Manuel Fernandes from Portugal is the current chip leader going in to Day 2. The 64-year-old won his seat via a live satellite and he brought a small bell to the table today to shake when celebrating winning a huge pot. He had a lot of reasons to practice bell-ringing tonight, bagging 334,100 to top the record-breaking field. A total of 558 players will be back for Day 2 tomorrow: 440 survivors today and 118 players who made through Day 1a yesterday.
EPT blogger and commentator Marc Convey, who is of duty here in Prague, entered the Eureka Main Event on Day 1b. "The Conv" bagged 158,300 to seize a spot just ahead of a famous couple - EPT11 Malta champion Jean Montury (158,000) and Eureka 4 Vienna champ Zoltan Gal (156,900). EPT11 Prague winner Stephen Graner also survived with a big stack (141,800) as well as EPT6 Berlin champion Kevin MacPhee, who has 131,000.
Day 1b top five chip counts:
1st - Manuel Fernandes, Portugal, Live satellite winner, 344,300
2nd - Stephane Noel, France, 298,400
3rd - Andriy Lyubovetskiy, Ukraine, PokerStars player, 286600
4th - Aristidis Theodoridis, Russia, 276,000
5th - Tomasz Wrobel, Poland, PokerStars qualifier, 274,300
Eureka Prague Main Event history:
Season 1: 329 players, €231,290 prize pool, Keith Johnson (UK) for €58,400
Season 2: 652 players, €632,440 prize pool, Menikos Panagiotou (Cyprus) for €137,100
Season 3: 1,315 players, €1,275,550 prize pool, Dimitri Holdeew (Germany) for €226,400
Season 4: 1,738 players, €1,685,860 prize pool, Balazs Botond (Hungary) for €206,948
The EPT 12 Prague Poker Festival features a record 97 tourneys at the Hilton Prague from December 5-16, as well as EPT-run cash games running round the clock. A record 185 tables will be in operation and a record 250 staff working the event.
