After a record-breaking Eureka Main Event, which comes to an end today, it’s now time for the big one: the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 EPT Main Event.
At the Hilton Prague, players from around the world are hoping for at least as much action as last year, when Padraig O’Neill became an EPT champion, winning €1,030,000 after a five-hour heads-up battle against Jon Kyte. The 2023 EPT Prague Main Event recorded 1,285 entries. Could this year surpass that number?
2023 EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig O'Neill | Ireland | €1,030,000 |
| 2 | Jon Kyte | Norway | €643,000 |
| 3 | Umberto Ruggeri | Italy | €459,240 |
| 4 | Cheng Zhao | China | €353,240 |
| 5 | Adam Wagner | Czechia | €271,660 |
| 6 | Grigorii Rodin | Russian Federation | €209,000 |
| 7 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | €160,750 |
| 8 | Marle Spragg | United States | €123,600 |
| 9 | Vincent Meli | France | €95,000 |
The 2024 EPT Prague winner will join a long and prestigious list of EPT Prague champions, which includes Jordan Saccucci (2022), the second two-time EPT Champion Mikalai Pobal (2019) and Hossein Ensan (2015).
This Main Event also marks the conclusion of the 2024 EPT season, which featured Barny Boatman returning to the spotlight in Paris, Derk van Luijk lifting the EPT Monte Carlo trophy, Stephen Song triumphing in the fourth-largest EPT ever in Barcelona, and Oliver Weis adding a new title to his record.
Recent EPT Prague Main Event History
| Year | Prize Pool | Entries | First Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | €6,101,300 | 1,285 | €1,030,000 |
| 2022 | €6,144,950 | 1,267 | €913,250 |
| 2021 | €5,771,500 | 1,190 | €692,252 |
| 2019 | €5,596,900 | 1,154 | €1,005,600 |
| 2018 | €5,693,900 | 1,174 | €840,000 |
| 2017 | €4,146,750 | 855 | €675,000 |
| 2016 | €5,781,200 | 1,192 | €699,300 |
Play is set to kick off at 12 p.m. local time. Players will begin with 30,000 in chips with blinds starting at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Levels will last 60 minutes, and players will be sent on 20-minute breaks after every two levels. An extended 75-minute dinner break will be held after Level 6.
Players are allowed a maximum of two entries combined for flights 1a and 1b as well as Day 2. Play will end for the day after Level 10, and all remaining entrants from both flights will reconvene on Wednesday, December 11 at noon for Day 2.
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