2017 World Series of Poker Europe

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2017 World Series of Poker Europe
LocationKing's Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic
Dates19 October – 10 November 2017
Champion
Spain Marti Roca de Torres
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The 2017 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from 19 October to 10 November at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. It featured 11 bracelet events with buy-ins ranging from €550 to €111,111, culminating in the €10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event. The series was the first WSOP Europe since 2015, and the first to take place in the Czech Republic.

Event schedule[edit]

Source: [1]

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up Results
1 €1,100 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack 561 Oleksandr Shcherbak €117,707 Viliyan Petleshkov Results
2 €550 Pot Limit Omaha 523 Andreas Klatt €56,400 Nico Ehlers Results
3 €1,100 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty 325 Martin Kabrhel €53,557 Philipp Caranica Results
4 €1,650 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed 240 Theodore McQuilkin €88,043 Jan Bednar Results
5 €550 The Colossus No Limit Hold'em 4,115 Matous Skorepa €270,015 Florian Fuchs Results
6 €2,200 Pot Limit Omaha 191 Lukas Zaskodny €93,677 Allen Kessler Results
7 €1,650 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 92 Chris Ferguson €39,289 Stanislav Wright Results
8 €1,100 Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em 868 Albert Hoekendijk €170,764 Thomas Hofmann Results
9 €25,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller 113 Niall Farrell €745,287 Benjamin Pollak Results
10 €111,111 High Roller for One Drop No Limit Hold'em 132 Dominik Nitsche €3,487,463 Andreas Eiler Results
11 €10,350 No Limit Hold'em Main Event 529 Marti Roca de Torres €1,115,207 Gianluca Speranza Results

Player of the Year[edit]

Final standings as of 10 November (end of WSOPE):

Standings[2]
Rank Name Points Bracelets
1 United States Chris Ferguson 1,178.53 1
2 United States John Racener 1,042.04 1
3 United States Ryan Hughes 994.35 0
4 Canada Mike Leah 910.01 0
5 United States John Monnette 865.2 1
6 Belgium Kenny Hallaert 838.35 0
7 United States Alex Foxen 833.45 0
8 Italy Dario Sammartino 775.89 0
9 United States Ray Henson 768.49 0
10 United States Ben Yu 766.49 1

Main Event[edit]

The 2017 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event began on 4 November and finished 10 November. The event drew 529 entrants, generating a prize pool of €5,025,500. The top 80 players made the money, with the winner earning €1,115,207.

Final Table[edit]

Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
United States Maria Ho 7,830,000 (29.7%) 0 44 $1,311,124
Spain Marti Roca de Torres 7,260,000 (27.5%) 0 1 $1,932
Italy Gianluca Speranza 4,400,000 (16.7%) 0 11 $215,441
United Kingdom Niall Farrell 3,025,000 (11.5%) 1 36 $2,286,524
Netherlands Mathijs Jonkers 2,785,000 (10.6%) 0 0 0
United Kingdom Robert Bickley 1,085,000 (4.1%) 0 3 $9,654

*-Career statistics prior to beginning of 2017 WSOPE Main Event

Final Table results[edit]

Place Name Prize
1st Marti Roca de Torres €1,115,207
2nd Gianluca Speranza €689,246
3rd Mathijs Jonkers €476,585
4th Robert Bickley €335,089
5th Niall Farrell €239,639
6th Maria Ho €174,365
7th Jack Salter €129,121
8th Luis Rodriguez €97,344

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2017 WSOPE Schedule". WSOP.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  2. ^ "WSOP Player of the Year standings". WSOP.com.