Costas Leads 469 Players into Day 2 of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event at EPT Prague
Welcome to Day 2 of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event at EPT Prague. The European Poker Tour has returned to Prague for the first time since 2019, and the first multi-flight event drew 3,155 runners in four starting days. The remaining 469 players will return at 12 p.m. local time to try and punch their ticket to Wednesday's Day 3.
Maxime Costas bagged the largest stack in the largest opening flight, and the Day 1c chip leader is followed very closely by Adam Polek, Emmanuel Kahan, and Mathias Siljander.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxime Costas | France | 736,000 | 123 |
| 2 | Adam Polek | Czech Republic | 735,000 | 123 |
| 3 | Emmanuel Kahan | France | 719,000 | 120 |
| 4 | Mathias Siljander | Finland | 706,000 | 118 |
| 5 | Tal Herzog | Israel | 693,000 | 116 |
| 6 | Tomas Pleticha | Czech Republic | 691,000 | 103 |
| 7 | Mark Metsla | Estonia | 661,000 | 110 |
| 8 | Akseli Paalanen | Finland | 636,000 | 106 |
| 9 | Meir Avigal | Israel | 632,000 | 105 |
| 10 | Mateusz Szymanski | Poland | 606,000 | 101 |
Other notable qualifiers include Patrick Leonard, Kenny Hallaert, Ismael Bojang, Masato Yokosawa, Jonas Lauck, Dara O'Kearney, and Kacper Pyzara.
Day 2 will continue in Level 17 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and 34 minutes left, and play will continue until the end of Level 24. Surviving players will return for Day 3 on Wednesday, and the Day 4 finale will be held on Thursday.
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with around 50,000 in the middle already.
and received calls from the players in the blinds.
, Avigal continued for 25,000, only receiving a call from Milan Aloric in the big blind.
fell on the turn, giving Avigal his straight, and he bet 70,000. Aloric shoved over top for approximately 170,000, which Avigal snap-called.
fell on the river to vault Avigal's stack over 800,000.
and action was checked to Kyte who continued for 28,000.
and 
fell on the turn and river, awarding the pots to Calderone with his two pair and Kyte with his pair of queens.
river gave Costas the pot and confirmed Ricci's exit.
fell on the turn, and again Luther checked to Popovic, who bet 66,000.
paired Crosetta's king to give him the lead, and the 
and 
flop and then raised to 300,000 after Hoang bet 140,000. 
turn and that is when all the chips crossed the line with Leonard at risk. 
river and left for the payouts desk.
