The action folded around to Symeon Alexandridis in the small blind and he jammed for 125,000. Mitja Rudolf was in the big blind and snap-called putting Alexandridis at risk.
Symeon Alexandridis: K♣Q♣
Mitja Rudolf: J♦J♣
It was a classic coin flip until the K♦J♥5♣ flop hit the felt, giving Rudolf a set of jacks. The 10♠ turn gave Alexandridis a straight draw but the 4♦ river was a brick as he exited the table.
De Han Kim shoved his remaining 43,000 across the line from middle position and Tomas Kolarik called in the big blind.
De Han Kim: 9♣9♦
Tomas Kolarik: K♣Q♣
The K♦7♥2♥ flop paired Kolarik's king to take the lead and Kim was unable to catch up as the 10♣ turn and 7♠ river completed the board, sending Kim to the rail as the stone bubble.
Play has concluded for the night as the remaining 171 players bag their chips for Day 2 on Saturday, December 9th at 12:00 p.m.
Those who have not been able to make it to the Czech capital city need not worry about missing out on the action from the final EPT jaunt of the year as cards-up coverage for the €10,200 Mystery Bounty and €5,300 EPT Main Event will be available from December 12-17 on PokerStars' YouTube and Twitch channels.
The Mystery Bounty starts the six-day broadcasting fiesta, with action from the final day commencing at 1 p.m. CET.
The following day is when the Main Event stream starts, so be sure to catch the livestream from Day 2 all the way through to the final table.
English-language coverage will be hosted by James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton, Griffin Benger, Nick Walsh and Maria Ho.
There will also be streams on the French, Spanish and Brazilian channels in addition to broadcasts in German and Italian.
With a total of 426 entries, Days 1a and 1b felt like warm-ups compared to the 1,138 entrants recorded today, Thursday, December 7, on Day 1c of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event of the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour at the Hilton Prague.
But out of this massive field, only 171 players made it to the money as they managed to bag chips when 15% of the field remained. If qualifying for Day 2 was a tough task for some players, it was an easy job for Marcin Dziubdziela, who ended up as the chip leader with 852,000 chips. It is almost one average stack ahead of another Polish player, Damian Wroblewski, second in chips with 701,000, while the third place belongs to Laurent Vauquelin (671,000).
Eureka Main Event Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Marcin Dziubdziela
Poland
852,000
142
2
Damian Wroblewski
Poland
701,000
117
3
Laurent Vauquelin
France
671,000
112
4
Miroslav Forman
Czechia
601,000
100
5
Danut Chisu
Romania
505,000
84
6
Totti Arosuo
Finland
501,000
84
7
Julien Sitbon
France
500,000
83
8
Manuel Valduga
Italy
497,000
83
9
Christos Xanthopoulos
Greece
495,000
83
10
Andrej Tekel
Austria
491,000
82
After finishing 17th in this event in 2022, Danut Chisu will try to do better this year. He's off to a good start as he has managed to reach the Top 10 (505,000), ahead of Julien Sitbon, who bagged half a million chips. Ran Shahar (425,000) and Ercan Atmaca (227,000) qualified with a stack above average as well, along with PokerStars AmbassadorFelix Schneiders (208,000). Ramon Colillas also made it to the money, but with a smaller stack (67,000).
A few other notables also found a bag to enter Day 2, such as Jason Wheeler (158,000), Jacques Guenni (155,000), 2023 EPT Monte-Carlo FPS champion Daisuke Ogita (154,000), Frederik Thiemer (126,000), or the recent WSOPE Main Event winner Max Neugebauer (106,000).
However, this flight was unsuccessful for players like Benjamin Spragg, Marle Spragg, William Kassouf, Niklas Astedt, or Tamas Adamszki, who won the EPT Prague €10,200 No-Limit Hold'em event for €117,150 earlier in the day.
To qualify for Day 2, they'll have to take one or several other shots in the last two flights which will take place tomorrow, Friday, December 8. Action will start at 11:00 a.m. with Day 1e on 30-minute levels. Then, Day 1f will kick off at 6:00 p.m., with 20-minute levels.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and will be back tomorrow for continued coverage of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event.