Niveau 39
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Alexander Tkatschew limped and Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz raised to 4,000,000.
The dealer spread a flop of 8♥6♦3♥, and Wyrzykiewicz check-raised the 3,000,000 bet to 12,000,000. Tkatschew called.
When the 2♠ hit the turn, Wyrzykiewicz announced all-in. Tkatschew had 41,100,000 remaining and tanked for about three minutes before making the call.
Alexander Tkatschew: 8♦7♣
Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz: A♥4♥
Tkatschew had flopped top pair and needed to dodge the massive draw of Wyrzykiewicz. The 6♠ was exactly what he needed as he earned a massive double up to take a commanding chip lead.
Niveau 40
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Alexander Tkatschew limped the button before Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz shoved his stack of about 18,000,000. Tkastchew snap-called.
Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz: 6♣6♦
Alexander Tkatschew: 9♠9♥
Wyrzykiewicz ran into a bigger pair and couldn't catch one of the remaining sixes in the deck as the board ran out K♠J♦2♦K♥7♦, eliminating him in second place.
Niveau 40
: Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante
Alexander Tkatschew of Austria has just conquered the record-breaking 4,403-player field in the €1,100 Eureka Main Event at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague to earn €511,710 of the €4,226,880 prize pool.
Tkatschew is no stranger to victory though as he has just come off a first-place victory of $432,090 at EPT Cyprus, defeating 59 runners in the $25,000 No-limit Hold'em.
"It feels very good, they are very long days and a lot of fun," said the newly crowned champion. "I like the structure and the field. It's a very good tournament."
Tkatschew came to the final table with the plan to play tight in the beginning, and then adapt to the players. "You have to know to play tighter against one player, but looser against the other."
Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Alexander Tkatschew
Austria
€ 511,710
2
Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz
Poland
€ 306,790
3
Catalin Moraru
Romania
€ 219,120
4
Miroslav Forman
Czechia
€ 168,570
5
Eduardo Pereira
Portugal
€ 129,680
6
Ercan Atmaca
Netherlands
€ 99,750
7
Viktor Jensen
Sweden
€ 76,720
8
Radek Jantos
Czechia
€ 59,010
Day 4 Action
The day began with nine players and although there were plenty of chips going into the center of the table, nobody seemed to want to bust. A bit of controversy came in the first two hours as Wyrzykiewicz thought Ercan Atmaca had called his river bet when he showed his pocket aces too early, pausing the clock for an official ruling.
That wraps up the PokerNews live reporting team's coverage of the record-breaking €1,100 Eureka Main Event. Be sure to check out the EPT Prague reporting portal for coverage of other events at this European stop.