Only 16 players out of 1,190 entries remain for the penultimate day of the 2021 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 Main Event and will battle for the biggest slice of the €5,771,500 prize pool. Two former winners have the chance to become the third two-time champion of the live poker circuit in the King's Casino at the Hilton Hotel in Prague.
All eyes on Day 5 will be set on Teun Mulder, who holds a commanding lead over his final 15 opponents. The Dutchman has 8,195,000 in chips at his disposal, which is more than two times the stack of Symeon Alexandridis (4,065,000) in second place. There is another seizable gap to Andrea Cortellazzi in third place as the Italian leads a pack of closely bunched together hopefuls with 2,775,000 in chips.
Also in contention are two former EPT champions as well. The 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure winner Dimitar Danchev will return with 1,730,000 in chips while Hossein Ensan is the second-shortest stack with 565,000. Both have the chance to become the third two-time champion and Ensan would be the first one to repeat the victory at the very same venue after he earned his maiden title in Prague back in 2015. To make the track record of the German even more impressive, he has another two Main Event final table appearances to his name and won the 2019 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas.
South Korea's Gab Yong Kim is also among the final 16 contenders and will aim to better his finish of the last EPT live poker festival in Prague. More than two years ago in December 2019, Kim bowed out in 9th place for €74,770. He will return for Day 5 with 1,295,000 in chips, which puts him in 12th place.
The action is set to resume at noon local time with 78:16 minutes left in level 26 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000. Day 5 is slated to play down to the final six players for tomorrow's final showdown.
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Main Event Day 5 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
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| 1 | 1 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | 8,195,000 | 164 |
| 1 | 2 | Manuel Labous | France | 2,175,000 | 44 |
| 1 | 3 | Grzegorz Glowny | Poland | 2,260,000 | 45 |
| 1 | 4 | George Chiriac | Romania | 2,270,000 | 45 |
| 1 | 5 | Valentino Konakchiev | Bulgaria | 2,450,000 | 49 |
| 1 | 6 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 565,000 | 11 |
| 1 | 7 | Mario Navarro | Spain | 435,000 | 9 |
| 1 | 8 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 1,730,000 | 35 |
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| 2 | 1 | Alexandre Amiel | France | 1,425,000 | 29 |
| 2 | 2 | Leonardo Romeo | Italy | 945,000 | 19 |
| 2 | 3 | Justin Steinbrenner | Germany | 2,350,000 | 47 |
| 2 | 4 | Symeon Alexandridis | Greece | 4,065,000 | 81 |
| 2 | 5 | Armin Rezaei | Austria | 735,000 | 15 |
| 2 | 6 | Gab Yong Kim | South Korea | 1,295,000 | 26 |
| 2 | 7 | Demetrio Caminita | Italy | 2,125,000 | 43 |
| 2 | 8 | Andrea Cortellazzi | Italy | 2,775,000 | 56 |
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Andrea CortellazziDimitar DanchevGab Yong KimHossein EnsanSymeon AlexandridisTeun Mulder
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