World Champion Peter Eastgate had the honour of announcing, “shuffle up and deal,” before he took to his seat 
alongside a 297 other in day 1b of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague. Combined with the 272 from day 1A the total field numbered 570 (up from last year’s 555) in the Hilton Hotel Casino in the Czech Republic and a prizepool of €2,764,500 was generated.
There was a healthy sprinkling of pros and familiar faces in the field including Dario Minieri, Katja Thater, Roland de Wolfe, Nenad Medic, Noah Boeken, Juha Helppi, Praz Bansi, Alexander Kravchenko, Davidi Kitai, Andreas Krause, and William Thorsson.
Others include online whizz kids and up-and-coming names such as Antony Lellouche, Ramzi Jelassi, Ricardo Sousa, and Jonas Molander.
The number of players making the cut at the end of play was 94. Combined with 88 from day 1A we’ll see 177 return today for day 2. The top 10 in chips are:
- Christer Johansson (Sweden) –108,100
- Manuel Bevand (France) — 97,200
- Anonymous — 95,300
- Ludovic Lacay (France) — 94,200
- Fredrik Nygard (Finland) — 86,400
- Mikhail Tulchinsky (Russia) — 81,400
- Niko Hanninen (Finland) — 73,100
- Dan Pedersen (Denmark) — 71,200
- Constantin Cirstea (Romania) — 69,500
- Lukas Gideon Schwartz Orbach (UK) — 69,200
The payouts for the final eight are:
- €774,000
- €445,000
- €257,000
- €199,000
- €166,000
- €130,000
- €99,500
- €71,800
Check back through the day at CardPlayer.com for all the action from day 2 at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague.
