Leonidas Georgopoulos has been crowned champion of the Apollonia BPC King of Balkan, taking home €42,300 after a record-breaking Main Event!
The biggest event of the festival smashed all previous records, attracting 690 entries and 271 re-entries for a total of 961 entries, while generating a massive €292,415 prize pool!
Known online as “neverfold8”, Georgopoulos had been at Apollonia Casino since the opening days of the festival, as he was one of the 14 special bounties of the King of Balkan.
And while he may have… surrendered his crown in the side event, he got his revenge in spectacular fashion in the €350 Main Event!
Georgopoulos entered the final table as the chip leader and never gave up the lead on his way to the title.
The elimination of Boyan Toshev in third place opened the door for deal discussions* in the heads-up, and just five minutes later Georgopoulos and Simon Bozhinoski shook hands, securing €42,300 and €38,000 respectively.
It is also worth noting that this marked the fourth time Simon Bozhinoski has reached the heads-up of a Main Event at Apollonia!
Just minutes after the deal, it was time for the traditional winner photos, with the organizers presenting the trophy to Leonidas Georgopoulos.
Final Results
1: Leonidas Georgopoulos – €42,300*
2: Simon Bozhinoski – €38,000*
3: Boyan Toshev – €20,550
4: Dalibor Dumanikj – €13,800
5: Frantzis Manchev – €9,640
6: Giannis Grigoriadis – €7,610
7: Xhuljo Agolli – €6,315
8: Tsvetan Manolov – €5,405
9: G.T. – €4,815
10: Goran Roshkoski – €3,020
11: Vasilis Zisis – €3,020
12: Vaios Pechlivanis – €3,020
13: Dervishi Krenar – €2,030
14: Sokol Lama – €2,030
15: Miroslav Kolev – €2,030
16: Aleksandar Manev – €1,520
17: Nik Nikolov – €1,520
18: Giannis Tsakiris – €1,520
19: Kostas Siamitras – €1,220
20: Stefan Cupic – €1,220
21: Goryan Peshev – €1,220
22: ‘Kourtezas’ – €1,220
23: Vasilis Papoutsis – €1,220
24: Aleksandar Kosarovski – €1,220
25: Danail Balkanski – €1,220
26: Zacharias Toulis – €1,220
27: Giannis Karakoulakis – €1,220
28: Ippokratis Tzaferis – €1,040
29: Nikos Oikonomou – €1,040
30: John Taramas – €1,040
31: Atanas Todorov – €1,040
32: Aleksandar Stoychev – €1,040
33: Ilias Lyritsis – €1,040
34: Zhaklina Manevska – €1,040
35: Andreas Vlachos – €1,040
36: Aleksandar Georgiev – €1,040
37: Giannis Lazaridis – €915
38: Ermogenis Asprogenous – €915
39: Vladimir Kirev – €915
40: Konstantinos Petrakis – €915
41: Nikos Perrakis – €915
42: Dimitris Vasileiadis – €915
43: Ivelin Yonchev – €915
44: Janne Rantala – €915
45: Iordan Georgiev – €915
46: Jim Davinci – €810
47: Phi Nguyen – €810
48: Fotis Damaris – €810
49: Pepi Simovski – €810
50: ‘Desperado’ – €810
51: Zhivko Atanasov – €810
52: Manolis Chalkiotis – €810
53: Kostas Panagiotopoulos – €810
54: S.D. – €810
55: Giannis Lekas – €810
56: Giannis Tsakelidis – €810
57: Giorgos Nisyriou – €810
58: Kristian Karavasileiadis – €810
59: Rosica Georgieva – €810
60: Charis ‘Alopas’ Perogamvrakis – €810
61: Manolis Karvelis – €810
62: Konstantinos Asrian – €810
63: Spyros Nikolaou – €810
64: Miltos Tomboulidis – €730
65: Kostas Kostoulas – €730
66: Robertus Willbrodu – €730
67: Ivelin Kolev – €730
68: E.K. – €730
69: Aleksandar Milanov – €730
70: ‘Lebouzou’ – €730
71: Dimitris Marmagiolis – €730
72: Stavros Koutsoumis – €730
73: Krasimir Lazanov – €730
74: Miroslav Fidanovski – €730
75: Anastasios Vardalis – €730
76: Jani Belchev – €730
77: Fabian Bartuschk – €730
78: Giorgos Garnelis – €730
79: B.L. – €730
80: Milan Gazivoda – €730
81: Nikos Triantafyllou – €730
82: Pavlos Konstantinou – €665
83: Giorgos Skotidis – €665
84: Sofoklis Chasiotis – €665
85: Samir Kuch – €665
86: Giannis Temekonidis – €665
87: Apostolos Meintis – €665
88: Nikos Varsamopoulos – €665
89: Rafael Papadopoulos – €665
90: Giorgos Dallas – €665
91: Todor Ivkovikj – €665
92: ‘SportBilly’ – €665
93: Savvas Sechlidis – €665
94: Alexandros Lamprou – €665
95: Rensy Puriel – €665
96: Qemal Muzhaqi – €665
97: Denis Belitts – €665
98: Vasil Vasilev – €665
99: Panos Kosmas – €665
100: Dimitar Toshev – €600
101: Stefan Bojchev – €600
102: Marios Thasos – €600
103: Vaggelis Solakoudis – €600
104: Andreas Pavli – €600
105: Stelios Matsentidis – €600
106: Nikos Sofiolakis – €600
107: Gjorgji Chuchuk – €600
108: Thanasis Michalopoulos – €600
109: Vaggelis Chatzis – €600
110: Ivan Popsanov – €600
111: Anastasios Raptopoulos – €600
112: Kasian Petreski – €600
113: Erik Luka – €600
114: Trajan Petkukjeski – €600
115: Georgi Baldzhiev – €600
116: Kostas Maletsas – €600
117: Kristyan Manchev – €600
118: Nikos Tsinas – €600
119: Andreas Mavromoustakis – €600
120: Dimitris Amplianitis – €600
121: Panagiotis Stefanidis – €600
122: Dimitris Stamboultzis – €600
123: Kostas Meliopoulos – €600
124: ‘Nikos Texas’ – €600
125: Kostas Markou – €600
126: Stelios Orfanidis – €600
127: Boris Belitts – €600
128: ‘Pol’ – €600
