Ramon Colillas Among Chip Leaders as Day 2 of €5,300 Main Event Set to Begin
Both starting flights are over and the field is set for Day 2 of the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 Main Event. The atmosphere here in the Hilton Prague is buzzing as impressive fields have turned out for each event on this schedule.
For this prestigious Main Event, 1,238 confirmed entries have generated a stunning prize pool of over €6 million. With registration open until Day 2 starts at 12 p.m., that number will no doubt grow even higher. Payouts have yet to be announced, but PokerNews will relay that information as soon as it's available.
Spanish professional and PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas starts the day in the four spot on the leaderboard with 312,000. With over $6 million in live earnings according to Hendon Mob, Colillas sits in fifth place on Spain's all-time money list. A strong showing here at the Czech capital would get him that much closer to fourth place on that list. With at least 405 players in the field, though, plenty of talented players stand in his way.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Gomez Zapatero | Spain | 341,000 | 227 |
| 2 | Ka Kwan Lau | Spain | 322,000 | 215 |
| 3 | Robert Cowen | United Kingdom | 321,500 | 214 |
| 4 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | 312,000 | 208 |
| 5 | Arjel Daci | Albania | 302,000 | 201 |
| 6 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 293,000 | 195 |
| 7 | Nicola Grieco | Italy | 289,500 | 193 |
| 8 | Ismail Kalkan | Germany | 242,500 | 162 |
| 9 | [Removed:431] | Germany | 238,500 | 159 |
| 10 | Julien Sitbon | France | 232,000 | 155 |
Sitting above Colillas on the leaderboard are Robert Cowen (321,500) of the United Kingdom and two players also representing Spain, Ka Kwan Lau (322,000) and Javier Gomez Zapatero (341,000). Defending champion of this event Grzegorz Glowny is also still in the mix with 100,500.
Day 2 Schedule
Starting today, levels will be 90 minutes long with 20-minute breaks scheduled at the end of each level. Late registrants who can get into the action until the start of play would sit down with 20 big blinds as blinds will kick off at 1,000/1,500/1,500.
The total number of levels played today has yet to be determined. The last time this event came through, the money bubble burst on Day 2. With approximately 15 percent of the field in line to make a payday, it's a race to that number today.
The feature table live stream will be in action as well on a 30-minute delay, so starting up at 12:30 p.m. local time. The stream will be available on PokerStars YouTube and Twitch channels, and the link will be provided here as soon as it becomes available.
PokerNews will be here with up-to-the-minute coverage all day long, so stay tuned in here to watch this one play out as players work their way to the money.