Jon Kyte raised to 1,000,000 from middle position and Alejandro Lococo called from the cutoff. Alexandre Reard three-bet shoved around 8,000,000 on the button, Bartolomeo Tato came over the top from the small blind, and both Kyte and Lococo gave up their hands.
Alexandre Reard:
Bartolomeo Tato:
Shortly after doubling up his Italian adversary, Reard found himself in another big clash with Tato, this time for his tournament life. The dealer fanned out to seal Reard's fate, sending him to the rail in 9th place.
Bartolomeo Tato may have recently been in the danger zone, but after a double up and more, he's now soaring with Maverick and Goose in the chip counts.
Alejandro Lococo opened the action with a raise to 1.25 million in early position, which was called in middle position by Alexandre Reard. Tato then moved all-in from the cutoff for 5.7 million.
From there, Yann Nasser went deep into the tank for over three minutes before folding, later saying he folded . Action folded back to Lococo who thought briefly, then folded what he later said was . Reard then snap-called and flipped over his hand to put Tato at risk.
Bartolomeo Tato:
Alexandre Reard:
The flop brought Tato some help, and if Lococo's claim of folding queen-jack was true, the case fell on the turn to give Tato a stranglehold on the hand. The fell on the river to lock it up for Tato who earned a huge boost to his stack, while Reard is now on one of the short stacks.
Folded to the small blind, Merijn van Rooij open-shoved for 7,750,000 and Alejandro Lococo called after about 90 seconds from the big blind.
Merijn van Rooij:
Alejandro Lococo:
Van Rooij was dominated but paired his inferior kicker on the flop. The turn, however, brought the to swing Lococo back into the lead.
The dealer burned and turned the river , giving both players a king-high straight to chop the pot. Lococo glanced over to his rail and shook his head in disappointment.
After four starting flights and three days of play in the €1,100 Eureka Main Event at EPT Prague, a once gargantuan field of 3,155 players has been whittled down to its final nine hopefuls. Each of them has already parlayed their initial investment of €1,100 into at least €32,860, but all eyes are on the €417,820 top prize and accompanying spadie trophy that awaits the winner at the end of the night.
Going into the final day, all eyes will be on PokerStars ambassador Alejandro "Papo MC" Lococo, who amassed a massive pile of 24,075,000 in chips on Day 3 — twice the size of his nearest challengers. Twitch streamer and rapper Lococo, a household name in Latin America with 2.7 million followers on Instagram and over 850,000 on Twitter, instantly gained worldwide poker fame by making the final table of the 2021 WSOP Main Event, ultimately finishing 7th for $1,225,000. Today, on the other side of the pond, he finds himself in a prime position to lift the trophy at the end of the night.
Norway's Jon Kyte (12,825,000) and France's Alexandre Reard (11,900,000) — who had earlier success in Prague and won a bracelet last year — round out the top three, while the rest of the final nine will have to work with 30 or fewer big blinds to try and snatch the title away from one of the big stacks.
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Final Table Chip Counts (In Chip Order)
Rank
Name
Country
Chip Count
Final Table Big Blinds
1
Alejandro Lococo
Argentina
24,075,000
60
2
Jon Kyte
Norway
12,825,000
32
3
Alexandre Reard
France
11,900,000
30
4
Bartolomeo Tato
Italy
10,300,000
26
5
Ville Jantunen
Finland
8,950,000
22
6
Nicolas Cottin
Chile
7,250,000
18
7
Jakub Koleckar
Czech Republic
6,775,000
17
8
Merijn van Rooij
Netherlands
6,450,000
16
9
Yann Nasser
Luxembourg
6,200,000
16
Players will return at 12:00 p.m. local time for the final day, picking up the action in Level 35 with blinds at 175,000/350,000 with a 350,000 ante. The biggest-ever Eureka Main Event has drawn 3,155 entries (1,553 unique players competed), with a total prize pool of €3,028,800 divided between the top 469 finishers.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
€ 417,820
2
€ 249,000
3
€ 174,130
4
€ 131,900
5
€ 99,920
6
€ 75,690
7
€ 57,340
8
€ 43,430
9
€ 32,860
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