Super High Rollers Assemble!
Prague in December; you still have the iconic clock, now with a cosy Christmas market in front of it, glühwein, and a nice Christmas tree. Oh, and there's a bunch of poker tournaments. The Eureka Poker Tour is one of them, with a record 1,738 players ponying up the buy-in the past two days. But there's something for everyone here, and today's there's something for the Super High Rollers.
At 12:15 local time the €50,000 Super High Roller will commence. Expect de crème de la crème of poker players battling it out for the coveted hardware.
One of them is WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson, a man worth at least $10 million since past November. That one guy who snatched away a bigger prize this last WSOP by winning The Big One for One Drop will be there as well, Daniel Colman will try to win another High Roller. WCOOP winner Fedor Holz has already signed up, Ole Schemion, Tobias Reinkemeier and Igor Kurganov are sure to play, and four players won their tickets in the satellite late last night (Bryn Kenney, Igor Pihela, Juha Helppi, Mustapha Kanit).
Players will start with a 250,000 stack; 250 big blinds with the first level being 500/1,000 with a 100 ante. A total of 8 levels will be played today, ending the day with 2,500/5,000 and 500 ante at about 9:15 PM. Registration is open till the start of Day 2.
Expect coverage from start to finish, starting in a little over 90 minuten. So sit tight and just wait till the biggest tournament in Prague starts!