Marko Mikovic bet 800 into a pot of 1,400 on the river of a 
and was called by Marco Della Tommasina only to see the Italian muck rather frustrated. Mikovic claimed the pot with pocket sixes for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,200
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
28,300
-1,700
|
-1,700 |
It wouldn't take long for Aristidis Theodoridis on his initial table to get involved again, however that was not crowned by much fortune. The Greek just appeared in the bustout list.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Joining the action on the 
turn, Alper Kostem and his opponent both committed 2,000 chips to the pot and the action was then checked to Kostem on the 
river. He tossed in a blue T-5,000 chip and that was enough to enforce a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Miltiadis Kyriakides finished eighth in the EPT Prague Main Event last December and has now joined the action here in the north east of Cyprus.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
2013 PCA Main Event champion Dimitar Danchev has re-entered the competition as expected and now sits on table nine seat one.
Aristidis Theodoridis was on the same table but since two players busted from table eight, he got moved right back to where he was sitting not long ago. With less chips though, as the Greek is down to about one third of the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
11,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Jan Bendik as well as two other players including George Chehadeh limped in for 100 and another player then raised to 450, getting called by the three opponents. The initial player bet the 
flop for 1,000 and was called all around before the 
came on the turn.
Bendik now led for 3,500 and Chehadeh raised to scare off the other two opponents. Bendik moved all in and was called to reveal a cruel setup:
Bendik: 
Chehadeh: 
Only a spade or jack would avoid the elimination of Chehadeh, but it was the 
on the river that changed nothing.
Chehadeh was left with 850 chips and doubled that up once with Ac] 
versus 
thanks to the on the turn before running out of chips entirely.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
Busted |
After only 20 minutes of play, Hassan Bittar was sent to the rail in a rather cruel setup. It was a four-bet pot to 2,100 with Bittar and Alper Kostem calling to see the flop of . Kostem bet 5,000 and Bittar called whereas the other player got out of the way.
The on the turn now brought a fourth spade and Kostem check-called a bet of 5,000. After a 
river, Bittar had only 12,000 behind and Kostem put him all in to get a call from the Lebanese with pocket sixes for a full house. Kostem however had pocket queens for the higher full house!
Kostem also scooped another pot shortly after when making a runner-runner full house with 
and jumps up to more than double the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,000 | |
|
Busted |
Marko Mikovic, a regular on the Italian poker circuit, has joined the action and Fuat Tanindi as well as Amir Saeid re-entered after being eliminated on Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
30,000 |
Table eight already provides some early action and Hassan Bittar is involved as usual. The first hand saw a three-way pot of 3,500 to the flop of 
that was checked through. Toufic Saliba then bet 1,250 on the 
turn and was called by Khalil Tawil whereas Aristidis Theodoridis folded.
The river was checked through and the 
of Khalil were no good, as Saliba had spiked a straight with 
.
One hand later, Bittar raised to 500 in a "friendly hand" and half of the table laughed. Saliba called out of the blinds and check-raised the 
flop from 700 to 2,100. "You know, I want to raise you but I just call," Bittar said. Both the 
turn and 
brought no further action and Saliba won the pot with 
, Bittar only had top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
