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

10-21-2023 13:52 UTC+3

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kanan Taherkhani	225,000 53,000	53,000
Boris Angelov	140,000 5,000	5,000

10-21-2023 13:49 UTC+3

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	25,500 500	500
Aliaksei Boika	12,000 32,500	32,500

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Ehsan Amiri

10-21-2023 13:40 UTC+3

Final Eliminations of the First Level

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jessica Teusl	Busted
Vlada Stojanovic	Busted
Joao Vieira	Busted
Simon Mattsson	Busted
Alexandre Raymond	Busted
Apoorva Goel	Busted
Aleksandr Pak	Busted
Walid Bou-Habib	Busted
Diego Zeiter	Busted
Julien Sitbon	Busted
Ugur Secilmis	Busted
Aren Bezhanyan	Busted
Yassin Mahmoud	Busted
Atanas Malinov	Busted
Yury Bochkarev	Busted
Grigorii Rodin	Busted
Silius Moll	Busted
Ihar Soika	Busted
Tamer Kamel	Busted

10-21-2023 13:38 UTC+3

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:452]	370,000 67,000	67,000
Christos Leantzis	Busted

Tags: Christos Leantzis

10-21-2023 13:36 UTC+3

$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

10-21-2023 13:35 UTC+3

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Selahaddin Bedir	580,000 176,500	176,500

Victoria Livschitz	70,000 4,500	4,500

Tags: Selahaddin Bedir Victoria Livschitz

10-21-2023 13:25 UTC+3

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masato Yokosawa	250,000 9,000	9,000
Michael Rocco	Busted

Tags: Masato Yokosawa Michael Rocco

10-21-2023 13:17 UTC+3

"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.