A Busy Day in Congress Hall
The Congress Hall at the Hilton Prague Hotel is packed today as Day 1a of the €5,300 EPT Prague Main Event, the final of the €1,100 Eureka Prague Main Event, Day 2 of the Eureka PLO Championship, and the Women’s Event are all currently taking place. What's more, a €2,000 PLO Turbo tourney is slated to start at 4pm followed by two super satellites to the EPT Prague Main Event and the €10,000 Invitation EPT Season 8 Country of the Year freeroll for Lebanese players.
Needless to say it's a busy day here in Prague. Here's some more information courtesy of the EPT:
GUILLAUME RIVET LEADS EUREKA HIGH ROLLER
Canadian pro Guillaume Rivet, sixth in the WSOP Omaha Hi/Lo Championship last summer, is leading the Eureka High Roller event with 25 players left. By 3am last night, the event was still on the bubble – 24 get paid. Also still in are EPT Berlin finalist Prayush Buddiga, French veterans Michel Abecassis and Philippe Ktorza, Dmitry Vitkind, EPT Vilamoura champion Toby Lewis, Craig McCorkell, Jan Bendik and two-time EPT runner-up Martin Jacobson. A record-breaking 195 players took part in the two-day €2,000 Eureka tourney creating a total prize pool of nearly €350,000 - with €89,200 going to the winner. The biggest Eureka HR prior to this was Latvia in October with 40 entries.
GERMAN BUSINESSMAN BERND VOGELHUBER LEADS EUREKA MAIN EVENT FINAL
Bernd Vogelhuber was chip leader at the start of today's €1,100 Eureka Prague Main Event final. The finalists, from eight different countries, include two PokerStars qualifiers and two PokerStars players. A record-breaking 652 players competed in Eureka Season 2 finale, creating a total prize pool of €632,440 and €140,000 first prize.