€1,100 Eureka Main Event
Dia 1b Iniciado
€1,100 Eureka Main Event
Dia 1b Iniciado
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.
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.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
The cards are in the air and play has commenced for the day.
Florian Brotoiu raised from the button, Petr Liesner called in the small blind, and Aleksandar Batovac, called in the big blind.
The flop came 4♣3♠2♣ and all three players checked. The turn was the A♥. Liesner checked, Batovac bet out, and only Liesner made the call.
The river was the 8♠. Liesner checked, Batovac bet 1,200, and Liesner called. Botovac showed 3♣3♦ for a set of treys to win the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Aleksandar Batovac |
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
Florian Brotoiu
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Petr Liesner |
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
Florin Brotoiu raised to 200 from the cutoff, Petr Liesner three-bet to 800 from the button and Brotoiu made the call.
Brotoiu check-called a bet of 1,000 from Liesner on a flop of 8♣9♦5♦.
The A♠ turn saw Brotoiu play out of flow, leading for 1,600. Liesner made the call.
Brotoiu fired 3,000 on the 10♣ river. Liesner snap-folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Florin Brotoiu |
37,800
37,800
|
37,800 |
Petr Liesner |
24,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Action was on the flop on a board of Q♣4♣J♥. Mohamed Ali Bardei bet 4,500 and Petr Liesner reraised to 11,000 from the button. Bardei made the call.
The turn was the 2♥. Bardei counted up his chips and then pushed them into the middle. Liesner folded and Bardei won the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Mohamed Ali Bardei
|
42,000 | |
Petr Liesner |
12,000
-12,500
|
-12,500 |
The pot stood at approximately 2,000 with two players looking at a board that read J♠K♣5♥10♥.
Yasuhiro Waki, in the small blind, checked the action to Lucjan Jankowski on the button, who checked back.
The Q♥ landed on the river and Waki checked again. Jankowski bet out for 1,600 and Waki made a frustrated fold.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Lucjan Jankowski |
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Yasuhiro Waki | 28,000 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
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.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Nikolai Ogoltsov |
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
John Farrell | Eliminado |