31 Remain Heading to Penultimate Day of Eureka Cyprus Main Event
The second to last day of the $1,100 buy-in Eureka Main Event at the first-ever PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Cyprus stop will get underway at noon local time as 31 players return in their quest for the trophy and $362,365 up top for the winner.
Leading the way heading into Day 3 is India's Ankit Ahuja, who was the only player to bag more than ten million chips with a stack of 10,105,000. Ahuja will have more than 100 big blinds, and the same is true for Iraq's Ali Al-Kubasi and Romania's Eduard Norel.
Eureka Main Event Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 10,105,000 | 168 | |
| 2 | Ali Al-Kubasi | Iraq | 8,125,000 | 135 | |
| 3 | Eduard Norel | Romania | 6,470,000 | 108 | |
| 4 | Luka Bojovic | Serbia | 4,710,000 | 79 | |
| 5 | David Kaufmann | Germany | 3,635,000 | 61 | |
| 6 | Tom Vogelsang | Netherlands | 3,195,000 | 53 | |
| 7 | Andreas Tomazou | Cyprus | 3,175,000 | 53 | |
| 8 | Aksel Aygun | Belgium | 3,130,000 | 52 | |
| 9 | Ramon Kropmanns | Brazil | 2,660,000 | 44 | |
| 10 | Stanislav Tishkevich | Israel | 2,485,000 | 41 |
Other players who will be on the Day 3 felt include South Korea's Hwany Lee, Italy's Walter Treccarichi, Germany's David Kaufmann and Brazil's Ramon Kropmanns.
Some players who made the money but won't be on the Day 3 felt include 2022 EPT London Main Event champion Ian Hamilton (34th - $6,800), poker power couple Stefan Lehner (41st - $5,900) and Jessica Teusl (374th - $1,675) and recent EPT Barcelona champ Simon Wiciak (105th - $3,875)
Action will resume on Level 27 with blinds of 30,000/60,000/60,000 and levels lasting 60 minutes in duration. The plan is to play ten levels or down to six players, whichever comes first.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site and ready to bring readers updates on Day 3 of the Eureka Main Event in Cyprus.