Marek Blaško has won the 888Live Festival Rozvadov Opening Event, taking home a first prize of €27,824 after outlasting a field of 783, the largest for an 888Live event to-date.
Midway through today’s play, he said to aloud to his tablemates: “I like to play!” and judging by his performance today, not only does he like to play – he’s good at it too.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marek Blaško | Slovakia | €27,824 |
| 2 | Uwe Fritzenschaft | Germany | €17,464 |
| 3 | Thorsten Fleischhut | Germany | €12,503 |
| 4 | Igor Grytsak | Czech Republic | €9,747 |
| 5 | Alexis Loic Krauth | France | €7,644 |
| 6 | Massimo Fuina | Germany | €6,005 |
| 7 | Alexander Dmitrienko | Russia | €4,482 |
| 8 | Andraz Zaplotnik | Slovakia | €3,104 |
| 9 | Huseyn Erbay | Germany | €2,451 |
Over the course of the day’s play, Blaško used his chip stack to great effect, eliminating six players inside the top 20 on his way to a final table where he outlasted and outmaneuvered the other eight players.