Luigi D'Alterio raised to 1,300 from under the gun before Jeremy Bischof jammed in 17,800 chips from early position. The rest of the table eventually folded, and D'Alterio made the call once the action folded back to him.
Jeremy Bischof: J?J?
Luigi D'Alterio: A?K?
The K?7?6? flop saw D'Alterio hit top pair, but Bischof obtained a flush draw. However, no club or jack came in on the 5?A? runout, and D'Alterio's two pair busted Bischof.
PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas opened to 1,100 on the button and was three-bet to 5,000 by Or Nezer from the big blind. Colillas called.
Colillas called a 2,500 bet from Nezer on the K?10?4? flop and then both players checked on the 4? turn.
The 2? completed the board and Nezer put 15,000 into the middle. Colillas tanked a bit before calling all in for less and Nezer tabled A?A?. Colillas showed he called with A?Q? as he got up from his seat.
The pot had already grown to a sizable 22,000 chips when Robert Binek checked from the small blind on a board of Q?K?8?2?. Silviu Baltateanu was the only other player in the hand, and he opted to add 6,000 more chips to the pot.
Binek made the call before the 5? river was checked down. Binek showed A?Q? for a pair of queens, upon which Baltateanu responded: "Ace is good".
Supposedly playing a lesser queen, Baltateanu was left with 22,000 chips. However, he would lose them as well, as his seat was found empty not much later, signifying his elimination.
After another player raised, Inaki Gonzalez made it 1,600 to go from the cutoff. Felix Van Beuningen then four-bet to 6,000 from the small blind and only Gonzalez stuck around with a call.
The K?4?8? flop saw Van Beuningen continue for 3,500 and Gonzalez flicked in the same amount for a call. Van Beuningen then slowed down on the 6? turn and checked. Gonzalez took the opportunity to make a bet of 9,200, and this time it was Van Beuningen who put in the call.
Van Beuningen checked once more when the 5? river appeared, after which Gonzalez shoved all in, covering Van Beuningen's 11,700 remaining chips.
The German snap called and tabled A?K? for top pair, but it was no good against the 8?5? of Gonzalez, who rivered two pair. Van Beuningen shrugged his shoulders and headed towards the exit of the tournament room while was left stacking his chips.
Julien Sitbon opened to 300 from early position and was called by Priptal Singh in the small blind and Philippe Le Touche in the big blind.
Action checked to Sitbon on the K?5?2? flop and he continued for 300. Both Singh and Le Touche called.
Everyone checked on the 6? turn and then Singh checked to Le Touche on the 3? river, who bet 1,700. Sitbon responded by raising to 5,800, which got quick folds from both Singh and Le Touche.
A new day has begun at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, which means that another starting flight of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event is on the schedule at the luxurious Hilton Prague.
Two of the six starting flights have already been completed on the first day of the iconic poker festival, seeing 426 entries across Day 1a and Day 1b. As all flights play down until the money has been reached, 63 players secured their bags for Day 2 already, with Mircea Flutur from Romania amassing the chip lead. He ended up with a whopping 772,000 chips on Day 1a, which was good for 154 big blinds when play concluded. Flutur is head and shoulders above his nearest competitors so far, as France’s Christian Ly sits in second place with 571,000 chips.
Hometown hero Ondrej Goetz had the most chips in his possession when the slightly faster-paced Day 1b reached its conclusion, bagging 514,000 chips to start Day 2 with, which happens on Saturday, December 9th. PokerStars AmbassadorsParker Talbot (194,000) and Alejandro Lococo (155,000) also found themselves with chips at the end of their starting flights.
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Mircea Flutur
Romania
772,000
154
2
Christian Ly
France
571,000
114
3
Ondrej Goetz
Czechia
514,000
103
4
Komil Khadimov
Poland
493,000
99
5
Jo?o Mestre Ferreira
Mexico
481,000
96
6
Ender Lacin
Turkey
427,000
85
7
Joonas Helin
Finland
411,000
82
8
Tomas Chmela
Slovakia
363,000
73
9
Nikolai Ogoltsov
Czechia
361,000
72
10
Alejandro Vazquez
Spain
344,000
69
Mircea Flutur
Meanwhile, Day 1c will follow the same recipe as Day 1a, meaning that every player starts with 30,000 chips in their possession. When the action kicks off at noon local time, blinds will be at 100/100 with a big blind ante of 100. Levels will be 40 minutes throughout the day, and the flight will play down to 15% of the field, at which point the money will have been reached and the remaining players can bag and tag for Day 2.
As with every starting day, the late registration is open for ten levels, after which the starting stack is worth 20 big blinds. A 75-minute dinner break is conveniently scheduled after Level 10, meaning that players can fill their bellies before making a last-minute effort on Day 1c. Each player has two entries at their disposal. If they exhaust both bullets on Day 1c, Day 1d is slated to start at 6 p.m., which follows the same structure but with 30-minute levels instead, in addition to shorter breaks.
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as another big turnout is expected, guaranteeing plenty of action, big pots, and bad beats from the beautiful capital of Czechia.
