Zdenek Zizka Adds WSOPC Ring to the Bracelet He Won Last Summer

The 2026 World Sequence of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) King’s Resort is in full swing in Rozvadov, with eight of the 12 gold ring awarding occasions executed and dusted. Whereas a lot of the champions are largely identified on a neighborhood degree, one, Zdenek Zizka, is quickly approaching international fame.

Zizka was a relative unknown till the summer time of 2025. The backgammon professional flew to Las Vegas beneath the radar however returned to his native Czech Republic as a WSOP champion. Zika triumphed within the $1,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em occasion towards the top of the 2025 WSOP, taking dwelling $232,498 and his first gold bracelet. The Czech star defeated Shaun Deeb heads-up, denying Deeb what would have been his eighth bracelet.

Just a few months later, Zizka turned a millionaire in a single day after taking down the $100,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Predominant Occasion on the Brazilian Sequence of Poker (BSOP). Zizka left the likes of Gabriel Tavares, Ottomar Ladva, fellow countryman Martin Kabrhel, and Renan Bruschi in his wake on the last desk earlier than defeating Felipe Boianovsky heads-up to clinch a prime prize price $1,200,000.

Though this newest victory didn’t include a six or seven-figure prize – Zizka banked €32,500 – it did include a coveted gold WSOPC ring. Zizka outlasted 545 opponents within the €600 No-Restrict Maintain’em Thriller Bounty occasion so as to add one more trophy to his cupboard.

Zizka’s consideration is now prone to flip to the WSOPC Predominant Occasion. The primary of 5 flights within the €1,500 buy-in, €1 million assured event shuffles up and offers on Janaury 9. The eventual champion is topped on January 13, and it might not be stunning to see Zizka in rivalry for a second ring primarily based on his present type.

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2026 WSOPC King’s Resort Outcomes So Far

Italy’s Andrea Iocco is the most important single winner of the 2026 WSOPC King’s Resort to date, courtesy of turning into the champion of the €330 Mini Predominant. This occasion drew 1,602 entrants, together with re-entries, who fought it out for a share of the €500,000 prize pool. Iotto was the final man standing, and he acquired €62,000 and his first gold WSOPC ring.

Germany’s Quirin Zech is one other participant who bought his arms on a WSOPC ring. Zech, who was the runner-up to Dusan Despotovic within the €2,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha occasion on the 2025 WSOPE, triumphed within the €2,000 PLO event at this WSOPC. Alongside together with his first ring, Zech banked €29,900.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the UK, and has labored within the poker business since 2008, and labored for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he turned the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from dwell reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his position of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.