WPT Prime Liechtenstein

Event info

Grand Casino Liechtenstein

30. 08. 2023 - 11. 09. 2023

The combination of the prestigious WPT Prime series and the world-class Grand Casino Liechtenstein can only bring one thing to the table - the best poker festival far and wide! Whether you're a seasoned poker pro or consider yourself just a recreational player, you should make time for this event at the start of September, no matter what !

The whole festival kicks off with the affordable WPT Deepstack with a buy-in of CHF 200 and a guarantee of CHF 100,000, which will take place from 31.8 to 3.9. Alongside this, we will have several PLO events or events for ladies and seniors, and then from 6.9 the main event of the whole festival will take the spotlight - the CHF 1,100 WPT Prime with a record guarantee of CHF 1,000,000!

You will be able to play for it in a total of six opening days, followed by Sunday's Day 2 (September 10) and finally Monday's Grand Final (September 11). Of course, we won't be absent and you can look forward to live streams from our production, live reports from the action and much more!

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Livereport

12.09.2023 11:32
WPT Prime Liechtenstein winner David Kozma!

At the start there were a record 1,644 entries and a fat prize pool of CHF 1,644,000, with only one winner at the end. The WPT Prime champion was Hungarian player David Kozma after a last-three deal!

David Kozma won the biggest WPT Prime in history for a fat cash prize of CHF 268,340, including a $10,400 WPT Prime Championship ticket and a beautiful winner's trophy.

The entire final table took home interesting prize money:

  1. David Kozma - CHF 268,340*
  2. Marc Sen - CHF 172,500
  3. Lukas Pazma - CHF 128,000
  4. Alessandro Pichierri - CHF 95,800
  5. Carlos Henningsen - CHF 72,300
  6. Faton Berisha - CHF 55,200
  7. Thomas Hofmann - CHF 42,500
  8. Salih Atac - CHF 33,000
  9. Guodong Yang - CHF 25,900

The 6-day poker marathon has come to an end, and we bid you farewell with our live report for now. We are looking forward to more interesting events.

12.09.2023 02:50 / Level: 23
Swiss Marc Sen runner-up WPT Prime

And it's decided! Hungarian David Kozma and Swiss Marc Sen met in the final heads up match.

On the last hand of the tournament, Marc Sen called for 1m and David Kozma check-called. The flop came 8 6 2, Kozma bet 1m, Sen re-raised 3m and Kozma called. On the turn 5, Kozma continued for 3m, Sen all in and Kozma called. Kozma showed 5 6 two pair against Sen's A 6. The river was the 5 and Kozma won the last pot with a full house, leaving Marc Sen in second place in the tournament

Marc Sen finishes second in the tournament, and after the deal he takes home a magnificent CHF 172,500!

Level: 23 - Blinds: 500000/1000000/1000000 - Players: 2 - Entries: 1.644
12.09.2023 01:26 / Level: 22 - Players: 2
Surprising end of Lukáš Pažma

For Lukáš Pažma, the final table was a roller coaster ride, where he first rocketed to the top and then his luck turned around.

In the last hand of the tournament, Lukas was about 5m behind and made it to the all in with J 9 against David Kozma with K T. Borad's A T Q 4 4 ended Lukas' journey through the tournament.

Lukáš Pažma eventually finishes third in the tournament and takes home his lifetime bankroll of CHF 173,000 after the deal.

And we move into heads up play!

Level: 22 - Blinds: 400000/800000/800000 - Players: 3 - Entries: 1.644
12.09.2023 00:48 / Level: 21 - Players: 3
Players agree to a deal

The last three players agreed to deal as follows:

  1. Lukas Pažma - CHF 173.000
  2. David Kozma - 168.000 CHF
  3. Marc Sen - 167.000 CHG

Play will be for the trophy, ticket and CHF 59,553.

12.09.2023 00:21 / Level: 21 - Players: 3
Deale is discussed

In the meantime, both Kozma and Sen managed to get past Pažma and the stacks of the players were approximately equal. This triggered a discussion about the deal.

12.09.2023 00:08 / Level: 21 - Players: 3
The last three players

The last three players are fighting for the win, with Pažma in the lead:

  1. Lukas Pazma - 32,000,000 (53 bb)
  2. David Kozma - 10,400,000 (17 bb)
  3. Marc Sen - 7,100,000 (12 bb)
Level: 21 - Blinds: 300000/600000/600000 - Players: 3 - Entries: 1.644
11.09.2023 23:28 / Level: 20 - Players: 3
An unpleasant end for Alessandro Pichierri

This is certainly not how the Italian imagined his end on the final table! Alessandro Pichierri made it to the all in against David Kozma. Both players turned over king jack off suit, David Kozma K J Alessandro Pichierri K J. A flop of 8 4 Q, turn 6 and river 7 completed the Hungarian player's flush.

Alessandro Pichierri was quick to run out of the casino after this hand. 4th place belongs to him and despite the unfortunate ending a nice CHF 95,800.

11.09.2023 22:58 / Level: 20 - Players: 4
Lukáš Pažma is constantly rising

The final four players at the final table of the record-breaking WPT Prime are battling it out for a massive cash prize of CHF 268,340. Among them, Slovakian representative Lukáš Pažma is still building his stack. There are also some handsome sums awaiting the others:

  1. CHF 268,340*
  2. CHF 172,500
  3. CHF 128,000
  4. CHF 95,800

Will the record-breaking WPT Prime have a Slovak champion? Fingers crossed!

Level: 20 - Blinds: 300000/500000/500000 - Players: 4 - Entries: 1.644
11.09.2023 22:14 / Level: 19 - Players: 4
Carlos Henningsen in 5th place

Carlos Henningsen made it to all in with A K against Prichietti's T T. He eventually found no help on board 5 7 6 8 3, ending his tournament.

Carlos Henningsen took a nice 5th place for CHF 72,300!

11.09.2023 21:32 / Level: 19 - Players: 5
In 6th place Faton Berisha

Shortly after the break we have another elimination. Faton Berisha' s executioner was Lukas Pažma, who found A K the moment Berisha sent all his remaining chips with A 7 on his hand. The flop 3 A T, the turn 2 and the river 4.

Faton Berisha finishes the tournament in sixth place for CHF 55,200 and the Slovakian player increases his stack to 12 million!

Level: 19 - Blinds: 200000/400000/400000 - Players: 6 - Entries: 1.644
Break: 15 minutes
11.09.2023 21:09 / Level: 18 - Players: 6
Thomas Hofmann seventh

In his last hand of the tournament,Thomas Hofmann moved all in with 9 9 but ran into the immortal Marc Sen, who found A K. The harbinger of the end was already a flop of 8 8 A, a J came on the turn and a river 8 called. Marc Sen completed a full house and that meant the end of the tournament for Hofmann.

Thomas Hofmann finishes 7th in the tournament and takes home a nice CHF 42,500!

11.09.2023 20:57
Photo gallery
Level: 18 - Blinds: 150000/300000/300000 - Players: 7 - Entries: 1.644
11.09.2023 20:23 / Level: 17 - Players: 7
No elimination

We haven't seen any eliminations this level, the stakes are high and there's no rush...

Level: 17 - Blinds: 125000/250000/250000 - Players: 7 - Entries: 1.644
Break: 40 minutes
11.09.2023 17:37 / Level: 16 - Players: 7
Chip count before break

Players go to break with the following stacks:

  1. Alessandro Pichierri - 13,350,000 (53 bb)
  2. David Kozma - 10,075,000 (40 bb)
  3. Thomas Hofmann - 8,225,000 (33 bb)
  4. Marc Sen - 6,600,000 (26 bb)
  5. Lukas Pazma - 5,500,000 (22 bb)
  6. Carlos Henningsen - 3,350,000 (13 bb)
  7. Faton Berisha - 2,400,000 (10 bb)

Let's also recall the final table payout structure:

  1. CHF 268,340*
  2. CHF 172,500
  3. CHF 128,000
  4. CHF 95,800
  5. CHF 72,300
  6. CHF 55,200
  7. CHF 42,500
11.09.2023 17:23 / Level: 16 - Players: 7
First elimination at the final table

The first eliminated is Salih Atac, who entered the final table as a shortstack. Alessandro Pichierri, with 6.4m, found Q Q on UTG and opened to 300k. Atac with A 3 after some deliberation sends his last 1.8m.

On the flop Pichierri three-bet K Q 6, turn 4, river A. Salih Atac finishes the final table in 8th place for a nice CHF 33,000.

Level: 16 - Blinds: 100000/200000/200000 - Players: 8 - Entries: 1.644
11.09.2023 16:34 / Level: 15 - Players: 8
Final Eight

Players enter the final table with the following stacks, with the Slovak player in second place! In addition, Lukáš Pažma is doing some good advertising for his favourite football team, Spartak Trnava, at the streaming table. Fingers crossed!

  1. David Kozma - 16,675,000 (111 bb)
  2. Lukas Pazma - 7,900,000 (53 bb)
  3. Alessandro Pichierri - 5,875,000 (39 bb)
  4. Faton Berisha - 5,600,000 (37 bb)
  5. Thomas Hofmann - 5,300,000 (35 bb)
  6. Marc Sen - 4,375,000 (29 bb)
  7. Carlos Henningsen - 2,050,000 (14 bb)
  8. Salih Atac - 1,825,000 (12 bb)
11.09.2023 16:08 / Level: 15 - Players: 8
Final table "bubble boy"

A little while ago we got to know the final eight! At the gates of the final table in the tournament was Yang Guodong (9th place for CHF 25,900).

