On Saturday, 883 Main Event entries at the German Poker Days powered by GPD at King’s Resort Rozvadov ensured that the €300,000 guarantee was nearly reached. After 6 out of 8 starting days, only 23 entries are missing to exceed the €300k buy-ins. This should clearly happen today in the final starting day 1G Turbo (from 11:00) and in the Flip and Gos (from 14:00). Among the 89 final qualifiers, two German players were able to secure a min-cash as well as the chipleader bonus of €1,150 each.
German Poker Days – Main Event
The German Poker Days are a staple among the poker festivals at King’s Resort. In the current edition, the GPD Main Event features a minimum guarantee of €300,000, including 10 packages worth €3,000 each for the King’s Million European Poker Championship! Those who want to play for it can qualify for the final (SUN, 17:00) via 8 flights (7 starting days, 1 Flip and Go). The top 10% of flight participants in each case make the cut. The money ranks with the associated €400 min-cash are reached as soon as 15% of players remain on the starting day. In addition, the chiplead on the regular starting days is rewarded with a €1,150 chipleader bonus in the form of King’s Main Event tickets. The entry fee is under €200 at €199, for which you receive 50,000 starting chips and 30 minutes of playing time (12 minutes in the Turbo flight). On the final day, the blind levels will be extended to 40 minutes. The German Poker Days are known for the fact that the final day, usually played on Monday at King’s Resort, is omitted, meaning that not only poker skills but also poker stamina are required for a successful Main Event!
| Flight | Entries | Re-Entries | Total | ITM | Advancing | Chiplead |
| Day 1A | 63 | 28 | 91 | 14 | 10 | Mehrdad Amiri (DEU): 1.346.000 |
| Day 1B | 133 | 54 | 187 | 29 | 18 | Tegin Li (NLD): 1.092.000 |
| Day 1C | 196 | 59 | 255 | 39 | 26 | Johannes van de Wiel (NLD): 946.000 |
| Day 1D | 219 | 67 | 286 | 43 | 29 | „OGI“ (DEU): 1.192.000 |
| Day 1E | 373 | 131 | 504 | 76 | 51 | Sandro Schuhbaum (DEU): 1.374.000 |
| Day 1F | 255 | 124 | 379 | 57 | 38 | Thomas Faininger (DEU): 1.448.000 |
| Day 1G Turbo | ||||||
| Flip and Go | ||||||
| Final Day | 1.239 | 463 | 1.702 | 258 | 172 | Mehrdad Amiri (DEU): 1.346.000 |
€199 GPD German Poker Days – Day 1E
On the fifth GPD Main Event starting day, 373 players entered the race, purchasing an additional 131 re-entries for a buy-in of under €200. This meant that 76 players (15%) were to finish in the money and 51 (10%) made it to Day 2. Among the successful participants, the majority came from Germany or German-speaking countries.
The top 8 were all from the D-A-CH region. There were five chip millionaires at the end of the day: “Ursus” (1.005.000), Philip Daub (1.022.000), Mike Schönberg (1.037.000), the Swiss player Steve Cottet (1.243.000), and the Day 1E chipleader Sandro Schuhbaum. The German player, already successful at King’s, was able to take 1.374.000 chips into today’s final day as well as the €1,150 chipleader bonus.
| Buy-in | 199 € |
| Guarantee | 300.000 € |
| entries | 373 |
| re-entries | 131 |
| total entries | 504 |
| total prize pool | 300.000 € |
| pos | Name | Chip count | Payout |
| 1. | Sandro Luca Angelo Schuhbaum | 1374000 | €1.550 |
| 2. | Steve Cottet | 1243000 | €400 |
| 3. | Meik Klaus Schoenberg | 1037000 | €400 |
| 4. | Philip Alexander Daub | 1022000 | €400 |
| 5. | Ursus | 1005000 | €400 |
| 6. | Herbert Seidel | 952000 | €400 |
| 7. | Maximilian Kuntz | 913000 | €400 |
| 8. | Konrad Detlef Werner Nather | 848000 | €400 |
| 9. | Artiom Poddubnii | 814000 | €400 |
| 10. | Jeffrey Lesley Heilbron | 790000 | €400 |
| 11. | Mikolaj Jacek Scibor | 750000 | €400 |
| 12. | Michael Golling | 744000 | €400 |
| 13. | Maksym Vynnyk | 677000 | €400 |
| 14. | Dong He | 637000 | €400 |
| 15. | Pablick | 5760 |
