Nearly four years after WPT National Bohemia, World Poker Tour returned to Rozvadov with another poker festival, partypoker WPT National Rozvadov. King’s Casino opened its doors to 312 players for the €1,100 buy-in Main Event, nearly doubling the €200,000 guaranteed prize pool. The top 45 players earned a piece of the €362,780 prize pool, and Manig Loeser, who started the final day with one of the shortest stacks, was the last player standing, earning the €76,000 first-place prize and the WPT National crystal trophy.
After 33 levels of play, Loeser and Jeffrey Brouwer played the final hand of the tournament. Loeser opened with 
on the button, Brouwer called in the big blind holding 
, and the flop was 
, Brouwer checked, Loeser bet 310,000, and Brouwer called. The turn was the 
, and Brouwer led out for 450,000. Loeser called. The 
completed the board, Brouwer moved all in for 3 million and Loeser called with the superior kicker.
Later, Loeser commented on the winning hand, saying, “Standard setup; just unlucky for him.”
Final Table Standings:
| Finish | First Name | Prize |
| 1 | Manig Loeser | €76,000 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Brouwer | €53,000 |
| 3 | Sebastián Kos | €34,000 |
| 4 | Marius Kaiser | €25,395 |
| 5 | Michaël Goossens | €19,046 |
| 6 | David Dolák | €15,237 |
| 7 | Paul van Oort | €12,951 |
| 8 | Andriy Palyuga | €10,521 |
| 9 | Markus Hofer | €7,800 |
The WPT National Rozvadov festival of poker attracted several top pros, including November Niner Federico Butteroni, 2014 WCOOP Main Event Champion Fedor Holz, bracelet winner Jan Peter Jachtmann, four-time WPT National champion Laurent Polito, Team partypoker member and Raw Deal host Tony Dunst, and King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik. In addition to the Main Event, there were daily side events starting from as low as €65+€10, and the €1,800+€200 WPT PLO High Roller.
In addition to more than 120 poker tables, King’s Casino owns its own Live Stream set up and an RFID table. WPT broadcast the Main Event starting on Day 2 on Twitch.tv. Streams were available in both English and German.
Festival participants were invited for the WPT players’ party with free BBQ, complimentary cocktails, and great music from the DJ. The party was hosted on “Prague street,” a special part of the casino where interior is designed to look like the central area of Prague.
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