The World Poker Tour (WPT) is closing in on the finish line at WPT Cyprus 2026 , with the $3,500 WPT Cyprus Championship now into its closing days at the Chamada Prestige Hotel and Casino in Cyprus . Running from August 12-24, the festival has already crowned winners across a full side event schedule, with the $2 million guaranteed Championship set to wrap with its final table tomorrow. Here’s a look at the series so far.

Festival Statistics

Total Prize Pool: $1,891,804
Number of Events: 40
Number of Entries: 344
Top Payout: $123,200

Side Event Winners

The build-up to the Championship produced a string of results across the festival’s side event schedule. Bulgaria’s Yasen Dichev took down the Bounty K.O NLH for $6,200 from a 63-entry field, while the United States’ Alexandru Matei won the No Re-Entry Event for $18,800. Germany’s Paul Esau topped a 164-entry field in the Take-off to bank $36,000.

#TO Take-off ($1,650)

Total Prize USD

$500,000

Total Prize

500K USD

Guaranteed

500K USD

Entries

164

ITM

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	$36,000	PE Paul Esau Germany	1,856.94
2	$12,500	GR Gerardo Rodrigues Peru	1,313.05
3	$48,500	MW Mateusz Wozniak Poland	1,072.10
4	$9,800	RE Rayan El Jawhari Lebanon	928.47
5	$27,500	AL Alexander Lakhov Russia	830.45
6	$103,960	CH Chengxu Hu China	758.09
7	$65,000	ES Engin Sezerer Turkey	701.86
8	$20,900	SB Sam Benoliel France	656.53
9	$16,100	KL Karim Lehoussine France	618.98

Check the 36 Payouts & Results ...

Portugal’s Bernardo Das Neves claimed the Mystery Bounty for $57,100, the biggest side-event score of the week so far, while France’s Laurent Besnainou won the Bomb Pot (Double Board) for $21,400. Georgia’s Vazha Kometiani took the Monster Stack NLH for $26,300, Turkey’s Mert Hadioglu won the Speed-Up NLH K.O. for $5,300, and Germany’s Kai Henrik Prigann topped the Mixed Games event for $18,400.

#MB1 Mystery Bounty ($2,200)

Total Prize USD

$600,000

Total Prize

600K USD

Guaranteed

600K USD

#	Payout	Player
1	$57,140	BD Bernardo Das Neves Portugal
2	$38,000	MD Martin Dubois France
3	$28,500	VK Vazha Kometiani Georgia
4	$21,200	NK Niko Koop Germany
5	$15,900	OL Omar Lahdari Algeria
6	$12,200	CH Chengxu Hu China
7	$9,400	WP Weiran Pu China
8	$7,300	GG Giorgi Gorgaslidze Georgia
9	$5,700	MA Michael Angelos Cyprus

Check the 39 Payouts & Results ...

Davit Mikhanashvili Wins the Chamada High Roller

The festival’s other marquee event, the $5,300 Chamada High Roller, reached its conclusion on August 19. Georgia’s Davit Mikhanashvili came out on top for $123,200, the standout individual score of the festival so far outside the Championship itself.

#HR1 CHAMADA HIGH ROLLER ($5,300)

Total Prize USD

$414,000

Total Prize

414K USD

Guaranteed

500K USD

#	Payout	Player
1	$123,200	DM Davit Mikhanashvili Georgia
2	$81,000	MF Manuel Fritz Austria
3	$45,500	NH Nuri Hadioglu Turkey
4	$34,000	RM Rudolf Mitja Slovenia
5	$26,000	AB Andras Balogh Hungary
6	$20,100	NY Nariman Yaghmai Iran
7	$15,600	JI Jose Irraela Uruguay
8	$12,200	JN Jalba Nicolae Romania
9	$12,200	MH Mert Hadioglu Turkey

Check the 13 Payouts & Results ...

The full list of winners can be viewed on our WPT Cyprus Schedule page .

WPT Cyprus Championship Heads Into Its Final Stretch

The $3,500 WPT Cyprus Championship got underway on August 19 across three starting flights, carrying its $2 million guarantee toward a livestreamed final table.

The Championship’s money bubble proved to be one of the tensest moments of the festival, where Emad Ghadamian had too many outs, ultimately becoming the bubble boy:

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With Day 3 now underway, the WPT Cyprus Championship reaches its final table tomorrow, August 24th, when a new champion will be crowned. Stay tuned to Somuchpoker for continued coverage from Chamada.

All information and figures courtesy of the World Poker Tour.