Guodong made it to the all in with A J on his hand against Alessandro Pichierri's Q K. Alessandro flopped a pair of 4 K 3, turn 6, river 2. Guodong is out of the tournament and we move on to the final table!

Level: 15 - Blinds: 75000/150000/150000 - Players: 9 - Entries: 1.644
11.09.2023 15:20 / Level: 14 - Players: 9
Live stream

You can also follow today's final day on our live stream with German and Czech commentary:

11.09.2023 15:06 / Level: 14 - Players: 9
Hamidou and Sennhauser "seat open"

Only one more elimination to make the final table!

Earlier today, the "seat open" heard Jules Hamidou (10th place for CHF 25,900) and Simon Sennhauser (11th place for CHF 20,500). More interesting "pay jumps" await us from now on:

  1. CHF 268,340*
  2. CHF 172,500
  3. CHF 128,000
  4. CHF 95,800
  5. CHF 72,300
  6. CHF 55,200
  7. CHF 42,500
  8. CHF 33,000
  9. CHF 25,900

Level: 14 - Blinds: 75000/125000/125000 - Players: 9 - Entries: 1.644
11.09.2023 14:38
Welcome to the finals!

Have a wonderful Monday afternoon my friends! After three opening days and a tough Day 2 yesterday, we are finally in the finals of the record-breaking WPT Prime Liechtenstein!

If you've only just started following us, we'd like to remind you that the Liechtenstein WPT Prime has been breaking records. It recorded 1,644 entries in the six opening flights, producing a prize pool of CHF 1,644,000. Of course, the biggest share will be grabbed by the winner - a fantastic CHF 268,340*.

Also after yesterday's 16-hour marathon, we start today with 11 players. Hungarian David Kozma leads the way:

  1. David Kozma - 7,100,000 (57 bb)
  2. Marc Sen - 6,750,000 (54 bb)
  3. Lukas Pazma - 5,300,000 (42 bb)
  4. Guodong Yang - 5,300,000 (42 bb)
  5. Simon Sennhauser - 4,800,000 (38 bb)
  6. Thomas Hofmann - 4,575,000 (37 bb)
  7. Alessandro Pichierri - 4,500,000 (36 bb)
  8. Carlos Henningsen - 3,725,000 (30 bb)
  9. Faton Berisha - 3,550,000 (28 bb)
  10. Salih Atac - 3,100,000 (25 bb)
  11. Jules Hamidou - 750,000 (6 bb)
11.09.2023 03:57
End of Day 2

Even after the 16-hour marathon, we didn't know the composition of the final table. At the start of today there were 208 players, with these 11 still in contention for the fantastic prize:

  1. David Kozma - 7,100,000 (57 bb)
  2. Marc Sen - 6,750,000 (54 bb)
  3. Lukas Pazma - 5,300,000 (42 bb)
  4. Guodong Yang - 5,300,000 (42 bb)
  5. Simon Sennhauser - 4,800,000 (38 bb)
  6. Thomas Hofmann - 4,575,000 (37 bb)
  7. Alessandro Pichierri - 4,500,000 (36 bb)
  8. Carlos Henningsen - 3,725,000 (30 bb)
  9. Faton Berisha - 3,550,000 (28 bb)
  10. Salih Atac - 3,100,000 (25 bb)
  11. Jules Hamidou - 750,000 (6 bb)

So we'll have to wait until tomorrow to form the final eight. Tempting sums await the entire final table. There's a trophy, a cash prize of CHF 259,053 and a $10,400 ticket to the WPT World Championship in Las Vegas for the winner! Payout Structure:

1st: CHF 268,340*
2nd: CHF 172,500
3rd: CHF 128,000
4th: CHF 95,800
5th: CHF 72,300
6th: CHF 55,200
7th: CHF 42,500
8th: CHF 33,000

9th-10th: CHF 25,900
11th: CHF 20,500

The finale of the record-breaking WPT Prime Liechtenstein is scheduled for today (Monday, September 11) at 14:00. In addition to the live report, you will be able to follow the progress of the final table on our live stream. In the meantime, we bid you farewell and have a good night!

11.09.2023 03:34 / Level: 13 - Players: 11
Are we approaching the finals?

With only 11 players left on Day 2, we're waiting to see who ends up in front of the final day's gates...

11.09.2023 03:30 / Level: 13 - Players: 11
Eliminations 17.-24.

CHF 10,900

17th: Alexander Graf
18th: Chun Chang
19th: Rassan Kubba
20th: Tommaso Serratore

CHF 8,980 went to the following players:

21st: Julien Piron
22nd: Christian Hertel
23rd: Moreno Plozza
24th: Gökhan Caymaz

11.09.2023 02:51 / Level: 13 - Players: 13
Side event Mystery Bounty final table

Meanwhile, the WPT Mystery Bounty final eight has been formed:

  1. Ercan Atmaca
  2. Said El Yousfi
  3. Fofi
  4. Marko Pantelic
  5. Stefan Vieli
  6. Thomas Hartmut Hardt
  7. Ramon Lampert
  8. Ognjen Saitovic
Level: 13 - Blinds: 50000/100000/100000 - Players: 13 - Entries: 1.644
Break: 15 minutes
11.09.2023 02:19 / Level: 12 - Players: 13
Ideal Kurtaj in 14th place

Ideal Kurtaj busts out of the tournament after sending his remaining stack with A-Q on his hand. Marc Sen called and turned over A K. On the turn, 8 4 7Q looked promising for Kurtaj, but the river K changed the situation.

Ideal Kurtaj finishes in 14th place for a handsome CHF 16,400.

11.09.2023 02:12
Photo gallery 6.
11.09.2023 01:40 / Level: 12 - Players: 14
6 players by the end of Day 2

At the start of level 12, the last 6 eliminations remain until the end of the second day of play. At the end we will know the final eight, who will be fighting for a beautiful CHF 268,340 tomorrow at 14:00!

Level: 12 - Blinds: 50000/75000/75000 - Players: 14 - Entries: 1.644
11.09.2023 01:11 / Level: 11 - Players: 15
Ace on the flop helped Sennhauser

Simon Sennhauser managed to double his stack after going all in with A K. Ideal Kurtaj found a Q Q on his hand at that moment and called. Right on the flop, however, came A 6 7, turn 4 and river J. Sennhauser saved his tournament life and increased his stack to around 1.6m.

The average stack is currently 3,288,000.

11.09.2023 00:56 / Level: 11 - Players: 16
Alexander Stefan Graf is out of the tournament

Daniel Salner sent all in 1,150,000 and Alexander Graf called his entire stack. Salner turned over A-J, and Graf held A-7. Board 8 539 8 brought no surprises and the better hand won. Alexander Graf thus ends the tournament in 17th place for CHF 10,900 and the players are paired up for two tables.

11.09.2023 00:39 / Level: 11 - Players: 17
Recent eliminations

Eliminations for CHF 7,480

25th: Chris Cajochen - CHF 7,480
26th: Gaetan Girardin - CHF 7,480
27th: Cecile Schneider - CHF 7,480
28th: Selvedin Besic - CHF 7,480
29th: Luka Bojovic - CHF 7,480
30th: Bekim Murtezi - CHF 7,480
31st: Vito Erasmo Labarile - CHF 7,480
32nd: Andre Von Ins - CHF 7,480

Level: 11 - Blinds: 30000/60000/60000 - Players: 22 - Entries: 1.644
Break: 15 minutes
10.09.2023 23:41 / Level: 10 - Players: 24
Redraw on three tables

The last 24 players are battling it out for a place in tomorrow's final table, and a 3-table redraw is underway at this time.

Slowly but surely we are approaching the final eight.

10.09.2023 23:31 / Level: 10 - Players: 24
Sebastian Langrock among others eliminated

Elimination for CHF 6,320

33rd: Mathias Güngerich
34th: Ismail Polat
35th: Patrik Mehlsack
36th: Stefanos Spanidis
37th: Sebastian Langrock
38th: Paco Fromaigeat
39th: Thanh Hao Nguyen
40th: Raoul Kanme

10.09.2023 23:21
Photo gallery 5.
Level: 10 - Blinds: 25000/50000/50000 - Players: 25 - Entries: 1.644
10.09.2023 22:24 / Level: 9 - Players: 28
21 eliminations by the end of Day 2

There are currently 29 players in the game, which means that 21 eliminations are needed to make the final eight. The average stack is currently 1,700,689.

As a reminder, you can also watch the TV table stream in German and Czech on our YouTube channel.

10.09.2023 22:07 / Level: 9 - Players: 29
Sevens were enough for Kozm

David Kozma opened from UTG for 80k, called by a player nicknamed LEON 17 in the small blind. The flop came T A 6 and Kozma bet 60k, LEON 17 called. Turn 2 Kozma continued for 80k, LEON 17 called again. The board completed the river 9 and passed with no action. Kozma showed a pair of 7 7s and LEON 17 held Q J on his hand.

