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Seven Thousand Entries and a €6.8M Prize Pool: King’s Million Crowns Its First Super Main Champion

By Samantha Doyle

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Nik won the inaugural European Poker Championship Super Main Event at King’s Resort, earning €546,100 from a €6.85 million prize pool.
Andre Winkler, Mystery Kid, and DENNO0211 also secured major victories, highlighting the festival’s strong competition.
The event saw record participation, with the Super Main Event attracting 7,013 entries.

Nik Wins King’s Million European Poker Championship Main Event

King’s Resort didn't leave much for the imagination for the first edition of its European Poker Championship.

The €1,150 Super Main Event finished with 7,013 entries and more than €6.85 million in the prize pool, while Romania’s Nik walked away with the inaugural title and €546,100.

By the time the last Royal Scepter was handed out on October 6, the series had also produced big wins for Andre Winkler, Mystery Kid and a German player who nearly left Rozvadov before entering one last tournament.

Nik Finishes Off Record-Breaking Super Main

King’s set a €5 million guarantee for the Super Main Event. The final figure landed almost €1.9 million higher.

Across eight starting flights, the field reached 7,013 entries and generated €6,855,207, including a single Day 1 flight that drew 1,763 entries.

King’s Million European Poker Championship

Nik spent much of the tournament around the top of the counts. He led after the Day 1 flights and returned to the lead after Day 3, carrying almost a quarter of the chips in play into the closing stages.

Four-handed play produced a deal, after which more than €200,000 remained in contention. Nik was third in chips when the agreement was struck but quickly doubled, eliminated Lyubomir in third and then beat Christophe Vincent for the title.

King’s Million EPC Super Main Event Final Table

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Nik	Romania	€546,100*
2	Christophe Vincent	France	€462,600*
3	Lyubomir	Bulgaria	€558,200*
4	Mike Neuens	Luxembourg	€452,300*
5	Mourad Tounnouti	Netherlands	€202,300
6	Wiktor Weiner	Poland	€148,300
7	Pavel Stribrny	Czechia	€111,300
8	Erdinc Guentay	Germany	€82,800
9	Antonio Sciacca	Italy	€61,300

*Four-way deal.

The money was Nik’s largest live score, adding to a growing Rozvadov record that already included a WSOP Circuit High Roller ring earlier this year.

Andre Winkler Finds Another Rozvadov Trophy

Few players have had a better year at King’s Resort than Andre Winkler.

After recording his first tracked live victory in May and then landing a score of more than €420,000 in Rozvadov during the summer, Winkler added the €2,000 EPC Masters to the list.

The 346-entry tournament produced €602,040 in prize money. Winkler reached heads-up against Marco Giordano, with the pair agreeing a deal before continuing for the Scepter.

EPC Masters Final Table

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Andre Winkler	Germany	€99,600*
2	Marco Giordano	Italy	€118,400*
3	Tobias Peters	Netherlands	€58,100
4	Pasquale Casella	Italy	€39,900
5	MajikMike	Italy	€28,200
6	Fatih Sen	Turkey	€20,300
7	Catalin Moraru	Romania	€15,100
8	Paul Craciunas	Romania	€11,450
9	Sebastian Kotowicz	Poland	€9,050

*Heads-up deal.

Mystery Kid Turns Mini Main Runner-Up Into High Roller Win

The name Mystery Kid appeared near the top of more than one leaderboard during the series.

He first finished second in the 4,389-entry Mini Main Event, receiving €76,500 as Viorel Gavrila claimed the first Scepter of the new festival.

A little over a week later, Mystery Kid returned in the €3,000 High Roller and went one place better.

The tournament attracted 152 entries, and its €500,000 guarantee was not quite reached through buy-ins. Mystery Kid eventually beat Romania’s Mihai Tabac heads-up after a 19-hour final day, earning €110,300.

EPC High Roller Final Table

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Mystery Kid	Israel	€110,300
2	Mihai Tabac	Romania	€71,200
3	MajikMike	Italy	€47,600
4	coolstorybro	Poland	€32,900
5	Paul Runcan	Romania	€23,600
6	Martynas Racinskas	Lithuania	€17,600
7	Jakub Sterba	Czechia	€13,600
8	Davit Mikhanashvili	Georgia	€11,000
9	Attila Koncz	Hungary	€9,200

The winning hand came after Tabac fired a river bluff into Mystery Kid’s pocket jacks, with the call bringing the 19-hour final day to an end.

One More Night Pays €46,200 for DENNO0211

The last major result of the festival came from a player who had effectively already checked out.

DENNO0211 and his friends were packed and preparing to leave King’s Resort when they decided to stay another night and enter the €500 EPC Closer instead.

The decision ended with the German player on top of a 565-entry field.

EPC Closer Final Table

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	DENNO0211	Germany	€46,200
2	Davide Muccini	Italy	€30,700
3	Nicholas Scott	United States	€20,900
4	Marcos Rocha	Portugal	€14,500
5	Ivan Izzillo	Italy	€10,200
6	B.S.	Italy	€7,400
7	Rafael Griman	Venezuela	€5,500
8	Kevin Kevinov	France	€4,100
9	TheCallinator	Germany	€3,205

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