€1,100 Eureka Main Event Jour 2 | 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

2022-03-08 22:48 UTC+2

5 Français au Jour 3 dont Alex Reard et Julien Sitbon

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Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Les 496 participants du Jour 2 de l'Eureka à 1100€ se retrouvaient mardi à Prague avec l'assurance de toucher une partie d'un prizepool de plus de 3 millions d'euros. Ce gain de 1700€ n'était qu'une étape vers un jackpot de 417 820€ pour le vainqueur et ils ne sont plus que 66 à l'aube du Jour 3 qui se déroulera mercredi au Hilton de Prague.

Parmi les rescapés du Day 2, un contingent de 5 Français comprenant le champion WSOP Alexandre Reard, le chipleader du Jour 1C Maxime Costas mais aussi Julien Sitbon (22bb), le revenant Alban Juen (45bb) et enfin Emmanuel Kahan (25bb).

Costas emmène les troupes hexagonales avec le 13e tapis des survivants et 60 blindes, Reard est dans le bon paquet avec 52 blindes et le 16e stack à la reprise avec encore 10 minutes à jouer sur le niveau 15 000 - 30 000 (30 000)...

Les participants du Jour 3 toucheront au moins 6 940€ et l'ambassadeur PokerStars Alejandro Lococo est toujours dans le coup. Le Polonais Karol Konopka (4,775,000) a néanmoins pris de l'avance en tête du tournoi pour devancer Heinz Schluter (3,775,0000).

Merijn van Rooij (3,990,000) complète le podium provisoire après avoir gagné un pot de 4 millions avec contre !

Le Top 10

Joueur	Pays	Chips	Blindes
Karol Konopka	Czech Republic	4,725,000	158
Merijn Van Rooij	Netherlands	3,990,000	133
Heinz Schluter	Germany	3,775,000	126
Jakub Koleckar	Czech Republic	3,720,000	124
Jon Kyte	Norway	3,595,000	120
Tjenno Eskes	Netherlands	3,430,000	114
Karol Bogusz	Poland	2,620,000	87
Abel Aspas	Spain	2,500,000	83
Bartolomeo Tato	Italy	2,140,000	71
Ville Jantunen	Finland	2,070,000	69

Espen Sandvik (69e pour 6 940€), le vainqueur WSOP Jonas Lauck (72e) ou Jonathan Therme (84e) ont atteint le Top 100 du tournoi tout comme le Lituanien Laurynas Levinskas ou le vainqueur de l'EPT Prague Jasper Meijer Van Putten (90e).

Jean-Réné Fontaine (102e) ou Nikita Luther (109e) ont aussi signé un joli deep-run tout comme Robert Heidorn (131e), Kenny Hallaert (142e) ou Tobias Peters (149e), Patrick Leonard (161e), Jorden Verbraeken (166e) ou Ismael Bojang (167e) et Michal Mrakes (170e).

Alexandre Dana, Samy Dubonnet, Rodolphe Dethière ou Nicolas Vayssières ont aussi ajouté une ligne à leur palmarès... AU moins 55 tricolores se sont glissés dans les places payées de l'Eureka 2022.

