Anton Suarez opened to 1,200,000 from early position and Elias Suhonen three-bet to 3,200,000 from the cutoff. Suarez called.
Suarez checked on the flop of and Suhonen bet 1,500,000. Suarez called. Suarez then led out for 2,500,000 on the turn and Suhonen called.
The board only got more connected on the river and both players checked. Suarez tabled for turned trips to win the pot.
Not long after, Suarez completed in the small blind and Jack Sinclair bumped it up from the big blind. Suarez called.
Suarez checked on the flop of and Sinclair bet 1,600,000. Suarez called. Suarez checked again on the turn and Sinclair sized up to 7,000,000. Suarez again called.
Suarez checked a third time on the river and Sinclair moved all in, which was met by a snap-call from his opponent. Sinclair tabled a stone bluff with and Suarez showed for a straight and his rail erupted in celebration as their boy took the chip lead.
"What did I miss?" Silius Moll said as he returned to his seat.
Jack Sinclair was out of position in a heads-up pot against Pieter Theelen on a flop of .
Sinclair bet 1,500,000 on the flop and Theelen called. Sinclair then bet 4,000,000 on the turn and Theelen again called.
The on the river completed the board and Sinclair moved all in, putting Sinclair to the test as he considered calling off with his final 12,000,000 or so. The Dutchman went deep into the tank for over five minutes and stood up from his chair as he studied Sinclair and the board.
"You trying to win it right now?" Theelen asked. "Such a good spot for you."
Eventually, Theelen laid it down. Sinclair gave a sly grin but did not show.
Waldemar Starostin looked down at his cards from under the gun and flicked in some chips to announce he was all-in. The action folded to Pieter Theelen on the button who asked how much he has behind. The dealer confirmed Starostin had 4,6250,000 behind. Theelen three-bet jammed for more for the blinds to quickly get out of their way,
Waldemar Starostin:
Pieter Theelen:
The board ran out for Starostin to flop a pair of jacks but no further help came for him to bust in eighth place.
Anton Suarez opened to 1,000,000 from under the gun and Marko Martinkovic three-bet jammed a stack of 4,650,000 from the next seat. Suarez called with a bigger stack when the action got around.
Marko Martinkovic:
Anton Suarez:
Martinkovic was pipped and received no help from the runout of to go out in ninth place in the first hand of the day.
The €1,100 Eureka Main Event at the 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague has reached a final table of nine that will play out today at noon local time, and leading the way it Britain's Jack Sinclair with a stack of 29,625,000 good for 74 big blinds.
Sinclair has been on an EPT tear this year that saw him finishing second in the EPT Barcelona €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event for €377,120 in August and second in the EPT London £5,300 Main Event just a month later for £414,650. The 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event champ with $5.2 million in live earnings now looks for a first-place finish as he enters the unofficial nine-handed final table with the chip lead.
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Leonardo Romeo
Italy
22,000,000
55
2
Pieter Theelen
Netherlands
14,000,000
35
3
Silius Moll
Norway
11,550,000
29
4
Anton Suarez
Sweden
10,400,000
26
5
Marko Martinkovic
Croatia
4,650,000
12
6
Waldemar Starostin
Germany
4,625,000
12
7
Jack Sinclair
England
29,625,000
74
8
Quentin Guivarch
France
8,775,000
22
9
Elias Suhonen
Finland
14,775,000
37
But Sinclair will have to get through a field of talented European opponents, including Finland's Elias Suhonen (14,775,000), Austria's Pieter Theelen and Italy's Leonardo Romeo, who was the face of perseverance on Day 3 as he suffered both one and two-outers late in the evening but managed to bounce back to second in chips with a stack of 22,000,000. We will see if Romeo can find his Juliet today.
Fifth-place EPT London Main Event finisher Danut Chisu was looking to join Sinclair at another final table but the Romanian filmmaker fell in 17th place late in the day ahead of the two-table redraw when his king-ten couldn't get ahead of the ace-three of Thielen.
Day 4 action will pick back up on Level 35 with blinds of 200,000/400,000/400,000 and levels lasting 60 minutes in duration. The event is scheduled to play down to a winner, who will take home the trophy and the top prize of €496,760. Each player returning today is guaranteed a minimum cash of €45,390, which is the prize for ninth place.
Stay tuned as PokerNews will continue covering the €1,100 Eureka Main Event as a winner is crowned her at the luxurious Prague Hilton venue. Check out the EPT Prague live reporting hub in the meantime.