66 Return for Day 3 Seeking €1,100 Eureka Main Event Final Table
Czech player Karol Konopka brings 4,775,000 chips into Wednesday’s third day of play in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €1,100 Eureka Main Event. He and 65 other hopefuls will return to the King’s Casino at the Hilton Prague with hopes of making Thursday’s final table.
Among those still in the field are such notables as PokerStars ambassador “Papo MC” Alejandro Lococo, who comes into the day with 1,960,000 chips, Day 1 overall chip leader Maxime Costas (1,790,000), and WSOP bracelet winners Alexandre Reard (1,570,000), and Aristeidis Moschonos (1,200,000).
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karol Konopka | Czech Republic | 4,725,000 | 158 |
| 2 | Merijn Van Rooij | Netherlands | 3,990,000 | 133 |
| 3 | Heinz Schluter | Germany | 3,775,000 | 126 |
| 4 | Jakub Koleckar | Czech Republic | 3,720,000 | 124 |
| 5 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 3,595,000 | 120 |
| 6 | Tjenno Eskes | Netherlands | 3,430,000 | 114 |
| 7 | Karol Bogusz | Poland | 2,620,000 | 87 |
| 8 | Abel Aspas | Spain | 2,500,000 | 83 |
| 9 | Bartolomeo Tato | Italy | 2,140,000 | 71 |
| 10 | Ville Jantunen | Finland | 2,070,000 | 69 |
Each of the remaining players is guaranteed to take home at least €6,090 for their efforts, but they all have their eyes on taking home the €417,820 first prize.
The truly international field, which saw representatives from 65 different countries, sees five other Czech players returning with hopes of taking home the title in their home country. They’re led by Jakub Koleckar, who enters the day in 4th position with 3,720,000 chips.
Play will resume at 12 pm CET with ten minutes of play remaining in Level 24 with blinds of 15,000 / 30,000 / 30,000 big blind ante, with plans to play down to a final table of six with no dinner break.
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to eliminate Putz.
on the turn, Konopka bet 175,000.
river. Konopka bet 250,000 and Persson quickly called to see Konopka roll over a flopped set with 
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flop and he fired out 140,000.
double pair the board. Koleckar and Eskes check to Lococo again, who quickly tapped the table.
fell on the river and once more the blinds checked to Lococo, and after some deliberation, he opted to wave the white flag and ask, "jack high is good?"
and Koleckar showed 
for the winner.
, Herzog continued for 150,000, then Avigal moved all-in for about 500,000. Markov folded, but Herzog called to put his tournament life at risk.
flop gave him top pair and a flush draw. The turn 
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flop gave Lococo a set of nines, and the 
and the queens held on to eliminate Schluter in 16th place for €15,200.
