2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

�1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day: 1f
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 1f
Entries
855
Players Left
127

Thomas Syversen Tops Final Starting Flight of �1,100 Eureka Main Event

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Henrik Juncker
Henrik Juncker

Today, the �1,100 Eureka Main Event occupied the entire main room of the tournament area, spilling over into the side rooms of the Hilton Prague at times as the latest 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour series continued with another action-packed day.

This year��s event featured six starting flights, which generated 4,403 entries, exceeding last year's 4,017 entrants and creating a prize pool of �4,226,880. Of the combined entries, 659 players are set to return for Day 2 and will already be in the money.

Day 1f alone attracted 855 entries, and 127 players of those made it through after the fast-paced turbo structure brought play to a finish following 18 full levels.

As players bagged and tagged, Thomas Syversen of Norway emerged as the flight chip leader with 667,000. He's had some impressive finishes in the Norwegian Championship in the past, including a six figure victory and a handful of five figure scores. Still, the prizes in the Eureka Main Event are big and bold enough that Syversen will still be playing for a career best.

Not far behind him was Gheorghe Butuc, who was the only other player to breach the 600k mark in Day 1f, bagging 608,000. In third place was Maksim Shornikau with 483,000.

Eureka Main Event Day 1f Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChips
1Thomas SyversenNorway667,000
2Gheorghe ButucMoldova608,000
3Maksim ShornikauBelarus483,000
4Agostino AsconeItaly473,000
5Henrik JunckerDenmark466,000
6Grzegorz GrochulskiPoland457,000
7Raoul KanmeNetherlands429,000
8Alexander NordenSweden418,000
9Simon LauchenauerSwitzerland404,000
10Stephane AbehasseraFrance400,000
Stephane Abehassera
Stephane Abehassera

The overall chip leader heading into Day 2 is still Mengshi Tian, who bagged 889,000 chips in Day 1e and remains way out ahead of the competition.

Day 2 will kick off on Saturday, December 9th at noon local time.

Stay tuned as PokerNews follows the Eureka Main Event deeper into the money and all the way down to a winner.

Tags: Agostino AsconeAlexander NordenGheorghe ButucGrzegorz GrochulskiHenrik JunckerMaksim ShornikauMengshi TianRaoul KanmeSimon LauchenauerStephane AbehasseraThomas Syversen