Seat 1: Mick Heder, 25, Them, Denmark - 1,370,000

Mick Heder

Mick Heder collected his biggest prize here within the King's Casino just two months ago when he was fourth within the EPSC Main Event, taking €24,603. He returned to Rozvadov and is now among eight finalists within the Eureka 6 Rozvadov Main Event. With a sixth place or better, the Dane would record a brand new best result. He's already bound to add no less than €12,500 to his $87k in live tournament earnings. Heder told us that his main discipline is cash game but he did not have any time to play it for the last three days, being busy with the primary Event.

Seat 2: David Urban, 26, Trebisov, Slovakia - 2,005,000

David Urban

Two seasons ago here in Rozvadov, Martin Meciar became the primary Slovakian to win the Eureka Main Event. Now it's David Urban who'll attempt to emulate his fellow countryman. Urban lies in fifth place on his nation's all-time money list, just behind Meciar. Urban's live tournament winnings exceed $300k and the list of his cashes features a mixture of various flags. Urban has cashed so far as in Australia (4th within the A$1k Six Max finally year's Aussie Millions). Back in July 2014, he won the CAPT Velden Open in Vienna, bringing €50,000 back home from Austria.

Seat 3: Hannes "suchadegen" Speiser, 30, Vienna, Austria, PokerStars player - 445,000

Hannes Speiser

Hannes Speiser involves the general table with the shortest stack but will attempt to follow the footsteps of his fellow countryman Raphael Wimmer who won the Eureka Rozvadov Main Event last year. Speiser resides in Vienna and is generally specializing in the net multi-table tournaments, using screenname "suchadegen" on PokerStars. At the live scene, Speiser has racked up winnings of $221,000 so far.

Seat 4: Stoyan Stefanov, 25, Plovdiv, Bulgaria - 1,505,000

Stoyan Stefanov

Mainly a cash game player, Stoyan Stefanov started playing poker with friends seven years ago. Now he's active both live and online. As for live tournaments, he's had just one cash thus far: last year's 98th place for €1,775 within the Estrellas/UKIPT Marbella Main Event. Stoyanov is now bound to add much bigger prize by making the general table here at Eureka Rozvadov.

Seat 5: Maria Lampropoulos, 36, Argentina - 2,455,000

Maria Lampropoulos

If anyone is often cheering for Ivan Luca within the tournaments, it's Maria Lampropoulos who's been railing her boyfriend during many deep runs during the last 15 months. This time, she'll only wish to look left to look him but will not be enthusiastic about supporting him that much.

The couple made the Eureka 6 Rozvadov final table and they're going to be sitting next to one another at the feature table. While Luca is currently one of the most hottest players within the world, Lampropoulos have also had a super February on the poker tables. She cashed the EPT12 Dublin Main Event after which marched to the heads-up within the WPTN Brussels Main Event. Lampropoulos earned €68,200 for the second one place - the largest payday of her career. Now she has a possibility to raised her largest cash twice in lower than two weeks - with another top two finish, she'd set her new top mark. The Argentinian couple is just about at the road always but they've plans to settle in London, looking to avoid flying overseas back and forth.

Seat 6: Ivan "Negriin" Luca, 24 Argentina - 5,355,000

Ivan Luca

It's hard to search out a table where Ivan Luca wouldn't be considered a superstar as he's been thriving in nearly all events including the EPT High Rollers. Aged only 24, Luca is already #2 within the Argentinian all-time money list with greater than $2.8 million in live tournament winnings. He's been crushing the events far and wide Europe since December 2014 when he arrived to the Czech Republic for EPT11 Prague and made three top three finishes there. After that festival, Luca shined within the FPS Deauville Main Event, finishing fourth for €68,500 on the end of January 2015. Then he added his first EPT High Roller notch when he took €397,000 for a runner-up finish within the EPT11 Malta €10k High Roller.

Luca also won his first WSOP bracelet last summer, banking $353k. He's now one of the vital regular heavyweights at the live circuit, having made several deep runs within the High Rollers and Super High Rollers. For the reason that beginning of this year, Luca has already cashed for greater than $700k. The Argentinian could also be a web based beast, using a moniker "Negriin" on PokerStars. His numerous online achievements include a really perfect Tuesday title in addition to a Sunday 500 victory. Luca has made numerous final tables in his career but this one can be a novel experience for him. For the primary time, he'll play against his girlfriend Maria at the final table. The couple tried to appear back to keep in mind if that had happened before but Maria said that they'd only played tournaments where they'd met at the last two tables. Luca is a big favourite coming back for the general Daywith 5,355,000 in his bag, he's entering the finale in chip lead.

Seat 7: Peter Siemund, 45 years, Berlin, Germany - 2,845,000

Peter Siemund

Peter Siemund is the oldest player a few of the eight finalists within the Eureka 6 Rozvadov Main Event. The 45-year-old from Berlin have been playing poker for 5 years, choosing between both cash games and tournaments. Siemund has not much time to play as he's working as a CEO for a few companies. When off duty, he's watches numerous poker videos, seeking to learn from the professionals. So far, his highlight of this tournament was a successful bluff against Ivan Luca at the feature table. Back in 2013, Siemund cashed the EPT10 Prague Main Event, earning €9,900 for a 118th place finish.

Seat 8: Robert Kokoska, 27, Neratovice, Czech Republic - 895,000

Robert Kokoska

One of the highest poker players from the Czech Republic, he was originally planning another career, playing football for Sparta Prague. But if Robert Kokoska injured his knee several years ago, he started taking poker seriously and turned professional soon after. Kokoska was successful both live and online, playing since 2008. At the live circuit, he's amassed over $230k in live tournament winnings with the largest prize of $52,430 earned for a primary place within the Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza $1k Event back in 2012. Recently, he cashed within the PCA 2016 Main Event (93rd for $10,840). The 27-year-old from a small town Neratovice continues to be playing football. He's a midfielder for his hometown team which lies within the Czech fourth tier. Although seventh in chips, Kokoska can still hope to become the primary Czech player to win the Eureka Main Event.

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