€5,300 EPT Prague Main Event Day 1a | 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-12-2022 12:06 UTC+1

Freeroll Your Way to the 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure

Will Shillibier

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

The 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure takes place from January 22 to February 3, 2023 inside the brand new Baha Mar Hotel and Resort, Nassau and is headlined by a huge $10,300 Main Event.

While that five-figure buy-in may be out of reach for a large percentage of poker enthusiasts, there are multiple avenues that players can explore to get into the Main Event for a fraction of the price:

Satellites
Freerolls
Sub-satellites
Direct Qualifiers
Spin & Gos

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12-12-2022 12:02 UTC+1

First Batch of Notable Entries

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Baard Dahl	30,000 30,000	30,000
Francisco Caballo Pena	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mario Colavita	30,000 30,000	30,000
Peter Siemund	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andreas Chalkiadakis	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andreas Berggren	30,000 30,000	30,000
Lev Margolin	30,000 30,000	30,000
David Cabrera	30,000 30,000	30,000
Milos Skrbic	30,000 30,000	30,000
John Mooney	30,000 30,000	30,000
Harry Lodge	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mark Hammond	30,000 30,000	30,000
Johan Storaakers	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aliaksei Boika	30,000 30,000	30,000

Andrea Ricci	30,000 30,000	30,000
Loic Debregeas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Cedric Schwaederle	30,000 30,000	30,000
Michal Mrakes	30,000 30,000	30,000
Georgios Vrakas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Henri Juutilainen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Pierre De Almeida	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ondrej Drozd	30,000 30,000	30,000
Luca Moschitta	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ivan Banic	30,000 30,000	30,000

Levan Rcheulishvili	30,000 30,000	30,000

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12-12-2022 12:01 UTC+1

Shuffle Up and Deal for Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

The main tournament room of the Hilton Hotel Prague is used for Day 1a of the €5,300 Main Event and the left hand side features some 90 players signed up for Day 1a so far. Cards are in the air for all tables with at least three players and a first batch of notables is to follow.

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

12-12-2022 10:30 UTC+1

Welcome to Day 1a of the 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event

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Christian Zetzsche

At noon local time the crown jewel of the annual pre-Christmas live poker festival in the heart of Europe gets underway. Day 1a of the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 Main Event will see poker enthusiasts from near and far join the action at the Hilton Hotel in Prague and a potential record for the stop in Prague may very well be on the horizon.

The Eureka Main Event once more set a record attendance and it wouldn't be a surprise if the flagship tournament does so as well in the next two days. It is the second time the EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event takes place after the rescheduled sop from December 2021 was moved to the Spring. Back then, PokerStars online qualifier Grzegorz Glowny came out on top of an 1,190 entry strong field after he defeated Andrea Cortellazzi in heads-up play to claim the biggest slice of the €5,771,500 prize pool.

Prior to that in December 2019, the very same tournament drew a field of 1,154 entries and Mikalai Pobal emerged as the winner. He earned a top prize of €1,118,277 and was also only the second player in the history of the EPT to win two Main Events, following in the footsteps of Victoria Coren Mitchell.

Other previous winners here in Prague include Paul Michaelis, Salvatore Bonavena, Arnaud Mattern, Roberto Romanello, Martin Finger, Hossein Ensan, and Jasper Meijer van Putten. Frenchman Kalidou Sow claimed the one and only PokerStars Championship Prague title and later on became an ambassador for the renowned poker operator.

All participants receive 30,000 in chips and will aim to make it through the entire ten levels of 60 minutes each. There is a scheduled 15-minute break every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break after level six. The late registration period for the 2022 EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event remains open until the start of Day 2 on December 14, 2022, and a maximum of two entries per player are allowed.

Even the snow has returned to Prague as well ahead of the first of two starting days. Follow along with PokerNews all day long and throughout the entire festival as the live poker year 2022 ends with a bang.

Tags: Andrea Cortellazzi Arnaud Mattern Grzegorz Glowny Hossein Ensan Kalidou Sow Martin Finger Mikalai Pobal Paul Michealis Roberto Romanello Salvatore Bonavena Victoria Coren Mitchell