After this hand, Kozma raised his stack to about 2.2m and LEON 17 fell to 350k.

10.09.2023 21:55 / Level: 9 - Players: 32
Eliminations 41.-57.

The following players also finished in the tournament:

CHF 5,380

41st: Arif Marty
42nd: Andreas Heider
43rd: Borislav Tonkov
44th: Chris Böckmann
45th: Christian Neiderer
46th: Mike Noori
47th: Josip Ivkic
48th: Egzon Krasniqi

CHF 4,640

49th: Robin Scheidegger
50th: Murat Yilmaz
51st: Michael Vonmoos
52nd: Lucas Mannai
53rd: Marco Meisser
54th: Giuseppe Trapani
55th: Tobias Künzli
56th: Roberto Gatta

CHF 4,040

57th: Alessio Pulignano

Level: 9 - Blinds: 20000/40000/40000 - Players: 34 - Entries: 1.644
Break: 15 minutes
10.09.2023 21:12 / Level: 8 - Players: 36
Chip leader Pichierri takes another pot

Alessandro Pichierri opened pre-flop for 60k, was called by Stefanos Spanidis in the small blind and Luka Bojovic in the big blind. Flop 4 2 Q all three check. The turn came the 3 Spanidis bet 50k, Bojovic folded and Pichierri called. Q on the river Spanidis put 120k and Pichierri thought better of it and called. Pichierri turned over A 9 to Spanidis's A 8.

After this hand, Alesandro Pichierri increases his dominance to about 5.3m. Spanidis was left behind about 420k.

10.09.2023 21:02
Photo gallery 4.
10.09.2023 20:35 / Level: 8 - Players: 38
Eliminations 58.-72.

In the meantime, the following players finished the tournament:

CHF 4,040

58th: Oguen Hot
59th: Juergen Haidacher
60th: Alan Sabok
61st: Marco Riverendo
62nd: Rocio Gomez
63rd: Rene Koch
64th: Gennaro Carotenuto

CHF 3,560

65th: Stefan Eggenberger
66th: Fabian Bartuschk
67th: Kevin Hess
68th: Martin Noya
69th: Simon Feistle
70th: Burim Mahmudi
71st: Hoo Liu
72nd: Osman Saldic

Level: 8 - Blinds: 15000/30000/30000 - Players: 44 - Entries: 1.644
10.09.2023 20:02 / Level: 7 - Players: 49
Live stream

You can now watch the Day 2 WPT Prime Liechtenstein TV table on live stream:

German:

Czech:

10.09.2023 19:54 / Level: 7 - Players: 51
River killer

Roberto Gatta sent all in his last 220k, Ideal Kurtaj turned all in with about 3m behind. Ideal Kurtaj showed K Q against Gatta's T T. Flop A 8 5, the turn flashed T but the river 3 completed Kurtaj's king-high flush, leaving Gatta to the cash. Roberto Gatta finishes the tournament in 56th position for CHF 4,640. Ideal Kurtaj has about 3.5m after this Monsterstack hand.

10.09.2023 19:28 / Level: 7 - Players: 57
Eliminations 73-88.

These players will not continue in the tournament:

CHF 3,160

73rd: Karl Weber
74th: Philippe Genilloud
75th: Jens Hermes
76th: Hael Al-Labani
77th: Alen Velagic
78th: Tomas Siran
79th: Giancarlo Bundi
80th: Remy Bhend

CHF 2,840

81st: Manfred Müller
82nd: Richard Von Moos
83rd: Caner Toker
84th: Marco Leitner
85th: Claudio Pitschen
86th: Nadja Sutter
87th: Michael-Anton Maier
88th: Xhavit Berisha

Level: 7 - Blinds: 15000/25000/25000 - Players: 57 - Entries: 1.644
Break: 60 minutes
10.09.2023 17:51
Photo gallery 3.
10.09.2023 17:39 / Level: 6 - Players: 58
Lukáš Pažma in good mood

Lukas Pažma opens from the CO for 40k, called by Michael Noori. Flop K 5 A Lukas continues with 40k, Noori calls. On the turn K Lukas Pažma check, Michael Noori 60k. Lukáš Pažma, without a "time pot" card, jokingly tries to take one away from the chairman Chang. He eventually folds and the pot goes to Noori. Lukas Pažma is behind 1,400,000 with an avg of 850,344.

10.09.2023 17:25
Eliminations 89.-104.

The following players finished for CHF 2,560 in the tournament:

89th: Amar Begovic
90th: Valentin-Cosmin Picconi
91st: Joshua Roloff
92nd: Elad Shaar
93rd: Leandro Dirlewanger
94th: Pero Jagustin
95th: Roberto Iannone
96th: Dino Ronzani
97th: Marco Succetti
98th: Antonio Chiafala
99th: Alexandre Barretta
100th: Stefan Weber
101st: Stefano Iolli
102nd: Ana Dobrinjkic-Siskic
103rd: Kevin Fluegel
104th: Mario Scalia

Level: 6 - Blinds: 10000/20000/20000 - Players: 69 - Entries: 1.644
10.09.2023 16:53 / Level: 5 - Players: 74
Bhend crashed

Former Swiss handball player Remy Bhend also managed to make it through to the second day. Bhend sent all in the last 220k, called by a player nicknamed Keole. Unluckily, Keole turned over A Q against the Swiss's A T. Board 9 K 6 5 Q and Remy is out of the tournament in 80th place for CHF 3,160. Keole has a fat million stack after this hand.

10.09.2023 16:34
Photo gallery 2.
10.09.2023 16:11
Further eliminations

The following names will not continue in the tournament today:

CHF 2,340

105th: Karl Schuler
106th: Florian Gehbauer
107th: Marco Winteler
108th: Velimir Lozic
109th: Andy Michael Graf
110th: Rafael Wolf
111th: Wen Wan
112th: Alain Sapin
113th: Loic Joseph
114th: Fabian Marrer
115th: Hasan Kapikolu
116th: Florian Roth
117th: Thivakaran Sundaralingam
118th: Manoel Assuncao Ferreira Gomes Filho
119th: Michael Welti
120th: Said El-Yousfi


Said El-Yousfi

CHF 2,140

121st: Gylbert Drolet
122nd: Thomas Maier
123rd: Mirko De Biasio
124th: Tiago De Melo
125th: Claudio Piceci
126th: Dennis Magro
127th: Alexander Schwarzmann
128th: Tyler Patterson
129th: Jannis Schulz
130th: Francois Najjar
131st: Daniel Fässler
132nd: Endravuz Lahdo
133rd: Martin Rapp
134th: Ralf Peter
135th: Charles Calfelis
136th: Armando Meier


Claudio Piceci

Level: 5 - Blinds: 10000/15000/15000 - Players: 94 - Entries: 1.644
Break: 15 minutes
10.09.2023 15:43 / Level: 4 - Players: 96
Hofmann finally with a good stack

During the opening days, it looked like Thomas Hofmann would enter the second stage of the tournament with half the blinds. After several attempts to increase his starting stack on Day 2, the Swiss finally managed to do so and currently has a stack of around 785k towering in front of him. Good luck!

10.09.2023 15:23 / Level: 4 - Players: 105
Started side event

A little while ago, the WPT Mystery Bounty kicked off in the poker room next door. There are 49 players in the tournament at the start of the first level and many more still waiting at the cashier.

10.09.2023 15:06 / Level: 4 - Players: 107
Nokia 3210 berry big pot

Egzon Krasniqi, Kevin Fluegel and a player nicknamed Nokia 3210 met in a 3-way pot. Opened by Krasniqi from UTG, Nokia 3210 called Fluegel's big blind call. Flop 2 2 3 bet Nokia 3210 30k, Fluegel call, Egzon Krasniqi folded. On the turn came a 9, Fluegel check and Nokia 3210 bets 70k, Fluegel calls. The board completed the Q on the river. The river Fluegel checked again and Nokia 3210 sent all in his last 130k behind. Kevin Fluegel folded after a short while. "Didn't the flush come?" Krasniqi said jokingly to his opponent. Nokia 3210 improved to around 330k after this hand.

Level: 4 - Blinds: 6000/12000/12000 - Players: 117 - Entries: 1.644
10.09.2023 14:23 / Level: 3 - Players: 127
Top 10 chip count

Goekhan Caymaz has held the lead since the start of today, with Lukas Pažma slowly growing as well:

1. Goekhan Caymaz - 1,108,000
2. Gaetan Giradin - 945,000
3. Luka Bojovic - 907,000
4. Lukas Pazma - 905,000
5. Raoul Kanme - 880,000
6. Salih Atac - 864,000
7. Cecile Schneider - 850,000
8. Mergim Murtezi - 848,000
9. Ideal Kurtaj - 806,000
10. Alessandro Pichierri - 745,000

10.09.2023 13:57 / Level: 3 - Players: 138
Fast start-up

Right from the start, the players set a fast pace and by the first break, as many as 70 players had been eliminated from the tournament. Who had already lost hope of winning the title?

