With about 1,600,000 in the middle the board read K♣J♦4♣Q♣K♥, and Miroslav Forman bet 500,000 before Alexander Tkatschew dropped a stack of chips across the line for a raise to 5,400,000.
Forman took only a few seconds before making the call. Tkatschew tabled Q♦J♠ for a counterfeit two pair, and Forman showed K♠10♣, making trip tens to take the chip lead.
The €1,100 Eureka Main Event at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague has reached a final table of nine that will play out today at noon local time, and leading the way it Poland's Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz with a stack of 26,825,000 good for 107 big blinds.
Wyrzykiewicz's largest cash was in 2015 when he finished eight-place in the €5,300 EPT Main Event in Malta for €76,000. A spot in the top six on Monday would surpass that total, but everyone is eyeing the top piece of the €4,226,880 prize pool. The eventual champion will take home €511,710, along with the Eureka Tour trophy.
Miroslav Forman
Hot on his tail to start the day is Czechia's very own Miroslav Forman, beginning the day with 25,820,000 in chips. Forman has already locked up his all-time best cash prize with this final table appearance, being guaranteed a payout of €45,400 over his pervious highest win of €21,300 in the 2016 EPT Barcelona Main Event.
Final Table Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz
Poland
26,825,000
107
2
Miroslav Forman
Czechia
25,820,000
103
3
Alexander Tkatschew
Austria
22,400,000
90
4
Eduardo Pereira
Portugal
13,000,000
52
5
Ercan Atmaca
Netherlands
12,400,000
50
6
Antonino Venneri
Italy
10,100,000
40
7
Viktor Jensen
Sweden
8,625,000
35
8
Catalin Moraru
Romania
6,625,000
27
9
Radek Jantos
Czechia
6,300,000
25
Play will resume on Level 34 with blinds of 150,000/300,000 and a 300,000 big blind ante. The nine remaining players will continue with 60-minute levels until a winner is decided.
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Remaing Payouts
Place
Prize
1
€511,710
2
€306,790
3
€219,120
4
€168,570
5
€129,680
6
€99,750
7
€76,720
8
€59,010
9
€45,400
Stay tuned on the final day as the PokerNews live reporting team follows the action through to the final hand as the next Eureka Tour champion will be crowned.
