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PokerStars player Balazs Botond came back for the Eureka 4 Prague final day as 9th in chips (out of 10 players), but he eventually remained the last man standing.
The Hungarian has won a €206,948 first prize after he made a 3-way deal with Ayman Zbib and Athanasios Xenodochidis to guarantee €186,948. Then he went on to win the remaining €20,000 left for the champ. It is Botond's biggest live cashout, surpassing the €154,000 payday for a 4th place finish in EPT8 Campione.
He becomes the fourth Hungarian to win the Eureka title and second in this season, following Zoltan Gal, who was amongst a huge rail cheering for Botond during the heads-up. The new crowned Eureka champ will not celebrate too long though, he has already bought into tommorow's EPT Main Event day 1b.
The youngest finalist Atanas Malinov won his seat online via €82 satellite and turned it into €52,050 for a 6th place finish, making it the biggest score in the 21-year-old Bulgarian's carreer so far. David Novak was the only Czech who survived into final day; he fell just short of the final table after busting in 9th position. It means Eureka does not have a Czech champion after 4 seasons, despite the fact that most of the stops were held in the Czech Republic. It's been the largest Eureka Main Event in tour's history, with 1,738 entries (all unique entries) and a €1,685,860 prize pool. 255 players were paid including Team PokerStars Pros Eugene Katchalov, Martin Hruby and Julien Brecard.
Eureka 4 Prague final table results: 1st - Balazs Botond, Hungary, PokerStars player, €206,948 2nd - Ayman Zbib, Lebanon, €163,921 3rd - Athanasios Xenodochidis, Greece, €186,881* 4th - Jonas Mackoff, Canada, PokerStars player, €81,100 5th - Viktor Velikov, Bulgaria, €65,440 6th - Atanas Malinov, Bulgaria, PokerStars qualifier, €52,050 7th - Lucas Blanco, Spain, €39,500 8th - Endre Sagstuen, Norway, PokerStars player, €28,100
Eureka season 4 champions: Vienna - 1,432 players, Zoltan Gal, Hungary for €208,655 Rozvadov - 492 players, Martin Meciar, Slovakia for €87,600 Prague - 1,738 players, Balazs Botond, Hungary for €206,948
EUREKA SEASON 5 TO KICK OFF IN ROZVADOV The Eureka Poker Tour will return in 2015, with the first event O Season 5 taking place once again at Kings Casino, Rozvadov. The small Czech town (and Europe's biggest casino) will welcome the Eureka Poker Tour from February 21-March 1, 2015, and there will be an extensive schedule of 21 tournaments, including the €500,000 guaranteed Eureka Main Event, the Rozvadov Cup and the Eureka 100 Grand Challenge. The full tournament schedule will be released soon.
