Georgescu Leads at End of EPT Prague Day 1A

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Romanian player Georgescu Tiberi-Florian is leading the 210 players who have made it through Day 1a of the EPT 10 Prague Main Event. Also among the chip leaders are Ronny Voth, Joao Simao, Sebastian Saffari and Simon Mattsson. The tourney started at noon with 389 players.

The EPT Prague Main Event runs until December 18 - with a live stream every day on EPTLive, starting at 3pm on Day 1b. Prague is the third stop of EPT Season 10 and yet again has joined the regional Eureka Poker Tour to create a spectacular 11-day festival of poker at the Hilton Prague featuring 47 events.

BENDIK AND PETERS SPLIT EUREKA HIGH ROLLER, THE LATTER TAKES THE TROPHY

The 430-player field of Eureka Prague High Roller included numerous big name players and several made it to the final table tonight. The finale included EPT Player of the Year Jan Bendik, Paul "paulgees81" Volpe, David Peters and EPT10 London runner-up Georgios Karakousis - and all made it to the final four. Bendik and Peters eventually ended up heads-up where they shared the prize - €131,000 each - and agreed that Peters would take the title and trophy. Bendik knocked out loads of players today and commented: 'I wish it was a bounty!'

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