The at all times talkative Martin Kabrhel picked up the place he left off this summer season by successful his fifth gold bracelet, this one on the World Sequence of Poker Europe (WSOPE) collection in Rozvadov.
Kabrhel, who stirred up controversy on the WSOP in Las Vegas for his fixed tanking and speech play, was again at it once more on his dwelling turf, the place he is dubbed the “King of King’s Resort,” host website for the WSOPE collection. He conquered Occasion #10 €10,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Thriller Bounty for €188,500, plus one other €62,500 in bounties after defeating Robert Cowen heads-up.
The highest two finishers obliterated the ultimate desk, claiming the entire remaining bounties. However the runner-up couldn’t overcome a ten:1 chip deficit to the eventual champion.
Kabrhel, coming off a fourth-place end within the 2025 WSOP Participant of the 12 months standings, attributed the victory to operating sizzling.
“I bought tremendous fortunate at present, so I am very glad,” Kabrhel instructed PokerNews after the win. “I want Maintain’em, in Omaha something can occur, and it’s a must to run wonderful to win. It is good to win a bracelet in a unique variant, however I do not assume it makes it any kind of particular. Any event you win is particular.”
Occasion #10: €10,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Thriller Bounty Remaining Desk Outcomes
Battling to Attain the Cash
A complete of 21 gamers progressed by Day 1, and so they had been joined by 47 Day 2 entrants by the top of late registration, to deliver the general figures for the occasion to 88 entries, falling simply in need of the €1,000,000 assure.
Solely 14 people reached the cash, whereas thriller bounties had been in play as soon as the sector was decreased to 18 gamers.
Kabrhel was among the many Day 2 entrants, and he bought off to a sizzling begin with a double-up within the first hand of the day, though by the top of late registration, begin of day chip chief Bouwe Claushuis was nonetheless on the head of the pack.
WSOP bracelet holders Nikolaos Lampropoulos, Max Neugebauer and Ermanno Di Nicola all departed across the thriller bounty bubble. At that time, Cowen obtained a triple-up, with Lampropoulos taking a small aspect pot to bust Samuel Albeck on the envelope bubble.
Cowen proceeded to eradicate Lampropoulos, whereas Kabhrel burst the cash bubble, with Krzysztof Magott the unlucky participant to depart empty-handed.
Javier Francort was first to exit within the cash, busting to Cowen. The British participant additionally took out Harald Casagrande in twelfth place, and proceeded to tug a €75,000 and €25,000 bounty.
Krasimir Yankov had been making hay after the thriller bounty bubble burst, making use of fixed stress to opponents, and it might repay when he busted Vadim Zakharyan and Leszek Badurowicz in fast succession. On the exact similar time, Kabrhel cracked the aces of Patrik Jaros to set a remaining desk of eight.
Cowen Cannot Catch Kabrhel
Yankov led the way in which at first of the ultimate desk, adopted by Kabrhel and Cowen, whereas Dario Alioto, contemporary off a second-place end within the €5,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha, was in the course of the pack.
Claushuis was first to bust to Kabrhel in a three-way all-in, which additionally did severe injury to Yankov’s stack.
From there, Kabrhel and Cowen took cost, carving up their remaining remaining desk opponents. Cowen completed off short-stack Filip Lovric in seventh place after Kabrhel had left him on fumes. Yankov couldn’t recuperate from his earlier conflict with Kabrhel, and Cowen put him to the sword after Yankov bricked a double flush draw. Yankov softened the blow by pulling €32,500 in bounties.
Ioannis Angelou Konstas had executed nicely to grind his short-stack to fifth place, however that proved to be the top of the street for the Greek as he exited to Cowen’s two pair. Tomasz Kozub‘s valiant effort got here to an finish in fourth place when he ran queens into Kabrhel’s kings.
That set the stage for a three-handed confrontation between three WSOP bracelet winners in Kabrhel, Cowen and Alioto. The trio battled laborious, however by the ultimate break Kabrhel had constructed an honest lead, holding over 75% of the chips in play.
Kabrhel tried to grind his opponents down, however Cowen secured three-double-ups in fast succession in opposition to the Czech. Alioto may maintain on now not, and was pressured all-in from the massive blind. He couldn’t join with the runout, and the stage was set for heads-up play, Kabrhel holding a ten:1 lead.
Cowen discovered two doubles to extend the competition, however Kabrhel ultimately sealed the deal when he flopped a straight in opposition to Cowen’s prime pair.
Winner’s Response
Kabrhel, despite the fact that he was in a dominant place late on the remaining desk, acknowledged that he nonetheless needed to proceed grinding for the bracelet.
“It is by no means over till it is over. I’d have been much more assured in Maintain’em, in Omaha even with this heads-up spot he may double-up just a few occasions and be again in it, so actually glad to get it executed.”
The now five-time WSOP champ confirmed he could be leaping within the €25,000 Excessive Curler, in addition to the Most important Occasion, and jokingly quipped he’s anticipating a three-bracelet haul for the collection. Doing so would give him 4 bracelets for the yr. He gained the $1,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Mini Most important Occasion this previous summer season in Las Vegas for $843,140.
Kabrhel, some of the polarizing figures in poker, now has over $16.2 million in reside event cashes, based on The Hendon Mob.
