In many ways a record-breaking EPT Prague stop this year, despite the competition, the Czech capital managed to attract players from all over the world who together made for a top-notch festival. It will culminate over the next two days, at the end of which we will know the winner of the Main Event. At the start of Friday's Day 4, 46 players were playing for the million-dollar prize in this tournament, but that number is now a thing of the past.
Five levels of play during the day gradually whittled that group down to the last 16 players who will sit at the semi-final day tables today. After a thrilling day, which also featured a number of breathtaking moments in the live stream, Norwegian Jon Kyte continues to hold on to the chipleader position. Niall Farrell, Marle Spragg and Preben Stokkan will also be playing for a seat at the final table today.
# | NAME | COUNTRY | STACK |
1. | Jon Kyte | Norway | 6515000 |
2. | Grigorii Rodin | Russia | 4025000 |
3. | Cheng Zhao | China | 3740000 |
4. | Serge Chechin | France | 2980000 |
5. | Vincent Meli | France | 2920000 |
6. | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | 2695000 |
7. | Dejan Jakovljevic | Netherlands | 2285000 |
8. | Padraig O'Neill | Ireland | 2200000 |
9. | Marle Spragg | USA | 2080000 |
10. | Adam Wagner | Czech Republic | 1930000 |
11. | Umberto Ruggeri | Italy | 1470000 |
12. | Jiri Kocab | Czech Republic | 1325000 |
13. | Preben Stokkan | Norway | 1185000 |
14. | Max Neugebauer | Austria | 1090000 |
15. | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 930000 |
16. | Mark Helou | Lebanon | 540000 |
Each of the semi-final day participants has €42,320 in their pockets for sure , but no one will settle for that today. The goal of the day will be to see who will make the final six on Sunday for the aforementioned title and €1,030,000. Play will continue for 4 more minutes in the blinds at 20k/40k, then resume at 25k/50k. The live stream will start again at 12:30pm and can be found on our website.
Trophy for Gab Kim Yong
Together we now take a look at the €3,000 in the increasingly popular Mystery Bounty format, which attracted 504 players to Prague. These, thanks to 787 entries, took care of a prizepool worth €2,203,600. After three days of play the coveted Spade trophy and the title eventually went to Korean player Gab Kim Yong.
# | NAME | COUNTRY | PRIZE |
1. | Gab Yong Kim | KOR | 247,674€* |
2. | Andrej Tekel | SVK | 198,277€* |
3. | Ioannis Oikonomidis | GRE | 169,110€ |
4. | Pavlos Xanthopoulos | GRE | 108,690€ |
5. | Ioannis Poullos | EST | 82,150€ |
6. | Henri Kasper | SER | 50,120€ |
7. | Aleksandar Tomovic | EST | 40,560€ |
8. | Igor Pihela Jr. | NET | 35,660€ |
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