Les 50 Français dans l'argent éliminés au Day 2

Place	Joueur	Gains
80e	Philippe Culot	€5,300
84e	Jonathan Therme	€5,300
85e	Jonathan Hubert	€5,300
101e	Stephen Chambaud	€4,660
102e	Jean-René Fontaine	€4,660
117e	Alexis Nicolai	€4,660
120e	Rodolphe Dethiere	€4,660
121e	Victor Pahon	€4,660
125e	Cedric Ghanassia	€4,660
128e	Emmanuel Terrazzoni	€4,660
145e	Alexandre Dana	€3,570
148e	Quentin Guivarch	€3,570
150e	Samy Dubonnet	€3,570
183e	Sylvain Riviere	€3,570
194e	Thierry Lelouche	€3,150
203e	Nicolas Vayssieres	€3,150
213e	Laurent Amiard	€3,150
216e	Clement Coquoin	€3,150
220e	Mickael Muselli	€3,150
223eJeremy Sammartano	€3,150
230e	Daouadji Dja	€2,790
233e	Ruben Wahnich	€2,790
245e	Nelson Michelet	€2,790
257e	Clement Kerrien	€2,790
260e	Axel Santoni	€2,790
276e	Abdel Bouziane	€2,450
286e	Stephane Minkov	€2,450
289e	Cyril Monbrun-Massot	€2,450
291e	Arnaud Enselme	€2,450
292e	Quentin Roussey	€2,450
294e	Francois Gozzelino	€2,450
296e	Mathieu Di Meglio	€2,450
303e	Mickael Thomas	€2,450
305e	Yannick Cardot	€2,450
318e	Julien Galendo	€2,450
320e	Philippe Garnier	€2,450
327e	Jean-Roch Testa	€2,450
345e	Yves Soussan	€2,150
350e	Hugues Mazerolle	€2,150
364e	Dimitri Halliez	€2,150
365e	Abdelkrim Chenoufi	€2,150
372e	Alexis Andre	€2,150
382e	Benny Taieb	€2,150
403e	Stephane Abehassera	€1,910
407e	Nicolas Burtin	€1,910
412e	David Sacksick	€1,910
413e	Erwann Pecheux	€1,910
439e	Jean-louis	Santoni
440e	Patrick Bechard	€1,910
457e	Ivan Deyra	€1,700

_{469 payés}

La France pays le plus présent

L'Eureka a rassemblé 3 155 entrants et des joueurs de 65 pays se sont inscrits. 201 Français ont joué l'événement pour former 12,94% du champs des inscrits.

Pays	Nombre de joueurs	Pourcentage du field
France	201	12.94%
Italy	161	10.37%
Germany	137	8.82%
Poland	90	5.80%
Czech Republic	75	4.83%
Israel	75	4.83%
Greece	66	4.25%
Netherlands	63	4.06%
Romania	56	3.61%
UK	53	3.41%
Sweden	48	3.09%
Austria	37	2.38%
Hungary	37	2.38%
Spain	37	2.38%
Switzerland	35	2.25%
Denmark	31	2.00%
Bulgaria	28	1.80%
Finland	27	1.74%
Portugal	24	1.55%
Belgium	23	1.48%
Lithuania	22	1.42%

2022-03-08 21:45 UTC+2

Perfect Turn Card Brings Bogusz a Big Pot

Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a flop of , Karol Bogusz led out for 40,000 from the big blind and got a call from Tobias Tropschuh in late position.

On the turn , Bogusz fired out another 125,000 and Tropschuh moved all-in for approximately 500,000. Bogusz called, and as the cards were turned over, the super-cooler was revealed.

Tobias Tropschuh:
Karol Bogusz:

The magical turn card brought Bogusz a straight to take the lead over Tropschuh's flopped set of nines.

The river couldn't save Tropschuh, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Heinz Schluter	3,700,000	3,446,000
Karol Bogusz	2,700,000	665,000
Claudiu-Alexandru Roman	975,000	-55,000
Firat Baltaci	900,000	-50,000
Razvan Bordei	725,000	-330,000
Tobias Tropschuh	Eliminé

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2022-03-08 20:38 UTC+2

Radinger Rivered

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Niveau 23 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Sebastian Kappenberg jammed with his 500,000 stack from the small blind and Kurt Radinger called off his shorter stack in the big blind.

Kurt Radinger:
Sebastian Kappenberg:

Kappenberg would go on to river Broadway as the final runout displayed .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Abel Aspas	1,300,000	855,000
Jonathan Hubert	1,260,000	1,181,000
Ivan Zhechev	1,000,000	820,000
Waldemar Starostin	1,000,000	867,000
Piotr Wiecek	1,000,000	751,000
Tov Shem	925,000	662,000
Sebastian Kappenberg	700,000	557,000
Kurt Radinger	Eliminé

2022-03-08 20:07 UTC+2

Meijer Van Putten Left Short, Then Eliminated

Niveau 23 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

A pot of approximately 700,000 had been built by Jasper Meijer Van Putten in the small blind and Diego Montone in the big blind when PokerNews arrived at their table.

