Hand #152: Sandor Mate Wins WPT Prime Slovakia! (€109,660) Marco Niederdeppe Finishes as Runner-Up (€64,700)

May 15, 2023

Sandor Mate
Photo:  WPT Prime Slovakia Champion Sandor Mate

HAND #152  –  Marco Niederdeppe moves all in for about 1,300,000, and Sandor Mate calls with Club KClub Q.

Niederdeppe turns over Heart QDiamond 8, and he is dominated and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes Diamond 7Club 7Heart 4Diamond 4Heart 5, and Mate wins the pot — and the WPT Prime title — with the two pair on the board and his king kicker.

Marco Niederdeppe finishes as the runner-up, earning €64,700.

Sandor Mate wins WPT Prime Slovakia, earning €109,660, plus a WPT Prime trophy. This includes a €12,500 package and seat for Matt to play in the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Congratulations to Sandor Mate!

1st:  Sandor Mate  –  €109,660*  (~US $118,964*)
2nd:  Marco Niederdeppe  –  €64,700  (~US $70,189)
3rd:  Dmitry Lineburg  –  €47,600  (~US $51,638)
4th:  Giovanni Ursoleo  –  €35,400  (~US $38,403)
5th:  Tal Herzog  –  €26,600  (~US $28,857)
6th:  Szymon Bujok  –  €20,300  (~US $22,022)
7th:  Thomas Ward  –  €15,600  (~US $16,924)
8th:  Ondrej Drozd  –  €12,100  (~US $13,127)
9th:  Patrik Zidek  –  €9,500  (~US $10,306)

Marco Niederdeppe
Photo:  Runner-Up Marco Niederdeppe

NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of €1.00 = US $1.08484.

* First-prize amount includes a €12,500 package for the winner to play in the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

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