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€1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day 1c Completed
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
€1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€3,856,320
Total Entries
4,017
Level
42
Blinds
1,250,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
1,844
Players Left
277
Players Left 1 / 4,017
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Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Another day of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague has come to a close, with another huge field turning out for Day 1c of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event inside the fantastic Hilton Prague.
Day 1c and Day 1d saw 1,844 and 780 entries respectively to bring the overall total to 4,018, smashing the previous record of 3,155 set back in the Spring.
From Day 1c, 277 players advanced to Day 2, which takes place on Saturday, December 10 at 12 p.m. CET. Another 117 players from Day 1d also advanced to bring the Day 2 field to 603.
Those players have all locked up the min-cash of the astonishing €3,856,320 prize pool, with payouts to be determined as Day 2 gets underway.
Eureka Main Event By The Numbers
| EVENT | ENTRIES | ADVANCED | PRIZE POOL |
|---|---|---|---|
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1a | 959 | 144 | €920,640 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1b | 434 | 65 | €416,640 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1c | 1844 | 277 | €1,770,240 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1d | 781 | 117 | €748,800 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 2 | 603 | - | €3,856,720 |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 3 | - | - | - |
| €1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 4 | - | - | - |
Bart Fergiatakis Bags Best in Day 1c
From the 277 survivors, The Netherlands may have bowed out of the World Cup earlier on but Dutchman Bart Fergiatakis had a reason to celebrate as he bagged best in Day 1c and will return to the felt with a 908,000 chip stack. Fabian Wolf and Jorge Garcia also had a fruitful day at the poker table and will start Day 2 with 767,000 and 723,000 respectively.
Other notable names to make it through to the next stage include Jessica Teusl (122,000), EPT London Main Event runner-up Jack Sinclair (186,000) and Juan Pardo (107,000).
While the likes of Ana Marquez, Bruno Fitoussi, Martin Kabrhel and PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg could not navigate over the first hurdle.
Day 1c took around thirteen and a half hours to wrap up and proceedings came to an end when Vojtech Ruzicka was eliminated on the money bubble by the aforementioned Wolf. Ruzicka committed his short stack with pocket tens but ran into the pocket jacks held by Wolf. He found no help on the runout which brought play to a close.
Eureka Main Event Day 1c Top 10 Chip Stacks
| PLace | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bart Fergiatakis | Netherlands | 908,000 | 114 |
| 2 | Fabian Wolf | Germany | 767,000 | 96 |
| 3 | Jorge Garcia | Spain | 723,000 | 90 |
| 4 | Vladas Burneikis | Lithuania | 704,000 | 88 |
| 5 | Bleron Maliqi | Switzerland | 700,000 | 88 |
| 6 | Leif Larsson | Sweden | 683,000 | 85 |
| 7 | Georgios Kostakis | Greece | 651,000 | 81 |
| 8 | Marius Zidonis | Lithuania | 649,000 | 81 |
| 9 | Frank Visser | Netherlands | 635,000 | 79 |
| 10 | Gab Yong Kim | South Korea | 632,000 | 79 |
PokerNews will be on the ground for Day 2 of the Eureka Main Event, which gets underway on Saturday, December 10 at 12 p.m. CET. Pay will begin in Level 18 with the blinds at 4,000/8,000/8,000. Blind levels will increase to 60 minutes on Day 2.
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Vojtech Ruzicka was all in with crumbs and was at risk to Fabian Wolf.
Vojtech Ruzicka: 
Fabian Wolf: 
The 
flop kept Ruzicka behind. The 
turn was of no help either. The 
river completed the board to bring the tournament to 277 players.
Play has now ended in Day 1c and the remaining field are bagging and tagging their stack ahead of Day 2.
Full chip counts and recap to follow shortly.
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Andreas Leitner called the 35,000 jam from Francisco Samper.
Francisco Samper: 
Andreas Leitner: 
Samper's hand remained best as ended up with a pair of kings following the 
runout.
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Leonardo Parmiggiani shoved for 60,000 and was called by Bart Fergiatakis on his direct left.
Leonardo Parmiggiani: 
Bart Fergiatakis: 
The 
flop was no help for the at-risk player but the 
turn gave him an open-ended straight draw. However, the 
completed the board and Parmiggiani exited the tournament late on Day 1a
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Richard Toth opened the action from the hijack and then called when Andrejs Kovalovs jammed for 142,000 on his direct left.
Andrejs Kovalovs:
Richard Toth: 
Toth connected best on the 
flop to make trips and leave the aces drawing to two immediate outs. The 
runout changed nothing and the event was brought to 279 players.
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Rui Bouquet raised to 43,000 from the hijack, leaving 5,000 behind. Panagiotis Akouilanos called in the big blind and then bet 5,000 on the 
flop.
Bouquet went deep into the tank for several minutes before calling. Bouquet had and was way ahead of his opponent's 
.
The 
river confirmed his double up.
As the hand ended, the tournament director instructed that hand-for-hand play would begin when the rest of the tables had finished their hand.
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Florian Gaugusch was all-in for his last 19,000 and was at risk to Adrian Strobel.
Florian Gaugusch: 
Adrian Strobel: 
The deuces were ahead but soon fell behind after the dealer fanned the 
flop and found no help on the 
river.
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Jessica Pilkington called the 15,000 raise from Nicolay Langfeldt, who was on the button, to see the 
flop.
Pilkington then check-jammed as the shorter stack when Langfeldt bet 12,000. Langfeldt quickly gave it up to give Pilkington the pot.