The board read , and Meijer Van Putten had checked to Montone. The Italian bet 300,000, which represented almost 75% of Meijer Van Putten's remaining stack.

The 2016 EPT Prague champ called and got bad news.

Montone showed , and Meijer Van Putten frustratedly tossed his cards into the muck, leaving himself just under six big blinds, which would vanish soon after to eliminate him from the tournament.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Diego Montone	1,400,000	1,158,000
Jasper Meijer Van Putten	Eliminé

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2022-03-08 19:30 UTC+2

Van Rooij On Right Side of Cooler

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Niveau 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Virgil Grecu opened the action to 40,000 from under the gun and Merijn van Rooij three-bet to 130,000. It folded back to Grecu who four-bet to 350,000 and was called.

Grecu check-raised to 400,000 on the flop. He then called off his stack after his opponent moved all-in as the bigger stack. It was a pot worth 4,100,000 and was the largest seen so far.

Virgil Grecu:
Merijn van Rooij:

The turn gave Grecu an open-ended straight draw, but the river meant his opponent would end up with Broadway to scoop the pot and secure the bust out.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Merijn van Rooij	4,100,000	3,800,000
Bartolomeo Tato	1,500,000	1,285,000
Virgil Grecu	Eliminé

2022-03-08 19:16 UTC+2

Luther Eliminated by Rimon

Niveau 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Nikita Luther opened the action with a raise to 40,000 from the cutoff. Diomedes Rimon three-bet her to 125,000 on the button.

Luther went into the tank, then opted to move in for about 400,000 total. Rimon quickly called, having Luther covered.

Nikita Luther:
Diomedes Rimon:

Luther was dominated and needed help that didn't come as the dealer spread a board of , giving Rimon Broadway and sending the last woman in the field to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Diomedes Rimon	1,060,000	385,000
Nikita Luther	Eliminé

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2022-03-08 18:53 UTC+2

Lococo Hits 2 Million

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Niveau 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Alejandro Lococo opened to 50,000 from under the gun with only Akseli Paalanen calling from middle position. Action checked through on the flop to the turn. Lococo bet 40,000 and folded out his opponent

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alejandro Lococo	2,000,000	350,000
Akseli Paalanen	1,400,000	-150,000

2022-03-08 18:12 UTC+2

Papo MC Drops Preflop Battle of Big Stacks

Niveau 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Alejandro Lococo and Akseli Paalanen have two of the biggest stacks in the room at Table 7, and just before break they went to battle.

Lococo opened to 31,000 and was three-bet by Paalanen to 110,000. Lococo came back with a four-bet to 385,000.

That still wasn't enough for Paalanen, who put in a five-bet jam for about 1.2 million.

"Papo MC" quickly tossed his cards into the muck, ceding the pot to his Finnish opponent.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alejandro Lococo	1,650,000	1,142,000
Akseli Paalanen	1,550,000	450,000

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2022-03-08 17:22 UTC+2

Leonard Down By Hoang

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Niveau 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Patrick Leonard opened to 28,000 from the button before Hai Hoang made it 68,000 from the small blind. Leonard called to see the flop and then raised to 300,000 after Hoang bet 140,000.

Hoang called which brought in the turn and that is when all the chips crossed the line with Leonard at risk.

Patrick Leonard:
Hai Hoang:

Leonard failed to make his straight on the river and left for the payouts desk.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Hai Hoang	1,100,000	687,000
Patrick Leonard	Eliminé

2022-03-08 16:45 UTC+2

Hallaert's Momentum Slows Slightly

Niveau 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Kenny Hallaert had more than doubled the stack he began the day with but took a small hit recently when he called the 84,000 chip all-in bet of Antonio Crosetta.

Antonio Crosetta:
Kenny Hallaert:

Hallaert was in great shape to score the elimination, but a flop of paired Crosetta's king to give him the lead, and the and brought no help to Hallaert.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kenny Hallaert	660,000	342,000
Antonio Crosetta	180,000	-15,000

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