The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague saw a season-four record turnout of 555 players – a substantial rebound after the low field of 221 in Dublin last month – as day 1B played out, leaving 197 players returning for day 2.
An impressive 314 players started the day in the €5,000 main event at the Hilton Hotel, Prague, including Team PokerStars pros Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Luca Pagano, Dario Minieri, and tournament circuit regulars Praz Bansi, Michael Keiner, Dag Martin Mikkelsen, Jani Sointula, Soren Konsgaard, Sylvester Geoghegan, Andreas Krause, Thor Hansen, Juha Helppi, and Annette Obrestad.
The chip leaders going into day two are:
- Stephen Devlin (Northern Ireland) – 122,200
- Adrian Koy (Germany) – 115,500
- Maciej Mazur (Poland) – 104,300
- Alec Torelli (USA) – 78,900
- Nikolas Liakos (Sweden) – 78,000
- Juha Lauttamus (Finland) – 73,100
- Luigi Rizzi (Italy) – 72,800
- Magnus Petersson (Sweden) – 72,300
- Tommy Pavlicek (Canada) – 71,300
- Alberto Spigolon (Italy) – 67,700
The prize pool of €2.6 million will be divided among 56 players:
- €708,400
- €407,300
- €235,300
- €182,200
- €151,800
- €119,000
- €93,600
- €63,200
Ninth-10th – €39,200
11th-12th – €27,800
13th-14th – €20,200
15th-16th – €15,200
17th-24th – €12,650
25th-32nd – €10,100
33rd-40th – €8,850
41st-48th – €7,600
49th-56th – €6,380
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