Marco Di Persio raised to 1,200 from late position, Baurzhan Akimov three-bet to 3,500 from the button, then Radu Pitic four bet to 13,000 from the big blind. Di Persio moved all in for 27,000, Akimov folded and Pitic made the call. The two players flipped their cards, with Di Persio at risk.
Marco Di Persio: J?J?
Radu Pitic: K?K?
The board ran out 10?3?J?A?6?. Di Persio made a set of jacks on the flop and held to crack Pitic's kings and win the pot. He doubled up his stack and Pitic was left with around 12,000 behind.
Andries Swart opened from early position to 1,000, receiving calls from Shmuel Goldenberg on the button, and Tomasz Kowalski, in the big blind.
The action checked to Swart who continued for 1,400 on the A?3?3? flop. Only Kowalski called.
The 2? turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Swart sized up to 2,500.
The river landed the 5?. Kowalski check-called a bet of 3,200 from Swart. Swart tabled Q?J? for queen-high, while Kowalski took down the pot with A?10?.
Action was on the flop on a board of 10?6?7?. Robin Sommer checked and Marle Spragg bet 2,000. Sommer check-raised to 7,000 and Spragg called.
The turn was the 10?. Sommer led out for 9,000 and Spragg moved all in. Sommer quickly called and was covered as players turned their cards.
Spragg showed A?K? for the ace high flush. Sommer flipped over J?10? for trip tens.
The river brought the 10? to give Sommer quad tens. He cracked the flush to win the pot and double his stack, leaving Spragg short with around 7,000 behind.
Petre Ionescu raised to 700, Eugenio Bastos three-bet to 2,700 from the button, then Michel Mommens four-bet to 5,700 from the small blind. Ionescu moved all in for 12,000, Bastos folded, and Mommens made the call. The two players flipped their cards, with Ionescu at risk.
Petre Ionescu: A?K?
Michel Mommens: A?A?
The board ran out 6?5?4?3?6?. Ionescu shouted out for a "deuce" for the split on the river, but it didn't come. Mommens held with his pocket aces and Ionescu was eliminated.
Action was on the turn on a board of 9?J?6?4?. George Inan pushed all in for 23,000 and Torsten Intemann made the call.
Inan showed A?J? for a pair of jacks. Intemann flipped J?9? for two pair, jacks and nines. The river was the A?, which gave Inan a higher two pair with aces and jacks.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry!", said Inan as he scooped over the chips and sent Intemann to the rail.
The 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, running at Hilton Prague, continues today with the �1,100 Eureka Main Event. Day 1d, the fourth of six starting flights, gets underway at 6 p.m. local time.
Last year's event attracted an impressive field of 4,017 entries across four starting flights. With the addition of two more Day 1 flights, this year's Eureka Main Event could well be a record breaker.
Two of the six starting flights have already been completed on the first day of the iconic poker festival, which made for 426 entries across Day 1a and Day 1b. Mircea Flutur of Romania claimed the chip lead in Day 1a and the overall lead with 772,000 chips. He's followed by Christian Ly, who sits in second place with 571,000 chips. Local player Ondrej Goetz finished as Day 1b chip leader and made it to third place in the overall standings with 514,000 chips.
Top Ten Chip Counts (Day 1a/b)
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Mircea Flutur
Romania
772,000
154
2
Christian Ly
France
571,000
114
3
Ondrej Goetz
Czechia
514,000
103
4
Komil Khadimov
Poland
493,000
99
5
Jo?o Mestre Ferreira
Mexico
481,000
96
6
Ender Lacin
Turkey
427,000
85
7
Joonas Helin
Finland
411,000
82
8
Tomas Chmela
Slovakia
363,000
73
9
Nikolai Ogoltsov
Czechia
361,000
72
10
Alejandro Vazquez
Spain
344,000
69
Christian Ly
Players in Day 1d will receive a starting stack of 30,000, with blind levels kicking off at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. This is a turbo flight and so levels will be 30 minutes. Players are allowed a single reentry per flight, and late registration remains open until the start of Level 11. There will be a 15-minute break every four levels.
Like all starting flights, Day 1d will play down to 15 percent of the field. Any player who bags and tags at least a single chip will make it through to Day 2 and into the money.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as reporters bring live updates straight from the tournament floor and follow the event all the way down to a winner.
