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€5,300 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2025 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,936,400
Total Entries
1,224
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
441
Players Left
163
Players Left 1 / 1,224
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Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 2 of the 2025 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event was a busy one, with 379 players returning from one of two starting flights. They were joined by 62 players registering at the last possible moment just before Day 2 began, bringing the total field size to 1,224 and prize pool to €5,936,400. Players found out exactly what they're playing for soon after, a staggering €1,019,300 top prize.
Leading the 163 players who advanced from Day 2 is Paawan Bansal, who ended the night with 850,000. Bansal soared to the top of the counts after being on the right side of a massive kings versus queens cooler on the stone bubble, eliminating Slobodan Ruzicic in a pot worth over 400,000. Ruzicic didn't walk away empty handed, as two more players were eliminated in the same hand of hand-for-hand play, with the three bubble boys each taking home €5,565.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paawan Bansal | India | 850,000 | 170 |
| 2 | Terry Jordon | United Kingdom | 845,000 | 169 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Sarwer | Canada | 816,000 | 163 |
| 4 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 789,000 | 158 |
| 5 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 728,000 | 146 |
| 6 | Ryan Mandara | United Kingdom | 694,000 | 139 |
| 7 | Matan Krakow | Israel | 673,000 | 135 |
| 8 | Jaromir Hanel | Czechia | 654,000 | 131 |
| 9 | Ghattas Kortas | Sweden | 618,000 | 124 |
| 10 | Grzegorz Kozieja | Poland | 614,000 | 123 |
Just behind Bansal in second place is Terry Jordon, who finished with 845,000. Jordon was leading the field for most of the last two levels after first making a flush to eliminate Ben Stubberfield, before Jerry Odeen fell victim to Jordon a few hands later, getting it in with pocket eights against Jordon's pocket jacks.
Other big stacks at the end of the night include Ole Schemion (728,000), and Fahredin Mustafov (520,000). Uri Gilboa (456,000), Anton Wigg (223,000), Dimitar Danchev (215,000), Davidi Kitai (74,000), and Tomasz Brzezinski are the five remaining EPT champions still in the hunt. Other notables to advance from Day 2 include Maria Lampropulos(363,000), Quan Zhou (229,000), Enrico Camosci (154,000), and Juha Helppi (99,000).
Notable players who made it to Day 2 but fell before the money include Simone Andrian, EPT Champions Nicolas Chouity, Ognyan Dimov, Padraig O'Neill, Oliver Weis, and Jan Bendik, as well as PokerStars ambassador Sebastian Huber. 2025 EPT Monte Carlo champion Aleksandr Shevliakov managed to squeeze into the money with a short stack, but was eliminated in one of the final hands of the night.
The action resumes at noon local time tomorrow, picking up on Level 16 with the blinds at 2,000/5,000 (5,000). From there, the plan is to play five more 90-minute levels. Shot clocks will be implemented, with each player receiving six time bank cards worth 30 seconds each at the start of Day 3.
All remaining players have secured themselves an €8,350 min-cash, and will be chasing the big prizes and ultimately the trophy when they return tomorrow.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will be back following all the action and providing live updates as the EPT Prague Main Event field continues to whittle down toward a champion.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The remaining 163 players bag for Day 3.
Action will resume at noon local time on Thursday at Level 16.
Stay tuned for the final day recap, which will be posted shortly.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Bartosz Jablonski opened to 8,000 from the cutoff, Nikola Gunchev three-bet shoved to 22,000 from the button, and Jablonski called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Nikola Gunchev: K♦Q♠ 
Bartosz Jablonski: Q♥J♠
Gunchev was in great shape to double up with a dominating queen, but the 10♠2♦5♦J♥5♠ runout gave Jablonski one of his three outs to send Gunchev to the rail.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Rudolf Kosa was all in and at risk from the small blind for his last few big blinds and up against Conor O'Driscoll in the big blind.
Rudolf Kosa: A♣Q♠
Conor O'Driscoll: 9♣9♥
Kosa needed to hit to stay alive, but missed on the J♦6♦7♥10♥8♦ runout.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
On the last hand of the day, Terry Jordon raised to 8,000 in middle position, then called when Rohan Oberoi moved all in for 80,000 in the cutoff.
Rohan Oberoi: A♠Q♦
Terry Jordon: 2♠2♦
Oberoi was racing for a spot on Day 3, but Jordon's deuces remained in the lead through the J♣9♥6♦9♠ board. The river, though, brought the A♦ to give Oberoi two pair and he survived to bag up for tomorrow.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Matan Krakow raised to 8,000 in the cutoff, Eitan Cohen moved all in for 40,000 in the small blind, and Krakow called.
Eitan Cohen: 4♥4♦
Matan Krakow: 8♦8♣
Krakow had Cohen crushed going to the K♠2♠7♥ flop, while the 8♥ turn improved him to a set and left Cohen drawing dead. The river was the 10♣ and Cohen was sent to the rail.
At another table, Aleksei Vandyshev shoved for 30,000 on the button and Farbod Nazari called in the big blind.
Aleksei Vandyshev: A♠K♣
Farbod Nazari: 6♥6♣
Vandyshev was racing for his tournament life, but he couldn't connect with the 5♥10♣7♣5♠8♠ board and joined Cohen at the payout desk.
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Roman Stoica was all-in preflop from early position for 108,000, and up against the covering stack of Fabian Wolf who was under the gun.
Roman Stoica: A♠Q♦
Fabian Wolf: A♦5♦
The board ran out 10♣6♥K♦9♣9♥, keeping Stoica in front with ace-queen to double through Wolf.
