2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2018 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
€840,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,693,900
Entries
1,174
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Left 1 / 1,174
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End of Day 1a Counts (full)

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Sarailis gr
John Sarailis
297,400
59,400
59,400
Profile photo of Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
241,900
116,900
116,900
Profile photo of Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
236,800
Profile photo of Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
209,600
32,200
32,200
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
200,300
135,300
135,300
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Volkmann br
Bruno Volkmann
197,900
52,900
52,900
Profile photo of Wael Sarkis lb
Wael Sarkis
197,100
Profile photo of Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
191,900
6,900
6,900
pokerstars
Profile photo of Petr Glasko ru
Petr Glasko
177,600
Profile photo of Gary Hasson be
Gary Hasson
171,000
Profile photo of Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
165,200
4,800
4,800
Profile photo of Konstantin Farber de
Konstantin Farber
165,000
5,000
5,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Florian Duta ro
Florian Duta
160,000
Profile photo of Vladimir Rosliakov ru
Vladimir Rosliakov
159,900
159,900
159,900
Profile photo of Carlos Branco pt
Carlos Branco
153,400
3,400
3,400
Profile photo of Javier Fernandez Alonso es
Javier Fernandez Alonso
144,000
Profile photo of Ramon Miquel Munoz
Ramon Miquel Munoz
144,000
Profile photo of Ori Miller il
Ori Miller
140,100
Profile photo of Jia Tang cn
Jia Tang
138,000
Profile photo of Vicent Bosca es
Vicent Bosca
132,000
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
129,900
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
125,100
Profile photo of Alexandros Theologis gr
Alexandros Theologis
124,800
Run It Once
Profile photo of Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
123,200
6,800
6,800
Profile photo of Guoliang Wei
Guoliang Wei
123,000

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Antonius in Top Five After Day 1a of Main Event

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Patrik Antonius
Patrik Antonius

A long Day 1a wrapped up at 2018 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague with about 170 of 371 entries making it through, and a poker legend is among those at the top of the counts.

Finnish high-stakes veteran Patrik Antonius bagged up 209,600, good for an unofficial top-five stack, at the conclusion of 10 levels of play.

Antonius has made a triumphant return to tournament poker this year with nearly $5 million in cashes after several years of minimal tournament results. The EPT in particular has been good to him as he has two cashes in EPT Main Events already, including a sixth-place finish at EPT Monte Carlo for €139,050.

The chip lead, meanwhile, belongs to John Sarailis. The Greek player held a big lead over the final couple of levels and it only got bigger at the end when he was dealt pocket kings and busted an unfortunate opponent who grinded through the long day only to run his ace-king into the cowboys. That late hand pushed Sarailis to 297,400.

John Sarailis
Sarailis had piles late and was dealt kings for even more.

Other notables finished with big stacks included Xixiang Luo (241,900), Niall Farrell (200,300), Parker Talbot (191,900) and Andras Nemeth (159,900).

Nemeth came over midway through the day after busting in second to Matthias Eibinger in the €50,000 Super High Roller. He experienced some huge swings late but finished on a high note when he made a flush with pocket queens in a sizable pot to recoup some losses from when he ran into queens himself with pocket nines.

Players running dry on chips included Niklas Astedt, Jean-Noel Thorel and Charlie Carrel. Provided they've only fired once, they'll still be able to take a crack at this prize pool with Day 1b or Day 2 registration, as the tournament permits two entries total per player.

Day 1b gets rolling at noon local time here at Hilton Prague once again, and a big field is expected after a solid Day 1a turnout. Tune in to PokerNews for all of your live coverage needs.

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