A Winner Will be Crowned in the 2021 €10,350 WSOPE Main Event
The record-breaking World Series of Poker Europe €10,350 Main Event will play down to a winner, as seven players out of 688 entries remain in contention at the King's Resort in Rozvadov. They have all locked up a decent portion of the €6,536,000 prize pool already and local Czech player Josef Gulas leads the way ahead of Germany's Alexander Tkatschew.
Gulas won his seat for the flagship tournament back in October after finishing third in a €250 buy-in event at the same venue and will return as the only finalist with more than 100 big blinds at his disposal for a shot at the €1,276,712 top prize.
Another three King's Resort ticket winners had reached the official final table and two of them will be back in action including Stanislav Koleno and Thomas Denie, both of which have €163,434 locked up for their efforts. The final table line-up also contains French poker pro and Youtuber Johan Guilbert, Athanasios Kidas and Aleksandar Trajkovski.
2021 WSOPE Main Event Final Table
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josef Gulas Jr | Czech Republic | 20,200,000 | 101 |
| 2 | Athanasios Kidas | Greece | 6,025,000 | 30 |
| 3 | Thomas Denie | Netherlands | 5,500,000 | 28 |
| 4 | Stanislav Koleno | Slovakia | 3,400,000 | 17 |
| 5 | Alexander Tkatschew | Germany | 17,375,000 | 87 |
| 6 | Aleksandar Trajkovski | Macedonia | 3,250,000 | 16 |
| 7 | Johan Guilbert | France | 13,025,000 | 65 |
The action concluded the previous evening with 45 minutes left in level 29 at blinds of 100,000/200,000 and big blind ante of 200,000.
While the final table has already kicked off in the early morning hours, the exclusive live-streamed cards-up coverage and commentary on PokerGO will get underway as of 6.30 pm local time. All PokerNews updates will be based on the delayed live stream action until a winner has been crowned.
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €1,276,712 | ||
| 2 | €789,031 | ||
| 3 | €558,505 | ||
| 4 | €401,344 | ||
| 5 | €292,862 | ||
| 6 | €217,854 | ||
| 7 | €163,434 | ||
| 8 | Ilija Savevski | Macedonia | €125,052 |
| 9 | Brian Kamphorst | Netherlands | €97,260 |
and got a call from Alexander Tkatschew from the hijack with 
. Johan Guilbert made it 1,900,000 from the button before Athanasios Kidas wakes up with 
on the big blind and shove all-in for 6,325,000.
and Denie finished 7th.
and Aleksandar Trajkovski, being the short stack of the table, defended from the big blind 
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and Trajkovski check-shoved all-in for his remaining 1,250,000 after the min bet of 250,000 of Guilbert, who made the call putting Trajkovski at risk.
gave more outs to Guilbert but Trajkovski was still safe.
though, meant that Trajkovski would finish 6th.
flop on which Koleno checked with 2,575,000 behind. Gulas Jr continued for 250,000 and then called the shove by the Slovakian.
turn took some outs away but added a gutshot for Koleno. He bricked off on the 
and Gulas Jr made it 4,250,000. Guilbert called and two players went to see a flop.
and Guilbert checked. Gulas Jr bet 2,750,000 and Guilbert shoved all-in for 8,250,000 for Gulas Jr to take considerable time but eventually make the call. Guilbert was way ahead but at risk and needed to avoid two kings that were left in the deck.
and the river the 
and Johan Guilbert raised to 1,050,000 with the 
in a battle of the blinds. The flop fell 
and Tkatschew limped for Guilbert to bet 525,000, which he called. On the 
turn, Tkatschew checked once more and Guilbert then took a while before betting 2,075,000, picking up a call by the German.
flop left Kidas drawing dead, which made the 
river both mere formalities. He was eliminated in 4th place for €401,344 and the last three players were left to battle for the coveted gold bracelet.
raised to 1,000,000 and Alexander Tkatschew called with 
and both players checked.
completed the flush of Guilbert and Tkatschew bet 1,300,000. Guilbert called.
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