CHF 2,000:

137th: Patrick Delkof
138th: Paul Knebel
139th: Denis Gergoc
140th: Thomas Bühler
141st: Brigitte Hauenstein
142nd: Manuel Gassmann
143rd: Patrik Huggler
144th: Gertrud Tabiadon
145th: Alexandros Gianasmidis
146th: Hamadi Sassi
147th: Igor Lyubimov
148th: Ivica Kulfa
149th: Michael Braeutigam
150th: Ovidiu Gherman
151st: Jacek Pustula
152nd: Micha Wildberger


Denis Gergoc

CHF 1,880:

153rd: Cem Garni
154th: Thomas Winding
155th: Fabian Felder
156th: Biagio De Frino
157th: Patrick Lukas
158th: Duc Long Nguyen
159th: Mario Heissmann
160th: Luca Casali
161st: Andreas Marco Stocker
162nd: Samuel Biland
163rd: Hassan Abud
164th: Philipp Meier
165th: Christian Leuthold
166th: Nicola Metzler
167th: Bedrus Ay
168th: Rohat Arikan


Rohat Arikan

CHF 1,800:

169th: Yannick Jobin
170th: Markus Reichart
171st: Karim Frick
172nd: Valter D'Agostino
173rd: Andreas Markus Stocker
174th: Florim Berisha
175th: Andreas Fluri
176th: Fabio Peluso
177th: Pascal Brechot
178th: Marcel Maurer
179th: Reto Latscha
180th: Massimo Vitulli )
181st: Laurent Matson
182nd: Dario Sunzeri
183rd: Fabian Isele Holder
184th: Ognjen Saitovic


Marcel Maurer

CHF 1,740:

185th: Fabian Bosshard
186th: Aldin Banovi
187th: Branko Portman
188th: Franz Bracher
189th: Salvatore Salemi
190th: Lorenzo Arduini
191st: Yosef Mizrahi
192nd: Florin Mihaila
193rd: Peter Huber
194th: Waldemar Kopyl
195th: Stefan Huber
196th: Josef Hackl
197th: Fabio Camossi
198th: Bratislav Tonic
199th: Franciso Velazquez
200th: David Aemmer
201st: Julian Eibel
202nd: Arutin Papian
203rd: Hermann Schweiger
204th: Marcello Bagala
205th: Marco Buff
206th: Silas Germann
207th: Stefano Cappilli
208th: Thomas Hofmann

Level: 3 - Blinds: 5000/10000/10000 - Players: 138 - Entries: 1.644
Break: 15 minutes
10.09.2023 13:37 / Level: 2 - Players: 141
WPT Mystery Bounty starts at 15:00

In addition to the second day of the Main Event, there is also an attractive side event on the schedule at Grand Casino today. The Mystery Bounty will start at 15:00 and players can enter the tournament for a buy in of CHF 1,100.

10.09.2023 13:33
Photo gallery 1.
Level: 2 - Blinds: 4000/8000/8000 - Players: 184 - Entries: 1.644
10.09.2023 12:24 / Level: 1 - Players: 184
Day 2 has officially kicked off!

Day 2 officially kicked off with the first level, which takes 31 minutes to complete. Subsequent levels will be 60 minutes long.

"The WPT Action Clock" will now deduct 30 seconds from players' time for each decision. They can use "time bank" cards, of which 5 are available to each player, to extend this time.

10.09.2023 12:21
Payout structure - the winner will take home CHF 267,920!

At the start of Day 2, players were also presented with a payout structure that provided everyone with a mincash worth CHF 1,740. But all eyes are on the top of the leaderboard, where the sum of CHF 267,920 shines, including the champion's trophy, title and a $10,400 package to December's WPT Championship in Las Vegas!

1st: CHF 267,920 (~US$300,070)
2nd: CHF 173,000 (~US$193,760)
3rd: CHF 128,000 (~US $143,360)
4th: CHF 95,800 (~US $107,296)
5th: CHF 72,300 (~US $80,976)
6th: CHF 55,200 (~US $61,824)
7th: CHF 42,500 (~US $47,600)
8th: CHF 33,000 (~US $36,960)
9th-10th: CHF 25,900 (~US $29,008)
11th-12th: CHF 20,500 (~US $22,960)
13th-14th: CHF 16,400 (~US $18,368)
15th-16th: CHF 13,300 (~US $14,896)
17th-20th: CHF 10,900 (~US $12,208)
21st-24th: CHF 9,000 (~US $10,080)
25th-32nd: CHF 7,500 (~US $8,400)
33rd-40th: CHF 6,300 (~US $7,056)
41st-48th: CHF 5,400 (~US $6,048)
49th-56th: CHF 4,600 (~US $5,152)
57th-64th: CHF 4,040 (~US $4,525)
65th-72nd: CHF 3,560 (~US $3,987)
73rd-80th: CHF 3,160 (~US $3,539)
81st-88th: CHF 2,840 (~US $3,181)
89th-104th: CHF 2,560 (~US $2,867)
105th-120th: CHF 2,340 (~US $2,621)
121st-136th: CHF 2,140 (~US $2,397)
137th-152nd: CHF 2,000 (~US $2,240)
153rd-168th: CHF 1,880 (~US $2,106)
169th-184th: CHF 1,800 (~US $2,016)
185th-208th: CHF 1,740 (~US $1,949)

Level: 1 - Blinds: 3000/6000/6000 - Players: 192 - Entries: 1.644
10.09.2023 12:13
Live Stream

Today you can also look forward to the Live Stream from Day 2, which will be hosted by the commentator duo Martin Pott and Stefan Hachmeister, the broadcast is scheduled to start at 19:30.

10.09.2023 12:10
Welcome to Day 2 of the biggest ever WPT Prime!

The expectations of even the most optimistic players have been exceeded, and the WPT Prime Liechtenstein can officially claim the title of the biggest ever. The final 1,644 entries made for a prizepool worth CHF 1,644,000, and the 207 advancing players are still in the running. Their journey to the final table kicks off at 12:00 with the 3,000/6,000/6,000 level, and we'll be following closely throughout the day in this live report.

See the full list of players in Day 2:

