€10,000 Platinum High Roller
Day 2 Completed
2023 The Grand Big Wrap
€10,000 Platinum High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 The Grand Big Wrap
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,000,000
Entries
95
Level
25
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
95
Players Left
1
Level 25
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
The sun was already peeking over the horizon in Rozvadov by the time the final river card of the €10,000 Platinum High Roller was dealt, and with it came the crowning of Filip Lovric as the newest champion at the Grand Big Wrap festival.
Around 5:15 a.m. local time, Lovric showed a flopped straight against Veselin Karakitukov’s top set and held on to capture the trophy and €261,250 top prize, the biggest score of his poker career and his first live tournament win.
Lovric is no stranger to competing in high-roller Pot-Limit Omaha events. His previous biggest cash was from May 2022 in a €25,000 event, where he battled against the likes of Tom Dwan, Jeremy Ausmus, and Patrik Antonius at that final table on his way to finishing in fifth place. He also cashed in two Omaha high rollers in Las Vegas this summer. While he didn’t get the title on those occasions, he wasn’t to be denied again today.
Final Table results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filip Lovric | Sweden | €261,250 |
| 2 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | €185,725 |
| 3 | Tomas Ribeiro | Portugal | €121,600 |
| 4 | Florian Langmann | Germany | €93,575 |
| 5 | Aku Joentausta | Finland | €74,100 |
| 6 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | €57,950 |
| 7 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | €45,600 |
| 8 | Vadim Zakharyan | Israel | €35,625 |
Day 2 Action
Day 2 began with 32 players returning out of 60 total entries. They would be joined by 35 more players over the course of the first three levels, bringing the field up to 95.
The top 11 would make the money, and Joni Jouhkimainen, Diamond High Roller champion Quan Zhou, Alex Livingston, Omar Eljach, and Eelis Parssinen were among those who fell short. Anton Suarez was eliminated on the bubble in 12th place when he ran into the aces of Tomas Ribeiro.
Jonas Kronwitter, the chip leader at the start of the day, fell in 11th place, while the polarizing Martin Kabrhel shoved into Lovric’s aces as he was sent to the rail in 10th.
Ribeiro held the lead at the start of the nine-handed unofficial final table with 1,650,000, followed by Florian Langmann (1,625,000) and Lovric (1,410,000). Leonid Yanovski was the first to fall, missing the nut flush draw against Karakitukov’s pair of kings to finish in ninth place.
Ribeiro then found himself all in for 1,170,000 against Vadim Zakharyan, but the former chip leader wasn’t too much at risk as he showed top set of nines against Zakharyan’s set of sevens. Zakharyan was knocked down to a short stack and Ribeiro finished him off a few hands later, hitting a straight on the turn to bust Zakharyan in eighth place.
Hossein Ensan then moved all in for 260,000 but the 2019 world champion bowed out in seventh when Lovric hit a set of kings. Jan-Peter Jachtmann, making his second final table of the festival after a seventh-place showing in the Diamond High Roller, was down to just 325,000 when he got his chips in the middle in a three-way all in against Karakitukov and Lovric. Karakitukov made two pair to bust Jachtmannn and double up off Lovric.
Ribeiro had a big lead over the five remaining players until tangling with Karakitukov. Ribeiro flopped trip eights against Karakitukov's aces, but the Bulgarian turned another ace to make a full house and win a massive pot to narrow the gap. Aku Joentausta and Lovric then took turns doubling up, Joentausta when he hit a lucky seven on the flop against Langmann’s two kings and finishing with a flush.
Lovric then moved all in for 1,250,000 on a king-high flop and Ribeiro called with top pair, but Lovric had a set of kings and doubled up into the chip lead. Joentausta eventually got his last 725,000 in the middle with a set of nines, but Lovric rivered a straight to send him to the rail in fifth place.
Langmann followed to the exit shortly after as Lovric again hit the river, completing a straight draw to beat Langmann’s two queens. For Langmann, a WSOP bracelet winner from nearly a decade ago, his fourth-place finish marked his first recorded tournament cash in more than seven years.
Ribeiro then got involved in another pivotal pot against Karakitukov when Karakitukov made the nut straight on the turn. Ribeiro was left with just 200,000 and was eliminated the next hand as Karakitukov led Lovric 6,660,000 to 2,840,000 at the start of heads-up play.
