Online Qualifier Vito Branciforte Wins the WSOP Super Circuit Rozvadov Main Event
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Quick answer: The World Series of Poker reported that Italian-born, Germany-based player Vito Branciforte won the €3,000 WSOP Super Circuit Main Event at King's Resort in Rozvadov for €370,000 and his first Circuit gold ring. WSOP said he won his seat through a GGPoker Ring Pass satellite, and that the event drew 505 entries. PokerNews, writing on Nov. 12, 2026, calculated a €485,000 overlay before staffing costs on a €2 million guarantee.
A satellite seat, and a large overlay
Branciforte defeated Poland's Stanislaw Miadzel heads-up. PokerNews called Miadzel's €245,000 runner-up prize a career-best score. The same report said Mohsen Borhani finished third for €171,000, "a prize worth more than 10 times his previous live earnings combined."
PokerNews put the overlay in plain arithmetic: 505 entries in a €3,000 event with a €2 million guarantee, and another 323 entries needed to hit the promised prize pool, leaving a €485,000 gap before staffing costs. That added value to the paid places. Ninth place still paid €25,000, a sum Berhane Yoseph collected. PokerNews said Yoseph's lifetime earnings before this score were $13,193.
The official results table published by PokerNews was:
- 1st: Vito Branciforte (Italy) — €370,000
- 2nd: Stanislaw Miadzel (Poland) — €245,000
- 3rd: Mohsen Borhani (Germany) — €171,000
- 4th: Aleksandrs Zenkovs (Latvia) — €120,000
- 5th: Ilia Krupin (Russia) — €85,000
- 6th: Maor Zaharagi (Israel) — €59,500
- 7th: Santiago Romero (Argentina) — €44,000
- 8th: Mousa Awad (Romania) — €33,000
- 9th: Berhane Yoseph (Germany) — €25,000
Zenkovs had already won the festival's €500 King's GCOP event for €20,300. Zaharagi, PokerNews noted, finished second in a €1,100 WSOP Circuit Main Event at King's in 2024 for €108,550. Awad's €33,000 was also described as a career-best.
A festival that missed most of its guarantees
The Main Event win sat inside a broader scheduling story. PokerNews said 12 of the 13 ring events that carried a guarantee overlaid, and that King's "hardly ever experiences overlays on its major tournament." The site blamed a crowded calendar: the inaugural WSOP Super Circuit Madrid ran alongside much of the Rozvadov series, and the WSOP Super Circuit UK was still in progress at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham.
PokerNews also noted that no results were posted for the €5,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha ring event and wrote that this "suggest[s] that it may have been canceled due to a lack of interest." That is the site's inference, not a confirmed cancellation from WSOP or King's, and it is reported here as such.
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Among the ring events that did finish, PokerNews listed Daniel Knuth winning the €1,000 Mini Main for €165,000 from 702 entries, and Ryan Carroll taking the €1,500 Super Circuit Championship for €96,280. Those are separate results from Branciforte's Main Event.
King's is already running more guaranteed tournaments this month, according to the same article: the WOLF Millionaire, a €350 Main Event with a €1 million guarantee (Nov. 11–16), and the German Poker Masters (Nov. 20–30) with another €1 million guaranteed Main Event at a €285 buy-in.
A satellite-to-Main-Event path is one of the oldest routes in tournament poker. The decisions once a player is in the field — especially in a prize pool padded by an overlay — are the same tournament decisions players can practice on Superintelligencepoker.com.
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FAQ
Who won the WSOP Super Circuit Rozvadov Main Event?
Vito Branciforte, for €370,000 and his first Circuit gold ring, according to the official WSOP report. WSOP said he is Italian-born and based in Germany, and that he qualified through a GGPoker Ring Pass satellite.
How large was the overlay?
PokerNews reported 505 entries in a €2 million guaranteed €3,000 event, a €485,000 overlay before staffing costs, and said 323 more entries would have been needed to hit the guarantee.
Who finished second?
Stanislaw Miadzel of Poland, for €245,000, which PokerNews called a career-best.
Did other ring events overlay as well?
PokerNews said 12 of 13 guaranteed ring events overlaid, and that the festival overlapped with Super Circuit stops in Madrid and the United Kingdom.
Sources
1. WSOP.com, "Vito Branciforte Wins WSOP Super Circuit KINGS Main Event," Nov. 12, 2026: https://www.wsop.com/news/vito-branciforte-wins-wsop-super-circuit-kings-main-event/
2. PokerNews, "Online Qualifier Wins WSOP Super Circuit Main Event as Festival Overlays Significantly," Nov. 12, 2026: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2026/11/online-qualifier-wins-wsop-super-circuit-main-event-52789.htm
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