€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 5 Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€7,071,300
Entries
1,458
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
16
Players Left
6
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The Christmas wish for all 1,458 entries in the record-breaking 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 Main Event was to earn their seat on the final table. Now, that wish is in touching distance for the 16 players who return on Day 5, each vying to get their hands on the prestigious EPT trophy and life-changing €1,146,500 top prize.
Romania’s Paul Runcan leads the charge when play resumes at noon local time inside the luxurious Hilton Prague. Runcan bagged a stack of 5,040,000, thanks to a an immaculate Day 4 performance. He holds a narrow lead over Belarus’ Siarhei Alontsau who comes in second in chips with a stack of 4,745,000. Sweden’s Anton Bergstrom rounds out the top three with 4,570,000 chips.
Day 5 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Runcan | Romania | 5,040,000 | 101 |
| 2 | Siarhei Alontsau | Belarus | 4,745,000 | 95 |
| 3 | Anton Bergstrom | Sweden | 4,570,000 | 91 |
| 4 | Siegfried Kapeller | Austria | 4,440,000 | 89 |
| 5 | Barak Oz | Israel | 4,000,000 | 80 |
| 6 | Pedro Marques | Portugal | 3,970,000 | 79 |
| 7 | Tjenno Eskes | Netherlands | 3,160,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Danut Chisu | Romania | 2,900,000 | 58 |
| 9 | Georgios Vrakas | Greece | 1,760,000 | 35 |
| 10 | Alexander Sokolovsky | Serbia | 1,500,000 | 30 |
| 11 | Jaehyung Park | South Korea | 1,490,000 | 30 |
| 12 | Umberto Ruggeri | Italy | 1,440,000 | 29 |
| 13 | Vidar Oie | Norway | 1,305,000 | 26 |
| 14 | Joshua McSwiney | Australia | 1,280,000 | 26 |
| 15 | Sylwia Studniarz | Poland | 1,160,000 | 23 |
| 16 | Dimitrios Gkatzas | Greece | 990,000 | 20 |
Portugal’s Pedro Marques sits comfortably in sixth position with 3,970,000 chips. With over $4.7 million in live tournament earnings, Marques is no stranger to playing under the lights for enormous sums of money. His impressive resume includes a career-best score of $1,251,000, which came less than two years ago, two EPT titles, and a fifth-place finish at the EPT Barcelona Main Event in 2018. As he sets his sights on the final day, Marques is undoubtedly one to watch.
Sylwia Studniarz of Poland has the chance to make history at EPT Prague. Despite sitting near the bottom of the pack with a stack of 1,160,000, she is the last woman standing and could become only the fifth female EPT Main Event winner.
The day begins with 47 minutes remaining in Level 26 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and a big blind ante 50,000. The plan today is to thin the field down to the final six players. The 16 returning today have secured a payday of at least €47,250, but a seat at the final table will guarantee them €137,900.
2024 EPT Prague Main Event Remaining Payouts
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Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level 26
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Barak Oz made it 105,000 to go from the hijack and Siegfried Kapeller called out of the small blind.
On the 9♦5♠8♣ flop, both players checked to the 8♥ turn where Kapeller led out for a big bet of 350,00. Oz called.
A 4♣ fell on the river and again Kapeller kept with the theme of big bets and fired out 1,400,000. Oz threw in a timebank, followed by another, before he eventually laid his hand down.
"Why so much?" asked Oz.
"Big hand, big bet," replied Kapeller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,000,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
|
3,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Danut Chisu raised to 100,000 from the hijack and Paul Runcan three-bet to 350,000 from the button. After the blinds folded, Chisu called.
The two players checked a board of 10♥5♦6♠2♥9♦ all the way to river before Runcan put out a bet of 400,000. Chisu thought it over for a few moments before making the call.
Runcan turned over A♠K♠ for just ace-high, which was good for the pot as Chisu mucked an ace-high with an inferior kicker holding A♣Q♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,920,000
880,000
|
880,000 |
|
||
|
2,150,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Joshua McSwiney opened with K♥Q♥ to 100,000 from under the gun. Sylwia Studniarz called from the next position holding 6♦5♦.
The dealer fanned out a flop of 7♣A♣7♠ and McSwiney check-folded to a bet of 75,000 from Studniarz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,390,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
||
|
1,180,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Pedro Marques raised to 100,000 from the cutoff with 5♠5♥ and only Alexander Sokolovsky called on the button holding K♦Q♣.
Marques bet 110,000 with his underpair on the A♥8♥Q♦ flop and Sokolovsky called with second pair.
The 9♠ hit the turn and the action checked through to see the 6♦ come on the river. Marques fired a bet of 375,000 and Sokolovsky let go of his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,180,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
||
|
1,390,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Level 26
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Paul Runcan raised with K♣4♣ to 100,000 from early position before Alexander Sokolovsky three-bet to 250,000 with A♠5♠ from the cutoff. When it folded back to Runcan he four-bet to put Sokolovsky all in, and Sokolovsky snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,190,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,140,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
