Updated on 23 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

EPT Prague attracts another record field

Despite competition from the WPT and WSOP, the EPT Prague Main Event is the biggest of all time.





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Records broken, again, in Prague

This is proving to be quite the week in poker. When the EPT, WPT and WSOP went up against each other in December, the presumption was at least one event would suffer a hit in numbers. EPT Prague, with no guarantee, looked to be the victim. 

Yet here we are, the World Poker Tour has just boasted the biggest 1k in history, WSOP Paradise hit all their guarantees, and now EPT Prague has had a record attendance. 

Last year it attracted a record 1,267 runners, last night it went one better and attracted a staggering 1,285 (935 unique and 349 re-entries). 

191 players will make the money and €1,030,000 awaits the winner. You can watch the event play down to a champion via the PokerStars Twitch page

Earlier this month the Eureka Main Event attracted a record 4,403, up from 4,017 last year. 

This is a tremendous time to be in poker and proof that the game is booming. Three of the biggest poker events in the game's history are happening at the same time, thousands of miles from each other. 

Which of the three events do you wish you had gone to? Let us know in the comments:


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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.