Eight Return to Battle in Final Day of Eureka Main Event
As the PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus hits the halfway mark, the time to crown the next Eureka Main Event champion is upon us. Just eight players of the original 2,803 entrants will return today a 12 p.m. local time to battle it out on the green felt for the title and $386,210 first-place prize.
Leading the way is Yuan Xu, who benefitted from a late-night surge in Day 3 after eliminating two opponents en route to the final table to help him end with 15,100,000. To date, all of Xu's cashes have come from poker events in Asia, which means this will be his first in an EPT event. Xu will also add a new high score to his live-tournament earnings regardless of placement, as his previous best cash came last month for $33,659 in an event in U Series of Poker event.
Day 4 Chip Counts and Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksandr Razinkov | Russia | 11,125,000 | 28 |
| 2 | Frederick Anastasiades | Cyprus | 11,050,000 | 28 |
| 3 | Yuan Xu | China | 15,100,000 | 38 |
| 4 | Leo Worthington-Leese | United Kingdom | 10,775,000 | 27 |
| 5 | Samuel Fournier | France | 13,725,000 | 34 |
| 6 | Guoliang Wei | China | 12,350,000 | 31 |
| 7 | Recep Aydemir | Turkey | 7,550,000 | 19 |
| 8 | Alexey Badulin | Russia | 2,400,000 | 6 |
Also in the hunt is Guoliang Wei, who is arguably the most accomplished player remaining with over $2 million in live-tournament earnings. Wei, who won the Little One For One Drop World Series of Poker event in 2018, enters Day 4 third in chips (12,350,000) and will be gunning for his first EPT title.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $386,210 | ||
| 2 | $241,290 | ||
| 3 | $172,060 | ||
| 4 | $132,120 | ||
| 5 | $101,390 | ||
| 6 | $78,770 | ||
| 7 | $60,850 | ||
| 8 | $46,600 | ||
| 9 | Lavrentiy Ni | Kazakhstan | $35,840 |
Day 4 will begin on Level 35, which features 200,000/400,000 blinds with a 400,000 big-blind ante All breaks will be discretionary on players and staff.
With six of the eight remaining players separated by fewer than 10 big blinds, it's still anyone's tournament to win as fortunes are bound to change quickly . Stick with PokerNews as we provide all the final-table action leading right up until the next Eureka Main Event champion is crowned.