For greater than a decade, King’s Resort has been on the very middle of European poker.
Since changing into the house of WSOP Europe in 2015, the Rozvadov on line casino has topped tons of of bracelet winners, awarded tens of hundreds of thousands and turned quiet autumns on the Czech-German border right into a yearly pilgrimage for grinders and dream chasers.
That chapter is about to pause. In March 2026, WSOP Europe heads to Prague, ending a run that helped outline King’s as one among Europe’s most essential card rooms.
Earlier than the lights dim on that period, PokerNews appears again on the 5 greatest winners in King’s Resort historical past, the gamers who made Rozvadov their private gold mine.
All stats courtesy of The Hendon Mob
5. James Chen – $3.2 Million
Taiwan’s all-time cash record chief doesn’t have quantity on his aspect at King’s Resort, however he doesn’t want it.
James Chen has simply three recorded cashes in Rozvadov, but they whole $3,197,146, nearly all of it coming from one unforgettable outcome.
In 2019, Chen took down the €250,000 WSOPE Tremendous Excessive Curler for $3,142,848, nonetheless the largest money of his profession and a rating that accounts for an enormous chunk of his $11.4 million in lifetime earnings.
Outdoors that win, Chen returned briefly through the 2023 WSOP Europe, including two modest cashes earlier than transferring on.
James Chen’s Greatest Outcomes at King’s Resort
2019€250,000 WSOPE Tremendous Excessive Roller1st$3,142,848
2023€25,000 WSOPE GGMillion€tenth$48,848
2023€1,000 WSOPE Turbo Freezeout8th$5,450
4. Mikita Badziakouski – $3.4 Million
Probably the most completed event gamers of all time, Mikita Badziakouski sits fourth on poker’s all-time cash record with greater than $66 million in stay cashes, and King’s Resort performed a significant position in that climb.
He has earned $3,375,420 in Rozvadov, headlined by a third-place end within the €111,111 Excessive Curler for One Drop on the 2017 WSOP Europe, good for $1,772,822. It stays among the finest outcomes of his profession.
Regardless of numerous deep runs, Badziakouski has only one title at King’s, successful the €25,000 Brief Deck Championship in 2018 after beating Seng Leow in a compact 15-player subject.
Mikita Badziakouski’s Greatest Outcomes at King’s Resort
2017€111,111 WSOPE Excessive Curler for One Drop3rd$1,772,822
2018€100,000 WSOPE Tremendous Excessive Roller4th$899,658
2018€25,000 WSOPE Excessive Roller4th$305,950
2018€25,000 King’s Brief Deck Championship1st$246,298
2017€25,000 Tremendous Excessive Roller2nd$150,692
3. Chin Wei Lim – $4.4 Million
Chin Wei Lim’s King’s Resort resume is brief, however brutally environment friendly.
Throughout simply 5 cashes, all recorded in 2018 and 2019, the Malaysian excessive curler has banked $4,370,153. Practically all of it got here throughout one explosive WSOPE marketing campaign.
In 2019, Lim received the €100,000 WSOPE Tremendous Excessive Curler for $2,416,241, defeating Jean-Noel Thorel heads-up to assert his solely WSOP bracelet.
Days later, he got here inside touching distance of an excellent larger rating, however completed second to the aforementioned Chen within the €250,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler for one more $1,942,426.
These two outcomes alone account for nearly his whole King’s haul.
Chin Wei Lim’s Greatest Outcomes at King’s Resort
2019€100,000 WSOPE Tremendous Excessive Roller1st$2,416,241
2019€250,000 WSOPE Tremendous Excessive Roller2nd$1,942,426
2018€1,650 WSOPE 6-Max16th$4,308
2018€2,200 WSOPE PLO28th$3,617
2018€1,100 WSOPE Monster Stack30th$3,561
2. Dominik Nitsche – $5.7 Million
Dominik Nitsche’s place close to the highest of this record is outlined by one outcome that also stands as the largest payout ever awarded at King’s Resort.
In 2017, the German star received the €111,111 Excessive Curler for One Drop on the WSOP Europe for $4,064,026, a career-best rating and his solely WSOPE bracelet. That single victory makes up the majority of his $5,660,975 earned in Rozvadov.
Throughout a number of years, Nitsche added a number of extra six-figure finishes, cementing King’s as one of the vital worthwhile joints of his profession.
Dominik Nitsche’s Greatest Outcomes at King’s Resort
2017€111,111 WSOPE Excessive Curler for One Drop1st$4,064,026
2018€100,000 WSOPE Tremendous Excessive Roller5th$654,528
2018€10,000 PartyPoker MILLIONS Excessive Roller1st$374,392
2018€100,000 Leon’s Excessive Roller5th$296,367
2018€25,000 WSOPE Excessive Roller5th$225,165
1. Martin Kabrhel – $7 Million
If King’s Resort has ever had a defining determine, it’s Martin Kabrhel.
The Czech excessive curler has cashed for $7,049,633 at King’s, a complete that comfortably clears the remainder of the sphere and displays excess of a single career-defining spike. Kabrhel’s dominance in Rozvadov has been constructed throughout a number of buy-ins, and WSOPE’s, making him essentially the most profitable participant the venue has ever produced.
Whereas others on this record rely closely on one or two huge scores, Kabrhel’s résumé is layered. He has received three WSOP Europe bracelets at King’s, added 5 WSOP Circuit rings, and persistently gone deep within the greatest excessive rollers.
Regardless of successful a bracelet at King’s in 2017, his first main breakthrough got here in 2018 with victory within the €100,000 King’s Tremendous Excessive Curler for just below $3 million. Six years later, Kabrhel was nonetheless successful on the prime, capturing the €50,000 Diamond Excessive Curler on the 2024 WSOP Europe in opposition to a stacked 30-player subject.
No participant has received extra, or extra persistently, at King’s Resort. Because the WSOP Europe prepares to depart Rozvadov, Kabrhel’s identify stays inseparable from the on line casino.
Martin Kabrhel’s Greatest Outcomes at King’s Resort
2018€100,000 WSOPE Tremendous Excessive Roller1st$2,990,088
2018€100,000 Leon’s Excessive Roller2nd$878,948
2024€50,000 WSOPE Excessive Roller1st$585,015
2017€111,111 WSOPE Excessive Curler for One Drop8th$427,397
2023€25,000 WSOPE GGMillion€third$279,132
King’s Resort All-Time Cash Listing (High 20)
Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Stay Occasions Govt
Calum has written for varied poker retailers however discovered his residence at PokerNews, the place he has contributed to numerous articles and stay updates, offering insights and reporting on main poker occasions, together with the World Collection of Poker (WSOP).
