Leonardo Parmiggiani shoved for 60,000 and was called by Bart Fergiatakis on his direct left.
Leonardo Parmiggiani:
Bart Fergiatakis:
The flop was no help for the at-risk player but the turn gave him an open-ended straight draw. However, the completed the board and Parmiggiani exited the tournament late on Day 1a
Another day of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague has come to a close, with another huge field turning out for Day 1c of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event inside the fantastic Hilton Prague.
Day 1c and Day 1d saw 1,844 and 780 entries respectively to bring the overall total to 4,018, smashing the previous record of 3,155 set back in the Spring.
From Day 1c, 277 players advanced to Day 2, which takes place on Saturday, December 10 at 12 p.m. CET. Another 117 players from Day 1d also advanced to bring the Day 2 field to 603.
Those players have all locked up the min-cash of the astonishing €3,856,320 prize pool, with payouts to be determined as Day 2 gets underway.
Eureka Main Event By The Numbers
EVENT
ENTRIES
ADVANCED
PRIZE POOL
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1a
959
144
€920,640
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1b
434
65
€416,640
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1c
1844
277
€1,770,240
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1d
781
117
€748,800
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 2
603
-
€3,856,720
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 3
-
-
-
€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 4
-
-
-
Bart Fergiatakis Bags Best in Day 1c
From the 277 survivors, The Netherlands may have bowed out of the World Cup earlier on but Dutchman Bart Fergiatakis had a reason to celebrate as he bagged best in Day 1c and will return to the felt with a 908,000 chip stack. Fabian Wolf and Jorge Garcia also had a fruitful day at the poker table and will start Day 2 with 767,000 and 723,000 respectively.
Jack Sinclair
Other notable names to make it through to the next stage include Jessica Teusl (122,000), EPT London Main Event runner-up Jack Sinclair (186,000) and Juan Pardo (107,000).
While the likes of Ana Marquez, Bruno Fitoussi, Martin Kabrhel and PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg could not navigate over the first hurdle.
Day 1c took around thirteen and a half hours to wrap up and proceedings came to an end when Vojtech Ruzicka was eliminated on the money bubble by the aforementioned Wolf. Ruzicka committed his short stack with pocket tens but ran into the pocket jacks held by Wolf. He found no help on the runout which brought play to a close.
Eureka Main Event Day 1c Top 10 Chip Stacks
PLace
Name
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Bart Fergiatakis
Netherlands
908,000
114
2
Fabian Wolf
Germany
767,000
96
3
Jorge Garcia
Spain
723,000
90
4
Vladas Burneikis
Lithuania
704,000
88
5
Bleron Maliqi
Switzerland
700,000
88
6
Leif Larsson
Sweden
683,000
85
7
Georgios Kostakis
Greece
651,000
81
8
Marius Zidonis
Lithuania
649,000
81
9
Frank Visser
Netherlands
635,000
79
10
Gab Yong Kim
South Korea
632,000
79
PokerNews will be on the ground for Day 2 of the Eureka Main Event, which gets underway on Saturday, December 10 at 12 p.m. CET. Pay will begin in Level 18 with the blinds at 4,000/8,000/8,000. Blind levels will increase to 60 minutes on Day 2.
flop was no help for the at-risk player but the 
turn gave him an open-ended straight draw. However, the 
completed the board and Parmiggiani exited the tournament late on Day 1a
runout.
flop kept Ruzicka behind. The 
river completed the board to bring the tournament to 277 players. 
