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Chips and Chills: The Hot Hands of the Scandinavian Open Poker Championship

Chips and Chills: The Hot Hands of the Scandinavian Open Poker Championship
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Iva Dozet News Editor
  • Fact Checked by: PokerListings
  • Last updated on: November 1, 2024 · 2 minutes to read

Another week begins. Another events concludes at Banco Casino.

This time around, it happens to be the Scandinavian Open Poker Championship, which ran from June 17th all the way till this Monday, June 24th. Yesterday, the Main Event champion was crowned and for PokerListings, this can mean only one thing – it’s time for a recap!

Scandinavian Open Poker Championship – The Main Event

As we already told you last week, the Poker Championship was the latest live poker event to call Banco Casino home. The tournament came with a 199€ buy-in, somewhat and a Main Event guarantee set at 250,000€.

So, who was it that walked home with the title of Scandinavian Open Poker champion?

Let’s put it like this – he wasn’t from Scandinavia. Out of a total of 1,074 entries, it was none other than Czech Ondrej Nečas, whose poker triumph saw him taking home €39,210 from Banco Casino.

Banco Casino. Scandinavian Open Poker Championship Final Table
Main Event Final Table

Counting from kick off, the Scandinavian Championship Main Event recorded a total of 1,074 entries. All those subsequently boiled down to just 16 players yesterday afternoon. The remaining were led by Ondrej Nečas, who was coming in as the chip lead into the final day.

With TV cameras recording their every move, the final 16 quickly became the final nine. Ondrej Nečas had the chip lead once again.

Finally, it was down to Nečas and Greek player Nanos Ioannis.

Banco Casino. Scandinavian Open Poker Championship Nanos Ioannis
Nanos Ioannis
Banco Casino. Scandinavian Open Poker Championship Final Table

For a period, the lead in chips oscillated between the players, with Ioannis briefly edging ahead. However, the decisive moments unfolded over two critical hands.

In the initial showdown, Ondrej pushed all-in with a king and queen of clubs on a flop showing 9 of spades, 8 of clubs, and 5 of clubs, betting 21,000,000. Ioannis countered with 9 and 7 of clubs.

The turn revealed a 10 of diamonds, and a queen of spades on the river clinched a crucial double-up for Ondrej. Shortly after, Ioannis’s remaining stack of 12,000,000 went to the middle pre-flop, holding a pair of eights against an ace and nine. The community cards fell: 9, 5, 4, another 5, and a queen, bringing the SOPC Main Event to a dramatic close.

Final Table Results

PlaceNamePrize
1Nečas Ondrej39,210€
2Nanos Ioannis32,115€
3Koriakin Andrej19,550€
4Sajn Zoran14,325€
5Werner Markus10,575€

Of course, for those wanting to relive the action, Banco Casino has you covered. Below you’ll find everything that went down during the Main Event final table.

Banco Casino – What’s to Come

Of course, we never like to close a chapter at Banco Casino without at least hinting at the next one. While we won’t be discussing any live poker tournaments until next week, we’re giving you two weekend promotions to consider.

The first is the Super Friday €10,000 GTD, starting on June 28th. The entry fee is just €40, while the starting chip stack is set to 50,000.

The other promotion to tease is the Thirty Grand €30,000 GTD, taking place this Saturday, June 29th. While the buy-in here is a bit higher, €140 entry fee to be exact, the GTD is also tripled compared to Friday’s event.

Whichever of the two you decide to try your luck at, we’re wishing all players the best of luck and sending congratulations to Nečas!

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