We are onto Day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, with Day 1e of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event scheduled to commence at 11 a.m. local time at the superb Hilton Prague.
Four of the six starting flights have already been completed, with the tournament obtaining 2,037 total entries so far to amass a total prize pool of €2,195,520. The 2022 prize pool of €3,856,320 is within reach and may be exceeded this year.
A total of 242 players found a bag for Day 2 from yesterday’s Day 1c and 1d flights, with 306 players now into the money. Day 1c was a good day for Poland as Marcin Dziubdziela (852,000) and Damian Wroblewski (701,000) topped the chip counts. Germany topped the standings in Day 1d as Amir Mozaffarian and Mathias Bayer finished with stacks of 700,000 and 483,000 respectively.
Plenty of notable players have navigated their way to Day 2, including Julien Sitbon (500,000), Antoine Labat (292,000), Conor Beresford (257,000), Scott Margereson (127,000) and Robin Ylitalo (124,000).
A number of PokerStars Ambassadors have also progressed with Felix Schneiders leading the way with 208,000 and being joined by Parker Talbot (133,000), Alejandro Lococo (155,000), Fintan Hand (92,000) and Ramon Colillas (67,000).
Overall Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcin Dziubdziela | Poland | 852,000 |
| 2 | Mircea Flutur | Romania | 772,000 |
| 3 | Damian Wroblewski | Poland | 701,000 |
| 4 | Amir Mozaffarian | Germany | 700,000 |
| 5 | Laurent Vauquelin | France | 671,000 |
| 6 | Miroslav Forman | Czechia | 601,000 |
| 7 | Christian Ly | France | 571,000 |
| 8 | Ondrej Goetz | Czechia | 514,000 |
| 9 | Danut Chisu | Romania | 505,000 |
| 10 | Matias Arosuo | Finland | 501,000 |
Day 1e will follow the same structure as Day 1d (except for the absence of a 75-minute dinner break), meaning that every player starts with 30,000 chips and will be entitled to a single reentry within the ten levels of late registration.
Level 1 will commence at 100/100 with a big blind ante of 100. Levels will be 30 minutes throughout the day, and the flight will play down to 15% of the field, at which point the remaining players will be in the money and will bag for Day 2. The final day 1 of the Eureka Main Event (Day 1f) will commence today at 6 p.m. local time and features 20-minute blinds, but otherwise operates on the same basis as Day 1e.
The PokerNews team will be reporting throughout the event, so stay tuned for what is sure to be an action-packed day featuring plenty of thrills and spills as players look to secure their spot for Day 2 tomorrow and a shot at the mammoth prize pool.