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Nik Beats 7,013-Entry Field as King’s Million EPC Wraps Up in Rozvadov
- Romanian player Nik won the €1,150 Super Main Event at King’s Million EPC, earning €546,100 after a 7,013-entry field.
- Andre Winkler, Mystery Kid, and DENNO0211 also secured event victories in the series, each with unique stories and deals at the final tables.
- The festival at King’s Resort featured large prize pools and highlighted the rising profile of live poker in Rozvadov.
The first King’s Million European Poker Championship has its Main Event champion and apparently Rozvadov needed a field of more than 7,000 entries to find him.
Romanian player Nik came through the €1,150 Super Main Event to collect €546,100 and a King’s Royal Scepter, putting the finishing touch on a festival that ran from September 16 to October 6 at King’s Resort.
We've compiled all the highlights for you here.
Nik Takes Down the €1,150 Super Main Event
The Super Main Event attracted 7,013 entries across eight opening flights, creating a €6,855,207 prize pool and comfortably clearing its €5 million guarantee. Nik had already made a final table earlier in the series before returning for the biggest tournament on the autumn schedule.
He led after the opening flights, slipped back into the pack on Day 2 and then returned to the top before the final day. Four players eventually stopped play to negotiate a deal, locking up more than €400,000 each while leaving over €200,000 still to play for.
That deal explains the slightly unusual final payouts. Third-place finisher Lyubomir actually banked more than the eventual champion, but Nik won the remaining competition and the Scepter after beating France’s Christophe Vincent heads-up.
King’s Million EPC Super Main Event Final Table
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nik | Romania | €546,100* |
| 2 | Christophe Vincent | France | €462,600* |
| 3 | Lyubomir | Bulgaria | €558,200* |
| 4 | Mike Neuens | Luxembourg | €452,300* |
| 5 | Mourad Tounnouti | Netherlands | €202,300 |
| 6 | Wiktor Weiner | Poland | €148,300 |
| 7 | Pavel Stribrny | Czechia | €111,300 |
| 8 | Erdinc Guentay | Germany | €82,800 |
| 9 | Antonio Sciacca | Italy | €61,300 |
*Four-way deal.
This Rozvadov result was Nik’s biggest live tournament score to date.
That said, Nik was hardly unfamiliar with King’s Resort either, having already won a WSOP Circuit ring there in January and reached several other final tables in Rozvadov since 2023.
Winkler Adds EPC Masters to Breakout 2026
From the looks of it, Andre Winkler has made a habit of winning in Rozvadov this year.
The German recreational player followed his earlier success at King’s Resort by taking down the €2,000 EPC Masters, defeating a 346-entry field and collecting €99,600 after a heads-up deal with Marco Giordano.
Giordano actually secured the larger payout of €118,400 because he held the chip lead when the deal was agreed. The tournament continued for the Royal Scepter, however, and Winkler came back from a roughly 2:1 deficit to take the trophy.
EPC Masters Final Table
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre Winkler | Germany | €99,600* |
| 2 | Marco Giordano | Italy | €118,400* |
| 3 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | €58,100 |
| 4 | Pasquale Casella | Italy | €39,900 |
| 5 | MajikMike | Italy | €28,200 |
| 6 | Fatih Sen | Turkey | €20,300 |
| 7 | Catalin Moraru | Romania | €15,100 |
| 8 | Paul Craciunas | Romania | €11,450 |
| 9 | Sebastian Kotowicz | Poland | €9,050 |
Mystery Kid Goes One Better in the High Roller
Mystery Kid had already come close to a Scepter once, finishing as a runner-up to Viorel Gavrila in the €250 Mini Main Event for €76,500.
The Israeli player won the €3,000 EPC High Roller after a marathon final day, overcoming 152 entries and defeating Mihai Tabac heads-up for €110,300. The event carried a €500,000 prize pool.
EPC High Roller Final Table
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mystery Kid | Israel | €110,300 |
| 2 | Mihai Tabac | Romania | €71,200 |
| 3 | MajikMike | Italy | €47,600 |
| 4 | coolstorybro | Poland | €32,900 |
| 5 | Paul Runcan | Romania | €23,600 |
| 6 | Martynas Racinskas | Lithuania | €17,600 |
| 7 | Jakub Sterba | Czechia | €13,600 |
| 8 | Davit Mikhanashvili | Georgia | €11,000 |
| 9 | Attila Koncz | Hungary | €9,200 |
The winning hand came after Tabac fired a river bluff into Mystery Kid’s pocket jacks, with the call bringing the 19-hour final day to an end.
DENNO0211 Stays One More Night and Wins the Closer
Sometimes the most profitable tournament decision is simply not going home.
German player DENNO0211 and his friends had packed the car for their 600-kilometre journey home before deciding to stay for another night and enter the €500 EPC Closer.
He ended up beating 565 entries for €46,200, the biggest tournament result of his career.
EPC Closer Final Table
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DENNO0211 | Germany | €46,200 |
| 2 | Davide Muccini | Italy | €30,700 |
| 3 | Nicholas Scott | United States | €20,900 |
| 4 | Marcos Rocha | Portugal | €14,500 |
| 5 | Ivan Izzillo | Italy | €10,200 |
| 6 | B.S. | Italy | €7,400 |
| 7 | Rafael Griman | Venezuela | €5,500 |
| 8 | Kevin Kevinov | France | €4,100 |
| 9 | TheCallinator | Germany | €3,205 |
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