Johann Schamne turned a $400 buy-in into $230,204 by successful the €1.5 Million assured occasion on the Italian Poker Sport collection. Nicely, the buy-in was $394 utilizing in the present day’s change price. The €380 occasion had a assure of €1.5 million that was simply crushed by the whopping 7,007 entries.
Held at King’s Resort Rozvadov within the Czech Republic — the present European dwelling of the World Sequence of Poker — it was the biggest poker event within the resort’s historical past.
The win was Schamne’s finest money by a ton. He gained $45,238 in an occasion in 2011.
The highest 886 gamers bought a bit of the $2,357,639 value pool generated within the large occasion that ran from Jan 23 to Feb. 3. A further day needed to be added due to the large turn-out.
The highest 22 gained a minimum of $11,232. These made the ultimate 9 gained a minimum of $25,480, with six-figures kicking in at fourth-place.
However as soon as the gamers bought right down to 4, they made an ICM deal, which despatched a majority of the cash and the trophy to Schamne. The unique high value was $250,000. It was Romania’s Alexandru Silviu Moraru who completed second, Germany’s Robert Ashelm in third, and Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Marko Bajic in fourth.
All of them crushed their lifetime event poker winnings a number of occasions with this one money.
Schamne not solely gained probably the most cash, but in addition obtained entry in to the 2025 WSOP Most important Occasion.
The €380 occasion was one in all two on the Italian Sports activities Sequence, becoming a member of a €1,100 buy-in contest on Feb. 2. Gained by Andrei Sasu, that occasion attracted 284 entries who generated a $309,000 value pool, which simply beat the €100,000 assure. Sasu took $43,606 for successful the factor, with Hungary’s Tibor Uveges because the runner-up ($37,120).
Rounding out the highest 5 had been Jakub Štěrba (third for $39,048), an unknown participant in fourth, and Dimitrios Anastasakis in fifth ($18,354).
Štěrba was the winner of the final Italian Sports activities Sequence €380 occasion, which was held in October. That one attracted 2,118 entries. The $165,018 was Štěrba’s largest money.