Lukas Zaskodny took home the biggest score of his poker career after winning the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe Main Event!
partypoker MILLIONS Europe
- Event: € 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
- Venue: King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic
- Schedule: August 14 to 18, 2019
- Entries: 504
- Re-entries: 12
- GTD prize pool: € 5,040,000
A total of 72 players shared the €5,040,000 prize pool.
Lukas Zaskodny overcame a field of 504 players, and defeated his good friend and fellow countryman Josef Snejberg in the heads up showdown.
Zaskodny said after he won, "We were playing for a lot of money, and the pay jumps were quite huge. Even though the table is quite shallow, I understand that nobody wants to be eliminated."
He also said about his friend Snejberg, "One month ago we had a groundbreaking with my garden. And we were talking and saying that we've never played heads-up together, even though we've played together many years. So one month after that, we got heads up."
Final Table
Eight players returned on the third and final day of the Main Event.
Chip leader Charlie Carrel, who held 1/3 of the chips in play at the start of the day, immediately busted Rastislav Paleta who settled in 8th place for €100,000. However, it was downhill for the British superstar after that as he lost every time during every all-in confrontation and ended up in 7th place for €130,000.
Team partypoker pro Roberto Romanello (pictured below) ended up in 6th place, taking home €170,000. He was one of the pros who managed to reach Day 3 via the online Day 1+2.
Sam Grafton, even though he was one of the big stacks and held the chip lead during the final table, was unable to take the title and ended his run in 5th place for €220,000.
Just like Romanello who made it to the final table after reaching Day 3 via the partypoker client, Romain Lewis (3rd, €428,000) and Severin Schleser (4th, €300,000) also were able to visit Kings Resort for the first time on Day 3 of the Main Event. Schleser luckily qualified for the tourney via a partypoker online satellite with a buy-in around 100x smaller than the original €10,300.
The heads-up match was between the two good friends Lukas Zaskodny and Josef Snejberg. During a short break before the heads up match, they struck a deal that they would finish the tourney playing for €100,000. Zaskodny as the chip lead going into the heads up match secured €806,770 while Snejberg has locked in on €718,230.
The heads-up match lasted an hour. Snejberg was able to take over the lead during the heads up, but Zaskodny managed to win two huge pots to take the title and the extra €100,000.
The final hand:
Zaskodny had a pair of 10s
Snejberg got 10-A
The board ran out 6-J-5-5-6, making Zaskodny the winner of €906,770, the biggest prize of his career to date.
Final Table Results
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Player
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Country
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Prize (EUR)
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Prize (USD)
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1
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Lukas Zaskodny
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Czech Republic
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€906,770*
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$1,014,851
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2
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Josef Snejberg
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Czech Republic
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€718,230*
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$803,838
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3
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Romain Lewis
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France
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€428,000
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$479,015
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4
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Severin Schleser
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Austria
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€300,000
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$335,758
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5
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Sam Grafton
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UK
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€220,000
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$246,222
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6
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Roberto Romanello
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UK
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€170,000
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$190,263
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7
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Charlie Carrel
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UK
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€130,000
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$145,495
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8
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Rastislav Paleta
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Czech Republic
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€100,000
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$111,919
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*denotes a heads-up deal was made
Source:
https://poker.partypoker242.com/en/blog/lukas-zaskondy-wins-partypoker-live-millions-europe-main-event.html