1. Gökhan Caymaz - 850,000
2. Luka Bojovic - 835,000
3. Lukas Pazma - 762,000
4. Raoul Kanme - 719,000
5. Leandro Dirlewanger - 622,000
6. Josef Vogel - 570,000
7. Alessandro Pichierri - 567,000
8. Cecile Schneider - 566,000
9. Chris Böckmann - 559,000
10. Burim Mahmudi - 550,000
11. Said El Yousfi - 550,000
12. Christian Hertel - 536,000
13. Biagio De Frino - 532,000
14. Jens Hermes - 525,000
15. Salih Atac - 516,000
16. Egzon Krasniqi - 515,000
17. Rassan Kubba - 510,000
18. Jules Hamidou - 503,000
19. Fabian Bartuschk - 488,000
20. Daniel Salner - 485,000
21. Borislav Tonkov - 479,000
22. Giancarlo Bundi - 455,000
23. Juergen Haidacher - 452,000
24. Gaetan Girardin - 448,000
25. Tobias Künzli - 441,000
26. Xhavit Berisha - 435,000
27. Thomas Hofmann - 434,000
28. Denis Gergoc - 432,000
29. Francois Najjar - 430,000
30. Felix Kretschmann - 430,000
31. Stefano Iolli - 427,000
32. Giuseppe Trapani - 421,000
33. Chun Chang - 420,000
34. Kevin Fluegel - 418,000
35. Tiago De Melo - 416,000
36. Bekim Murtezi - 393,000
38. Oguen Hot - 389,000
37. Florian Gehbauer - 389,000
39. Paul Knebel - 388,000
41. Marco Sen - 380,000
40. Vito Erasmo Labarile - 380,000
42. Andy Michael Graf - 371,000
43. Besic Selvedin - 370,000
44. Yang Guodong - 369,000
45. Hassan Abud - 369,000
46. Christian Neiderer - 367,000
47. Marco Winteler - 363,000
48. Carlos Henningsen - 359,000
49. Ismail Polat - 344,000
50. Gylbert Drolet - 339,000
52. Kopyl Waldemar - 325,000
51. Manfred Müller - 325,000
53. Ideal Kurtaj - 322,000
54. Stefan Weber - 319,000
55. Osman Saldic - 319,000
56. Alexandros Gianasmidis - 312,000
57. Roberto Iannone - 307,000
58. Tomasso Serratore - 301,000
59. Roberto Gatta - 293,000
60. Moreno Plozza - 292,000
61. Marco Meisser - 291,000
62. Alexander Graf - 289,000
63. Hael Al Labani - 289,000
64. Arif Marty - 282,000
65. Endravuz Lahdo - 281,000
67. Michael Welti - 276,000
66. Philipp Meier - 276,000
68. Stefan Eggenberger - 274,000
69. Fabio Peluso - 271,000
70. Hoo Liu - 270,000
71. Thanh Hao Nguyen - 267,000
72. Faton Berisha - 265,000
73. Gennaro Carotenuto - 263,000
74. Alessio Pulignano - 256,000
75. Marcel Maurer - 255,000
76. Remy Bhend - 255,000
77. Elad Shaar - 246,000
78. Patrik Huggler - 246,000
79. Richard Von Moos - 234,000
80. Marco Succetti - 233,000
81. Fabian Marrer - 230,000
82. Rafael Wolf - 229,000
83. Lucas Mannai - 229,000
85. Simon Feistle - 228,000
84. Florim Berisha - 228,000
86. Loic Joseph - 227,000
87. Karim Frick - 220,000
90. Florian Roth - 219,000
89. Thomas Bühler - 219,000
88. Zoltan Bene - 219,000
91. Kevin Hess - 216,000
92. Claudio Piceci - 215,000
93. Stefanos Spanidis - 214,000
94. Brigitte Hauenstein - 214,000
95. Sebastian Langrock - 208,000
96. Dennis Magro - 206,000
97. Michael-Anton Maier - 205,000
98. Yannick Jobin - 203,000
100. Alain Sapil - 201,000
101. Mathias Güngerich - 201,000
99. Rohat Arikan - 201,000
102. Caner Toker - 195,000
103. Hasan Kapikolu - 195,000
104. Joshua Roloff - 191,000
105. Manuel Gassmann - 190,000
106. Tomas Siran - 189,000
108. Karl Weber - 186,000
107. Chris Cajochen - 186,000
109. Andre Von Ins - 183,000
110. Yosef Mizrahi - 183,000
111. Michael Braeutigam - 182,000
113. Murat Yilmaz - 180,000
112. Massimo Vitulli - 180,000
114. Laurent Matson - 179,000
115. Mirko De Biasio - 179,000
116. Andreas Heider - 174,000
117. Marco Riverendo - 173,000
118. Valter Dagostino - 172,000
119. Julien Piron - 171,000
120. Philippe Genilloud - 171,000
121. Amar Begovic - 168,000
122. Ognjen Saitovic - 165,000
123. Nadja Sutter - 162,000
124. Mario Heissmann - 160,000
125. Armando Meier - 153,000
126. Alen Velagic - 150,000
129. Fabian Felder - 145,000
127. Manoel D Assuncao - 145,000
128. Bedrus Ay - 145,000
130. Ovidiu Gherman - 144,000
131. Rene Koch - 143,000
132. Nicola Metzler - 137,000
134. Bratislava Tonic - 136,000
133. Gertrud Tabiadon - 136,000
136. Josip Ivkic - 135,000
135. Fabian Isele - 135,000
137. Alan Sabok - 134,000
138. Daniel Fässler - 133,000
139. Alexandre Barretta - 133,000
141. Igor Lyubimov - 129,000
140. David Kozma - 129,000
142. Ralf Peter - 127,000
143. Luca Casali - 125,000
144. Alexander Schwarzmann - 124,000
145. Patrick Delkof - 124,000
146. Pero Jagustin - 123,000
147. Martin Rapp - 122,000
148. Thomas Winding - 121,000
150. Mario Scalia - 121,000
149. Markus Reichart - 121,000
151. Velimir Lozic - 120,000
152. Marco Leitner - 119,000
153. Patrik Mehlsack - 117,000
154. Hamadi Sassi - 115,000
155. Michael Noori - 113,000
156. Thivakaran Sundaralingam - 111,000
157. Julian Eibel - 110,000
158. Duc Long Nguyen - 108,000
159. Robin Scheidegger - 107,000
160. Kulfa Ivica - 105,000
162. Michael Vonmoos - 103,000
161. Andreas Fluri - 103,000
164. Wen Wan - 102,000
163. Andreas Marco Stocker - 102,000
167. Patrick Lukas - 95,000
165. Josef Hackl - 95,000
166. David Aemmer - 95,000
168. Valentin Picconi - 93,000
169. Tyler Patterson - 93,000
171. Jacek Pustula - 92,000
170. Stefan Huber - 92,000
172. Samuel Biland - 91,000
173. Aldin Banovi - 91,000
174. Hermann Michael - 90,000
175. Florin Mihaila - 88,000
176. Charles Calfelis - 88,000
177. Paco Fromaigeat - 86,000
178. Simon Sennhauser - 85,000
179. Claudio Pitschen - 84,000
180. Reto Latscha - 83,000
181. Franz Bracher - 82,000
183. Andreas Markus Stocker - 79,000
182. Cem Garni - 79,000
184. Ana Dobrinjkic - 77,000
185. Franciso Velazquez - 76,000
186. Antonio Chiafala - 76,000
187. Jannis Schulz - 73,000
188. Fabian Bosshard - 71,000
190. Micha Wildberg - 66,000
189. Karl Schuler - 66,000
191. Rocio Gomez - 65,000
192. Dino Ronzani - 64,000
193. Cristian Leuthold - 63,000
194. Branko Portman - 61,000
195. Pascal Brechot - 55,000
196. Arutin Papian - 51,000
197. Martin Noya - 50,000
198. Fabio Camossi - 50,000
199. Stefano Cappilli - 48,000
200. Dario Sunzeri - 47,000
201. Thomas Maier - 45,000
202. Lorenzo Arduini - 44,000
203. Silas Germann - 43,000
204. Marco Buff - 39,000
205. Marcello Bagala - 38,000
206. Peter Huber - 27,000
207. Salvatore Salemi - 26,000

10.09.2023 02:43 / Level: 16 - Players: 33
Michael Lukas "bubble boy" 1E

And it's the end of the penultimate fligh! The unlucky "bubble boy" was Michael Lukas, who found A-K on his hand. His all in was called by Paul-Johannes Knebel with 7 7.

The chipcount of the advancers from Day 1E:

1. Gökhan Caymaz - 850,000
2. Lukas Pazma - 762,000
3. Cecile Schneider - 566,000
4. Rassan Kubba - 510,000
5. Fabian Bartuschk - 488,000
6. Gaetan Girardin - 448,000
7. Tobias Künzli - 441,000
8. Tiago De Melo - 416,000
9. Bekim Murtezi - 393,000
10. Paul Knebel - 388,000
11. Marco Sen - 380,000
12. Yang Guodong - 369,000
13. Carlos Henningsen - 359,000
14. Manfred Müller - 325,000
15. Ideal Kurtaj - 322,000
16. Osman Saldic - 319,000
17. Alexandros Gianasmidis - 312,000
18. Roberto Iannone - 307,000
19. Tomasso Serratore - 301,000
20. Moreno Plozza - 292,000
21. Alexander Graf - 289,000
22. Hael Al Labani - 289,000
23. Arif Marty - 282,000
24. Endravuz Lahdo - 281,000
25. Stefan Eggenberger - 274,000
26. Fabio Peluso - 271,000
27. Gennaro Carotenuto - 263,000
28. Patrik Huggler - 246,000
29. Thomas Bühler - 219,000
30. Florian Roth - 219,000
31. Kevin Hess - 216,000
32. Alain Sapil - 201,000
33. Hasan Kapikolu - 195,000
34. Karl Weber - 186,000
35. Massimo Vitulli - 180,000
36. Laurent Matson - 179,000
37. Marco Riverendo - 173,000
38. Philippe Genilloud - 171,000
39. Amar Begovic - 168,000
40. Mario Heissmann - 160,000
41. Bedrus Ay - 145,000
42. Ovidiu Gherman - 144,000
43. Rene Koch - 143,000
44. Bratislav Tonic - 136,000
45. Fabian Isele - 135,000
46. Alan Sabok - 134,000
47. Daniel Fässler - 133,000
48. Patrick Delkof - 124,000
49. Marco Leitner - 119,000
50. Patrik Mehlsack - 117,000
51. Michael Noori - 113,000
52. Andreas Fluri - 103,000
53. Andreas Marco Stocker - 102,000
54. Wen Wan - 102,000
55. Patrick Lukas - 95,000
56. Paco Fromaigeat - 86,000
57. Claudio Pitschen - 84,000
58. Franz Bracher - 82,000
59. Cem Garni - 79,000
60. Andreas Markus Stocker - 79,000
61. Ana Dobrinjkic - 77,000
62. Antonio Chiafala - 76,000
63. Branko Portman - 61,000
64. Pascal Brechot - 55,000
65. Arutin Papian - 51,000
66. Fabio Camossi - 50,000
67. Thomas Maier - 45,000
68. Salvatore Salemi - 26,000

Chipcount of advancers from Day 1F:

1. Chris Böckmann - 559,000
2. Said El-Yousfi - 550,000
3. Biagio De Frino - 532,000
4. Borislav Tonkov - 479,000
5. Thomas Hofmann - 434,000
6. Giuseppe Trapani - 421,000
7. Kevin Fluegel - 418,000
8. Besic Selvedin - 370,000
9. Hassan Abud - 369,000
10. Ismail Polat - 344,000
11. Kopyl Waldemar - 325,000
12. Michael Welti - 276,000
13. Marco Succetti - 233,000
14. Yannick Jobin - 203,000
15. Mathias Güngerich - 201,000
16. Yosef Mizrahi - 183,000
17. Murat Yilmaz - 180,000
18. Mirko De Biasio - 179,000
19. Fabian Felder - 145,000
20. Josip Ivkic - 135,000
21. Alexandre Barretta - 133,000
22. Martin Rapp - 122,000
23. Mario Scalia - 121,000
24. Thivakaran Sundaralingam - 111,000
25. Michael Vonmoos - 103,000
26. Tyler Patterson - 93,000
27. Simon Sennhauser - 85,000
28. Jannis Schulz - 73,000
29. Cristian Leuthold - 63,000
30. Dario Sunzeri - 47,000
31. Lorenzo Arduini - 44,000
32. Silas Germann - 43,000

Level: 16 - Blinds: 4000/8000/8000 - Players: 35 - Entries: 252
10.09.2023 02:23 / Level: 15 - Players: 35
2 eliminations by the end of Day 1E

There are 70 players left in the 1E hand, which means there are only two eliminations left. The bubble is about to burst in Day 1F, where the last 35 players are battling it out.