Lovric doubled up with top set when he dodged a flush draw on the river, then moved all in again for 2,620,000 on the turn. Karakitukov had a flopped set of fives, but Lovric had turned a set of sevens to double back atop the leaderboard.
On the last hand, Lovric flopped a straight against Karakitukov’s top set, and, more than 15 hours after the day began and seven hours after the final table was set, he got to celebrate with his rail. Eljach was there to present him with a celebratory glass of champagne, and the party that was going to reverberate all the way back to Sweden had begun.
The road to the title was long and arduous but for Lovric, well worth it. It was a marathon day here at King’s Resort, and Lovric proved to be the one who could cross the finish line.
That concludes PokerNews’ coverage of the Platinum High Roller. Stay tuned as just one more event remains in Rozvadov, the conclusion of the Main Event.
Level 25
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Veselin Karakitukov limped in, Filip Lovric raised to 375,000, and Karakitukov called to see the J?9?7? flop.
Lovric checked over to Karakitukov who bet 350,000. Lovric then raised to 1,925,000, Karakitukov moved all in for 2,190,000, and Lovric called.
Veselin Karakitukov: J?J?7?3?
Filip Lovric: K?10?9?8?
Karakitukov had flopped top set, but Lovric showed the straight as Karakitukov needed the board to pair to prolong the tournament.
The A? turn was no help, while the river came the 8?. "Yes," Lovric yelled out, clapping his hands together and running over to his rail to celebrate before shaking hands with Karakitukov, who took home €185,725 for his runner-up finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,500,000
2,625,000
|
2,625,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 25
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Filip Lovric raised to 375,000 and Veselin Karakitukov called.
The flop came 4?5?2? and Lovric continued for 300,000. Karakitukov then raised to 1,775,000, Lovric moved all in, and Karakitukov committed his last 415,000.
Veselin Karakitukov: 7?5?4?3?
Filip Lovric: A?K?7?3?
Lovric had one hand on the trophy as he showed the flopped straight and nut flush draw, while Karakitukov had two pair.
The K? turn left Lovric one card away from the title and he began celebrating once the A? fell on the river before realizing Karakitukov had made the same straight and they chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,875,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
2,630,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Veselin Karakitukov raised to 375,000 with A?K?7?7? and Filip Lovric called holding K?9?9?8?.
Lovric hit top set on the 9?5?4? flop and checked over to Karakitukov, who checked back.
The 5? turn improved Lovric to a full house and he led out for 300,000. Karakitukov gave up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,815,000 | |
|
|
2,690,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Filip Lovric raised to 375,000 with Q?Q?J?5? and Veselin Karakitukov called holding K?Q?6?2?.
The flop came 9?4?J? and Karakitukov check-folded to a bet of 400,000.
A few hands later, Karakitukov made it 375,000 on the button with A?K?K?J? and Lovric defended Q?Q?9?6?.
Both players checked the A?10?9? flop and Lovric then led out for 875,000 on the 8? turn. Karakitukov again gave up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,815,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
|
2,690,000
-875,000
|
-875,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level 24
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
In a limped pot, Filip Lovric led out for 200,000 on a flop of A?10?5? and Veselin Karakitukov called.
The turn came the 7? and Lovric bet another 700,000. Karakitukov then moved all in, and Lovric called for his last 2,620,000.
Karakitukov showed J?10?5?5? for a flopped set, but Lovric had K?7?7?4? for a turned set of sevens.
The river came the 2? and Lovric doubled up into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,940,000
3,520,000
|
3,520,000 |
|
|
3,565,000
-3,520,000
|
-3,520,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Veselin Karakitukov raised to 300,000 with K?K?6?3? and Filip Lovric called J?J?6?2?.
Both players checked the A?5?5? flop before the K? fell on the turn, giving Karakitukov a full house. He bet 200,000 and Lovric called.
Lovric made a smaller full house on the J? river and checked over to Karakitukov, who bet another 750,000. Lovric leaned over the table as he tanked for a moment before calling as Karakitukov raked in the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,085,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
|
|
2,420,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |
Level 24
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Veselin Karakitukov raised to 300,000 with Q?J?9?7? and Filip Lovric called holding A?K?9?4?.
The flop came K?Q?2? and Karakitukov continued for 350,000. Lovric called with top pair and both players checked the 3? turn.
Lovric led out for 500,000 on the 2? river and Karakitukov gave it some thought before mucking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,035,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |
|
|
3,470,000
650,000
|
650,000 |