888poker Ambassador Dominik Nitsche won the World Series of Poker tournament with the biggest buy-in this year, once again proving his talent and ambition, winning a nice victory against some of the best players in the world.
The tournament was held for the first time in the Czech Republic at King’s Casino in Rozvadov. For his victory, Nitsche won € 3,487,463 and his fourth WSOP bracelet of his career.
At only 27 years old, the German residing in London is ranked 25th in the top of those who own at least one such bracelet; a true record. It seems that Nitsche was more motivated by playing against the best than by the winnings and the coveted trophy. He said that lately he’s been practicing for the heads-up game, and this seems to have mattered during the last part of the competition, when he played against his co-national Andreas Eiler.
The tournament had 132 entries, of which 88 unique players and 44 re-buys. This meant that the WSOP Europe recorded only two more entries than the traditional tournament similarly played in June in Vegas. Later registration was allowed for the first two levels on Day 2 and there were 19 more entries before the official closing.
The end of Day 2 day saw only 10 players left in the tournament, and Christoph Vogelsang had a huge stack of chips at the time: 63,325,000 chips. That meant he had twice as many chips as his closest competitor, who at that time was Andreas Eiler with 30,450,000, and his chips accounted for about 25% of the total chips. In the end, Vogelsang finished 6th.
After Kenny Hallaert finished 10th, the final table of nine players had the following names and stacks:
| Place | Player | Country | Total chips | BB | |
| 1 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | 59,475,000 | 59 | |
| 2 | Steffen Sontheimer | Germany | 22,950,000 | 23 | |
| 3 | Ahadpur Khangah | Iran | 36,400,000 | 36 | |
| 4 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | 36,050,000 | 36 | |
| 5 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 12,575,000 | 13 | |
| 6 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 8,600,000 | 9 | |
| 7 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 27,950,000 | 28 | |
| 8 | Andreas Eiler | Germany | 52,550,000 | 53 | |
| 9 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 7,450,000 | 7 | |
At the end of the tournament Nitsche said that he felt in control and extremely comfortable to the end. That doesn’t mean he didn’t praise the game of his opponents, but he felt he played without making any mistakes, perfectly.
It is noteworthy that Dominik was not the only German in the competition and that here, at this major tournament, the „German contingent” was quite numerous: Andreas Eiler (2nd place), Steffen Sontheimer (5th place), Christoph Vogelsang (6th place), Koray Aldemir (11th place), Jan Schwippert (14th place), Christopher Frank (15th place), Daniel Pidun (20th place) and Thomas Muehloecker (who now lives in Austria) finished 4th.
Eiler, unlike Nitsche’s impressive resume, finished in the money in a single previous WSOP event four years ago. His total tournament earnings up to then were approx. $ 846,000, while the runner-up position in this tournament brought him an extra € 2,155,418.
Going back to the tournament in its final stage, it is worth mentioning that after Kenny Haellart was eliminated and finished the tournament in 10th place, the same slow pace continued for a while, and Charlie Carrel (9th place), Martin Kabrhel (8th place), Ahadpur Khangah (7th place) and Christoph Vogelsang (6th place) were eliminated one by one over the next 4 hours.
Things got crazy after that and within the following 90 minutes three more players went home: Steffen Sontheimer (5), Thomas Muehloecker (4) și Mikita Badziakouski (3). Then, after a short lunch break, the two remaining players returned to fighting for the bracelet and the big prize of € 3,487,463.
The final hand was number 121, when Andreas Eiler played all-in with the 34,000,000 remaining chips and K-9, and Nitsche called with Q-10. The flop revealed 10-8-3, with 5 on the turn and another 10 on the river. The set of 10s made Dominik Nitsche happy and ranked him 44th in the top of poker players with the $ 11,357,341 he won so far. The top leader is Daniel Negreanu with $ 34,333,815 earned from professional poker.
A few words about the charity action of this poker event that brought € 977,768 to the charitable organization One Drop dedicated to providing sustainable access to clean water in poor communities around the world. The partnership between One Drop and WSOP started in 2012 and has since produced over $ 20,000,000 for One Drop projects. This figure is likely to increase next year. During the tournament it was announced that the Big One for One Drop tournament with a $ 1,000,000 buy-in will come back in force next year at the next WSOP edition that will take place as usual starting July 15 in Las Vegas.
Final table ranking and earnings were:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (euro) |
| 1 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany | € 3,487,463 |
| 2 | Andreas Eiler | Germany | € 2,155,418 |
| 3 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | € 1,521,312 |
| 4 | Thomas Muehloecker | Austria | € 1,096,206 |
| 5 | Steffen Sontheimer | Germany | € 806.758 |
| 6 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | € 606.694 |
| 7 | Ahadpur Khangah | Iran | € 466.421 |
| 8 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | € 366.762 |
Ambasadorul 888poker, Dominik Nitsche, a câștigat turneul World Series of Poker cu cel mai mare buy-in din acest an, după ce a făcut din nou dovada talentului și ambiției sale, obținând o victorie frumoasă împotriva unora dintre cei mai buni jucători din lume.
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