$10,300 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

Oct 21, 2023

Taherkhani Checks That Twice?

Jeremy Geist

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Boris Angelov opened in middle position to 3,000 before the action made it to Kanan Taherkhani in the small blind who put in a three-bet to 9,000. Angelov called and they were off to a flop heads up.

The A♠K♣6♣ flop hit the felt and Taherkhani continued for 6,000. Angelov called and the dealer pealed off the 3♥ on the turn.

Taherkhani slowed down with a check and Angelov checked back. The J♦ landed on the river and after a little thought Taherkhani checked once more. Angelov snap checked back and Taherkhani tabled an interesting hand.

It appeared he was getting very trappy as he rolled over A♣A♥ for top set that was checked twice. He still scooped and is sitting with a very nice stack early in the day.

Oct 21, 2023

Boika Hangs On

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Aliaksei Boika started today with less than a starting stack, and he was even further down to a mere 3,500 chips when he put them all in from middle position. Ehsam Amiri then rejammed from the cutoff for 29,000 and the rest of the table folded.

Aliaksei Boika: Q♦9♠
Ehsan Amiri: A♦5♣

Boika flopped an open-ended straight draw on 7♠J♦10♥, and while the 7♣ turn did not help him, the K♠ river completed the draw to double him up to six big blinds.

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Ehsan Amiri

Oct 21, 2023

Final Eliminations of the First Level

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Oct 21, 2023

Kaladjurdjevic Knocks Out Leantzis

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Jeremy Geist

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The action folded to Christos Leantzis who moved all in off a short stack from the cutoff for about 18,000. The button folded and then action was on the big stack of [Removed:452] in the small blind who called. The big blind got out of the way and they were off to a full board with the cards on their backs.

Christos Leantzis: A♠7♠
[Removed:452]: A♦K♥

The full board ran out Q♠9♣4♦K♦7♣ and although both players hit two pair it was the Kaladjurdjevic who would win with his aces and kings. Leantzis hit the rail prior to the money.

Tags: Christos Leantzis

Oct 21, 2023

$787,40 For the Winner of the $10,300 EPT High Roller

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Maxime Taldir

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Late registrations closed at the beginning of Day 2, resulting in a final total of 407 entrants for the $10,300 EPT High Roller. They generated a prize pool of $3,947,900, but only 55 players will be in the money, with a minimum cash prize of $19,200.

Tomorrow, on Sunday, October 22, one player will be crowned as the champion and win $787,400.

$10,300 EPT High Roller Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$787,400	12-13	$58,700
2	$492,400	14-15	$51,100
3	$351,700	16-17	$44,400
4	$270,600	18-20	$38,600
5	$208,100	21-23	$33,600
6	$160,100	24-27	$29,200
7	$123,100	28-31	$25,400
8	$101,500	32-39	$22,100
9	$84,600	40-55	$19,200
10-11	$70,500

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Oct 21, 2023

Bedir Gives Fraction of Huge Stack to Livschitz

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

A flop of A♠6♠9♠ was spread on the table, with around 12,000 chips gathered in the pot. Victoria Livschitz checked from the big blind to her opponent, Day 1 chipleader Slehaddin Bedir, in the hijack.

Bedir made a bet of 4,000, after which Livschitz promptly went all in for 29,000 chips. Bedir used one time bank extension before shrugging and putting in the call.

Victoria Livschitz: 8♦7♠
Selahaddin Bedir: A♣7♥

Livschitz had a combo draw while Bedir was sitting on top pair. The 4♦ did nothing for either player, but the Q♠ river brought the flush in for Livschitz, who doubled up,

"Sometimes I lose," concluded Bedir, who had not done much of that thus far on Day 2, judging by his stack of more than five times the average.

Tags: Selahaddin Bedir Victoria Livschitz

Oct 21, 2023

Yokosawa Yeets Rocco out of the High Roller

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a modest pot, there was a board of 5♣A♣J♦7♣ in the middle. Masato Yokosawa and Michael Rocco were heads up when the former checked from the big blind before the latter bet 4,000 from middle position. Yokosawa called and the 4♣ river brought the fourth club on the board.

Yokosawa now led out for 8,500 chips, enough to put Rocco all in. Rocco mulled it over for a while before slamming in his final chips, revealing [a9c] for a middling flush.

However, Yokosawa played the higher flush with K♣8♦ and knocked out his opponent.

Tags: Masato Yokosawa Michael Rocco

Oct 21, 2023

"All In With the Diapers"

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Cards went on their backs on Table 4 with Eros Calderone, at risk from the small blind for 12,000 chips, and Dumitru Pora in the big blind, who put... a box of diapers on the table. "I'm all in with the diapers," he said.

Eros Calderone: A♥2♦
Dumitru Pora: A♦K♥

The diapers didn't bring the lucky Pora needed, as on 2♥7♥J♥2♠5♠, Calderone hit trips to double through him. However, Calderon was eliminated a few hands later.