Another successful episode of the magnificent Banco Casino Masters! This is how we can characterize the nineteenth edition with 844 entries created by the Slovak poker community. This meant a massive prize pool of 143,480€, which was "fought for" by 92 participants on the second day of play and then by sixteen finalists.

The expected final day started at four o'clock in the afternoon, when the most successful of the most successful gathered at the poker tables, where packed chips were waiting for them in marked places; those chips they were able to get from their opponents during the tournament. The last sixteen players had an important step ahead of them - get to the final table.

Shockingly, Adam Biznár left the final day first, followed by Marián Šestina, Martin Macháček, Roman Dohnány, Roman Okoličány, Jaroslav Novák and Lukas Zerger from Germany. Their journey through the tournament ended in front of the prestigious final table, but they didn’t leave with empty hands. Great prizes from 1,100€ to 1,524€ were waiting for them for their performance.

After the elimination of the tenth player, the tournament time stopped and the finalists moved to the TV table, which you had the opportunity to watch online, and if not, you will find the whole event on this link:

 

 

After setting up the final table, “chips forces“looked like this:

• Seat 1: Hábel Boris - 1,495,000
• Seat 2: Noga Jiří - 2,415,000
• Seat 3: Paška Andrej - 4,950,000
• Seat 4: Botló Tomáš - 1,305,000
• Seat 5: Asner Noam - 7,025,000
• Seat 6: Polakovič Ľuboš - 6,105,000
• Seat 7: Janicki Michal - 7,390,000
• Seat 8: Kakuloš Radovan - 1,100,000
• Seat 9: Boris Z. 1,980,000

Immediately after the start of the final table, Boris Hábel was eliminated and the seats were reorganized. After an hour of play, those present had the opportunity to watch the elimination of Kerky, who made it to the Banco Casino Masters for only 15€ from qualifying turning them into an amazing prize of 2,879€!

Behind him, gentlemen Green and Noga were "executed" from the tournament in the same hand. Fifth place and reward of 6,111€ went to the home player Tomáš Botló.

This was followed by a long and exciting three-hour interlude, during which the chips flew between the opponents until Masters champion Ľuboš Polakovič (AJ <AK) was eliminated from the game and won 7,391€ for the fourth place. Israeli player Noam Asner was eliminated in short order with 9,379€.

Home player Andrej Paška and a representative of the Polish poker community Michal Janicki made it to the heads-up. Immediately after Pašeks double up, successful debate about a deal came up. Both took home 16,000€ and played overtime for almost 4,000€ as well as the prestigious title of champion. This time, the foreign player Janicki pulled for the shorter end, as right after the break everyone had the opportunity to watch all-in and call. Paška showed 45 and Janicki held the QQ combination. However, Board Ax Tx 7x 5x 4x relentlessly condemned Janicki to second place.

After few hours of play, Andrej Paška became the champion of the nineteenth edition of the Banco Casino Masters, taking home 19,588€, a ticket worth of 170€ for the next Masters and the biggest trophy for his excellent performance during the tournament. Congratulations!

Banco Casino Masters with 143,480€ prize pool:

• 1.Paška Andrej – 19,588€ + 170€ Ticket
• 2.Janicki Michal – 16,250€ + 170€ Ticket
• 3. Noam Asner – 9,379€ + 170€ Ticket
• 4.Polakovič Ľuboš – 7,391€ + 170€ Ticket
• 5.Botló Tomáš – 6,111€ + 170€ Ticket
• 6.Zelený Boris – 5,013€ + 170€ Ticket
• 7.Noga Jiří – 3,885€ + 170€ Ticket
• 8.Kerky - 2,879€ + 170€ Ticket
• 9.Hábel Boris – 1,964€ + 170€ Ticket
• 10.Zege Lucas - 1,524€
• 11.Novák Jaroslav - 1,524€
• 12.Okoličány Roman  - 1,524€
• 13.Dohnány Roman - 1,281€
• 14.Macháček Martin - 1,281€
• 15.Šestina Marián - 1,281€
• 16.Biznár Adam - 1,110€