Another Star-Studded Field Set For the Second �25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event at 12:30 p.m.
For the second consecutive day, some of the biggest names in poker will gather inside the Hilton Prague for another �25,000 No-Limit Hold��em event at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague beginning at 12:30 p.m local time.
The first big buy-in event of the festival was won by Dutch pro Teun Mulder last night, when he defeated Lithuania��s Paulius Plausinaitis heads-up to earn �180,150 in the 15-entry field. Swedish online legend Niklas Astedt also cashed in third place, while Ole Schemion, Kayhan Mokri, Japan��s all-time leading money winner Tsugunari Toma, and past EPT champions Steve O��Dwyer, Dimitar Danchev, and Ognyan Dimov fell short of the money.
�25,000 No-Limit Hold'em I Results
| Place | Player | Country | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | �180,150 |
| 2 | Paulius Plausinaitis | Lithuania | �108,000 |
| 3 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | �72,000 |
Players once again begin with a starting stack of 100,000. Levels are 30 minutes long and a shot clock will be implemented from the start of play. Late registration is open until the end of Level 10 around 6:15 p.m., with unlimited reentries allowed during the registration period. There is a 15-minute break after every four levels and a 75-minute dinner break scheduled for the end of Level 14 around 8:15 p.m.
It took nearly 17 levels and nine hours of play to crown a champion in yesterday��s star-studded field, and today should be another grueling test as poker��s elite battle for the EPT trophy. PokerNews will be following all the action and providing live updates as the field plays down to a winner today.