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

10-13-2023 17:46 UTC+3

Amoyal Doubles Through Ivanov

Connor Richards

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Alexander Ivanov opened to 2,600 in early position and Israel Amoyal called in the cutoff as the blinds also came along.

Action checked to Amoyal on the flop of 2♣10♣Q♦ and he moved all in for 13,100. The blinds folded and Ivanov called with a bigger stack.

Israel Amoyal: K♣Q♣
Alexander Ivanov: K♦10♥

Amoyal had the better pair in addition to having a flush draw before the runout of 8♦A♦ confirmed his double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander ivanov	100,000 85,000	85,000
Israel Amoyal	35,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Alexander Ivanov Israel Amoyal

10-13-2023 17:45 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Rezaei	170,000 7,000	7,000
Juan Sebastian Lamprea	140,000 10,000	10,000
Roman Kolotiuk	60,000 32,000	32,000
Jon Kyte	47,000 13,000	13,000
Dawid Smolka	45,000 15,000	15,000
Steven Warburton	35,000
Julien Sitbon	35,000
Parker Talbot	30,000 5,000	5,000
Benjamin Spragg	25,000 25,000	25,000

Gaelle Baumann	23,000

Tens For Kennedy

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Maxime Taldir

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

From the cutoff, Anthony Kennedy bet 2,500, and was called by both players in the blinds.

All three of them checked on 3♥A♣3♠ flop, but on the turn 2♦, Samy Boujmala in the small blind bet 6,000. Seated on his left, Ovidiu Lung folded, but Kennedy made the call.

When the Q♠ came on the river, Boujmala quickly checked and Kennedy checked back, revealing 10♣10♥. Boujmala mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samy Boujmala	72,000 72,000	72,000
Anthony Kennedy	52,000 52,000	52,000
Ovidiu Lungu	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Anthony Kennedy Ovidiu Lung Samy Boujmala

10-13-2023 17:44 UTC+3

Beresford, Kolev Find Doubles

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Conor Beresford moved all in for 15,500 from the cutoff and Andrey Litvinov called in the big blind.

Conor Beresford: A♠7♥
Andrey Litvinov: A♥9♥

Both players hit their ace on the 5♥6♦A♣ flop but Litvinov remained in front with his nine-kicker. The K♥ turn left Beresford one card from elimination, but he found the 7♣ to make two pair and double up.

At the same time at another table, Boris Kolev was all in for 16,000 in the cutoff and up against Ilija Savevski in middle position.

Boris Kolev: K♥K♠
Ilija Savevski: A♣Q♣

The 3♦Q♠3♥ flop gave Kolev a sweat as Savevski hit his queen, but Savevski improved no further on the 2♣ turn or 4♥ river and Kolev stayed around.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilija Savevski	60,000 38,000	38,000

Boris Kolev	35,000
Conor Beresford	32,000 3,000	3,000
Andrey Litvinov	5,000

Tags: Andrey Litvinov Boris Kolev Conor Beresford Ilija Savevski

10-13-2023 17:33 UTC+3

Ghazarian, Kropmanns Get Into a Flop Raising War

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Harout Ghazarian and Ramon Kropmanns were heads-up on a flop of 3♣J♦9♠ when Ghazarian bet 2,500 from under the gun.

Kropmanns then raised to 7,500 in middle position and Ghazarian came back with a reraise to 15,000. Kropmanns attempted to raise again but didn't put in enough as the dealer forced him to make it 22,500.

Ghazarian just called to see the 7♠ turn, where Kropmanns bet another 6,500. Ghazarian quickly called and the A♠ fell on the river.

Both players checked and Ghazarian turned over 3♥3♠ for a flopped set to win the pot.

Cecile Ticherfatine and Andrea Dato are also at this table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cécile Ticherfatine	120,000
Harout Ghazarian	110,000
Andrea Dato	85,000
Ramon Kropmanns	50,000

Tags: Andrea Dato Cecile Ticherfatine Harout Ghazarian Ramon Kropmanns

10-13-2023 17:28 UTC+3

Big Stacks After the Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Ilavsky	238,700 96,500	96,500
Alexey Popov	185,000 185,000	185,000
Aurélie Reard	183,000 23,000	23,000
Bakhos Alalam	180,000 95,000	95,000
Daniel Rezaei	177,000 82,000	82,000
Michel Atallah	170,000 29,000	29,000
Abbas Safaei	168,500
Evgenii Ushakov	160,000 160,000	160,000
Ekrem Sanioglu	157,500 32,500	32,500
Gabriel Akiki	157,000 37,000	37,000
Alexis Savvides	151,000 91,000	91,000
Yusuf Romano	150,000

10-13-2023 17:24 UTC+3

Stumbo Trips Up Badulin

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On the first hand back from break, Alexey Badulin moved all in for around 8,000 in early position, Anthony Stumbo reshoved from the small blind, and the rest of the table folded.

Alexey Badulin: K♥J♥
Anthony Stumbo: A♣Q♣

Badulin hit the J♣ on the flop, but it was followed by Q♥Q♠ as Stumbo made trips. The board ran out 3♥10♣ and Badulin was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Stumbo	65,000 65,000	65,000
Alexey Badulin	Busted

Tags: Alexey Badulin Anthony Stumbo

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-13-2023 17:01 UTC+3

Players Off on Break

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Level 8 has ended and players are on another 20-minute break.

There are still two more levels of late registration, with the tournament clock currently showing 936 entries so far on Day 1c.

10-13-2023 17:00 UTC+3

Niste Heads to Break With a Double

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Although the rest of the room had already emptied out on break, the players at Mihai Niste's table were still standing around as he and Michael Kilian were involved in a pot on the turn.

Kilian had bet 8,000 on a board of K♣J♦6♥2♦ before Niste had moved all in for 42,100 in the hijack. Kilian, in the small blind, tanked for several minutes into the break before calling.

Niste then turned over 6♣6♠ and Kilian went to muck his hand even with a card still to come. The dealer exposed his A♦J♥ as Kilian was already drawing dead before the inconsequential 8♦ fell on the river.