Fabian Gumz is one of the latest winners on the live poker scene. He etched his name in the winners’s circle after besting a field of 732 entries at Card Casino Bratislava in the 2024 World Poker Tour Prime Slovakia championship event, securing his first WPT Prime title and the top prize of €117,980 ($125,902 USD). This sum includes a $10,400 buy-in seat into the 2024 WPT World Championship this December at Wynn Las Vegas. This victory marked his fourth-largest score and he now has more than $1.8 million in live earnings.
This championship event ran from April 11 to 15. The 732 entries accumulated across the six starting flights generated a massive €702,720 ($747,121 USD), easily surpassing the €500,000 guarantee. The top 95 finishers made the money, with Gumz walking away with the lion’s share of the prize pool.
Andras Matrai began the final day as the chip leader among the remaining nine contenders. Gumz was in third chip position. The first player to fall was Alexey Mishuk whose pocket jacks did not hold against the pocket kings of Maor Zaharagi. The next player to exit was Lukasz Adamczewski eliminated (8th – €13,700) Iulian Tataru who held AQ against pocket jacks of Adamczewski.
Gumz scored his first knockout after two-time bracelet winner Emil Bise (6th – $24,847) was busted. Gumz made the nut flush with A-K suited to eliminate Iulian Tataru (5th – $32,409). He then rivered a straight with A-5 to best the A-J of Andras Matrai (4th – $43,212). Maor Zaharagi knocked out Jozef Cibicek (3rd – $57,257) to move into the final heads-up showdown for the coveted WPT title.
Gumz held nearly a 3:1 chip lead to start, and was able to extend his lead. Finally, it was all over with Zaharagi shoving from the button for 11 big blinds with Ac 3h and Gumz calling with Qd 10h. Gumz flopped a pair of ten and held from there, winning the coveted title and €117,280 in top prize money.
WPT Prime Slovakia Championship Final Table Payouts
1st: Fabian Gumz – €117,280*
2nd: Maor Zaharagi – €72,000
3rd: Jozef Cibicek – €53,000
4th: Andras Matrai – €40,000
5th: Iulian Tataru – €30,000
6th: Emil Bise – €23,000
7th: Dennis Gerschengoren – €17,700
8th: Lukasz Adamczewski – €13,700
9th: Alexey Mishuk – €10,800
Image Credit: WPT
Paul McAulay Wins GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event To Claim His Maiden Live Title
Another key event to conclude recently was the 2024 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) Edinburgh Main Event. Sporting a buy-in of £900, the prestigious tournament drew in 184 entries, collecting an impressive £153,980. In the end, Paul McAulay topped the field, winning his maiden live title and £34,810, his biggest score of 2024. After the victory, the Scotsman now has $211,400 in live earnings. Hot on McAulay’s heel was Matthew Davenport, who walked away with £26,180 as the runner-up.
Featuring three starting flights, the tournament paid out the top 22 finishers. Laurynas Jakutis (22nd- £2, 120) was the first player to finish in the money and he was followed by GUKPT crusher Calogero Morreale, Robbie Bull, Sinead Priestley, Colin Gillon, and Ludovic Geilich during Day 2 of the event.
The elimination of Yasong Tang in tenth marked the end of Day 2 and set the official final table. Callum Gordon, who started the final table as the shortest stack, the first player to fall. He ran his pocket fours into pocket kings of David Johnson. McAulay delivered the first knockout when he busted Thomas Clack in eighth place. McAulay shoved with ten-five, and Clack called with ace-five. Clack paired his ace on the river but McAulay hit a flush to bust his opponent.
McAulay’s next victim was Greg Thomson who shoved his last ten big blinds with ace-jack against McAulay’s seven-six. McAulay found a six on the river to bust his opponent in sixth place. The next player to fall was Kevin Frame who shoved ten big blinds with ace-seven, and McAulay called with king-jack. McAulay flopped a jack, and held from there to bust Frame in fifth place. McAulay continued his domination and eliminated David Johnson (fourth) before the next elimination delivered by Matt Davenport, who eliminated Andrew Hawksby in third to move into the heads-up.
Both players started the heads-up with almost even stacks. While it was anyone’s tournament to win, McAulay prevailed to win the title. On the final hand, McAulay raised and Davenport shoved for 1.4 million. McAulay made the call. Davenport showed pocket three against McAulay’s pocket nines. The pocket nines held, Davenport fell in second place, and McAulay won his maiden live title.
There were more than a half dozen winners crowned at the GUKPT Edinburgh festival. A huge shoutout to Ankit Ahuja who made our country proud by winning the £1,650 High Roller. Hats off to Sinead Priestley, who shipped the £550 GUKPT Cup and was the only lady to clinch the title at the festival. The GUKPT Edinburgh results have been updated on The Hendon Mob Database.
2024 GUKPT Edinburgh Main Event Final Table Payouts
1st – Paul McAulay £34,810
2nd – Matt Davenport £26,180
3rd – Andrew Hawksby £18,480
4th – David Johnson £12,320
5th – Kevin Frame £8,770
6th – Greg Thomson £6,620
7th – Edward Spencer-Small £5,390
8th – Thomas Clack £4,620
9th – Callum Gordon £4,010
Image Credit: Grosvenor Poker Facebook Page
Kevin Andriamahefa Wins WSOPC Grand Victoria Main Event
The WSOPC Event #11: $1,700 Main Event hosted at Grand Victoria Casino drew an impressive 606 over three starting flights, building a massive prize pool of $918,090, which was finally distributed amongst the top 73 players with a min cash of $3,014. After three days of action, Kevin Adrianmahefa emerged victorious, winning his career-first ring and the $173,593, nearly triple his previous best cash.
An action-packed Day 2 saw the 73 player field whittle down to just the final five contenders. Andriamahefa entered the final frame with 10,090,000 as the chip leader, while David Kowal started second in the chip counts with 6,860,000 in chips. Andriamahefa delivered the first elimination on the final day as he eliminated Hickey, who held pocket eights, which were crushed by Q9 of Andriamahefa.
Andriamahefa’s next victim was Daniel Aloia who called a shove from the chip leader with A3. The former had pocket fives, which held up to eliminate in fourth place. Up next, Andriamahefa moved all-in and Reichard made the call with Kh Qs, which lost to Andriamahefa’s As 6c on a ten-high board.
Following his eliminations of Hickey, Aloia, and Reichard, Andriamahefa took a commanding chip lead into the heads-up against David Kowal, who started strong but could not go all the way. On the final hand, Kowal shoved his remaining 9 big blinds with Kh 4h and Andriamahefa called with Ad 6d to put his opponent at risk. On the 10d 10c 2d 2h Qs board, Kowal failed to connect and lost the title to Andriamahefa.
WSOPC Grand Victoria Main Event Final Table Payouts
1st – Kevin Adriamahefa – $173,593
2nd – David Kowal – $107,290
3rd – Brett Reichard – $78,458
4th – Daniel Aloia – $58,127
5th – Sye Hickey – $43,637
6th – Grad Zbigniew – $33,210
7th – Joseph Elpayaa – $26,606
8th – Michael Estes – $20,022
9th – Dylan Wilkerson – $15,876
Image Credit: WSOP & PokerOrg
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