Rolando Carrera raised to 200 from the cutoff, receiving calls from Bela Simon on the button and both the players in the blinds.
It was four-ways to a flop of Q♠7♦7♣. All four players checked to the A♦ on the turn. Again, the action checked to Simon, who bet out for 500. Only Carrera called.
The K♣ river saw Carrera check again. Simon bet out 1,000 and Carrera laid it down.
Patrick Pillman open-raised to 600 from middle position and Nikolai Ogoltsov three-bet to 1,600. John Farrell called in the small blind and Pillman also called.
The flop came Q♥5♦3♦. Action checked to Ogoltsov, who made it 1,600 to go. Farrell called and Pillman folded.
The turn was the 4♦. Farrell checked and Ogoltsov bet 2,500, which Farrell called.
The river came the 9♣. Farrell checked and Ogoltsov bet 15,000, putting Farrell all in. Farrell called and flipped over A♠Q♦ for a pair of queens. Ogoltsov, however, had A♦9♦ for a turned flush to win the pot, sending Farrell to an early exit from the flight.
The 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague here at Hilton Prague kicked off today with the €1,100 Eureka Main Event. Day 1a, the first of the six starting flights, got underway this afternoon with its turbo counterpart, Day 1b, set to kick off at 7 p.m.
The same event last year drew an impressive 4,017 entries across four different starting flights. With the addition of two more day one flights, it is anticipated this event will round up the EPT’s calendar year with another record-breaking field.
In 2022, it was Pieter Theelen who emerged victorious after defeating Anton Suarez heads-up. Theelen lay claim to the lion's share of the €3,856,320 prize pool, taking home €496,760 for the first-place prize.
2022 €1,100 Eureka Main Event Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize (in EUR)
1
Pieter Theelen
Netherlands
€496,760
2
Anton Suarez
Sweden
€306,770
3
Leonardo Romeo
Italy
€219,120
4
Jack Sinclair
United Kingdom
€168,560
5
Elias Suhonen
Finland
€129,650
6
Quentin Guivarch
France
€99,720
7
Silius Moll
Norway
€76,700
8
Waldemar Starostin
Germany
€59,000
9
Marko Martinkovic
Croatia
€45,390
Each player will receive a starting stack of 30,000 with the blinds commencing at 100/100 with a 100 big-blind ante. The levels will be 30 minutes long with players allowed one reentry per flight. A break of 15 minutes will be held after every four levels. Late registration will close at the end of Level 10 and play will end for the day once the field is reduced to 15% of the total entries. All players who survive into Day 2 are guaranteed to make the money (the prize pool will be announced at the start of Day 2).
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the coverage of this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on the 11th of December.