Day 3 of The EPT Main Event Starts at Noon
Welcome back to the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague and Day 3 of the €5,300 EPT Main Event here in the Hilton Prague. After two starting flights and Day 2, 137 surviving players out of 1,174 entries will return at noon to battle it out on the felt to see who will make it into Day 4. All returning players have already secured a cash of at least €9,790.
Natalie Teh claimed the chip lead last night with 786,000 but is closely followed by Parker Talbot who bagged 773,500 and Evangelos Bechrakis with 730,000. Actually, if you look at the seat draw, Teh and Bechrakis have been drawn on the same table, together with another top 5 chip stack, Arthur Conan (705,000). Other notable players on that table include Markus Durnegger and Serdar Demircan.
Talbot’s table also features Michal Schuh who lost a huge pot to Teh last night for the chip lead. Anton Wigg is fourth in the chip counts with 708,500 and is seated at the same table as Tomas Jozonis, Jia Tang, and Christopher Andler. Patrik Antonius is sharing table space with Danilo Velasevic.
Luc Greenwood will be sparring with Xixiang Luo, Henrik Hecklen, Gary Hasson, Sylvain Loosli, and Guoliang Wei. Former EPT Champion Andrey Pateychuk has Jason Wheeler, Simon Pedersen, and Markku Koplimaa on his starting table. And the list of interesting tables goes on and on.
Another five levels of 90 minutes each have been scheduled today with a 20-minute break after each level. This is how today will go:
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 90 minutes | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 20-minute break | ||||
| 17 | 90 minutes | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 20-minute break | ||||
| 18 | 90 minutes | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 20-minute break | ||||
| 19 | 90 minutes | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 20-minute break | ||||
| 20 | 90 minutes | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |