€2,200 Eureka High Roller Dia 1a | 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

€2,200 Eureka High Roller

Dia 1a Terminado

2022-12-12 05:30 UTC+2

Alessandro Manfredini Leads 159 Returning Players From Day 1a of the €2,200 Eureka High Roller

MattHansen

Nível 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Another record-setting day has come to an end at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague and Italy’s Alessandro Manfredini leads 159 returning players from Day 1a of the €2,200 Eureka High Roller.

The field of 1,534 entries surpassed the previous record of 1,149, set earlier this year at the EPT stop right here at Hilton Prague. Today’s two opening flights generated a prize pool of €2,945,280, and the remaining 159 players from Day 1a players will join the 71 survivors from Day 1b on Monday at 1:00 p.m. local time for their shot at the top prize.

Manfredini is followed at the top of the leaderboard by Valentin-Marius Cristea, who bagged 701,000 to secure the second-place spot. Close behind is Kubanychbek Abakirov with 684,000, while Kasparas Klezys and Tom Orpaz round out the top five with 678,000 and 625,000, respectively.

€2,200 Eureka High Roller Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Chips	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Alessandro Manfredini	Italy	806,000	101
2	Valentin-Marius Cristea	Romania	701,000	88
3	Kubanychbek Abakirov	Kyrgyzstan	684,000	86
4	Kasparas Klezys	Lithuania	678,000	85
5	Tom Orpaz	Israel	625,000	78
6	Braz Borges	Portugal	620,000	78
7	Victor Vozian	Romania	601,000	75
8	Nuri Hadioglu	Turkey	534,000	67
9	Thomas Channell	United Kingdom	487,000	61
10	Demus Patrik	Hungary	480,000	60

PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot will return on Monday for Day 2

Day 1a Action

The day kicked off with 225 entries and PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg chipped up early when he picked up a full house to bust his opponent’s queens on the very first hand of his day. It didn’t last long, however, and Spragg bowed out later in the afternoon after he couldn’t recover from taking an early hit to his stack.

Defending champion Jose Manuel Gonzalez also jumped in to try to follow up his March performance when he earned the top prize of €343,750. Gonzalez failed to find a bag for Day 2, along with Jason Wheeler, who made a run but bowed out just before the stone bubble.

Other notables that couldn’t survive the record-breaking opening flight include Paul Newey, Harry Lodge, Simon Lofberg, Fabio Peluso, Emil Bise, Juha Helppi, and Julien Sitbon, who jumped into Day 1b after his pocket sevens ran into the pocket aces of Abakirov.

The list of players that survived to see Day 2 includes Alexandre Reard, Simeon Naydenov, Dominik Panka, Stefan Lehner, Motoyoshi Okamura, and PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot, who took sixth in the EPT Prague Main Event back in 2018. Talbot will return with 83,000 and a chance to make a run at his first EPT trophy.

What's Next?

Day 2 kicks off on Monday at 1 p.m. local time with 17:36 left in Level 18 and blinds at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante. Action is expected to continue on Day 2 until a winner is declared.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates throughout Monday’s Day 2 finale and the rest of the European Poker Tour stop at Hilton Prague.

Tags: Alessandro Manfredini Alexandre Reard Braz Borges Demus Patrik Dominik Panka Emil Bise Fabio Peluso Harry Lodge Jason Wheeler Jose Manuel Gonzalez Juha Helppi Julien Sitbon Kasparas Klezys Kubanychbek Abakirov Motoyoshi Okamura Nuri Hadioglu Parker Talbot Paul Newey Simeon Naydenov Simon Lofberg Stefan Lehner Thomas Channell Tom Orpaz Valentin-Marius Cristea Victor Vozian

2022-12-12 04:59 UTC+2

Day 2 Seat Draw (By Table)

MattHansen

Nível 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Chips	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	1	Jose Gonzalez Sanchez	259,000	32
1	2	Nusret Atmaca	54,000	7
1	3	Erkan Sonmez	202,000	25
1	4	David Farkas	139,000	17
1	5	Rafal Nikiel	356,000	45
1	6	Alessandro Manfredini	806,000	101
1	7	Laurent Chenet	57,000	7
1	8	Andrea Binotto	156,000	20
1	9	Hugues Mazerolle	215,000	27

2	1	Vlada Stojanovic	104,000	13
2	2	Aleksandar Tomovic	42,000	5
2	3	Dimitrios Leventis	95,000	12
2	4	Andrea Roner	53,000	7
2	5	Valentin-Marius Cristea	701,000	88
2	6	Jason Tompkins	42,000	5
2	7	Kai Herold	85,000	11
2	8	[Removed:421]	80,000	10
2	9	Carsten Girst	68,000	9

3	1	Miklos Banyasz	109,000	14
3	2	Humberto Lopes Galindo	241,000	30
3	3	Julian Herold	235,000	29
3	4	Marius Gicovanu	124,000	16
3	5	Pedro Marques	316,000	40
3	6	Luigi D'Alterio	140,000	18
3	7	Vincas Tamasauskas	265,000	33
3	8	Phong Pham	91,000	11
3	9	David Elyashar	227,000	28

4	1	Sander Ostlyngen	388,000	49
4	2	Omer Segal	176,000	22
4	3	Alexander Ivarsson	119,000	15
4	4	Jan Bednar	48,000	6
4	5	Benjamin Souriau	86,000	11
4	6	Andrew Hulme	284,000	36
4	7	Jordan Saccucci	34,000	4
4	8	Tibor Benko	266,000	33
4	9	Omar Lakhdari	90,000	11

5	1	Peter Bosen	61,000	8
5	2	Tobias Fischer	78,000	10
5	3	Jyrki Lampinen	17,000	2
5	4	Paul-Adrian Covaciu	236,000	30
5	5	Gilles Simon	67,000	8
5	6	Silvio Giuliano	70,000	9
5	7	Chrysi Phiniotis	64,000	8
5	8	Nacim Amakrane	335,000	42
5	9	Zak Lawson	10,000	1

6	1	Christian Dalder	270,000	34
6	2	Terje Bremseth	93,000	12
6	3	Thomas Channell	487,000	61
6	4	Guillaume Lefebvre	139,000	17
6	5	Elias Abussamra	179,000	22
6	6	Dawid Smolka	159,000	20
6	7	Elvis Petcu	130,000	16
6	8	Demus Patrik	480,000	60
6	9	Rui Bouquet	197,000	25

7	1	Guido Pieraccini	110,000	14
7	2	Georgi Sandev	246,000	31
7	3	Maher Nouira	171,000	21
7	4	Victor Vozian	601,000	75
7	5	Amir Etemad	77,000	10
7	6	Parker Talbot	83,000	10
7	7	Jon Kyte	38,000	5
7	8	Lukasz Tomecki	73,000	9
7	9	Ivan Zhechev	70,000	9

8	1	Tamas Konya	388,000	49
8	2	Giovani Gouveia	71,000	9
8	3	Thomas Pedersen	67,000	8
8	4	Marcin Poczylowski	267,000	33
8	5	[Removed:428]	257,000	32
8	6	Marco Leonzio	98,000	12
8	7	Dinesh Alt	144,000	18
8	8	Alessandro Orsi	307,000	38
8	9	Phachara Wongwichit	230,000	29

9	1	Motoyoshi Okamura	39,000	5
9	2	Vedat Coknez	72,000	9
9	3	Yassine El Ouahdani	32,000	4
9	4	Nuri Hadioglu	534,000	67
9	5	Benjamin Kammer	189,000	24
9	6	Oleksandra Shenderei	65,000	8
9	7	Alessandro Giordano	111,000	14
9	8	Nichita Verbitchii	189,000	24
9	9	Dominik Desset	35,000	4

10	1	Roberto Manfredi	268,000	34
10	2	Manoe Betrix	111,000	14
10	3	Mikolaj Zawadzki	37,000	5
10	4	Petr Kubenka	379,000	47
10	5	Roman Pavliuk	25,000	3
10	6	Marc Chazal	66,000	8
10	7	Imed Mahmoud	110,000	14
10	8	Tibor Nagygyorgy	528,000	66
10	9	Miroslav Alilovic	329,000	41

11	1	Alin Grasu	71,000	9
11	2	Adi Rajkovic	249,000	31
11	3	Pierre Calamusa	117,000	15
11	4	Yannick Gautschi	55,000	7
11	5	Stefan Lehner	108,000	14
11	6	Fahredin Mustafov	256,000	32
11	7	Braz Borges	620,000	78
11	8	Joao Marques da Silva	210,000	26
11	9	Alexandre Reard	390,000	49

12	1	Levente Pal	179,000	22
12	2	Alessio Isaia	425,000	53
12	3	Nozomu Shimizu	133,000	17
12	4	Marek Blasko	218,000	27
12	5	Nicola D'Anselmo	420,000	53
12	6	Sokratis Linares	315,000	39
12	7	Andre Mayer	70,000	9
12	8	Andrei Stoenescu	124,000	16
12	9	Marcin Kreft	125,000	16

13	1	Jonas Degen	289,000	36
13	2	Adrian Strobel	174,000	22
13	3	Sal Al Fakih	75,000	9
13	4	Marco Regonaschi	148,000	19
13	5	Mosijn El Yakoubi	341,000	43
13	6	Nicolas Vayssieres	385,000	48
13	7	Dimitri Huley	77,000	10
13	8	Kasparas Klezys	678,000	85
13	9	Ilan Buskila	59,000	7

14	1	Luca Beretta	299,000	37
14	2	Claudio Baldini	105,000	13
14	3	Robert Kokoska	201,000	25
14	4	Youngshin Im	40,000	5
14	5	Espen Oeye	121,000	15
14	6	Tom Orpaz	625,000	78
14	7	Simon Higgins	527,000	66
14	8	Jorge Ufano Pardo	330,000	41
14	9	Mateusz Szymanski	46,000	6

15	1	Amir Mozaffarian	453,000	57
15	2	Tauan de Oliveira	152,000	19
15	3	Vlastimil Stastny	103,000	13
15	4	Felix Neubauer	73,000	9
15	5	Halim Kara	41,000	5
15	6	David Hu	167,000	21
15	7	Jean Gianotti	272,000	34
15	8	Ermanno Di Nicola	178,000	22
15	9	Janos Kuertoesi	385,000	48

16	1	James Akenhead	126,000	16
16	2	Attila Zab	234,000	29
16	3	Pavlos Xanthopoulos	86,000	11
16	4	Tobias Peters	418,000	52
16	5	Sita Divari	107,000	13
16	6	Paolo Boi	152,000	19
16	7	Kristian Kostiander	393,000	49
16	8	Michael Bernstein	139,000	17
16	9	Bleron Maliqi	369,000	46

17	1	Yevgeneiy Golenko	284,000	36
17	2	Kemal Aslan	102,000	13
17	3	Petar Kalev	279,000	35
17	4	Peter Tordai	50,000	6
17	5	Edolo Ghirelli	315,000	39
17	6	Viktor Wessman	132,000	17
17	7	Aurelien Russo	413,000	52
17	8	Woojong Ha	236,000	30
17	9	Junhyoung Ki	80,000	10

18	1	Gregory Teboul	114,000	14
18	2	Tal Hart	71,000	9
18	3	Hannes Jeschka	120,000	15
18	4	Jon Ander Martinez	199,000	25
18	5	Franco Polidori	42,000	5
18	6	Lukasz Golczyk	89,000	11
18	7	Ranno Sootla	682,000	85
18	8	Simeon Naydenov	245,000	31
18	9	Chuc Hoang	116,000	15

19	1	Conor Beresford	547,000	68
19	2	Tomas Kolarik	253,000	32
19	3	Jiri Noga	48,000	6
19	4	Michel Leibgorin	95,000	12
19	5	Dorian Melchers	78,000	10
19	6	Agatino Spitaleri	173,000	22
19	7	Ambrose Ng	112,000	14
19	8	Henok Tekle	263,000	33
19	9	Ion Tabacaru	216,000	27

20	1	Ilie Smintanca-Januszewski	112,000	14
20	2	Viliyan Petleshkov	335,000	42
20	3	Guillaume Diaz	439,000	55
20	4	Cagdas Ersoy	61,000	8
20	5	Antonio Romeo	201,000	25
20	6	Francois Billard	355,000	44
20	7	Jabulane Sekano	89,000	11
20	8	Fatih Aydin	407,000	51
20	9	Duman Vural	87,000	11

21	1	Giovanni Nava	106,000	13
21	2	Colm Chan	132,000	17
21	3	Tibor Szenasi	67,000	8
21	4	Stanislav Koleno	121,000	15
21	5	Mikko Ylamaki	235,000	29
21	6	Mateusz Sikora	189,000	24
21	7	Hrayr Grigoryan	72,000	9
21	8	Grzegorz Kozieja	105,000	13
21	9	Nenad Dukic	320,000	40

22	1	Walter Treccarichi	194,000	24
22	2	Frederic Delval	124,000	16
22	3	Matias Knaapinen	98,000	12
22	4	Dennis Lau	159,000	20
22	5	Thor Morstøl	88,000	11
22	6	Jaeseong Kim	497,000	62
22	7	Maksim Shornikau	245,000	31
22	8	Chung Tran	27,000	3
22	9	Michel Molenaar	233,000	29

23	1	Jyri Merivirta	322,000	40
23	2	Dominik Panka	200,000	25
23	3	Daniel Birkmose	33,000	4
23	4	Alexander Norden	428,000	54
23	5	Alexandre Duraes Costa	219,000	27
23	6	Emrah Yildiz	101,000	13
23	7	Christophe Malaurie	36,000	5
23	8	Lars Garp	206,000	26

24	1	Julien Martini	317,000	40
24	2	Max Gruvaeus	253,000	32
24	3	Dan Borlan	371,000	46
24	4	Alexander Vuckovic	187,000	23
24	6	Mehdi Chaoui	77,000	10
24	7	Yoshihito Shijima	276,000	35
24	8	Kubanychbek Abakirov	684,000	86
24	9	David Dahan	204,000	26

25	1	Christophe Panetti	35,000	4
25	2	Bruno Fitoussi	436,000	55
25	4	Ruslan Volkov	440,000	55
25	5	Natan Chauskin	225,000	28
25	6	Tommy Beuker	152,000	19
25	7	Valeriano Toledano	251,000	31
25	8	Ihar Soika	55,000	7
25	9	Stefan Huber	196,000	25

26	1	Renato Ribeiro	88,000	11
26	2	Fabrice Bigot	100,000	13
26	3	Sonny Franco	330,000	41
26	4	Richard Harris	42,000	5
26	5	Wooram Cho	44,000	6
26	6	Giovanni Bellini	329,000	41
26	7	Chung Cheung	278,000	35
26	9	Clement Bonnant	85,000	11

2022-12-12 04:48 UTC+2

Day 1a Chip Counts (Completo)

MattHansen

Nível 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Alessandro Manfredini	806,000
Valentin-Marius Cristea	701,000	201,000
Kubanychbek Abakirov	684,000	127,000
Kasparas Klezys	678,000
Tom Orpaz	625,000	279,000
Braz Borges	620,000
Victor Vozian	601,000
Nuri Hadioglu	534,000	429,000
Thomas Channell	487,000	-8,000
Demus Patrik	480,000
Amir Mozaffarian	453,000
Bruno Fitoussi	436,000	158,000
Alexander Norden	428,000
Alessio Isaia	425,000	35,000
Nicola D'Anselmo	420,000	80,000
Tobias Peters	418,000
Fatih Aydin	407,000
Alexandre Reard	390,000	230,000
Tamas Konya	388,000	318,000
Janos Kuertoesi	385,000	-165,000
Nicolas Vayssieres	385,000
Petr Kubenka	379,000
Dan Borlan	371,000	-9,000
Rafal Nikiel	356,000	243,000
Francois Billard	355,000

Leia tudo

2022-12-12 04:13 UTC+2

Borlan Busts Kamatakis to End the Night

MattHansen

Nível 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Iliodoros Kamatakis shoved his last 160,000 from the small blind and Dan Borlan looked him up from the big blind in the next seat over.

Iliodoros Kamatakis:
Dan Borlan:

The board ran out and Borlan's nines held to eliminate Kamatakis and end the night with 159 players remaining.

Day 1a comes to an end with 17:36 left in Level 18 and blinds at 4,000/8,000/8,000. Stay tuned for chip counts, seat draw, and a full recap from the PokerNews team.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dan Borlan	380,000	380,000
Iliodoros Kamatakis	Eliminado

Tags: Dan Borlan Iliodoros Kamatakis

2022-12-12 03:50 UTC+2

Wheeler Bows Out

MattHansen

Nível 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jason Wheeler was all in for 68,000 and Nichita Verbitchii put him at risk from the next seat over.

Jason Wheeler:
Nichita Verbitchii:

The board ran out and Verbitchii held on with queens to knock Wheeler out of the tournament.

There are now 160 players left and the flight is on the stone bubble.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nichita Verbitchii	162,000
Jason Wheeler	Eliminado

Tags: Nichita Verbitchii Jason Wheeler

2022-12-12 03:50 UTC+2

Orpaz Wins Biggest Hand of the Night on the Bubble

MattHansen

Nível 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The PokerNews team was called over to hear the details of one of the biggest hands of the night.

A player to the right of Orpaz folded while exposing when faced with a 16,000 bet before Orpaz made it 40,000. His opponent raised to 105,000 and Orpaz called to see a flop.

The flop was and Orpaz called a 50,000 bet to see on the turn.

Both players checked the turn and the river was . Orpaz went deep into the tank when his opponent shoved 235,000.

After several moments of thought, Orpaz called and turned over for tens and fives. His opponent turned over and Orpaz took the huge pot with a hero call.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Tom Orpaz	625,000	279,000

Tags: Tom Orpaz

2022-12-12 03:43 UTC+2

Bellini Surrenders Another Double

MattHansen

Nível 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Natan Chauskin was committed for exactly 100,000 and Giovanni Bellini had his cards turned up to make another attempt at a knockout.

Natan Chauskin:
Giovanni Bellini:

The board ran out and Chauskin held on with ace-jack to secure the double.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Giovanni Bellini	309,000	-106,000
Natan Chauskin	225,000

Tags: Giovanni Bellini Natan Chauskin

Nível: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

2022-12-12 03:30 UTC+2

Naves Survives With Late Double

MattHansen

Nível 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Giovanni Bellini was in late position and he had the chips out to put Tauan De Oliveira Naves at risk for 44,000. Naves called and the cards were turned up.

Tauan De Oliveira Naves:
Giovanni Bellini:

The board ran out and Naves secured the double in hand-for-hand play. There are still 161 players remaining.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Giovanni Bellini	415,000
Tauan De Oliveira Naves	100,000

Tags: Giovanni Bellini Tauan De Oliveira Naves