The 2023 European Poker Tour Prague festival is currently ongoing at the King’s Casino Prague in the Czech Republic. There are 62 events on offer from Dec. 6-17, including the Eureka Poker Tour Prague main event won by Alexander Tkatschew and the €5,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event that kicked off on Tuesday, Dec. 12.
This stop, like all on the EPT in recent years, features a variety of high-roller events throughout the schedule. Several tournaments with five-figure buy-ins have already wrapped up. Below is a look at the results from those high-stakes tournaments.
EPT Prague €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em
The first to wrap up was a €10,200 buy-in no-limit hold’em event that ran from Dec. 6-7. With 35 entries, the prize pool ended up at $366,660. The top six finishers made the money, with Hungary’s Tamas Adamszki coming away with the largest share of the prize pool as the eventual champion.
This was Adamszki’s first recorded live tournament title, but he was not yet done adding to his trophy case at this festival.
Joining Adamszki at the final table were Swedish online tournament superstar Niklas ‘Lena900’ Astedt (5th) and Pablo Silva (3rd). Michel Molenaar earned $83,512 as the runner-up.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Tamas Adamszki | $126,522 | 240 |
| 2 | Michel Molenaar | $82,512 | 200 |
| 3 | Pablo Silva | $56,808 | 160 |
| 4 | Deividas Daubaris | $42,174 | 120 |
| 5 | Niklas Astedt | $32,994 | 100 |
| 6 | Yulian Bogdanov | $25,650 | 80 |
EPT Prague €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em I
The first of several €25,000 buy-in tournament on offer drew 15 entries, meaning that $388,962 would be split up amongst the top three finishers. Dutch pro Teun Mulder came out on top of the single-day affair, securing $194,562 for the win. This was the first of several cashes he would go on to record during the early days of this series.
Paulius Plausinaitis, who won an EPT Cyprus high roller at this price point in October, finished second for $116,640.
Astedt finished third for $77,760, bringing his haul for the series to over $110,000.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Teun Mulder | $194,562 | 168 |
| 2 | Paulius Plausinaitis | $116,640 | 140 |
| 3 | Niklas Astedt | $77,760 | 112 |
EPT Prague €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em II
The turnout nearly doubled for the second €25,000 event, with 27 entries building a $700,132 prize pool. The top five finishers cashed, with the top prize of $266,080 going to German poker pro Ole Schemion. The bracelet winner and two-time World Poker Tour champion now has more than $20.2 million in lifetime earnings.
Mulder secured his second podium finish in as many days, placing third for $113,724.
Switzerland’s Diego Zeiter took home $171,504 as the runner-up.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Ole Schemion | $266,080 | 252 |
| 2 | Diego Zeiter | $171,504 | 210 |
| 3 | Teun Mulder | $113,724 | 168 |
| 4 | Nozomu Shimizu | $82,296 | 126 |
| 5 | Kayhan Mokri | $66,528 | 105 |
EPT Prague €50,000 No-Limit Hold’em
The €50,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em high roller sported the largest cost to enter on the schedule. A total of 23 entries saw the prize pool grow to over $1.2 million, with four finishers securing a share.
In the end, Tamas Adamszki backed up his early victory with yet another title run. This time around he was awarded $426,244 as the champion. He now has $784,579 in recorded earnings, with the majority of that being won in the last week.
Laszlo Bujtas walked away with $417,269 as the runner-up, while Teun Mulder added $216,864 to his tally with another third-place showing. Mulder has now cashed for $525,150 at this festival.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Tamas Adamszki | $426,244 | 306 |
| 2 | Laszlo Bujtas | $417,269 | 255 |
| 3 | Teun Mulder | $216,864 | 204 |
| 4 | Tsugunari Toma | $144,612 | 153 |
Photo credits: PokerStars / Danny Maxwell, Eloy Cabacas.
