Samuel Stranak The 2021 World Series of Poker Europe has crowned the third champion at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov. In a battle of Slovakians, Samuel Stranak prevailed against Alan Sabo in Event #4: €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha and collected his first gold bracelet along with the top prize of €101,764. Both close friends battled for the first-ever gold bracelet for their home country with the better end for Stranak in a very entertaining and jovial heads-up duel.
The tournament attracted a field of 241 entries and the €423,557 prize pool was divided among the top 37 finishers. Notables on the final table included the UK’s Ian Bradley , Amir Mozaffarian , and Krasimir Yankov . Final Table Result Event #4: €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
1 Samuel Stranak Slovakia €101,764 2 Alan Sabo Slovakia €62,894 3 Ian Bradley United Kingdom €44,044 4 Vasil Medarov Bulgaria €31,484 5 Amir Mozaffarian Germany €22,982 6 Krasimir Yankov Bulgaria €17,140 7 Stanislav Parkhomenko Bulgaria €13,065 8 Ermanno Di Nicola Italy €10,185 Eventual champion Stranak did the lion’s share of the work en route to victory after knocking out seven of his last eight opponents on the feature table of Europe’s biggest poker arena. Prior to his win, the 24-year-old scientist from Bratislava only had four recorded MTT cashes to his name while the one year older Sabo earned several WSOP Online cashes throughout the last two years.
Both had been playing against each other in cash games prior but it was the first time they participated in the same tournament together and that made the duel for the title and glory even more special.
“We were joking about it before but what are the odds? One million to one?” a delighted Stranak said while his buddy chimed in. “It was an amazing experience, I almost cried when I got heads-up with this guy. I am sad that I didn’t get the bracelet but I am very happy for him,” runner-up Sabo said during the joint winner interview with the two Slovakians.
Both didn’t hold back when battling with each other even prior to the heads-up and Stranak had Sabo […]
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