The end of the weekend at Banco Casino Bratislava was first marked by the final hyper turbo flight, which had the task of adding the missing piece to the guarantee. This eventually worked out, and thanks to an additional 64 entries, the total numbers of this edition of MASTERS stopped at 643 entries, representing a prize pool worth of 109,310€. Did you miss watching live events at Banco Casino Bratislava? Watch the final day from the recording and enjoy the crowning of the champion again.

 

 

The final day at Banco Casino Bratislava started at 4pm, when the remaining 16 players sat down at the poker tables and roll out their honestly earned chips. Players had the task of the first step towards victory - to make it to the final table, where nine places were waiting. Quick first half-hour brought fast eliminations of names - Štefan Bednár, Bernhauser Fabian, Jiří Noga, Marián Uharček and Jozef Bartáloš! The eleventh place was taken by the chip leader from Košice, Marián Flešár, and the last one to drop out before the final table was Adrián Blahovský for 1,161€.

Chipcount final table:

• Seat 1: Hardoň Jozef - 2,370,000
• Seat 2: Karas Marián - 4,865,000
• Seat 3: Kurucz Róbert - 2,790,000
• Seat 4: Almási Attila - 2,010,000
• Seat 5: Krchnár Marek - 3,350,000
• Seat 6: Ganglbauer Markus - 2,550,000
• Seat 7: Pekár Roman - 4,085,000
• Seat 8: Ratusnyak Mikloš - 2,035,000
• Seat 9: Nagy Barnabáš - 1,690,000

The start of the final table was full of action, after two hours of play Attila Almási was eliminated in ninth place for 1,964€, followed by Marián Karas for 2,879€ and Barnabás Nagy for  3,885€.

From sixth place, in addition to the financial prize, players also won a ticket to the upcoming Banco Casino Autumn Cup with a 60,000€ guarantee worth 110€. The mentioned sixth place was taken by Marek Krchnár for 4,062€, Roman Pekár was eliminated in the fifth place, for which he earned a reward of 4,991€ and the fourth place was taken by the Austrian player Markus Ganglbauer for 6,059€.

This was followed by a game of last three players, when a gentleman's agreement took place, after which a game for 3,940€, including a trophy and the title of the twentieth champion of the Banco Casino Masters was played. The results looked like this:

• Kurucz – 12,518€
• Ratusnyak – 12,245€
• Hardoň – 10,701€

Ratusnyak took third place in the finish and Jozef Hardoň and Róbert Kurucz collided in the heads-up. The first named held the chip lead 2: 1, but in the end Jozef Hardoň had to settle for second place.

The champion of the twentieth edition of the Banco Casino Masters became Róbert Kurucz, who after six days received a beautiful prize of 16,458€ from Banco Casino, together with a ticket to the upcoming Autumn Cup with a 60,000€ guarantee. Congratulations!

Banco Casino Masters #20:

• 1.Kurucz Róbert – 20,333€ + 110€ Ticket na Autumn Cup 60,000€ GTD (16,458€*)
• 2.Hardoň Jozef – 12,052€ + 110€ Ticket na Autumn Cup 60,000€ GTD (10,701€*)
• 3.Ratusnyak Mikloš – 7,532€ + 110€ Ticket na Autumn Cup 60,000€ GTD (12,245€*)
• 4.Ganglbauer Markus – 6,059€ + 110€ Ticket na Autumn Cup 60,000€ GTD
• 5.Pekár Roman – 4,991€ + 110€ Ticket na Autumn Cup 60,000€ GTD
• 6.Marek Krchnár – 4,062€ + 110€ Ticket na Autumn Cup 60,000€ GTD
• 7.Nagy Barnabás – 3,080€
• 8.Karas Marián – 2,314€
• 9.Almási Atilla – 1,626€
• 10.Blahovský Adrián - 1,161€
• 11.Flešár Marián - 1,161€
• 12.Bartáloš Jozef - 1,161€
• 13.Uharček Marián - 976€
• 14.Noga Jiří - 976€
• 15.Fabian Bernhauser - 976€
• 16.Bednár Štefan - 846€