠5♦3♠ flop. Rey took the lead for 2,500 and Hammann check-raised to 6,500. Rey called.
The 10♣ turn checked through tp the K♦ on the river. Hammann checked again and Rey took the lead for 6,000. Hammann tanked for some time before finally choosing to call. Rey rolled over K♣Q♥ for rivered trips, winning him this pot.
Last year in Bratislava, Martin Bartos bested a huge field of 1,577 entrants to take home the trophy, title and €100,000.
Over a total of five starting flights, only 271 players were lucky enough to return to the tournament floor for Day 2. After an additional 18 levels of play, just 13 remained to battle it out on the felt on the final day. Despite such fierce competition, it was Bartos who took pole position as the dust settled.
Having drawn one of the toughest final tables in WPO Main Event History, Bartos was quick to commend some of the seasoned opponents he faced: “Because the final table, it was definitely tough. Very good players, very good players. I think for a €500 tournament, [there were] very, very good players. In Slovakia, the best €500 Final Table for sure. Too many celebrities! It was perfect”.
2023 Winamax Bratislava €500 Main Event Final Table Results
"I doubled up with quads," last year's finalist Victor Hoogstoel said while Bruno Fuentes was opening to 2,000 from under the gun and Hagai Glick was raising to 6,000 from the cutoff.
Fuentes called, and check-called after Glick continued for 4,200. Both players checked the 5♠ turn leading to the J♦ river where Fuentes bet 2,000.
Glick called, but his cards went into the muck after Fuentes flipped over Q♠Q♣.
Matthieu Mary raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Christoph Rapf three-bet to 7,000, from the button. Mary went into the tank before responding with a four-bet to 16,000. Rapf called.
The Q♦J♣5♣ flop saw Mary place a small continuation bet out 3,500. Rapf elected to see a turn.
The 7♥ fell, to which both players checked through to the K♥ river. Mary tanked for some time before betting out 8,200. Rapf eventually surrendered his holding.
Julien Sitbon raised from the button, receiving calls from Mantas Petrauskas and Bruno Lopes, in the respective blinds.
The Q♥10♥8♦ flop checked through to the 7♠ turn and the 6♦ river. Petrauskas elected to take the lead for 3,000, Lopes called and Sitbon made a quick fold.
Petrauskas showed A♠5♠ for ace-high, while Lopes slammed down 4♣3♠ onto the felt. While Petrauskas' ace-high may have been the best hand, Lopes was quick to inform the table that he thought he was holding five-four, which would have been a straight.
Sitbon told Petrauskas that he was bluffing with the best hand.