€1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day 1f Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
€1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day: 1f
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1f
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€4,542,720
Entries
4,732
Level
43
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
2,500,000
Entries
839
Players Left
125
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The €1,100 Eureka Main Event’s Day 1f, the final starting flight of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour at the Hilton Prague, has officially wrapped up. This turbo flight attracted 839 entries, a considerable increase compared to the 543 from yesterday’s Day 1d. By the end of 20 levels of play, 125 players secured a bag at the end of play, locking up their spot in Day 2 and guaranteeing themselves a min-cash.
The full field for the tournament now totals 4,732 entries, setting a new record high prize pool of €4,542,720, with 709 players returning for Saturday’s Day 2 restart.
Vidar Oie bagged the top stack of the day, finishing the night with an impressive 760,000 chips.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vidar Oie | Norway | 760,000 | 127 |
| 2 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 644,000 | 107 |
| 3 | Ewen Trevidy | France | 636,000 | 106 |
| 4 | Alexandros Papadopoulos | Greece | 604,000 | 101 |
| 5 | Ryan Plant | United Kingdom | 550,000 | 92 |
| 6 | Christian Pedersen | Denmark | 513,000 | 86 |
| 7 | Pavel Binar | Czech Republic | 440,000 | 73 |
| 8 | Matthias Auer | Austria | 425,000 | 71 |
| 9 | Mateusz Dabkowski | Poland | 418,000 | 70 |
| 10 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 415,000 | 69 |
Martin Kabrhel was undoubtedly the voice of the room, managing to bag the second biggest stack of the day. Kabrhel, along with other notables such as Jack Sinclair (415,000), Juha Helppi (220,000), Steve O'Dwyer (158,000) and others, will return tomorrow for their chance to advance to Day 3 and ultimately claim the trophy.
On the other hand, Niklas Astedt was one of the notables who didn’t make it to Day 2. Astedt failed to hit the river in a hand against Matthias Auer and didn’t manage to survive. Others who fell short of making it to Day 2 include Barny Boatman, and Felix Schneiders.
Jerry Odeen claimed the overall chip lead after reporting 841,000 at the end of Day 1e.
Day 2 starts on Saturday, December 7, at 11 a.m. The blinds will be 3,000/6,000 for the first 21 minutes of play. Subsequent levels will be extended to 60 minutes each.
The PokerNews live reporting team will return tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event here at EPT Prague, so stay tuned.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
||
|
644,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
||
|
636,000
636,000
|
636,000 |
|
604,000
424,000
|
424,000 |
|
550,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
513,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
440,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
425,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
418,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
415,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
411,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
400,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
394,400
394,400
|
394,400 |
|
394,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
393,000
393,000
|
393,000 |
|
377,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
361,000
361,000
|
361,000 |
|
349,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
347,000
347,000
|
347,000 |
|
338,000
260,100
|
260,100 |
|
330,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
320,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
320,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
318,000
128,000
|
128,000 |
|
306,000
306,000
|
306,000 |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Day 1f is complete and the players are bagging up their chips.
Stay tuned for a recap of the day's action.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Hand One:
There were two all-ins on the bubble. One of them came from George Chiriac, who moved all in from the button and was called by Kevin Hasler in the big blind.
George Chiriac: Q♠8♠ 
Kevin Hasler: J♥10♠
The dealer put out a board of 5♦10♥A♠10x5x giving Hasler a full house and busting Chiriac.
Hand Two:
Christian Pedersen raised from early position. The action folded to Michail Manolakis in the small blind who did not see that Pedersen had raised. Manolakis covered the big blind by some margin and elected to move all in, thinking he was pressuring just one player on the bubble. The big blind folded and Pedersen snap-called.
Michail Manolakis: K♣2♠
Christian Pedersen: K♥K♠
Manolakis' misclick had run into kings. The board ran out 5♠3♥J♦2♣6♠; Pedersen's kings held to eliminate Manolakis.
With these two eliminations, all remaining players were in the money and advancing to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
With two more eliminations needed before the end of play for Day 1f, play is now hand-for-hand.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel opened from the hijack to 24,000 with only Ryan Plant calling out of the small blind.
After Plant checked the Q♥Q♦9♠ flop, Kabrhel bet 16,000 and Plant swiftly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
580,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Abdelhakim Zoufri opened to 20,000 from early position with Espen Nikolaisen making the call from middle position. Babak Nasrollahzadeh called for his last 18,000 from the hijack and Neo Lind defended out of the big blind.
With Nasrollahzadeh all in, the dealer fanned out a flop of 3♣4♠2♥. The action checked to Nikolaisen and he bet 27,000. Lind and Zoufri folded and the cards were flipped over.
Babak Nasrollahzadeh: 5♠5♥
Espen Nikolaisen: 4♥4♣
Nikolaisen was ahead with a flopped set of fours but had to fade Nasrollahzadeh's straight and set outs to move everyone closer to Day 2. The Q♣ turn and 7♠ river didn't help Nasrollahzadeh, and he was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
315,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
215,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
100,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Kamal Jbirane raised to 22,000 from early positon, Martin Nielsen moved all in for 173,000, from the cutoff, and Butuc Gheorghe, on the button, called off the bet for his effective stack of 29,000.
The action was back on Jbirane, who went deep into the tank and thought for several minutes. The clock being called prompted Jbirane to fold.
Butuc Gheorghe: A♥10♣
Martin Nielsen: A♦9♦
Gheorghe had Nielsen dominated, but the 5♠5♦Q♠ flop brought some chop opportunities. The 7♠ turn changed nothing, but the 5♣ river saw each player's kicker negated, denying Gheorghe his double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
183,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
