Leon Tsoukernik Unveils King’s Casino Expansion Plans

I have seen the future of poker in Europe. And it looks amazing.

If when I started my journey in the poker industry someone told me a small Czech town named Rozvadov would have surged to become one of the hottest spots for poker in Europe – I would have laughed hard.

What I didn’t know at that time, however, was that while my eyes were on locations like Venice, Paris and London, an art dealer and poker aficionado named Leon Tsoukernik had just decided to invest in a project that would revolutionize the map of poker in Europe in less than two decades.

“When I started my project to build the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, everyone thought I was crazy,” Tsoukernik shared with PokerNews from his office at King’s. “Looking back, I believe that high level of skepticism made me believe in my idea even more and pushed me to work hard to create what we have today: the largest poker room in Europe.”

Right as most of the card rooms I was used to frequenting started to look into more lucrative games than poker or were hit by questionable legislative changes, Tsoukernik’s vision of a whole different way to cater poker to European players became the key factor of his success.

“This adventure has been a success since the very beginning. The day we opened, even with no advertising at all, 76 players showed up to play. The atmosphere was truly amazing – and we’ve never stopped since then,” Tsoukernik said.

Thirteen years after the opening day, King’s Casino became an unstoppable machine with numbers and plans that would make anyone’s knees go weak.

“Last year alone, we brought over 250,000 poker players to Rozvadov,” he said. “Although this is already a great result for a town of 500, I believe we will be able to double that number as soon as our plans for expansion are completed and people will get the opportunity to come here for a proper poker holiday.”

A €20 Million Investment to Give Players What They Want

Over the past years, King’s has had to come to terms with the limited amount of beds available in the city, stunting their growth in popularity.

Although the casino inked a number of deals to accommodate their players in hotels and guesthouses in the neighboring towns, the amount of poker enthusiasts who flocked to Rozvadov to play was simply too high for them.

People thought I was crazy to invest in Rozvadov, but that only increased my motivation to succeed.

“I believe we lost nearly half of our customers because of the lack of accommodation and now it’s time for us to get all them back,” Tsoukernik shared. “By August 2017, people will discover an all new version of the King’s Casino. Not only are we adding 1,800 square meters of Las Vegas-style …

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