Richard Toth started the day with 18,000 chips and moved all in from under the gun. Preben Stokkan re-raised on his left and the rest of the table folded.
Richard Toth:
Preben Stokkan:
The flop came to give Toth a huge lead, leaving Stokkan with just a single out. The on the turn and the on the river only improved Toth to a flush and the two players nearly swapped stacks.
Action began on the turn with 17,000 in the middle. The board showed .
Fredrik Andersson checked the big blind over to Antonio Mallol on the button. Mallol bet 10,000 and Andersson came along with a call.
The river brought the . Andersson checked again. Mallol followed up with a bet of 23,000. Andersson thought for about a minute before putting in the call.
Mallol showed , but that was bested by the for flopped top pair that passes the river test for the pot.
At a nearby table, Ognyan Dimov was seen heading off after running out of chips.
On the river of a board, Christian Dalder bet 15,000. Andriy Mertengren quickly called and was shown the for a full house, after which he sighed visibly. Mertengren exposed his for trips and took a hit to his stack.
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
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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.