Lukas Zaskodny became the second Czech player to win a gold bracelet from the ongoing WSOP Europe festival at King’s Casino Rozvadov. The player was crowned the victor of the €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha after three days of play, and a particularly tough final table.
Zaskodny collected the amount of €93,677 for his efforts and the coveted gold bracelet. The player said during his post-victory interview that he plays poker recreationally but that he does it regularly. He further dwelt that King’s Casino in the small village of Rozvadov offers poker action of high quality and this allows for multiple local players to perfect their skills. The latest WSOP Europe winner believes that this will eventually bring more and more Czech players to the global poker scene.
Of his big accomplishment, Zaskodny said that it is an amazing feeling to win a gold bracelet as it is a trophy every player covets. The player was particularly even happier that he scooped the piece of WSOP jewelry on Czech soil where he could celebrate with his nearest and dearest.
The €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha and Zaskodny’s Run
The Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, designated as Event #6 on the schedule of this year’s WSOP Europe, took place from October 28 through October 30. It attracted 191 entries who generated a prize pool of €366,529. The top 29 finishers left with a payout.
The event’s original field was reduced to just eight players by the end of the second day of play. Bulgaria’s Krasimir Yankov led the final eight into Day 3 of action. The player had a total of 1.68 million in chips when cards were thrown in the air on Monday. He was closely followed by Liran Twito from Israel with 1.654 million. Zaskodni was sixth in chips at that point.
Eventually, the player found himself playing against Yankov and Allen Kessler in a three-handed battle that lasted nearly five hours. During three-handed play, the chip lead switched hands on several occasions. The three-handed exchange of chips was put an end to with the elimination of Yankov in third place.
The heads-up match was thus set with Kessler entering as the chip leader. The player had a two-to-one advantage over his final opponent at the beginning of the two-handed battle. Here it is interesting to note that this was not the first time that Kessler has made it to a heads-up in a WSOP event. The player has been in that position three other times over the years, but never made it to the end. And as it can be seen, the Pot-Limit Omaha gold piece was, too, not his to capture.
It took more than an hour of battling until Zaskodny eventually backed his final opponent into a corner to win the last hand of the evening and the tournament as a whole. On that final hand, Kessler went all in on the turn with [Ax][Jx][2x][3x] against Zaskodny’s [Jh][Jc][6d][3d]. The [Jx][7x][2x][2x] had appeared on the board by that time and the [10h] on the river secured Zaskodny with the title. Kessler left in second place, good for €57,897.
