Christian Rudolph was all-in for 152,000 and at risk versus Sokratis Linaras.
Christian Rudolph: K♣Q♥
Sokratis Linaras: 7♦7♥
Rudolph was behind in a race, and remained so after the 9♠6♦2♥ flop. However the Q♣ hit on the turn to put Rudolph in front, and he improved to two pair on the K♥ river.
Both players were staring at a board of 4♠7♦5♦8♣K♠ with roughly 150,000 already in the pot. Emil Mattsson in the big blind put Lyudmil Ivanov to the test for his tournament life on the river. Lyudmil, in the early position, tanked for approximately 90 seconds before he called the remainder of his 130,000 stack.
Ivanov tabled A♠A♣ but Mattsson tabled 4♥4♣ for bottom set and scooped this huge pot which propelled his chip count to 1,450,000. .
Saar Asherof and Adam Wagner were all in and at risk versus the covering stack of Cristian Cazorla. Asherof was all in for around 85,000 and Wagner for 99,000.
Saar Asherof: A♣K♥
Adam Wagner: Q♣Q♦
Cristian Cazorla: Q♥10♥
All three players flopped a piece on the 5♥Q♠K♣ flop but it was Wagner who flopped strongest. He made a full house over the 7♠ turn and 7♦ river to secure a triple up and bust Asherof in the process.
Action was picked up on the river of Q♣Q♦4♠10♥8♣ with around 175,000 in the pot. Dmitrijs Petrenko moved all in for 258,000 from middle position. Iraklis Manikaros was deep in the tank from the cutoff.
A minute elapsed and he decided to call. He showed Q♥J♥ but was outkicked by Petrenko's A♣Q♠ which earned him a sizeable pot.
After six action-packed starting flights, a total field of 4,732 entrants has been whittled down to 707 players for Day 2 of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event at 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague. Those figures generated a €4,542,720 prize pool, a record breaking figure for the event.
The remaining players, all of whom are in the money, will return today at 11 a.m. local time, December 7, to Hilton Prague.
Jerry Odeen of Sweden leads the field, after bagging up a stack of 841,000 on Day 1e. He is closely followed by Vidar Oie of Norway (760,000) and Andreas Heissenberger of Austria (751,000).
Odeen has over $1,000,000 in live earnings and is an EPT regular, cashing in previous main events such as Barcelona, Paris and here in Prague, and he will be looking for another deep run. Oie, who boasts $96,000 in live earnings, is fresh off a very successful EPT Barcelona, cashing in four events accumulating over $20,000 in less than a week. The Norwegian will be seeking a new personal best in this event. Heissenberger will be looking to beat his career-best score of $105,191.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jerry Odeen
Sweden
841,000
140
2
Vidar Furu Oie
Norway
760,000
126
3
Andreas Heissenberger
Austria
751,000
125
4
Nicolas Bokowski
Germany
550,000
123
5
Stefano Puccilli
Italy
655,000
109
6
Istvan Pilhofer
Hungary
653,000
109
7
Martin Kabrhel
Czech Republic
644,000
107
8
Ewen Trevidy
France
636,000
105
9
Nico Wendlant
Germany
629,000
104
10
Felix Vu
Sweden
626,000
104
Three PokerStars Ambassadors are still in the mix - Benjamin Spragg (341,000), Marle Spragg (127,000), and Simon Wiciak (58,000),
Plenty of other big names are also still standing, including EPT champion Robin Ylitalo (239,000), online crusher Christian Rudolph (143,000), Vanessa Kade (46,000), Martin Kabrhel (644,000), and Steve O'Dwyer (158,000).
Vanessa Kade
The players will return to 21 minutes left at Level 17, with blinds at 3,000/6,000, with a 6,000 big blind ante. Levels increase to 60 minutes for the remainder of the tournament, and players will have to navigate at least eight of those to progress to Day 3.
Payouts will be confirmed as soon as they are finalized. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of what is sure to be an exciting day of poker thrills and spills.
