Reigning Champ Alejandro Lococo Leads Day 2 of €1,100 Eureka Main Event
After four massive starting flights, the record-breaking field in the €1,100 Eureka Main Event at 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague is down to 603 players who will return today for Day 2 at noon local time.
That's just a fraction of the 4,018 players who entered the event at Hilton Prague to generate a prize pool of €3,856,320 and smash the €3,028,800 prize pool generated at the previous stop in March. That event was won by PokerStars ambassador Alejandro Lococo, who managed to bag the overall chip lead in the event's latest offering.
Heading into the Day 2 action, the Argentinian battle rapper sits ahead of other big stacks Antoine Labat (957,000), Anton Suarez (915,000), Bart Fergiatakis (908,000) and Damir Savio (849,000).
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 1,083,000 | 135 | |
| 2 | Antoine Labat | France | 957,000 | 120 | |
| 3 | Anton Suarez | Sweden | 915,000 | 114 | |
| 4 | Bart Fergiatakis | Netherlands | 908,000 | 114 | |
| 5 | Damir Savio | Italy | 849,000 | 106 | |
| 6 | Fabian Wolf | Germany | 767,000 | 96 | |
| 7 | Jorge Garcia | Spain | 723,000 | 90 | |
| 8 | Vladas Burneikis | Lithuania | 704,000 | 88 | |
| 9 | Bleron Maliqui | Switzerland | 700,000 | 88 | |
| 10 | Fabrice Bigot | France | 692,000 | 87 |
Some other players who will be fighting in the Day 2 field include German prodigy Fedor Holz, Simon Lofberg, Antoine Vranken, Alexandre Reard, Matous Skorepa, and Jack Sinclair, who is fresh off a runner-up finish in October's EPT London £5,300 Main Event for £414,650.
Play on Day 2 will begin in Level 18 with the blinds at 4,000/8,000/8,000, with blind levels having increased to 60 minutes. Players will take 25-minute breaks after every two levels.
The four-day event will continue until the final day on Dec. 12 when a winner is crowned, who will earn the EPT Main Event trophy and the lion's share of the seven-figure prize pool.
Stay tuned as PokerNews is on-site here in Prague and ready to bring you all the tournament updates. Check out the EPT Prague event hub in the meantime.