€2,200 Eureka High Roller
Day 1b Started
€2,200 Eureka High Roller
Day 1b Started
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague continues, with the €2,200 Eureka High Roller Day 1b kicking off at 7 p.m. local time inside the wonderful Hilton Prague.
Day 1a has already attracted near 1,000 entries and Day 1b offers players another chance to make it to Day 2. The previous iteration of the event in March had a record 1,149 entries and this event is almost certainly going to break that record.
The defending champion is Spain's Jose Manuel Gonzalez, who reigned supreme after defeating Pedro Marques in heads-up back in the Spring time. Gonzales claimed the €343,750 first-place prize following a deal and overcame a final table that included the likes of tournament specialists Nicolas Vayssieres and Romain Lewis.
PLACE | WINNER | COUNTRY | PRIZE (IN EUR) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jose Manuel Gonzalez | Spain | €343,750* |
2 | Pedro Marques | Portugal | €288,750* |
3 | Ermanno Di Nicola | Italy | €166,120 |
4 | Nicolas Vayssieres | France | €124,860 |
5 | Thomas Lhomme | France | €95,080 |
6 | Romain Lewis | France | €69,930 |
7 | John Mooney | United Kingdom | €53,060 |
8 | Gilles Gauyacq | France | €37,880 |
The €2,200 buy-in gives each entry a 30,000 starting stack, with unlimited entries allowed. This flight is a turbo format meaning levels increase every 20-minutes and registration will close after Level 11 (approx 10:40 p.m.).
Day 1b schedule is to play to the money, with action concluding when 15% of the field remains. Anyone who bags and tags a stack will then return the following day to battle it out on Day 2, where a champion will be crowned.
As always, PokerNews will provide updates on all the action, so keep it locked here to keep up to date with everything going on at EPT Prague.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Piotr Wiecek raised to 600 from under the gun. He was called by Joseph Cohen on the button.
Action checked through on the .
The turn was the and Wiecek bet 1,100 which prompted a quick fold from Cohen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Piotr Wiecek | 31,000 | |
Joseph Cohen
|
29,400
-600
|
-600 |
Joining the action on the turn, the board read .
Dionysios Kartsampas was in the small blind and let out for 2,800. He was called by Julian Ziebarth in early position and Thomas Videll in the hijack.
The river was the and Kartsampas bet 8,500. Ziebarth quickly folded. Videll thought for a small moment before making the call. Kartsampas showed for king high while Videll showed for a flush to win a big pot early on in the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Videll | 46,000 | |
Dionysios Kartsampas
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
There was 2,000 in the pot as action headed three ways to the flop of .
Action checked to Alfred Nader, who was under the gun, who bet 1,100. Zoltan Farkas called on the button and Moshe Eliyahu folded in the big blind.
The turn was the and Nader checked to Farkas. Farkas bet 2,200 and Nader called.
The was the river and Nader checked again. Farkas bet 7,000. Nader paused for a while before he threw in calling chips. Farkas showed for the nut flush to drag the pot in his direction as Nader mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Zoltan Farkas | 40,000 | |
Moshe Eliyahu |
27,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Alfred Nader | 19,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Antonino Venneri limp from the hijack before William Kassouf raised to 1,300 from the cutoff. Dionysios Kartsampas was in the small blind and raised to 4,200.
Action folded around to Kassouf who said "Another big laydown." before folding. Kassouf asked "Jacks? Ace King?" before Kartsampas showed as the chips went in his direction.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dionysios Kartsampas
|
26,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
William Kassouf |
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Zoltan Farkas raised to 600 and was called by five players.
Action checked through on the flop.
The turn was the and action checked to Fabian Rolli in the small blind who bet 1,800. He was called by Thomas Furrer in early position, Alfred Nader in the hijack and Ali Al-Jandeel in the small blind.
Action checked through on the river. Rolli showed for a straight to win the hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fabian Rolli |
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400