Setting records during the holiday stopover in Prague is becoming a habit for PokerStars and the EPT. Meanwhile, Prague is also home to the Eureka series season-closer every year and this year a field of over 4400 entries set another record for total entries in that Main Event which opened the series. The full-size Main Event that closed the series, won by rising Irish star Padraig “Smidge” O’Neill, set a prize pool record with over 1250 entries, which translated into €6,232,250 in prizes. It has been a pretty common occurrence in past years for the Main Events in Prague to go huge and set records, and 2023 continued on that trend with both the Eureka and EPT Main Events setting records for their size. Seven games ended up with more than €1 million in prizes, and the two big standouts from a prize pool perspective were no surprise to any observers of PokerStars and EPT Prague. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, visit the National Council of Problem Gambling.
