King's Resort is a casino and resort located in

Rozvadov Rozvadov (german: Roßhaupt) is a municipality and village in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 700 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Diana, Milíře, Nové Domky, Rozcestí and Svatá Kateřina ...

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. The casino currently houses the largest poker room in Europe.

History

In 2002, art collector and poker player

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decided to open a casino. King's Casino Rozvadov opened on 26 June 2003. In 2015, its cooperation with the

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(WSOP) started with a WSOP Circuit Event. King's Casino has hosted the

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since 2017 (and will last until 2021, or potentially longer). In 2018, the King’s Casino was renamed to King's Resort. Approximately two hundred thousand poker players played in the casino in 2014. Over €15 million was paid out to players in poker tournament price pools that year. Tsoukernik closed a deal with the organizers of the

for the first WSOP Circuit Festival hosted in the

. In 2017 the

took over hosting the

. The

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€10,350 WSOPE Main Event was won by Marti Roca De Torres and the $111,111 One Drop High Roller was won by

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. The

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€10,350 WSOPE Main Event was won by Jack Sinclair and the €100,000 Super High Roller was won by Martin Kabrhel. In 2017, over thirty thousand players attended the WSOPE, making it the most successful WSOPE to date. The success of the Czech premiere led to a deal, which allows the WSOPE to take place in the Czech Republic annually until 2022, with further cooperation being open for discussion. The WSOPE Festivals had been held every second year. The casino hosted professional poker player,

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's birthday, holding a €200,000 guaranteed PLO tournament.

Casino

The gambling area measures 64,584 ft2 or 6,000 m2. In 2009, the casino began focusing on

poker Poker is a family of comparing card games in which players wager over which hand is best according to that specific game's rules. It is played worldwide, however in some places the rules may vary. While the earliest known form of the game w ...

. King's Casino has over 160 poker tables making it the largest poker room in Europe. Poker tournaments are offered daily with guaranteed prize pools ranging €3,000 and higher. The casino features

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. Over 300 slot machines are also present on the casino floor. The total capacity of the hotel is approximately 400 rooms and is equipped with a Japanese, Turkish and Swedish sauna, as well as, a fitness studio and swimming pool. An art gallery is located between the hotel and gambling area with 25 art pieces featuring the Daimler Motorkutsche (1886) and the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (1886) by

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, a Swarovski armchair, and works by

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and

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References

External links

*{{Official, http://www.pokerroomkings.com/index.php/home-en.html Buildings and structures in the Plzeň Region Tachov District Casinos completed in 2003