The 2024 Eureka Poker Tour Prague €1,100 no-limit maintain’em fundamental occasion was a historic one because it attracted the biggest subject within the historical past of the tour with an enormous 4,732 entries, which elevated final yr’s subject of 4,403 by over 300 gamers. That humongous turnout on the Hilton Lodge Prague created a prize pool of $4,793,024, with the highest 707 gamers getting paid.
The monumental occasion produced an eventful event that may ultimately finish with Martin Tsvetanov popping out because the conqueror of the sector to win the $475,976 prime prize after he overcame Gerald Karlic heads up for his first main poker title.
Tsvetanov Wins
Tsvetanov is from Bulgaria and primarily a money recreation participant together with his profession earnings equalling $134,061 previous to this win, which means that this victory betters his complete profession earnings 4 occasions over. This win will transfer him into the highest 50 on the Bulgaria all time profession earnings record for a rustic that has a formidable record of gamers for his or her measurement.
The Bulgarian was twenty fifth in chips of 137 gamers coming into Day 3, which might be an amazing day for him as he ended the day because the chip chief with 14 gamers remaining. However whereas he entered the ultimate day because the chip chief, he wouldn’t simply simply cruise to victory as he was truly the brief stack when it bought to three-handed play.
However some key arms allowed him to beat Ricardo Caridade of Portugal, who would end in third place and ultimately the way more heralded Gerald Karlic of Austria who he would defeat heads up after a deal was made. Tsvetanov had a slight chip lead heads up towards the Austrian, who has almost $2 million in profession earnings. The 2 gamers selected a deal that vastly evened out the payouts, leaving the 2 gamers left to play for $20,176 and the spadie trophy.
When Tsvetanov closed out the win, he additionally secured 1,320 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors. This was his first POY-qualified rating of 2024.
Last Day
The ultimate day of the mega subject had simply 14 gamers when it started. Tsvetanov had the chip lead as gamers fell by the wayside one after the other at a gentle tempo till the ultimate desk was reached.
The ultimate desk included gamers from seven totally different nationalities: Bulgaria, Austria, Portugal, United Kingdom, Greece, Malta and Denmark with two every from Greece and the UK.
Arguably the most important title on the closing desk was Jack Sinclair, who has a World Sequence of Poker fundamental occasion closing desk end and a victory within the WSOP Europe fundamental occasion on his illustrious poker profession resume. However he wouldn’t be capable of get something going on the closing desk as he would bow out in eighth place for $66,738 after he was taken out by Caridade.
Tsvetanov and Karlic have been those to remove the sector for the remainder of the best way as they constructed in the direction of the inevitable heads up conflict with the lone exception to this being when Ryan Plant eradicated one of many two Greeks by taking out Theodoros Ampelikiotis in fifth place. However Plant himself would quickly hit the rail in fourth after that when Tsvetanov ushered him out the door.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Martin Tsvetanov
$475,976
1320
2
Gerald Karlic
$419,851
1100
3
Ricardo Caridade
$247,892
880
4
Ryan Plant
$190,683
660
5
Theodoros Ampelikiotis
$146,672
550
6
Matthew Micaleff
$112,826
440
7
Alexantr Spatharis
$86,772
330
8
Jack Sinclair
$66,738
220
9
Mikkel Nielsen
$51,336
110
The remainder of EPT Prague remains to be to come back with a number of occasions left on the schedule which ought to collect huge fields and provides out much more big prizes in what will likely be an especially thrilling week of poker on the Hilton Prague.
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