2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

€2,200 Eureka High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Jose Manuel Gonzalez
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
€396,450
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€2,206,080
Entries
1,149
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
1,149
Players Left
181

Field of 1,149 Gets Whittled Down to 181 in Day 1 of €2,200 Eureka High Roller

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
John Mooney
John Mooney

Day 1 of the €2,200 Eureka High Roller has reached it's conclusion with the field of 1,149 entries being reduced to just 181 players.

Today's action saw 16 levels of 40-minutes play out, and when all was said and done, Bulgaria's Yulian Bogdanov (604,000) ended the day atop of the chip counts.

Narrowly behind him is WSOP bracelet winner Carl Shaw (600,000) and sitting in third place in the chip counts is Dorel Eldabach (523,000).

John Mooney (523,000) is the only player with a stack north of 500,000. He managed to build up a sizeable stack early on, being on the right side of a three-way all-in in what was the hand of the day.

Some notable names joining the above are Fabian Quoss (492,000), Romain Lewis (428,000) and Ireland's David Lappin (173,000).

PokerStars Ambassadors Rafael Moraes, Alberto Perez and Steve Gallo could not make it through to the next stage. Moraes would bow out to the hands of Stephen Woodhead. The Englishman would end the day with 98,000 chips and will return for Day 2.

More big names to hit the rail in the first stage were Ana Marquez, Dara O'Kearney and Jack Sinclair. Marquez was eliminated by Manuel Fritz while Sinclair was ousted after his aces were cracked by Jonathan Therme.

Top Ten Chip Counts

PlaceNameCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Yulian BogdanovBulgaria604,000101
2Carl ShawUnited Kingdom600,000100
3Dorel EldabachIsrael523,00087
4John MooneyUnited Kingdom521,00087
5Fabian QuossAustria492,00082
6David RubinFrance489,00082
7Casimir SeireFinland486,00081
8Andrea RicciItaly484,00081
9Nicolas BokowskiGermany476,00079
10Erik BakkerNetherlands475,00079

Money Bubble Yet to Burst

The event generated a total prize pool of €2,206,080 andis still yet to hit the paid places. The top 167 players are guaranteed a prize of €3,530, with the first-place prize being €396,450.

€2,200 Eureka High Roller Payouts

PlacePRIZEPlacePRIZE
1€396,45016-17€17,540
2€236,05018-20€15,330
3€166,12021-23€13,130
4€124,86024-27€11,010
5€95,08028-31€9,290
6€69,93032-39€8,100
7€53,06040-55€6,880
8€37,88056-71€5,740
9€29,47072-95€4,790
10-11€24,47096-119€4,320
12-13€21,950120-143€3,880
14-15€19,740144-167€3,530

The bubble is expected to burst early on when the event returns, so be sure to keep it locked in with PokerNews. Day 2 will resume on Thursday, March 10 at 1 p.m. CET. Play will pick up at Level 17 with the blinds set at 3,000/6,000/6,000a and you can follow all the action as it happens at the fabulous King's Casino Prague.