Congratulations to Oleg Vasylchenko, winner of the Season XV partypoker World Poker Tour® €3,300 Main Event!
Vasylchenko entered the final table with the chip lead, and he rode that lead to victory to claim the €132,200 top prize and a $15,000 seat into the season-ending WPT® Tournament of Champions.
Season XV partypoker WPT Prague Final Table Results
1st: Oleg Vasylchenko – €132,200
2nd: Anton Petrov – €82,000
3rd: Tonio Roder – €52,500
4th: Romain Lewis – €39,120
5th: Martin Kabrhel – €29,140
6th: Prebben Stokkan – €23,520
The final table in Prague lasted 122 hands, with Prebben Stokkan busting on the 21st in a three-way clash with Tonio Roder and Romain Lewis.
In Level 24 with the blinds at 1,2000-24,000 with a 4,000 ante, Roder opened with a raise to 55,000. Stokkan reraised all in, and then Lewis moved all in as well. Roder called with pocket jacks, but Lewis had pocket aces and was in front. Stokkan had the 
, and the board ran out 
to bust Stokkan in sixth.
Martin Kabrhel, the man third on the Czech Republic’s all-time money list according to the Hendon Mob poker database, then wrnt out in fifth on Hand #46 to Lewis. Kabrhel shoved the 
, and Lewis woke up with two queens to make the call and send him packing.
Despite the early success for Lewis, he was next to the rail, falling in fourth place for €39,120. After him, it was Roder who busted in third for €52,500 to set up heads-up play with Vasylchenko against Anton Petrov.
When the final duel for the WPT Prague Main Event title began, Vasylchenko’s 3.115 million in chips were leading over Petrov’s 1.895 million. From there, it didn’t take long; in fact, heads-up play took just eight hands.
On the final hand, Petrov moved all in on the turn with top pair on a board of 
. His 
was no good against the 
for Vasylchenko, though, who had flopped two pair. The river was the 
to give Vasylchenko the victory and crown him the Season XV partypoker WPT Prague Main Event champion.