2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

$1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$362,365
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$2,552,640
Total Entries
2,659
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
717
Players Left
108
Players Left 1 / 2,659
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Early Eliminations

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

Big Pot For Sidelkovskiy With Aces

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Leonid Sidelkovskiy
Leonid Sidelkovskiy

After an open in early position called by Leonid Sidelkovskiy in middle position and Sergio Housepian in the hijack, Murad Cakir on the button squeezed to 4,500.

He was called by Haytham El Maoula in the small blind. The initial raiser folded, but Sidelkovskiy and Housepian eventually called.

On the flop J36, after El Maoula checked, Sidelkovskiy took the lead and bet 6,000. Housepian folded, by Cakir raised all in for 24,800. El Maoula folded, and Sidelkovskiy called.

Murad Cakir: AJ
Leonid Sidelkovskiy: AA

Cakir had top pair, but he ran into Sidelkovskiy's aces. So after the turn 3 and the river 6, he was eliminated.

Tags: Leonid SidelkovskiyMurad CakirSergio Housepian

Wheeler Doubles Up

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Jason Wheeler
Jason Wheeler

At table 32, Jason Wheeler and Ali Emre Ozcan raised each other until Wheeler moved all in for 19,600. Ozcan called.

Jason Wheeler: 77
Ali Emre Ozcan: AQ

Even if Ozcan found a flush draw on K46610, Wheeler won the flip and doubled up.

Tags: Ali Emre OzcanJason Wheeler

Notable Players in the Field

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Cohen Makes First Elimination

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Lucien Cohen
Lucien Cohen

Winner of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event during EPT Barcelona in August, Lucien Cohen is in the field and has already eliminated a player.

From the hijack, he opened to 300, then was raised to 1,600 by Azamat Tulepbergenov in the cutoff. Cohen called, and discovered a 64J flop.

Tulepbergenov, bet 2,000, but Cohen raised to 6,500. Then Tulepbergenov moved all in with the starting stack, and Cohen called.

Azamat Tulepbergenov: QQ
Lucien Cohen: JJ

Cohen hit a set on the flop, and it held after the turn 2 and the river 9. "I knew he had a big pair. I even thought he had aces," Cohen said, while Tulepbergenov was leaving the tournament area.

Tags: Azamat TulepbergenovLucien Cohen

Pustula Raises On The Flop

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

On the button, Suleyman Sinan Yuce raised to 300, and both players in the blinds called.

The dealer fanned a flop of 749. Yuce bet 300 again, and Andrei Bocharnikov in the small blind check-called. But in the big blind, Jacek Pustula check-raised to 1,500. Yuce made the call, but Bocharnikov folded.

The J came on the turn. And after Pustula bet 1,500, Yuce gave his cards to the dealer.

Tags: Andrei BocharnikovJacek PustulaSuleyman Sinan Yuce

A First Pot For Kurumoglu

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Okan Kurumoglu on the button opened to 300, and he was only called by Svetlin Saber in the small blind.

On 210K, Kurumoglu's continuation bet to 400 was called again. But the A on the turn froze the action as both players checked.

The 8 landed on the river, and Sabev took the lead betting 1,000. Kurumoglu raised to 2,500, and made Sabev fold.

Tags: Okan KurumogluSvetlin Saber