Level: 15 - Blinds: 3000/6000/6000 - Players: 41 - Entries: 252
10.09.2023 01:46 / Level: 14 - Players: 41
WPT Prime ME Day 2

As early as noon today, the advancing players from the opening days will battle it out for the record-breaking WPT Prime Lichtenstein prize pool. The tournament saw an incredible 1,644 entries! 108 players have already secured their place in Day 2, and we'll get to know 100 more at the end of today's flights.

Break: 15 minutes
Level: 14 - Blinds: 2500/5000/5000 - Players: 48 - Entries: 252
10.09.2023 01:13 / Level: 13 - Players: 49
17 eliminations by the end of Day 1F

Out of the original 252 entries, only 49 players are already fighting to advance to Day 1F. The last opening flight of the ME WPT Prime will be played down to the last 32 players.

Level: 13 - Blinds: 2000/4000/4000 - Players: 70 - Entries: 252
10.09.2023 00:25
Photo gallery 4.
Level: 12 - Blinds: 1500/3000/3000 - Players: 75 - Entries: 252
10.09.2023 00:21 / Level: 11 - Players: 81
Flight 1E is coming to an end, Laurent Matson is leading

Day 1E is Level 14 and the chip leader is currently Laurent Matson with a stack of 472,000. There are 104 players still in contention and 68 of them will advance to Day 2.

09.09.2023 23:58 / Level: 11 - Players: 84
Hero call by Lorenzo Arduini

We come to the table when the flop is 5 T 9, and Arduini and Abud are in play. The flop both players check, turn 9 Abud bets 15k and Arduini calls. On the river 4, Abud decisively threw 25k on the table. Lorenzo Arduini thought better of it and called. Abud showed 7 8 and so Arduini takes the pot with ace high A 6.

Level: 11 - Blinds: 1500/2500/2500 - Players: 94 - Entries: 252
Break: 45 minutes
Level: 9 - Blinds: 1000/1500/1500 - Players: 126 - Entries: 252
09.09.2023 22:26
Photo gallery 3.
Level: 8 - Blinds: 600/1200/1200 - Players: 151 - Entries: 252
09.09.2023 21:22 / Level: 7 - Players: 151
In 1E Levo took over the lead

Day 1E is currently level 10 and 212 players are currently competing to advance. The chip leader is German player Alfonso Levo with a stack of 250,500.

09.09.2023 20:58 / Level: 7 - Players: 164
End of late registration in Day 1F

In the meantime, registration has closed in Fligh 1F and the counter has stopped at 252 entries. Of the current 164 players, the top 32 will advance to tomorrow's Day 2.

Level: 7 - Blinds: 500/1000/1000 - Players: 173 - Entries: 252
09.09.2023 20:45 / Level: 4 - Players: 174
Photo gallery 2.
Level: 4 - Blinds: 300/500/500 - Players: 162 - Entries: 184
Break: 15 minutes
09.09.2023 19:10 / Level: 3 - Players: 151
Chip count 1E

Level 8 is currently running in Flight 1E, and 267 players are still in contention to advance out of 539 entries. 68 of them will advance to the second day of play today.

Here is the current top 10 chip count:

1. Bekim Murtezi -179,000
2. Goekhan Caymaz - 170,000
3. Pascal Oliver Brechot - 155,000
4. Gaetan Giradin - 148,000
5. Daniel Schwitter - 140,000
6. Rene Koch -135,000
7. Alan Sabock - 134,000
8. Adrijan Bat - 125,000
9. Thomas Hardt - 121,000
10. Stefan Fink - 120,000

Level: 3 - Blinds: 200/400/400 - Players: 72 - Entries: 76
09.09.2023 17:55
Photo gallery 1.
09.09.2023 17:40 / Level: 2 - Players: 72
Unbreakable Thomas Hofmann

Thomas Hofmann's name shines again in the Day 1E player list as he attempts to advance to Day 2 with a playable stack on his third charge. He is already assured of a seat and the minimum cash, but unfortunately with a stack worth less than the blinds. Good luck!

Level: 2 - Blinds: 200/300/300 - Players: 72 - Entries: 72
09.09.2023 17:22 / Level: 1 - Players: 72
We also have Czech-Slovak representatives in Day 1E

Late registration closes in the first fligh on Saturday and players are on break at this point.

Several Czech and Slovak players have also found their way to Grand Casino Lichtenstein, including Peter Ješko, Stefan Bednar, Josef Guláš and Lukáš Pažma.

09.09.2023 17:06 / Level: 1 - Players: 49
The last flight has started!

The traditional "shuffle up and deal" signal rang out in the poker room, kicking off the last opening flight of the Day 1F Main Event!

1F will have 30-minute levels, late registration is available until the end of Level 6, and will play down to the last 12.5 percent of players. All players in Day 2 are ITM.

Level: 1 - Blinds: 100/200/200 - Players: 49 - Entries: 49
09.09.2023 16:34
WPT Prime Lichtenstein is a record breaker!

Have a wonderful Saturday my friends! We are reporting from the Grand Casino in Liechtenstein, where the penultimate opening flight of the WPT Prime Main Event Day 1E is now in full swing.

We have some special news to start you off: the million-dollar WPT Prime Lichtenstein is breaking records! We're not done yet, and WPT Prime Lichtenstein has already surpassed the largest WPT Prime Taiwan to date with 1,359 entries. The Liechtenstein Main Event has a whopping 1,361 entries at this point and counting! It's already clear that there's a pretty fat cash prize waiting for the winner.

09.09.2023 11:48
Will we see the biggest WPT Prime ever today?

As for today's programme, it is practically the same as yesterday. Day 1E kicks off at noon, where a CHF 1,100 buy-in gets you a 30k stack, 40 minute levels and late registration open until the end of level 7. The very last Flight 1F will kick off at 17:00, offering faster 30-minute levels. If today's playing day follows a similar vein to yesterday's, WPT Prime Liechtenstein has a huge chance to attack the previous record of 1,359 entries set in Taiwan. What do you think, will it succeed?

09.09.2023 03:11
End of Day 1D

Today's game day has just ended. Flights 1C and 1D saw a total of 576 entries. A total of 72 players managed to make it through to the second day of play from both flights and all of the advancing players are now "in the money".

Tomorrow, Flight 1E, starting at 12:00, and 1F, starting at 17:00, are on the schedule at the Grand Casino in Liechtenstein. We bid farewell to our live report for now and will be joining you this afternoon to follow the rest of the opening days of WPT Prime Lichtenstein. Good night!

Chipcount of advancing players from Day 1D:

1. Daniel Salner - 485,000
2. Xhavit Berisha - 435,000
3. Francois Najjar - 430,000
4. Felix Kretschmann - 430,000
5. Stefano Iolli - 427,000
6. Chun Chang - 420,000
7. Florian Gehbauer - 389,000
8. Oguen Hot - 389,000
9. Andy Michael Graf - 371,000
10. Roberto Gatta - 293,000
11. Hoo Liu - 270,000
12. Alessio Pulignano - 256,000
13. Elad Shaar - 246,000
14. Richard Von Moos - 234,000
15. Simon Feistle - 228,000
16. Loic Joseph - 227,000
17. Manuel Gassmann - 190,000
18. Andre Von Ins - 183,000
19. Nicola Metzler - 137,000
20. Igor Lyubimov - 129,000
21. Ralf Peter - 127,000
22. Kulfa Ivica - 105,000
23. David Aemmer - 95,000
24. Aldin Banovi - 91,000
25. Hermann Michael - 90,000
26. Florin Mihaila - 88,000
27. Charles Calfelis - 88,000
28. Franciso Velazquez - 76,000
29. Martin Noya - 50,000
30. Stefano Cappilli - 48,000

09.09.2023 03:08 / Level: 16 - Players: 30
"Bubble boy" 1D's Song

The last eliminated player of the day and bubble boy was Stephen Kyung Hyun Song, who finished in 31st place in Day 1D.

So today's second flight of the day has fulfilled its purpose and we've met the 30 players who will battle it out for the biggest share of the massive WPT Prime Lichtenstein Million Guarantee on Sunday!

09.09.2023 02:53 / Level: 16 - Players: 31
Thomas Hofmann also finishes in 1D, hand-for-hand

Just before the end of Day 1D, Thomas Hofmann listened to the "seat open" for the second time today. He sent his last 98k pre-flop all in with 9 T on the hand. However, his opponent found K K on his hand at the same time and the board 7 6 K 6 Q unfortunately didn't complete the straight in the end.

Thomas Hofmann is thus in Day 2 with just 3,000 so far. The hand is hand-for-hand and only one player will be left out of the money.

Level: 16 - Blinds: 4000/8000/8000 - Players: 34 - Entries: 233
09.09.2023 02:26 / Level: 15 - Players: 35
Last 5 eliminations until the end of Day 1D

After Day 1C, 1D is coming to an end. In the second flighter of the day, the last 35 players remain and only 30 of them can advance to Day 2.

