Vidar Oie Bags the Chip Lead on Day 1f of €1,100 Eureka Main Event
The €1,100 Eureka Main Event’s Day 1f, the final starting flight of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour at the Hilton Prague, has officially wrapped up. This turbo flight attracted 839 entries, a considerable increase compared to the 543 from yesterday’s Day 1d. By the end of 20 levels of play, 125 players secured a bag at the end of play, locking up their spot in Day 2 and guaranteeing themselves a min-cash.
The full field for the tournament now totals 4,732 entries, setting a new record high prize pool of €4,542,720, with 709 players returning for Saturday’s Day 2 restart.
Vidar Oie bagged the top stack of the day, finishing the night with an impressive 760,000 chips.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vidar Oie | Norway | 760,000 | 127 |
| 2 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 644,000 | 107 |
| 3 | Ewen Trevidy | France | 636,000 | 106 |
| 4 | Alexandros Papadopoulos | Greece | 604,000 | 101 |
| 5 | Ryan Plant | United Kingdom | 550,000 | 92 |
| 6 | Christian Pedersen | Denmark | 513,000 | 86 |
| 7 | Pavel Binar | Czech Republic | 440,000 | 73 |
| 8 | Matthias Auer | Austria | 425,000 | 71 |
| 9 | Mateusz Dabkowski | Poland | 418,000 | 70 |
| 10 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 415,000 | 69 |
Martin Kabrhel was undoubtedly the voice of the room, managing to bag the second biggest stack of the day. Kabrhel, along with other notables such as Jack Sinclair (415,000), Juha Helppi (220,000), Steve O'Dwyer (158,000) and others, will return tomorrow for their chance to advance to Day 3 and ultimately claim the trophy.
On the other hand, Niklas Astedt was one of the notables who didn’t make it to Day 2. Astedt failed to hit the river in a hand against Matthias Auer and didn’t manage to survive. Others who fell short of making it to Day 2 include Barny Boatman, and Felix Schneiders.
Jerry Odeen claimed the overall chip lead after reporting 841,000 at the end of Day 1e.
Day 2 starts on Saturday, December 7, at 11 a.m. The blinds will be 3,000/6,000 for the first 21 minutes of play. Subsequent levels will be extended to 60 minutes each.
The PokerNews live reporting team will return tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event here at EPT Prague, so stay tuned.