Sebastien Depraz shoved for a bit under 100,000 from the hijack and action folded to Davide Muccini in the big blind, who quickly called to put Depraz at risk.
Sebastien Depraz: A♦8♦
Davide Muccini: 9♠9♣
Depraz would need some help to stick around, but the 7♣K♥Q♣4♦4♠ runout kept Muccini's nines best and Depraz was eliminated.
Michel Peretti limps in from early position before Raoul Kanme bet 26,000. He was called by Peretti and we went heads up to a flop.
It came 10♥K♣6♠ and both players checked.
Peretti led out on the J♣ turn for 18,000 and was called by the Dutchman.
The A♥ proved to be an action river. Peretti began by checking, before Kanme bet out. His bet was quickly raised all in by the Frenchman, and Kanme snap-called tabling Q♠Q♣. Peretti showed K♦Q♦, with both players rivering a straight and splitting the pot.
Picking the action up on the river, Vito Vella had defended his big blind against Krzystzstof Wawryniuk.
On a board of 5♦Q♣5♣8♥9♠ and with 60,000 in the middle, Vella check-called a bet of 25,000 from his opponent. Vella showed Q♥7♥ for top pair which was good enough against Wawryniuk's 9♣8♣.
Andreas Vlachos defended his big blind against Santtu Leinonen's open to 16,000.
Leinonen continued for 16,000 on the 9♣2♦7♦ flop and Vlachos called.
The 2♥ turn was checked through by both players.
On the J♠ river facing another check from Vlachos, Leinonen moved all in for 580,000, a significant overbet. Vlachos considered his position for about a minute and folded.
Massimo Armenio raised to 18,000 from under the gun and Nikola Radevic called from the next seat over. The action then folded to Karol Bogusz, who jammed all in for 132,000.
Armenio went deep into the tank but eventually slammed in a pile of chips for a call. Radevic got out of the way and a showdown was ordered.
Karol Bogusz: A♥J♣
Massimo Armenio: A♠7♠
Armenio hit his seven on the 2♠7♥K♦ flop, and Bogusz was facing his elimination when the 2♦ turn did not help him. The J♠ river, however, saw him rebink the better pair for the double-up, much to the dismay of Armenio, who outed that both visibly and audibly.
PokerStars Eureka Poker Tour history was made this week as the €1,100 Eureka Main Event drew 4,403 entries at the Hilton Prague. This marks the largest Eureka Tour Main Event field ever, topping last year's event in Prague by 10% (4,017 entries in 2022).
The prize pool is also the largest ever, hitting €4,226,880 and paying out a total of 659 places. The six opening flights saw 1,931 unique players, just behind the total of 1,985 last year.
Largest Eureka Tour Main Event Fields
Rank
Event
Entries
Prize Pool
1
2023 Eureka Prague
4,403
€4,226,880
2
2022 Eureka Prague
4,017
€3,856,320
3
2021 Eureka Prague
3,155
€3,028,800
4
2023 Eureka Cyprus
2,659
$2,552,640
5
2019 Eureka Prague
2,452
€2,353,920
Germany's Felix Schneiders made Day 2 of the Eureka Main Event
Nationality Statistics
The largest Eureka Tour Main Event in history attracted players from 70 different countries, three less than the 73 countries that were represented here last winter. The top three countries remained the same as 2022, with Germany leading the way again with 215 players making up 11.13% of the field. Italy (196 players) was the next most represented nation with 10.15%, followed by France (144 players) with 7.46% of the field.
Czechia (113 players), Greece (101 players) and Poland (100 players) were the other countries to hit triple digits in this year's field. They were followed by Romania (75 players), Switzerland (61 players), Sweden (60 players) and the United Kingdom (59 players).
Day 1a Chip Leader Mircea Flutur of Romania
Other countries well represented in the 2023 Eureka Prague Main Event include Spain (57 players), Ukraine (54 players), Israel (48 players), Austria (41 players) and Finland (40 players).
A full breakdown of the nationality statistics for the 2023 Eureka Prague Main Event is available in the graphic and table below.
