$1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-12-2023 12:10 UTC+2

Big Pot For Sidelkovskiy With Aces

Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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 J♥3♠6♥, 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: A♠J♦
Leonid Sidelkovskiy: A♦A♣

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Sidelkovskiy	68,000 68,000	68,000
Haytham El Maoula	24,000 24,000	24,000
Sergio Housepian	20,000 20,000	20,000
Murad Cakir	Busted

Tags: Leonid Sidelkovskiy Murad Cakir Sergio Housepian

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

10-12-2023 12:25 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Neves	Busted
Sergey Bortsov	Busted
Benjamin Hamnett	Busted
Carlos Karajian	Busted
Rudolf Domin	Busted
Alexey Popov	Busted
Kevin O'Donnell	Busted

Full For Ozcan

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Under the gun, Ahmet Ozcan opened but saw Alexios Messalas, seated on his left, 3-bet to 2,100. All the other players folded to Ozcan, who called.

Messalas fired out a first barrel of 1,800 on the flop Q♦6♣6♦, then a second one to 3,200 on the turn 7♣. Both times, Ozcan check-called.

The river card was the 6♥, and Ozcan took the lead, betting 10,000. Messalas went into the tank, clearly struggling to make a decision. But he decided to fold. Ozcan revealed A♥Q♥ for a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmet Ozcan	52,000 52,000	52,000
Aurélien Russo	45,000 15,000	15,000
Alexios Messalas	32,000 32,000	32,000
Alexane Najchaus	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Ahmet Ozcan Alexios Messalas

10-12-2023 13:00 UTC+2

Big Bet From Georgiou

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Moments before the break, Ilia Drobin and Georgios Georgiou found themselves in a blind versus blind situation.

On the flop 6♣9♠K♠, Drobin and his small stack checked. Georgiou could bet small, but he didn't. He prefered to move all in to put pressure on Robin, who quickly folded.

Georgiou showed J♠7♠ for a flush draw, and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Georgiou	69,000 69,000	69,000
Ilia Drobin	7,500 7,500	7,500

Tags: Georgios Georgiou Ilia Drobin

10-12-2023 13:02 UTC+2

First Break of The Day

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

After three levels, players are on the first 20-minute break on the day.

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

10-12-2023 13:38 UTC+2

El Sayed Doubles Through Trofim

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Under the gun, Mihai Trofim opened to 900. He was called by Mahmoud El Sayed in the hijack, but not by Svetlana Aubakirova in the cutoff who 3-bet to 3,700. The button and the blinds folded to Trofim. And the moldovan player 4-bet to 8,800.

Immediatly, El Sayed moved all in for 6 200. Aubakirova eventually folded.

Mahmoud El Sayed: K♦K♥
Mihai Trofim: Q♣J♠

El Sayed stayed in the lead on 6♠6♥4♠J♦7♥ and found a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aurélie Reard	51,000 51,000	51,000
Mihai Trofim	25,000 25,000	25,000
Svetlana Aubakirova	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Mahmoud El Sayed Mihai Trofim Svetlana Aubakirova

10-12-2023 13:46 UTC+2

Moreau Steals It With Big River Bet

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Levente Szabo three-bet to 3,000 in the cutoff and Alexandre Moreau called from the hijack.

The flop came 5♥3♦5♠ and Szabo continued for 1,800. Moreau called and both players then checked the 3♠ turn.

The 6♣ fell on the river and Moreau then tossed in a bet of 15,000. Szabo didn't take too long before tossing his cards away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Moreau	35,000
Levente Szabo	24,000

Tags: Levente Szabo Alexandre Moreau

10-12-2023 13:51 UTC+2

Bohdanov Runs Into a Monster

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

More than 10,000 was already in the middle as Renat Bohdanov and Anton Smirnov went heads-up to the turn on a board of 6♦10♣3♦K♠. Smirnov then bet 2,300 from the cutoff and Bohdanov called in early position.

The river came the 8♦ and Smirnov then slid forward a tower of chips to put Bohdanov all in. Bohdanov quickly called for around 10,000 and Smirnov showed him K♦K♥ for the turned set.

Bohdanov tossed A♠A♦ into the middle of the table before making his exit.