2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

�1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
€511,710
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€4,226,880
Entries
4,403
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
122
Players Left
18

Ondrej Goetz Leads Flight as 18 Players Bag for Day 2

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Ender Lacin
Ender Lacin

Day 1b of the �1,100 Eureka Main Event, running as part of the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour at the Hilton Prague, has now reached its conclusion. A total of 122 entries were made to the flight. After 16 levels of play, 18 made it through to Day 2 and into the money.

Czech player Ondrej Goetz bagged in first place with 514,000 chips, which puts him third overall when Day 1a stacks are considered. Goetz's biggest live poker result so far was a sixth place finish in the 2015 EPT Barcelona Estrellas High Roller, worth �67,120. He's also had a number of impressive wins in local events, with plenty of five figure first and second place finishes to his name.

Ender Lacin of Turkey finished the flight in second place. He bagged with 427,000 at the end of the night. In third was Nikolai Ogoltsov, who will return for Day 2 with 361,000.

Top Ten Day 1b Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count
1Ondrej GoetzCzechia514,000
2Ender LacinTurkey427,000
3Nikolai OgoltsovCzechia361,000
4Marius IrimiaRomania265,000
5Bartlomiej BasiagaPoland248,000
6Konstantin FarberGermany220,000
7Eduardo PereiraPortugal217,000
8Fehim HajdariDenmark206,000
9Aleksandar BatovacGermany192,000
10Samuel FournierFrance156,000

Notable players who fired at least one bullet in Day 1d, but who didn't manage to make it through, include Fintan Hand (out in 25th), Simon Higgins (32nd), Benjamin Spragg (47th) and Elias Gutierrez Hernandez (49th). With four more flights to come, players will have plenty more opportunities to bag a stack.

The Eureka Main Event continues with Day 1c, which commences Thursday at 12 p.m. local time. Day 1d, another turbo flight, also runs tomorrow at 7 p.m. local time.

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

Tags: Aleksandar BatovacBenjamin SpraggEduardo PereiraElias Gutierrez HernandezEnder LacinFehim HajdariFintan HandKonstantin FarberMarius IrimiaNikolai OgoltsovOndrej GoertzOndrej GoetzSamuel FournierSimon Higgins