€1,100 Eureka Main Event Continues With Turbo Flight Day 1d
The 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, running at Hilton Prague, continues today with the €1,100 Eureka Main Event. Day 1d, the fourth of six starting flights, gets underway at 6 p.m. local time.
Last year's event attracted an impressive field of 4,017 entries across four starting flights. With the addition of two more Day 1 flights, this year's Eureka Main Event could well be a record breaker.
Two of the six starting flights have already been completed on the first day of the iconic poker festival, which made for 426 entries across Day 1a and Day 1b. Mircea Flutur of Romania claimed the chip lead in Day 1a and the overall lead with 772,000 chips. He's followed by Christian Ly, who sits in second place with 571,000 chips. Local player Ondrej Goetz finished as Day 1b chip leader and made it to third place in the overall standings with 514,000 chips.
Top Ten Chip Counts (Day 1a/b)
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mircea Flutur | Romania | 772,000 | 154 |
| 2 | Christian Ly | France | 571,000 | 114 |
| 3 | Ondrej Goetz | Czechia | 514,000 | 103 |
| 4 | Komil Khadimov | Poland | 493,000 | 99 |
| 5 | Jo?o Mestre Ferreira | Mexico | 481,000 | 96 |
| 6 | Ender Lacin | Turkey | 427,000 | 85 |
| 7 | Joonas Helin | Finland | 411,000 | 82 |
| 8 | Tomas Chmela | Slovakia | 363,000 | 73 |
| 9 | Nikolai Ogoltsov | Czechia | 361,000 | 72 |
| 10 | Alejandro Vazquez | Spain | 344,000 | 69 |
Players in Day 1d will receive a starting stack of 30,000, with blind levels kicking off at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. This is a turbo flight and so levels will be 30 minutes. Players are allowed a single reentry per flight, and late registration remains open until the start of Level 11. There will be a 15-minute break every four levels.
Like all starting flights, Day 1d will play down to 15 percent of the field. Any player who bags and tags at least a single chip will make it through to Day 2 and into the money.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as reporters bring live updates straight from the tournament floor and follow the event all the way down to a winner.