Banco Casino Masters Is Coming Up, While the Championship Was Won by Daniel Hohr
Organizing a poker festival is one thing, but organizing multiple events in a short time is quite another. Banco Casino, located in bustling Bratislava, is fast becoming the place to be for recreational poker players among us. With reasonable buy-ins and repulsive Guarantees, they're a staple in today's poker. On April 2, one of those events, the Banco Casino Championship, came to an end, with the result that the trophy remains in Slovakia.
Banco Casino Championship
The Valhalla of Poker Events is at it again! From the 24th of March until the 2nd of April, it was finally time again for one of Banco Casino’s own events. After having hosted events such as the Cyprus Series of Poker, Polish Poker Days, and the Slovak Poker Open, it was the Banco Casino Masters’ last own local event on January 23rd. The Championship version of the Banco Casino events is the so-called little brother from the Banco Casino Masters, coming up later this month. The Championship had across a couple of events a total guarantee of €235.000, of which the Main Event of course had the biggest guarantee with €150.000.
The Warm Up event attracted 265 entries and with a buy-in of only €75, the first prize of €4.380 was to be called electric. This one-day event got followed up by another Warm Up version which lasted just one day. It had a buy-in of €100 and attracted 422 entries. With a stunning €8.860 as the top prize, winner Mark Mate from Hungary must be over the moon as it’s only his second live tournament cash, after having cashed during the Polish Poker Days Main Event earlier in March. The absolute Main Event of the week attracted 1.037 total entries.
With many Norwegians still in the city, as there was another event happening at the same time in the city, it was promised to be a great outgoing event. It would be eventually local hero Daniel Hohr who walked away with the first prize and the dedicated trophy after making a three-way deal. Daniel turned a €150 investment into a whopping €21.099, Congratulations! Find below all the top results of these events:
€75 NLHE Warm-Up
| Place | Country | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  | Libor Comaj | €4,380 |
| 2nd |  | Morten Rosenkrantz | €2,860 |
| 3rd |  | Toni Zinder | €2,040 |
| 4th | | Jørgen Schjetne | €1,555 |
| 5th | | Marian Zahorec | €1,215 |
€100 NLHE Warm-Up
| Place | Country | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  | Mark Mate | €8,860 |
| 2nd | | Samuel Marusinec | €5,750 |
| 3rd |  | David Savocka | €4,110 |
| 4th | | Jan Waagoe | €3,080 |
| 5th | | Eirik Villand | €2,470 |
€150 NLHE Main Event
| Place | Country | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | | Daniel Hohr | €21,099 |
| 2nd |  | Pirotais Erwan | €15,360 |
| 3rd | | Arstad Christian | €13,801 |
| 4th | | Villand Eirik | €7,575 |
| 5th | | Oeyvind Stangnes | €5,840 |
Banco Casino Masters
During the third week of April, it is time again for the Banco Casino Masters, where the last event in January of this year attracted an amazing 2,420 players, accumulating a total prize pool of nearly €350,000! Eventually, the winner came from Denmark in the name of Mike Hansen, who took home €53,675 and the eternal honor that comes with it. Not bad for a shabby €170 buy-in!
The upcoming event will again offer €250,000 in the guaranteed prize pool and is potentially even becoming bigger than ever before due to the perfect timing in the schedule of live poker events. With a staggering 11 starting flights, the Main Event is obviously in the spotlights of the event, but with a Mystery Bounty, a High Roller, and an Omaha event, there is plenty of other tournaments to enjoy.
