Day 1c of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event Kicks Off Soon at EPT Prague
Welcome to Day 1c of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event at EPT Prague. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. local time for the third of four opening flights in the return of the European Poker Tour to Prague.
Day 1a drew 694 runners, of which 103 surviving players will move on to Day 2. The evening flight added another 374, bringing the total to 1,068 entries at the halfway mark. A total of 56 players moved on from Day 1b, and the prize pool has swelled to €1,219,200. Today's runners will look to join the other 159 players who have qualified for Tuesday's Day 2.
Mateusz Szymanski is the overall chip leader after bagging 606,000 chips on Day 1a. He tops a surviving field that includes Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo, Kenny Hallaert, and Ismael Bojang. The Day 1b chip leader is Daniel Lakerveld with 530,000, rounding out a list of Day 2 qualifiers from the flight that includes Dominik Panka and Masato Yokosawa.
Players in the €1,100 Eureka Main Event will start with 30,000 in chips and play 40-minute levels. One re-entry is available for each player and registration will continue through Level 10. Day 1c will continue until 15% of the field remains and surviving players will return on Tuesday at 12 p.m. for Day 2.
Keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from all four opening flights, as well as other marquee events and high rollers throughout the festival at EPT Prague.