Kabrhel Leads WSOP Europe Main Event; Just 24 Players Remain

Few gamers in European poker command consideration fairly like Martin Kabrhel Martin Kabrhel in the intervening time.

Only a week on from successful his fifth WSOP bracelet in Occasion #10 €10,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Thriller Bounty, he is on a mission so as to add his sixth and probably the largest title of his profession up to now.

Kabrhel leads the ultimate 27 gamers within the 2025 WSOP Europe Most important Occasion, chasing the first-place prize of €1,140,000.

A Shot at Historical past

Ought to Kabrhel go on to seize the 2025 WSOP Europe Most important Occasion title, it might elevate him to uncommon firm, definitely amongst European poker gamers. Extra importantly, it might add a marquee Most important Occasion trophy to his identify.

Amongst European poker gamers, just one different participant has received six or extra WSOP bracelets — Benny Glaser — and a sixth for Kabrhel would see him two away from the likes of European legends resembling Adrian Mateos and Max Pescatori.

All-Time European WSOP Bracelet-Winners

Knowledge as per WSOP.com

How Did We Get Right here?

On the finish of Day 3, simply 37 gamers remained and it was Martin Kabrhel on the head of proceedings. In line with reside reporters, Kabrhel performed almost each pot and talked throughout all of them, his acquainted phrases of “Not Like That!” and “On line casino Royale!” ringing throughout King’s Resort.

Kabrhel led from the Italian pair of Claudio Di Giacomo and Lulei Hu, who had been the one different gamers over 4 million chips — or 100 massive blinds.

Now, with play halfway by means of Day 4, Kabrhel has prolonged his lead on the high after eliminating the likes of Vlad Andrusca, Vlastimil Pustina and Serkan Kuru.

Different Notables Nonetheless in Competition

Kabrhel is one among 4 former WSOP bracelet-winners nonetheless remaining within the WSOP Europe Most important Occasion, together with Yuhan Wang, who received the WSOP Europe Mini Most important Occasion simply over per week in the past, and Jonas Lauck, who received the final of his two WSOP bracelets again in 2019.

The third former bracelet-winner is former skilled basketball participant Max Neugebauer, who’s a former winner of this very occasion. He took down the WSOP Europe Most important Occasion in 2023, taking house €1,500,000 after defeating a discipline of 187 gamers.

On the time of recording, Lauck is the best-placed of this trio, however nonetheless trails Kabrhel who nonetheless leads the sector.

Based mostly in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract reside reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time employees in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.

He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.