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$500 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2024 EAPT Georgia
$500 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2024 EAPT Georgia
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$370,500
Total Entries
741
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
196
Players Left
29
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Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The second of four opening flights in the EA Poker Tour (EAPT) Main Event has come to an end with 29 players battling their way through the day from the 196 entries.
Those survivors will join the 32 that made it through Day 1a, plus the three players who qualified directly into the money online, for Day 2 on Sunday, September 15. It brings the cumulative total of entries in the Main Event to 436 with two flights left to play out.
Coming out on top of Day 1b's leaderboard was Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev with a respectable stack of 818,000 chips. Golubev was the benefactor of Lady Luck during Level 7 when his pocket queens cracked the pocket aces of his countrymate Nursiltan Satybaldin. Then, in the biggest pot of the day, Golubev slow-played top set to perfection and allowed Tornike Tchkonia to crash and burn after a failed bluff attempt.
Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey Golubev | Kazakhstan | 818,000 |
| 2 | Gevorg Khachatryan | Armenia | 601,000 |
| 3 | Dimitry Januashvili | Georgia | 450,000 |
| 4 | Davit Khalatiani | Georgia | 433,000 |
| 5 | Zoran Marich | Russia | 382,000 |
| 6 | Zaza Gachechiladze | Georgia | 359,000 |
| 7 | Ilia Kostenko | Russia | 354,000 |
| 8 | Soso Pachkoriia | Russia | 350,000 |
| 9 | Aben Zholgaliyev | Kazakhstan | 335,000 |
| 10 | Pavel Tobengauz | Russia | 299,000 |
Rounding out the top three stacks were Gevorg Khachatryan with 601,000 and Dimitry Januashvili with 450,000, the latter who won a big pot in the second to last level when his pocket jacks held up against Gor Musinyan's pocket tens.
Japanese player Marie Kabaki joined the field during the afternoon and came ever-so-close to making the money, but fell just short when her ace-queen couldn't crack the pocket queens of Georgia's Nikoloz Adeishvili in the penultimate level.
The unfortunate title of bubble boy went to Nikita Belovol when his ace-ten was no match for the pocket jacks of Zaza Gachechiladze.
Day 1c will kick off at 12 p.m. on Saturday, September 14, and will offer 30-minute blinds through. The last chance for players to qualify into Day 2 is Day 1d, which gets underway at 6 p.m. and has the fastest blind structure of all the opening flights at 25 minutes.
Be sure to tune into PokerNews to keep yourself up to date with all the action from the baize at the Eclipse Poker Club in Batumi to see who can run up a stack and make it into Day 2 and beyond.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The surviving 29 players are now bagging up their chips ready for Sunday's Day 2.
A full recap of the day's action will follow shortly.
Level 18
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Nikita Belovol shoved his last 51,000 into the middle from the button and was called by Zaza Gachechiladze.
Nikita Belovol: A♠10♠ 
Zaza Gachechiladze: J♥J♦
Belovol needed to find some help but his future looked bleak on the 7♣J♣7♦ flop as Gachechiladze improved to a full house. Only running cards could save Belovol but the 8♦8♣ runout wasn't what he needed, which meant he was the last player to leave empty-handed.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
A big pot played out between Gor Musinyan and Dimitri Januashvili after the two got their stacks in preflop, and left the latter at risk for 251,000 chips.
Dimitri Januashvili: J♣J♥
Gor Musinyan: 10♠10♣
The runout of 8♦K♣A♠8♣4♦ brought no surprises as Januashvili doubled up with just one more player to go until the money.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Levan Dzidzikashvili was all in for his last few big blinds and was put at risk by Zoran Marich.
Levan Dzidzikashvili: A♥K♦
Zoran Marich: K♣5♣
It was a dream spot for Dzidzikashvili that soon turned into a nightmare as Marich binked his five on the J♦3♥9♦9♥5♥ runout.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With just two more eliminations needed until the day comes to an end, play is now hand-for-hand.
Level 17
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Marie Kabaki was never able to get anything going today and got her stack into the middle with Nikoloz Adeishvili putting her at risk.
Marie Kabaki: A♣Q♠
Nikoloz Adeishvili: Q♣Q♥
No ace arrived on the 4♥9♥6♠6♣3♠ runout which meant Kabaki was eliminated just a few spots away from the money.
