Leon Tsoukernik Trumps Ivey in 100k Short Deck Event

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A total of 29 High Rollers posted the €100,000 to test their skills against each other in this Short Deck event hosted in Kings Casino, Rozvadov, Czech Republic.

None other than the Casino owner himself Leon Tsoukernik who might be an amateur player but a serious Poker enthusiast took his home turf advantage to the highest stakes and battled these seasoned Pros at the top level.

Massive Prizes

The prize pool was a massive €2,755,000 with the top 4 spots being paid. Play on the final table saw Ivey busting everyone in sight with Ben Lamb busting on the bubble. Next to bust was another Poker loving business mogul in the shape of Cary Katz who bagged himself €275,500. Ivey then busted Triton Poker’s co-founder Paul Phua, no stranger to the high stakes short deck games he earnt €551,000 for his troubles.

Clash of the Titans

The stage was then set for the epic Leon Vs Ivey battle and Leon kicked things off in style coming back from the huge chip deficit and getting three double-ups from Ivey to take over the chip lead.

ivey vs leon

All the money went in on a bit of a cooler board with Ivey flopping top pair and Leon having Top set, that was all she wrote for this one as Ivey missed any chance of a suck out via his backdoor draws and Leon took down the €1,102,000 top prize with Phil Ivey bagging himself a pretty decent €826,500 for his time spent.

All this took place after some of the biggest names including the Casino owner himself busted the €25,000 WSOPE event #6, Leon hosted this €100K Final table right in front of the main event bracelet event. Many people will say how good for the game this kind of action is, just being able to set up a €100K event that’s not even for a bracelet and what a spectacle for poker fans all over the world it is too!

Great Action Game

This is when you know that a game is fresh and fun when the final table of a €100k event is loaded with not just Pros but Amateurs alike, that is exactly the type of thing that is amazing about this game that we all love. You can’t just go and shoot some holes of golf with Tiger Woods or play a pick-up game with Jordan, but you can buy into an event and take on Phil Ivey, all you need is the cash to do so!

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