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World champion Martin Jacobson bubbled the €50k Super High Roller leaving just seven players to battle it out tomorrow for the trophy and €771,360 first prize.
Russian player Leonid Markin is chip leader with 3.35m in chips; he was also chip leader going in to the £10k EPT London High Roller where he finished fourth for £145,800.
None of Thursday’s seven finalists re-entered and all are guaranteed at least €128,565, including Finland’s #2 player Juha Helppi who won his seat in a €5k live satellite. There were 51 entries in all, with 42 unique players competing, creating a €2,448,765. The event was the highest buy-in event ever held in the Czech Republic.
Leonid Markin, Russia, 3,350,000 Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Russia, PCA 213 HR runner-up, 3,000,000 Juha Helppi, Finland, Live Satellite winner, 2,030,000 Ivan Soshnikov, Russia, 1,925,000 Paul Newey, UK, 1,510,000 Stephen Chidwick, UK, 660,000 Brian Roberts, USA, 275,000
Prizes: 1st: €771,360; 2nd: €557,090; 3rd: €355,070; 4th: €269,360; 5th: €208,150; 6th: €159,170; 7th: €128,565.
