Who Will Claim the EPT National Title and Win €375,000 in Prague Today?
At noon local time, six players out of 2,452 entries will return to the Hilton Prague for the final table of the €1,100 EPT National here at the 2019 European Poker Tour Prague to battle it out for the first-place prize of €375,000. All six of them are already guaranteed €70,265 but they will all be ready to rumble for a bigger share of the whopping €2,353,920 prize pool.
Coming into the day with the chip lead is Semen Kravets from Russia with 18,325,000 in chips which equals 61 big blinds. He is followed by Romania’s Narcis Nedelcu with 13,975,000 and Jasper Meijer van Putten with 13,100,000. Yin Liu and Jussi Mattila don’t trail the others by much but Gregory Telman starts the day with fewer than 20 big blinds so will be looking to make his mark early on the day.
This is how they are seated:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narcis Nedelcu | Romania | 13,975,000 | 47 |
| 2 | Yin Liu | China | 11,300,000 | 38 |
| 3 | Jasper Meijer Van Putten | Netherlands | 13,100,000 | 44 |
| 4 | Jussi Mattila | Finland | 11,125,000 | 37 |
| 5 | Semen Kravets | Russia | 18,325,000 | 61 |
| 6 | Gregory Telman | Israel | 5,675,000 | 19 |
When the players take their seats, they will first finish the final 14 minutes of Level 34 which has a small blind of 150,000, big blind of 300,000, and a big blind ante of 300,000. The expectation is that a break will take place after every two full levels of 60 minutes have been played and, in the end, one person will walk away with the trophy, the title, the bragging rights, and the first-place prize money.
This what is left to play for:
| Place | Prize (EUR) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | €375,000 | $414,728 |
| 2 | €200,820 | $222,095 |
| 3 | €136,525 | $150,988 |
| 4 | €104,395 | $115,455 |
| 5 | €87,095 | $96,322 |
| 6 | €70,265 | $77,709 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the updates from the first raise until the final river so make sure to stick around to see who will be victorious in the EPT National.
for Liu to hold with the higher kicker. Telman's stack was counted to be sure but he was covered by Liu and sent to the payout desk in sixth place for €70,265.
flop to the 
on the turn. It was checked to Nedelcu who bet 1,500,000 which was called by Meijer van Putten en Kravets.
, it was checked again to Nedelcu who now barreled a bet of 3,775,000 over the line. Meijer van Putten folded immediately but Kravets needed some more time. In the end, he made the call but mucked when Nedelcu tabled 
for the nut straight.
for Nedelcu to hit top pair,
to give Kravets to flush indeed to eliminate Nedelcu in fifth place for €87,095.
for Liu to pick up the gutshot to a wheel and for Mattila to hold a flush draw.
and both players checked to the 
on the turn. Mattila bet 700,000 and Kravets called.
for two pair but Kravets held 
for the same two pair but the higher kicker to pick up the pot. 
for Meijer van Putten to also hit two pair but still stay behind.
on the river as the 2016 EPT Main Event Champion was sent to the rail in third place for €202,048 after having agreed to a deal earlier. 
and Kravets bet 3,000,000 which Mattila snap-called. Kravets tabled 