The 346 entries to the €4,300 buy-in series finale had produced a prizepool of €1,370,155, the final table of nine including German poker legend Ole Schemion and Jan Bednar, one of the Czech Republic’s most-travelled tournament players.
Schemion’s deep run was ended quickly, first to bust as his kings were cracked, his hopes of being the first player to land a second MCOP Main Event title dashed by Pascal Vos.
The top three spots would be looking at six-figure payouts, Vos just missing out on one of those when he exited in 4th, his ‘slow-played aces’ running afoul of a rivered straight for Greek player Paraskevas Tsokaridis.
The Greek player, who appears under a couple of different spellings in the database, walked off with a healthy €124,548 payout after losing a race to O’Dwyer, leaving the Dublin-born US pro to battle Paqué for the trophy.
Heads-up was a long, drawn-out affair, but the win would eventually go to the young Netherlands player, a rivered flush deciding things in his favour.
2019 MCOP Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Paqué | Netherlands | €260,878 | $287,146 |
| 2 | Steve O’Dwyer | Ireland | €174,421 | $191,983 |
| 3 | Paraskevas Tsokaridis | Greece | €124,548 | $137,089 |
| 4 | Pascal Vos | Netherlands | €95,911 | $105,568 |
| 5 | Frederico Silva | Portugal | €73,441 | $80,836 |
| 6 | Jan Bednar | Czech Republic | €56,177 | $61,833 |
| 7 | Johan Rensink | Netherlands | €43,023 | $47,355 |
| 8 | Shyngis Satubayev | Kazakhstan | €33,021 | $36,346 |
| 9 | Ole Schemion | Germany | €25,485 | $28,051 |
