$1,100 Eureka Main Event
The $1,100 Eureka Main Event is coming down to the wire. From the original 2,803 entries, the last 8 finalists remain in the field and will battle it out for a decent chunk of cash starting at noon today. Who will be the champion and take home the Main Event title?
There were 56 entrants yesterday, a third of whom left the tournament before the first break. Former chipleader Marian Virlanuta didn't start well after the first and second day and gradually lost ground. In the end, he had to settle for 29th place and a $7,670 prize.
After many hours of play, we saw the final table set up and Ni Lavrentiy had to leave before the end of the day. The current chipleader is Yuan Xu, who owns 38 big blinds and a stack of 15,100,000 chips.
| Seat | Name | Country | Chipcount |
| 1 | Aleksandr Raznikov | Russia | 11 125 000 |
| 2 | Frederick Anastasiades | Cyprus | 11 050 000 |
| 3 | Xu Yuan | China | 15 100 000 |
| 4 | Leo Worthington-Leese | United Kingdom | 10 775 000 |
| 5 | Samuel Fournier | France | 13 725 000 |
| 6 | Wei Guoliang | China | 12 350 000 |
| 7 | Recep Aydemir | Turkiye | 7 550 000 |
| 8 | Alexey Badulin | Russia | 2 400 000 |
At this point, players are assured of $46,600 and $386,210 awaits the winner of the record-breaking Eureka event.The final day will start at blinds of 200k/400k and the average stack is just 26 big blinds.
Payout Structure:
| # | Payout |
| 1. | $386,210 |
| 2. | $241,290 |
| 3. | $172,060 |
| 4. | $132,120 |
| 5. | $101,390 |
| 6. | $78,770 |
| 7. | $60,580 |
| 8. | $46,600 |
$50,000 EPT Super High Roller
Sunday was also the first day of play in the EPT Super High Roller, which has a buy-in of $50,000. Players made 36 entries during the first eight levels, but registration is still open until the start of Day 2.
The current chipleader is Vicente Delgado from Spain, who has managed to increase his stack on only his second attempt and has a two-way chip lead over second-place Arturo Martirosian. His stack currently stands at 1,880,000 chips , which is more than 300 blinds.
Players like Dimitar Danchev (182,000), former champion Juan Pardo (262,000), Ognyan Dimov (584,000), and Adrian Mateos, who had to use up to "three bullets" and owns 192,000 chips, are still in play. A total of 16 players remain in the field with them, who will also be battling it out from lunchtime today to advance to the cash prize fights.
Source - pokernews, flickr
