$10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-20-2023 16:18 UTC+3

Bonanata Goes All In On the Turn

Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

A few minutes after he was eliminated from the Main Event (36th, $21,500), Fabrice Bigot jumped in the $10,300 EPT High Roller, and raised to 2,000 on the button after Marcelo Bonanata limped under the gun.

Bonanata called, and on the flop J♦4♠Q♥, Bigot made a continuation bet to 3,500.

Bonanata check-called. But on the turn A♠, when Bigot bet 15,000, Bonanata check-raised all in for approximately 50,000 chips. Bigot immediately folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcelo Bonanata	71,000 71,000	71,000
Fabrice Bigot	27,700 27,700	27,700

Tags: Fabrice Bigot Marcelo Bonanata

10-20-2023 16:08 UTC+3

Kalev Takes From the Frenchmen

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

From under the gun, Petar Kalev raised to 900, and he was called by two French players in the blinds.

On the flop 6♦A♦8♠, Kalev bet 1,000, and Alexandre Reard in the small blind check-called, while Gregoire Auzoux in the big blind check-folded.

The 10♠ came on the river, and Kalev fired a second barrel. But he didn't have time to announce the amount, because Reard folded before.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	67,000 67,000	67,000
Petar Kalev	53,000 53,000	53,000
Maher Nouira	42,000 42,000	42,000
Gregoire Auzoux	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Gregoire Auzoux Petar Kalev

10-20-2023 16:00 UTC+3

Ensan Puts on the Pressure Before It's Put on Him

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Jeremy Geist

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Yauheni Tsiareshchanka opened the cutoff to 800 before 2019 WSOP Main Event Champion Hossein Ensan three-bet the button to 2,400.

Aren Bezhanyan was in the big blind and cold called the three-bet before Tsiareshchanka folded and they were off to a flop heads up.

The 7♣10♦6♣ hit the flop and action checked to Ensan who continued for 1,500. He then faced a check-raise to 5,000. Ensan called.

The 5♥ landed on the turn and Bezhanyan continued the story for 8,500. Ensan called again and the K♠ pealed off on the river.

The action slowed down and checked through and Bezhanyan tabled 8♥8♦ while Ensan tabled 10♥9♠ for a light three-bet that turned into some value.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	53,000 8,500	8,500

Aren Bezhanyan	43,000 43,000	43,000
Yauheni Tsiareshchanka	32,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Aren Bezhanyan Hossein Ensan Yauheni Tsiareshchanka

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

10-20-2023 15:44 UTC+3

Ruijs Catches Kanit

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Jeremy Geist

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Hugo Machado opened to 1,000 in early position and got called in two spots by Joris Ruijs on the button and by Mustapha Kanit in the big blind.

The 5♠8♦4♦ flop quickly checked through to a 6♠ turn. Kanit took the betting lead and wagered 1,600. Only Ruijs called on their way to a 3♥ river.

Kanit took a moment and then sized up to 5,500. After a moment Ruijs flicked in a call. Kanit mucked without showing and Ruijs dragged the pot without even showing his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	63,000
Hugo Machado	46,000
Mustapha Kanit	32,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Hugo Machado Joris Ruijs Mustapha Kanit

10-20-2023 15:37 UTC+3

Chisu Makes Pinho Fold

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

While Dominik Panda was taking his seat at the table, Luis Pinto opened from under the gun, and was called by Danut Chisu in early position, and by Danilo Velasevic in the big blind.

On the flop 3♠A♠4♣, Pinho bet 1,200, but only Chisu called. Then the 8♠ came on the turn, and he decided to check.

Chisu took this opportunity to bet 2,500. But after a few seconds, Pinho decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danut Chisu	110,000 110,000	110,000
Dominik Panka	50,000 50,000	50,000

Danilo Velasevic	36,400 36,400	36,400
Luis Pinho	27,000 27,000	27,000
Pablo Brito	23,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Danilo Velasevic Danut Chisu Luis Pinto

10-20-2023 15:28 UTC+3

Derwiche Gets Aggressive

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Jeremy Geist

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Imad Derwiche opened in late position to 1,000 before getting three-bet out of the small blind by Anatoly Zlotnikov.

