€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1e | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

Player	Chips	Progress
Mengshi Tian	889,000 41,000	41,000

Michel Karim	669,000 359,000	359,000
Fabio Peluso	622,000 200,000	200,000
Domenico Frisenna	611,000 491,000	491,000
Fabian Niederreiter	552,000 552,000	552,000
Levon Kesaplyan	541,000 541,000	541,000
Jon Ander Martinez	535,000 325,000	325,000
Nicola Karl	482,000 482,000	482,000
Tomas Saltonas	470,000
Jacek Skiscim	456,000 106,000	106,000
Michail Simos	455,000 406,500	406,500
Patrick Faraut	451,000 451,000	451,000
Felix Weis	450,000 150,000	150,000
Elvis Petcu	440,000 440,000	440,000
Vincenzo Schiavottiello	439,000 439,000	439,000
Jan Krahulik	432,000 432,000	432,000
Ermanno Di Nicola	432,000 432,000	432,000
Candido Cappiello	431,000 2,000	2,000
Alessandro Minasi	423,000 423,000	423,000
Maximilian Silz	420,000 420,000	420,000
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	418,000 248,000	248,000
Aurelien Russo	410,000 244,000	244,000
Lukas Hafner	408,000 408,000	408,000
Andrei Toma	403,000 403,000	403,000
Mario Menicanin	403,000 403,000	403,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Mengshi Tian

889,000

41,000

Michel Karim

669,000

359,000

Fabio Peluso

622,000

200,000

Domenico Frisenna

611,000

491,000

Fabian Niederreiter

552,000

Levon Kesaplyan

541,000

Jon Ander Martinez

535,000

325,000

Nicola Karl

482,000

Tomas Saltonas

470,000

Jacek Skiscim

456,000

106,000

Michail Simos

455,000

406,500

Patrick Faraut

451,000

Felix Weis

450,000

150,000

Elvis Petcu

440,000

Vincenzo Schiavottiello

439,000

Jan Krahulik

432,000

Ermanno Di Nicola

432,000

Candido Cappiello

431,000

2,000

Alessandro Minasi

423,000

Maximilian Silz

420,000

Pavlos Xanthopoulos

418,000

248,000

Aurelien Russo

410,000

244,000

Lukas Hafner

408,000

Andrei Toma

403,000

Mario Menicanin

403,000

Another massive field was expected on Day 1e of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event of the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour at the Hilton Prague. And a massive field there was, as 1,511 runners were recorded today.

In total, the six flights combined generated 4,403 entries in this Main Event, exceeding last year's 4,017 entrants and creating a prize pool of €4,226,880. The final flight is still underway.

On Day 1e, 227 players made it to Day 2, and the money, as they bagged chips when 15% of the field remained. But only one of them had more than 100 big blinds at the end of the day, with Mengshi Tian finishing as the chip leader with 889,000 chips. Thanks to his massive stack, he even took over the current overall chip lead. The podium is completed by Michel Karim (669,000), and by 2022 EPT Monte-Carlo FPS runner-up Fabio Peluso (622,000).

Eureka Main Event Day 1d Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Counts	Big Blinds
1	Mengshi Tian	Hong Kong	889,000	111
2	Michel Karim	Sweden	669,000	84
3	Fabio Peluso	Italy	622,000	78
4	Domenico Frisenna	Italy	611,000	76
5	Fabian Niederreiter	Germany	552,000	69
6	Levon Kesaplyan	Armenia	541,000	68
7	Jon Ander Martinez	Spain	535,000	67
8	Nicola Karl	Germany	482,000	60
9	Tomas Saltonas	Lithuania	470,000	59
10	Jacek Skiscim	Poland	456,000	57

Other big stacks include Candido Cappiello (431,000) and Pablo Silva (335,000), as well as David Docherty. The PokerStars UKIPT Player of the year will be back on Day 2 with 305,000 chips and will be looking to win a third title in 2023.
He will have to fight hard as players like Tomas Patka (230,000), who already finished second of an Eureka Main Event and third of an FPS this year, Alessandro Pichierri (207,000) and Daniel Koloszar (141,000) will be in his way on Day 2, with more or less of an average stack.

French PokerStars commentator Benjamin "Benny" Bruneteaux (101,000) will also be back on Day 2, with a single 1,000 chip more than George Chiriac (100,000). Walter Treccarichi bagged almost half this stack (65,000), but still has a lot compared to Matthias Kribben and his... 5,000 chips!

While Kribben did manage to reach the money, it was not the case for Marle Spragg, Benjamin Spragg, Antoine Saout, William Kassouf, Niall Farrell, Aliaksandr Shylko, Julien Brecard, Vivian Saliba, Jules Dickerson, Simon Wiciak and more than 1,000 other players that took a shot at Day 1e.

For the other 227 survivors of this flight, Day 2 will kick off tomorrow Saturday, December 9 at noon local time. The payouts will be announced at the beginning of the day.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as reporters follow the event through the starting flights and all the way down to a winner.

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