Antoine Labat Leads the Day 1d Field in Record-Setting €1,100 Eureka Main Event
After just over eight hours of play in the €1,100 Eureka Main Event here at the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague, Day 1d has concluded and players have bagged up for Day 2.
When all four days were totaled, the attendance record of 3,155 was shattered. A total of 4,018 entries built a prize pool of €3,856,320, nearly 1,000 more runners than the previous record.
Eureka Main Event Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antoine Labat | France | 957,000 | 80 |
| 2 | Anton Suarez | Sweden | 915,000 | 76 |
| 3 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 630,000 | 53 |
| 4 | Benoit Huet | France | 614,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Halim Kara | Denmark | 593,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Vincent Guillon | France | 515,000 | 43 |
| 7 | Jan Streicher | Germany | 507,000 | 42 |
| 8 | Gilles Silbernagel | France | 496,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Sergio Benso | Italy | 460,000 | 38 |
| 10 | Tay Quang | Czech Republic | 440,000 | 37 |
This final starting flight was the quickest of the four, owing to the 20-minute blind structure that saw the average stack at less than 20 big blinds at the end of the night. Day 2 will take place on Saturday at 12 p.m., with the 603 surviving players combining, all of them already in the money.
Four Frenchmen in the Top Ten of Day 1d
Bagging the most chips of this final flight was Antoine Labat with 957,000. Several of his countrymen also had excellent days with Benoit Huet (614,000), Vincent Guillon (515,000), and Gilles Silbernagel (496,000) all joining him on the leaderboard.
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Also finding bags were Tobias Peters (630,000), Ylva Thorsrud (200,000), and Fedor Holz (172,000).
Eureka Main Event By The Numbers
| EVENT | ENTRIES | ADVANCED | PRIZE POOL |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1a | 959 | 144 | €920,640 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1b | 434 | 65 | €416,640 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1c | 1,844 | 277 | €1,770,240 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1d | 781 | 117 | €748,800 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 2 | 603 | - | €3,856,720 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 3 | - | - | - |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 4 | - | - | - |
PokerNews will continue the coverage for Day 2 of the Eureka Main Event, which picks back up on Saturday, December 10 at 12 p.m. local time. Play will start at Level 18, with blinds at 4,000/8,000/8,000.