Marek Uharcek led all the way to win the King's Festival PLO championship.
Regional newsMarek Uharcek led his team to victory in the 2026 King's Million European Poker Championship €1,500 PLO tournament, winning €95,000 and the Royal Scepter. He defeated Lucas Giebing to claim his first career tournament win. Entering the €1,500 PLO tournament as the chip leader, Uharcek knew he still had a long way to go to win the 2026 King's Million European Poker Championship Royal Scepter. Uharcek had come close to winning major tournaments before, including reaching the final table on the same day a year ago at King's Resort, but he maintained his lead throughout the day to ultimately win his first tournament title. "I'm not really a tournament player," Uharcek told PokerNews after a long heads-up match against Lucas Giebing, winning his best prize of €95,000. "I might play ten tournaments a year, and I prefer cash games, but this is my first title." The event attracted 286 entries and was divided into two preliminary rounds. The largest prize pool of €500,000 was won by Uharcek after nearly 12 hours of intense competition. €1,500 PLO Championship Final Table Results Rank Player Country Prize Money 1st Marek Uharcek Slovakia €95,000 2nd Lucas Giebing Germany €62,600 3rd Anonymous (Germany) Germany €42,700 4th Jan-Peter Jachtmann Germany €29,800 5th Volodymyr Kokoulin Ukraine €21,375 6th Danail Zhelev Bulgaria €15,700 7th Davit Mikhanashvili Georgia €11,800 8th lakiseeb Germany €9,100 9th Bastian Bluem Germany €7,200 Day 2 Results 44 players returned to the final day, each with €3,525 in prize money secured from their chip bags during the preliminary rounds. Uharcek started as the chip leader after taking the lead in Group B on Day 1. He was still among the top chip leaders when the pool was nearly halved before the first break of the day. "Obviously when you're the chip leader, you have a lot of hope. But a lot of times in these tournaments, you need luck to get good results. So being the chip leader helps, but you also need to get through the day. I try to put pressure on people in certain situations and try to take some chips from short stacks. But it's mainly one-by-one."



