On a completed board of 6?Q?4?4?7?, 21,000 chips had been put in the middle in a pot between Lumsen Osmani under the gun and Pascal Frezza in the hijack.
Osmani then shoved all in for 18,400 and Frezza mulled it over for a bit before committing to a call. Osmani showed Q?Q? for a full house, and Frezza was forced to show his 10?10? for two pair.
Sascha Unertl raised to 400 from under the gun before Marle Spragg, who only recently sat down, pumped it up to 1,400 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Unertl, who obliged with a call.
Unertl then checked on the 4?3?10? flop and Spragg continued for 1,800 chips. Unertl called and did so too when Spragg put in an additional 3,500 chips on the K? turn.
Both players then checked on the 8? turn and Unertl showed 7?7? for a pair of sevens. Spragg had the better pocket pair with Q?Q?, however, and raked in an early pot.
Lucjan Jankowski kicked off the action with a raise to 300 from the cutoff. Pascal Frezza then made the call from the button before Jari Mahonen bumped it up to 1,400 from the small blind. The action folded back to Jankowski, who put in the call while Frezza got out of the way.
The flop fell 3?10?10? and Mahonen checked to Jankowski, who made a bet of 2,000 chips, which Mahonen called. Both players then checked on the 4? turn before the K? river completed the board.
Mahonen checked once more, after which Jankowski fired a big bet of 7,000. Mahonen quickly called, but mucked his cards once he saw the A?K? of his opponent, who had rivered two pair.
"I hate playing jacks," Mahonen added after the hand.
Welcome to the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague here at Hilton Prague, where Day 1a (the first of six starting flights) of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event is set to begin at 2 p.m. local time.
Last December, the event drew a massive 4,017-entry field across four starting flights with Pieter Theelen emerging victorious after defeating Anton Suarez heads-up to take home his first EPT title at the €496,760 first-place prize. Given the two additional starting flights this time around, we expect there's a good chance for a record-setting field to participate.
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
Players will begin with 30,000 in chips and blinds will start at 100/100 with a 100 big-blind ante in Level 1. Each level will last 40 minutes and players are allowed one reentry per flight. Breaks of 20 minutes will be held after every three levels and an extended 75-minute break will take place at the end of Level 8. 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).
Day 1b will also take place today beginning at 7 p.m. local time with a similar structure, except levels will last 30 minutes each and there will be no extended breaks.
Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we bring you all the action from Hilton Prague in what could be a historic Eureka Main Event. For ongoing coverage of other events, check out our EPT Prague Live-Reporting Hub.