09.09.2023 02:07 / Level: 15 - Players: 38
Lorenzo Arduini seat open

Day 1D also saw this year's Spadepoker Tour champion Lorenzo Arduini in contention to advance to the second day of play. He heard "seat open" a little while ago, after sending his last chips all in with A J on his hand and being called by Xhavit Berisha with T J. On a board of 2 9 Q 2 T, Berisha's luck ran out and he eliminated Arduini from the tournament.

Level: 15 - Blinds: 3000/6000/6000 - Players: 42 - Entries: 233
Break: 10 minutes
09.09.2023 01:37 / Level: 14 - Players: 42
Day 1C ended with two "bubble boys"

The first flight of today's tournament ended a short while ago, and 42 players have made it through to the next stage of the tournament.

Two "bubble boys" - Marko Pantelic and Emil Kolp- finished before the gates of the second day of play. All others who will pack their stacks for Day 2 are ITM at this point. Congratulations!

Chipcount of advancing players from Day 1C:

1. Luka Bojovic - 835,000
2. Raoul Kanme - 719,000
3. Leandro Dirlewanger - 622,000
4. Alessandro Pichierri - 567,000
5. Burim Mahmudi - 550,000
6. Christian Hertel - 536,000
7. Salih Atac - 516,000
8. Giancarlo Bundi - 455,000
9. Denis Gergoc - 432,000
10. Stefan Weber - 319,000
11. Marco Meisser - 291,000
12. Thanh Hao Nguyen - 267,000
13. Remy Bhend - 255,000
14. Fabian Marrer - 230,000
15. Florim Berisha - 228,000
16. Zoltan Bene - 219,000
17. Claudio Piceci - 215,000
18. Brigitte Hauenstein - 214,000
19. Sebastian Langrock - 208,000
20. Rohat Arikan - 201,000
21. Caner Toker - 195,000
22. Joshua Roloff - 191,000
23. Valter D'Agostino - 172,000
24. Armando Meier - 153,000
25. Alen Velagic - 150,000
26. Manoel Assuncao Ferreira Gomes Filho - 145,000
27. David Kozma - 129,000
28. Alexander Schwarzmann - 124,000
29. Pero Jagustin - 123,000
30. Markus Reichart - 121,000
31. Velimir Lozic - 120,000
32. Julian Eibel - 110,000
33. Josef Hackl - 95,000
34. Valentin-Cosmin Picconi - 93,000
35. Jacek Pustula - 92,000
36. Samuel Biland - 91,000
37. Reto Latscha - 83,000
38. Fabian Bosshard - 71,000
39. Micha Wildberger - 66,000
40. Dino Ronzani - 64,000
41. Marco Buff - 39,000
42. Peter Huber - 27,000

Level: 14 - Blinds: 2500/5000/5000 - Players: 42 - Entries: 233
09.09.2023 01:07
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Level: 13 - Blinds: 2000/4000/4000 - Players: 52 - Entries: 233
09.09.2023 00:49 / Level: 12
Last 45 players in Day 1C

In Day 1C, the last 45 players are currently fighting to advance to Sunday's Day 2, which means there are two eliminations to go. Who will be the unlucky "bubble boy" ?

09.09.2023 00:37 / Level: 12 - Players: 55
King Jack versus Queen Jack

Steven Vogelgesang moved all in after a flop of J 7 4 bet 11k and a player nicknamed Gassi 17 sent all in. Steven Vogelgesang made the call with his entire stack and turned over Q J. After a turn 6 and a T on the river, it wasn't enough to K J his opponent and Vogelgesang was eliminated.

Level: 12 - Blinds: 1500/3000/3000 - Players: 64 - Entries: 233
09.09.2023 00:01 / Level: 11 - Players: 72
Mastropietro double up

Guliano Mastropietro doubles up his chips after sending all in his last 32k, a call he received from a player with the humorous nickname Killer Donkey. The board comes 4 A T 8 K, so Mastropietro hits a pair with A J. Killer Donkey wasn't enough for him with99.

08.09.2023 23:34 / Level: 11 - Players: 76
Kevin Fluegel eliminated Czech Michalek

Matej Michálek moved all in with A 7 on his hand and was opposed by Kevin Fluegel with 9 9. A board of 3 K 9 K 5 made it a full house for Fluegel, ending Michálek's Day 1D. Kevin Fluegel raises his stack to 125k after this hand.

Level: 11 - Blinds: 1500/2500/2500 - Players: 88 - Entries: 233
Break: 30 minutes
08.09.2023 23:27 / Level: 10 - Players: 88
Besnik Lalini eliminated, Denis Gergoc rises

April 2022 WSOPC runner up Besnik Lalino was eliminated from Flight 1C, going straight up against the October 2022 WSOPC winner Denis Gergoc. The latter increased his stack to a brutal 535,000 after that hand.

Level: 10 - Blinds: 1000/2000/2000 - Players: 102 - Entries: 233
08.09.2023 22:43
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08.09.2023 22:29 / Level: 9 - Players: 109
From Day 1D 30 successful candidates will advance

In the opening fligh of Day 1D, 109 players are still battling it out to advance to Day 2 and a share of the massive million-dollar guarantee, but at the end of the day, only 30 will have left the Grand Casino. Good luck!

Level: 9 - Blinds: 1000/1500/1500 - Players: 112 - Entries: 233
08.09.2023 22:14 / Level: 8 - Players: 114
Schneider versus Keole

Christian Schneider opened to 3k preflop, and received a call from a player nicknamed Keole. Flop 8 8 3 no action, on the turn came A. Schneider bet 3.5k, Keole called. Board completed with K, both players check. Keole turned over A 7 and Schneider sent his cards into the muck. After this hand, Christian Schneider has a stack of about 60,000 and the player nicknamed Keole has 66,000.

08.09.2023 21:53 / Level: 8 - Players: 124
43 players will advance from 1C to Day 2

The successful players from yesterday's flights will be joined by 43 players from 1C on Day 2. There are currently 71 players still fighting to advance and the last player to drop out will also be the "bubble boy".

Level: 8 - Blinds: 600/1200/1200 - Players: 153 - Entries: 233
08.09.2023 21:38 / Level: 7 - Players: 153
Thomas Hofmann second attempt

Meanwhile, Thomas Hofmann has busted out of Fligh 1C and can be seen at the poker table on Day 1D. Hofmann has already advanced to Day 2 from yesterday's flighter as a significant shortstack with 3,000. He currently has about 80,000 to go in Day 1D. Fingers crossed!

08.09.2023 21:25 / Level: 7 - Players: 153
David Orec crashed

On a flop of 2 8 9, Croatian David Orec sends all in his last 10k or so, with a call from a player called Tschotsch. Tschotsch turned over the A of A. On the turn 8, the river 5 and Orec with 9 6 thus ends the tournament.

Level: 7 - Blinds: 500/1000/1000 - Players: 153 - Entries: 233
Dinner break: 45 minutes
08.09.2023 20:20 / Level: 6 - Players: 134
End of late registration, we are waiting for a 45-minute dinner break

On Day 1D, the late registration option ends and we have a 45-minute dinner break ahead of us.

Both today's 1C and 1D flighters will be played to the last 12.5% of entries and all advancing players are ITM.

08.09.2023 20:16
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Level: 6 - Blinds: 400/800/800 - Players: 139 - Entries: 172
08.09.2023 19:56 / Level: 5 - Players: 143
German player Rohat Arikan chip leader 1C

In the first 1C flighter of the day, which has now moved into Level 10, Germany's Rohat Arikan leads the chip counts with a stack of 278,000. He is followed by Velimir Lozic with 270,000 and Italy's Besnik Lalin with 239,500.

The latter player, Lalinovci, has a great deal of success to his name - he took second place in the WSOPC Main Event in Rozvadov last year!

08.09.2023 19:48 / Level: 5 - Players: 139
Croatian Orec found his aces

Two players in, 5,4K in the pot and K 2 8 on the flop. Player nicknamed Bingo4Bongo check, Stipe Orec 4k, Bingo4Bongo call. On turn 8 Bingo4Bongo check and Stipe Orec sent all in. Bingo4Bongo thinks but eventually folds and the Croatian player shows A A.

08.09.2023 19:31 / Level: 4 - Players: 147
Last two levels on late registration

The last two levels are still ahead of us, where players can jump into the tournament and fight for a chance to advance to the second day of play and a share of the beautiful million-dollar guarantee!

In the poker room next door, today's first 1C flight is still underway, with 110 players battling it out in 9 levels.

Level: 5 - Blinds: 300/600/600 - Players: 148 - Entries: 169
08.09.2023 19:15 / Level: 4 - Players: 152
Kings for Zoran Stojanovic

Zoran Stojanovic got into the game with Mauro Bernardo Das Neves and a player nicknamed Inkasso Henry. On a flop of J 3 8, Stojanovic bet 2k and both other players called. Turn 2 Stojanovic 5k, Bernado Das Neves and Inkasso Henry called again. The board completed 4 and Stojanovic makes it 7.5k, Bernardo Das Neves folds, Inkasso Henry calls. Stojanovic shows K K to his opponent and he sends his cards into the muck.