Derwiche called and they were off to a flop heads up.

The 7♦K♠6♦ landed on the flop and Zlotnikov continued for 2,300. Derwiche took a moment before putting in a raise to 10,000. Zlotnikov called.

The turn brought an A♣ and when it was checked over to Derwiche he almost instantly moved all in. Unfortunately, he could not get anymore action as Zlotnikov folded.

Derwiche scooped and is currently sitting on a top five stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Derwiche	130,000 3,000	3,000
Anatoly Zlotnikov	46,000

Tags: Anatoly Zlotnikov Imad Derwiche

10-20-2023 15:24 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremie Zouari	133,000 133,000	133,000
Imad Derwiche	127,000 127,000	127,000
Lyudmil Ivanov	126,000 87,500	87,500
Julien Sitbon	109,000 59,000	59,000
Ihar Soika	95,000 95,000	95,000
Pascal Hartmann	90,000 90,000	90,000
[Removed:548]	90,000 40,000	40,000
Valeriy Pak	87,700 6,700	6,700
Alexandre Vuilleumier	77,800 16,800	16,800
Juan Pardo	72,000 13,000	13,000
Alejandro Lococo	67,000 67,000	67,000
Kyle Cheong	66,300 16,300	16,300
Vlado Banicevic	65,700 65,700	65,700
Vladas Tamasauskas	65,400 65,400	65,400
Pablo Silva	64,800 64,800	64,800
Ankit Ahuja	64,300 64,300	64,300
Hossein Ensan	61,500 10,500	10,500

Omar Del Pino	60,000 10,000	10,000
Johan Guilbert	59,600 9,600	9,600
Lucien Cohen	59,000 9,000	9,000

Dimitar Danchev	59,000 59,000	59,000

Pedro Neves	55,000 3,000	3,000
Samuel Ju	53,500 3,500	3,500
Paul Newey	52,000 4,000	4,000
Alexandru Papazian	48,500 48,500	48,500

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10-20-2023 15:16 UTC+3

Who Has the Flush?

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Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jovan Kenjic opened to 1,000 on the button, and Sam Greenwood defended from the big blind.

Kenjic made a continuation bet to 400 on the flop A♦8♦6♠. But Greenwood didn't back down and check-called. He checked on the turn 4♣, and Kenjic checked back.

On the river 4♦, Greenwood took the lead and bet 3,500. Kenjic took some time, but eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jovan Kenjic	61,000 61,000	61,000
Sam Greenwood	50,000 50,000	50,000

Mustapha Kanit	50,000 50,000	50,000
Mehdi Chaoui	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Jovan Kenjic Sam Greenwood

10-20-2023 15:09 UTC+3

Set Over Set for Hadioglu

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Jeremy Geist

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Yunsheng Sun opened to 600 in early position before getting called by Nuri Hadioglu in middle position. The action was then on Yauheni Tsiareshchanka who three-bet to 2,700 from the cutoff. Both players called.

The 9♣3♣4♠ flop hit the felt and action checked to Tsiareshchanka who continued for 2,500. Suncalled and the Hadioglu put in a check-raise to 10,000. Tsiareshchanka folded but in an unexpected turn of events Sun put in a back raise to 25,000.

Hadioglu sat in the tank for only a moment before moving all in. Sunsnap called and the cards hit their backs.

Yunsheng Sun: 3♥3♠
Nuri Hadioglu: 9♥9♠

It was a gross spot as Sun was drawing to a single out going to the 4♥ turn and J♦ river. He would hit the rail and Hadioglu would drag a huge pot after a massive set over set cooler.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nuri Hadioglu	135,000 56,000	56,000
Yauheni Tsiareshchanka	33,000 33,000	33,000
Yunsheng Sun	Busted

Tags: Nuri Hadioglu Sun Yunsheng Yauheni Tsiareshchanka