The PokerStars Eureka Hamburg 2023 Main Event drew in 703 entrants and it was Germany’s Amir Mazaffarian who came out on top and who turned his €1,100 investment into €123,780 from the €667,850 prize pool.
The 2023 edition of this event marked the first time Hamburg had hosted a Eureka Main Event for six years. It was also the best-attended of the Eureka Hamburg Main Events, beating the 2015 record of 581 entrants by some distance.
Mazaffarian was already known in the PokerStars live circuit after victories in side events at the 2014 European Poker Tour (EPT) London and 2015 EPT Prague festivals. However, the €123,780 prize awarded to Mazaffarian for his impressive takedown of this Eureka Hamburg Main Event is the German’s six-figure score.
Eureka Hamburg 2023 Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amir Mozaffarian | Germany | €123,780 |
| 2 | Tomas Patka | Slovakia | €77,350 |
| 3 | Christian Gurr | Germany | €55,250 |
| 4 | Johannes Erfurth | Germany | €42,500 |
| 5 | Robin Kazemieh-Aghdam | Germany | €32,690 |
| 6 | Hendrik Kwiatkowski | Germany | €25,140 |
| 7 | Timo Schumann | Germany | €19,340 |
| 8 | Branko Samardzic | Germany | €14,880 |
| 9 | Ercan Atmaca | Netherlands | €11,450 |
Each of the nine finalists locked in at least €11,450 for their efforts, and it was the Netherlands’ Ercan Atmaca who collected this sum when they bowed out in ninth.
Branko Samardzic saw his tournament end in an eighth-place finish worth €14,880 before Timo Schumann crashed by the wayside in seventh for €19,340. Schumann had earlier finished tenth in the €330 buy-in Eureka Hamburg Cup.
Sixth place and €25,140, a career-best haul, went to Hendrik Kwiatkowski, with Robin Kazemieh-Aghdam also bagging a career-high score of €32,690 when their deep run ended in a fifth-place finish.
Johannes Erfurth, as Schumann mentioned above, cashed in the €330 Eureka Hamburg Cup (11th – €2,420) before playing in the €1,100 Main Event. Erfurth could not progress deeper than fourth, which came with a bankroll-boosting €42,500.
The 2023 Eureka Hamburg Main Event progressed to the heads-up stage when Christian Gurr ran out of steam. Gurr’s reward weighed in at €55,250, which is his largest single haul to-date.
Mozaffarian locked horns heads-up with Slovakia’s Tomas Patka. You may recall that Patka finished third for €137,100 in the €1,100 FPS Monte Carlo Main Event in April 2023, narrowly missing out on the winner’s trophy and more than €300,000. Sadly, for Patka at least, he fell short again, busting in second place for a €77,350 addition to his bankroll, leaving a delighted Mozaffarian to receive €123,780 and the title of champion.
Other Eureka Hamburg Results
Konstantin Faerber came out on top of an 86-strong crowd in the €2,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller, and raked in €46,000. Faerber overcome and outlasted a cosmopolitan final table, which saw seven nationalities represented, including runner-up De Kim, who hails from South Korea. Kim collected €29,690 for his bridesmaid finish.
The €330 Eureka Hamburg Cup attracted 609 entrants who created a €173,565 prize pool. The tournament ended in a five-way chop, with Denmark’s Brian Klindrup banking €23,310 and the title.
The final event of the festival was the €220 No-Limit Hold’em Hyper Turbo Closer, a tournament that saw a predominately German field of 196 entrants outlasted by Aydin Gengec. Gengec defeated Netherlands’ Antoine Vranken heads-up and reeled in an €8,260 haul.
Upcoming PokerStars-sponsored Live Events
Do not worry if you missed out on competing at Eureka Hamburg because there are plenty of PokerStars-sponsored events in the pipeline between now and the first fortnight in December. Be sure to check out the latest Power Path passes to see if you can win your way into one or more of these marvelous events.
| Dates | Event |
|---|---|
| Sep. 29-Oct. 8 | FPS Aix Les Bains |
| Oct. 11-12 | EPT Cyprus |
| Oct 24-29 | UKIPT Edinburgh |
| Nov. 2-12 | Estrellas Poker Tour Sevilla |
| Nov. 4-12 | NAPT Las Vegas |
| Nov. 4-13 | UKIPT Nottingham |
| Nov. 10-19 | FPS Aix en Provence |
| Dec. 4-15 | EPT Prague |
Images courtesy of PokerStars and Manuel Kovsca
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