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

10-13-2023 03:41 UTC+3

Letort Ousted After Brutal River

Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Thibault Letort found himself all in and at risk in a preflop confrontation against Araz Azady who had a covering stack.

Thibault Letort: A♥Q♥
Araz Azady: A♠3♠

Letort was in great shape to double up with a bigger ace but the 9♠8♠6♦ gave Azady a plethora of outs in the form of the nut-flush draw. The 8♣ turn was clean but Azady spiked a three on the 3♦ river to send Letort to the rail close in tough fashion close to the money bubble.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Antoine Labat was also eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Araz Azady	185,000 185,000	185,000
Thibault Letort	Busted
Antoine Labat	Busted

Tags: Araz Azady Thibault Letort

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

10-13-2023 03:28 UTC+3

Ida Pressures Noubarian

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Majid Ejlal Noubarian opened to 8,000 from under the gun and Toru Ida defended from the big blind.

The flop came A♠J♠4♣ and Ida check-called a 6,000 continuation bet from Noubarian.

Both players checked the 8♠ turn leading to the 9♥ river. Ida moved all in for 25,000 prompting a fold from Noubarian.

Meanwhile, Olga Iermolcheva was recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toru Ida	55,000 55,000	55,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	35,000 35,000	35,000
Olga Iermolcheva	Busted

Tags: Majid Ejlal Noubarian Toru Ida

10-13-2023 03:13 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts after Fourth Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Carl Shaw	534,000 13,000	13,000

Vasyl Laba	235,000 191,000	191,000
Ankit Ahuja	220,000 77,000	77,000

Aren Bezhanyan	165,000 -10,000	-10,000
Pedros Neves	165,000 134,500	134,500
John Nahum	115,000 -165,000	-165,000
Nicolay Langfeldt	92,000 -37,000	-37,000
Kenny Hallaert	76,000 -11,500	-11,500

Olga Iermolcheva	40,000 3,000	3,000
Sakis Nicolaou	Busted
Kevin O'Donnell	Busted
Leon Sturm	Busted
Christopher Rossos	Busted
Fawzi Bou Karam	Busted
Alexios Messalas	Busted

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

10-13-2023 02:44 UTC+3

Break Time

Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Players are on their fourth 15-minute break of the evening. There are currently 85 players remaining.

10-13-2023 02:43 UTC+3

Shaw Does it Again

Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of A♥A♠Q♣7♥ and about 30,000 already in the middle, Carl Shaw checked from early position, Alex Peffly bet 15,000 and Shaw made the call.

The river was the 7♠. Shaw checked, Peffly bet 28,000, and after about 45 seconds Shaw made the call.

Peffly tabled K♠Q♦ for two pair, aces and queens while Shaw revealed 9♦7♦ for a rivered full house to further extend his chip lead over the rest of the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carl Shaw	521,000 137,000	137,000

Alex Peffly	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Alex Peffly Carl Shaw

10-13-2023 02:30 UTC+3

Can't Stop Shaw

Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Stefan Lehner moved all in for 31,000 from the hijack and was called by Carl Shaw who had a covering stack.

Stefan Lehner: A♦J♥
Carl Shaw: K♣Q♣

Lehner was ahead with an ace and remained so on the 7♦2♣10♦ flop and 9♥ turn. Shaw spiked a pair on the Q♦ river to send Lehner to the rail and add even more chips to his stack, which is one of the biggest in the room and is currently approaching 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carl Shaw	384,000 70,000	70,000

Stefan Lehner	Busted

Tags: Carl Shaw Stefan Lehner

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

10-13-2023 02:20 UTC+3

Vakis Sets the Trap

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ivaylo Sivinov opened to 5,000 from the button and Georgios Vakis defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the A♣5♠J♣ flop leading to the A♥ turn. Vakis checked, Sivinov bet 5,000 and Vakis made the call.

Vakis checked again on the 8♥ river and Sivinov bet 14,500. Vakis raised all in for 32,000 total and after briefly considering his options Sivinov decided to call.

Sivinov revealed 9♣9♦ while Vakis tabled A♦2♦ for trip aces to secure the full double up.

Meanwhile at another table, Ren Lin was recently eliminated from the tournament.