Will there be Another Record at the EPT Prague?
The first starting day of the €5,000 + €300 EPT Prague Main Event attracted a total of 342 entries and 201 players would bag up chips to advance to Day 2 of the PokerStars flagship event. With the record being set at 1,007 entries from last year, at least another 666 would be needed to set another record at the incredibly busy EPT Prague Poker Festival. Eight levels of 75 minutes each will be played with a 20 minute break every two levels, at the end of level six there is a 75-minute dinner break. Last night, Dmitry Ponomarev bagged up 158,900 chips for the overall lead.
Among the pre-registered players for Day 1b are Gerald Karlic, Vasili Firsau, Martin Mulsow, World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Nikolaus Teichert, Joseph Cheong, Sam Cohen and the Team PokerStars Pros Vanessa Selbst and Jan Heitmann. Many other well known Pros are expected to join the action today after getting involved in the Side Events yesterday such as Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov, Shyam Srinivasan, Jason Wheeler and Benjamin Pollak who all made a deep run in the €2,000 Eureka High Roller.
All EPT and Eureka players and media are also invited for the exclusive players party in Hilton Prague’s spectacular Cloud 9 skybar. Everyone will get two drinks vouchers for wine, beer or mixed drinks. The party starts at 9pm and will run until the bar closes at 2am.