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EPT: Jon Kyte leads final two tables in Main Event

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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.

EPT: Jon Kyte leads 46 players into day 4EPT: Jon Kyte leads 46 players into day 4

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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