Level: 4 - Blinds: 300/500/500 - Players: 155 - Entries: 165
Break: 15 minutes
08.09.2023 18:32 / Level: 3 - Players: 144
FIRALDO sent all in

Pre-flop, a player nicknamed FIRALDO opened to 1.5k from the CO, was called by Stefano Iolli on the button and Rene Kistler on the BB. The flop came J 7 5, FIRALDO bet 5.2k, Iolli called and Kistler folded. Q on the turn moves FIRALDO all his chips to the middle of the table and Iolli quickly folds.

08.09.2023 18:23 / Level: 3 - Players: 132
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Level: 3 - Blinds: 200/400/400 - Players: 128 - Entries: 132
08.09.2023 18:09 / Level: 2 - Players: 129
Massive sweat for Tonino Scmitz

We come to table 6 with about 5k in the pot and Josip Juric betting 5k on the J 8 T 2 turn. Tonino Scmitz 3-bet to 10k and Juric called. On the river came the 6 Juric check-called and Scmitz snap-called 20k. Juric folded and Scmitz called a straight and showed a 9. After this hand, Scmitz has about 60k behind.

08.09.2023 17:55
In 1C also Thomas Hofmann

In Flight 1C, the seventh 40-minute level is currently underway and 187 players are battling it out to advance to Sunday's Day 2, including Joseph Loic, finalist of the last Spadepoker Tour Lichtenstein, and Thomas Hofmann, winner of the 2019 WPT DeepStacks Main Event in Berlin!

Level: 2 - Blinds: 200/300/300 - Players: 105 - Entries: 108
08.09.2023 17:38
Kaiser raised his stack to 45k

Jochen Manfred Kaiser took on Jackson Stonewall in the next heads up match. We arrived at the table when the board was flopped 7 A 8 and there was about 4k in the pot. Kaiser bet 2k, and received a call from Stonewall. J on the turn and Kaiser continued with 4k, Stonewall called again. The board completed the J and Kaiser bets 8k after checking his opponent's stack. Stonewall folded and Kaiser raised his stack to 45k after this hand.

08.09.2023 17:37 / Level: 1 - Players: 97
From the heads up successfully Tschotsch

A player nicknamed Tschotsch takes the pot after a heads up against Pedram Khodaparast. Pre-flop he opened to 2bb, Khodaparast called. Flop 7 J 8 both players check. 7 on the turn bet Khodaparast 700, Tschotch called. River 5 Khodarapast 1.2k and Tschotsch only called.

Khodoparast turned over a hit pair 5 6, which wasn't enough for Tschotsch with J Q on his hand. Tschotsch has about 28k behind after this hand.

08.09.2023 17:07 / Level: 1 - Players: 66
Shuffle Up and Deal!

A little while ago we heard the "Shuffle Up and Deal" instruction from the floorman and that officially started today's second flight.

Flight 1D will have 30-minute levels and late registration is possible until the end of level 6. There are 66 players registered so far.

Level: 1 - Blinds: 100/200/200 - Players: 59 - Entries: 59
08.09.2023 16:54
1D starts in 10 minutes

Flight 1C has recorded 336 entries to date, with 191 players still battling it out to advance to Day 2. Players are currently on their dinner break, after which late registration closes.

Flight 1D is scheduled to start at 17:00.

08.09.2023 16:11
Welcome to today's live report!

Have a wonderful Friday afternoon my friends, we are reporting from the Grand Casino in Liechtenstein! Today we will be following the progress of flights 1C and 1D of the WPT Prime Lichtenstein Main Event in our live report.

08.09.2023 12:30
List of advancers from days 1A/1B

The WPT Prime 1 Million Swiss Franc Main Event kicked off on Wednesday and Thursday with the first two flights, which produced a total of 36 advancing players:

DAY 1A:

  1. Jules Mandy Hamidou (CH) - 503,000
  2. Juergen Haidacher (AT) - 452,000
  3. Christian Neiderer (CH) - 367,000
  4. Philipp Meier (TL) - 276,000
  5. Faton Berisha - 265,000
  6. Marcel Maurer (CH) - 255,000
  7. Rafael Wolf (CH) - 229,000
  8. Tomas Siran (CZ) - 189,000
  9. Julien Keyvan Piron (CH) - 171,000
  10. Nadja Monica Sutter (CH) - 162,000
  11. Gertrud Mari Tabiadon Reimann (CH) - 136,000
  12. Luca Casali (CH) - 125,000
  13. Thomas Winding (IT) - 121,000
  14. Robin Marvin Scheidegger (CH) - 107,000
  15. Stefan Huber (CH) - 92,000

DAY 1B:

  1. Josef Vogel (DE) - 570,000
  2. Jens Hermes (DE) - 525,000
  3. Egzon Krasniqi (IT) - 515,000
  4. Vito Erasmo Labarile (IT) - 380,000
  5. Marco Winteler (CH) - 363,000
  6. Gylbert Drolet (CA) - 339,000
  7. Lucas Mannai (CH) - 229,000
  8. Karim Frick (LI) - 220,000
  9. Stefanos Spanidis (GR) - 214,000
  10. Dennis Magro (DE) - 206,000
  11. Michael-Anton Maier (AT) - 205,000
  12. Christoph Andreas Cajochen (CH) - 186,000
  13. Michael Braeutigam (DE) - 182,000
  14. Andreas Heider (DE) - 174,000
  15. Ognjen Saitovic (SRB) - 165,000
  16. Hamadi Sassi (CH) - 115,000
  17. Duc Long Nguyen (CH) - 108,000
  18. Karl Schuler (CH) - 66,000
  19. Rocio Gomez Suarez (ES) - 65,000
  20. Marcello Bagala (IT) - 38,000
  21. Thomas Hoffmann (CH) - 3,000

Event News

WPT Prime Liechtenstein has started

WPT: ME is close to a break the record, will it be possible to beat the goal of 1,359 entries today?

Results

# NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1. Ramazan Ozkaya TUR 4,000 CHF*
2. Robin John Meier CH 3,455 CHF*
3. Florin Mihaila RO 2,775 CHF*
4. Henrik Knape DE 2,235 CHF*
5. Honey Badger AT 1,430 CHF*
6. Edgar S. AT 1,200 CHF
7. Luecsen CH 965 CHF
8. Stefan Vieli CH 790 CHF
9. Mladen Francesevic CH 690 CHF
# NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1. Anca Eggenberger CH 2,370 CHF*
2. Hester Saunders   1,290 CHF*
3. Manuela Matzler Artho CH 910 CHF*
4. Kathrin Wolfinger LI 590 CHF*
5. Angela Jauss DE 240 CHF*
# NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1. Keole CH 6,460 CHF
2. Roo69 CH 4,305 CHF
3. Vitali Tasci   2,870 CHF
4. Vladimir Olesnan SK 1,990 CHF
5. Thomas Hardt DE 1,445 CHF
6. BP CH 1,100 CHF
7. Besnik Krasniqi   860 CHF
8. Alphaville  AT 730 CHF
# NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1. Said El Yousfi CH 16,855 CHF*
2. Tobias Heinsdorf CH 16,565 CHF*
3. Mario Scalia IT 16,445 CHF*
4. mgma CH 13,025 CHF*
5. Iljcho Stojkov MK 11,580 CHF*
6. Emmella IT 5,595 CHF
7. spongediinge CH 4,315 CHF
8. Tommaso Serratore IT 3,350 CHF
# NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1. Scottie Howington USA 2,730 CHF*
2. Sasa Fustin NL 2,730 CHF*
3. Stephan Kohlstetter DE 2,730 CHF*
4. Michal Baumann CH 2,730 CHF*
5. Stefan Nitschke CH 1,030 CHF*
6. Impero63 CH 770 CHF*
# NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1. Markus Unverdorben DE 3,800 CHF*
2. Master C DE 3,630 CHF*
3. Keole CH 2,000 CHF
4. Disruptor DE 1,400 CHF
5. Luo Shi Guang AT 1,000 CHF
6. MR.XXX DE 800 CHF
7. Nicolas Bellaton DE 600 CHF
# NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1. Ramon Lampert CH 4,000 CHF*
2. Saimir Cuko ALB 4,080 CHF*
3. Patrice Marc Sutter CH 3,000 CHF*
4. Giovinco87 IT 2,300 CHF*
5. Sergio Ruiz Capel ES 2,100 CHF*
6. Flecki CH 1,040 CHF
7. Turi IT 820 CHF
# NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1. Marki   7,755 CHF*
2. Sergio Ruiz Capel ES 7,505 CHF*
3. BEQ CH 6,215 CHF*
4. Giovinco87 IT 5,155 CHF*
5. Martin Berisha CH 4,980 CHF*
6. Andrea Roner CH 4,640 CHF*
7. Jacek Pustula PL 1,800 CHF
8. Big chick AT 1,500 CHF
# NAME COUNTRY PRIZE
1. David Kozma HU 268,340 CHF*
2. Marc Sen CH 172,500 CHF*
3. Lukas Pazma SVK 169,700 CHF*
4. Alessandro Pichierri IT 95,800 CHF
5. Carlos Henningsen POR 72,300 CHF
6. Faton Berisha CH 55,200 CHF
7. Thomas Hofmann CH 42,500 CHF
8. Salih Atac CH 33,000 CHF
9. Guodong Yang CHI 25,900 CHF