$2,200 Eureka High Roller Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-15-2023 15:45 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Carbo	166,000 166,000	166,000
Nikolaos Iliakis	155,800 155,800	155,800
Marat Shafigullin	155,000 65,000	65,000
Aleksandr Denisov	134,000 134,000	134,000
Evgeniy Sboev	132,000 132,000	132,000
Andras Matrai	130,800 130,800	130,800
Anton Wigg	123,700 51,700	51,700

Nathan Tetart	123,200 123,200	123,200
Chakib Mhiri	123,000 68,000	68,000
Cecile Ticherfatine	120,000 120,000	120,000

Shylko Runs Into Popov's Full House

Maxime Taldir

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Moments after the restart, Aliaksandr Shylko in the big blind found himself at risk for 9,400 chips against Alexey Popov in early position.

Aliaksandr Shylko: Q♣Q♦
Alexey Popov: K♣10♣

Popov directly hit trips on the flop 6♣10♦10♠, and a full house after the turn 5♠ and the river 6♠ to eliminate Shylko.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Popov	46,000 46,000	46,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	Busted

Tags: Alexey Popov Aliaksandr Shylko

10-15-2023 15:52 UTC+2

Kiselev Calls Down Voronin

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The pot stood at approximately 9,500 with two players looking at a board that read 9♥10♦9♣

Konstantin Voronin, who was under the gun, check-called a bet of 3,000 from Daniil Kiselev, who was on his direct left.

Voronin decided to lead 10,000 on the 10♠ turn. Kiselev called.

The 2♠ river saw Voronin bet enough to put Kiselev all in for his effective stack of 8,900. Kiselev made a quick call.

Daniil Kiselev: A♥A♦
Konstantin Voronin: 4♦4♥

Kiselev doubled up virtue of his pocket aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniil Kiselev	54,000 54,000	54,000
Konstantin Voronin	32,500 20,500	20,500

Tags: Daniil Kiselev Konstantin Voronin

10-15-2023 16:06 UTC+2

Chabbi Pressures Ju

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The pot stood at 25,500 with two players looking at a board that read Q♣4♣J♠7♦J♣.

Adrian Chabbi, in middle position, moved all in. Samuel Ju, on the button, went into the tank as he was making a decision for his effective stack of 30,200.

After minutes in the tank, Ju apologized to the table for taking so much time. Eventually, he made the call.

Samuel Ju: A♣6♣
Adrian Chabbi: K♣8♥

Ju's nut flush earned him the full double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Ju	85,700 42,500	42,500
Adrian Chabbi	19,500 19,500	19,500

Tags: Adrian Chabbi Samuel Ju

10-15-2023 16:16 UTC+2

Simon Doubles Before Donchev Departs

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Calum Grant

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

[Removed:553] opened to 2,000 from early position and was called by Ekrem Sanioglu who was two seats over. Boris Tabiyev also called from the small blind before Vladislav Donchev jammed for 19,300 from the big blind. Simon, who had 18,300, called for his tournament life and the remaining players folded.

[Removed:553]: 9♥9♠
Vladislav Donchev: A♣10♠

Simon's pair held out to stay in front following the J♥7♥3♦K♦6♠ runout.

The following hand, Tabiyev limped in on the button and Donchev put in his last chip from the small blind. Andrei Cherkashin checked from the big blind.

Cherkashin bet the 10♣9♣8♣ flop and Tabiyev folded.

Vladislav Donchev: 5♥4♠
Andrei Cherkashin: J♣6♦

Cherkashin's jack-high was best and it remained that way after the 3♥ turn and 2♣ river, which marked Donchev's exit.

A few hands later, Sanioglu was also eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Cherkashin	55,000 55,000	55,000
[Removed:553]	40,000 40,000	40,000
Vladislav Donchev	Busted
Ekrem Sanioglu	Busted

Tags: Andrei Cherkashin Boris Tabiyev Ekrem Sanioglu Vladislav Donchev

10-15-2023 16:17 UTC+2

Dominguez Runs Into Aces

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Roberto Escribano Dominguez, in the big blind, found himself all in and at risk for his remaining 23,500, against Yury Masliankou, in the cutoff.

Roberto Escribano Dominguez: 10♥10♠
Yury Masliankou: A♥A♦

The board ran out 2♦J♠Q♥A♣J♦. Dominguez's pocket tens failed to improve by the river and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yury Masliankou	71,500 71,500	71,500
Roberto Escribano Dominguez	Busted

Tags: Roberto Escribano Dominguez Yury Masliankou

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-15-2023 16:27 UTC+2

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Calum Grant

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

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10-15-2023 16:32 UTC+2

Matrai Runs Into Aces

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Ollie Garland

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

Zeki Karali limped in under the gun, Nemanja Lukovic raised to 3,500 in early position, and Andras Matrai squeezed to 14,000 from the big blind. Karali called and Lukovic folded.

Matrai continued for 12,000 on the 8♠6♥3♣ flop. Karali responded with a raise to 40,000 and Matrai moved all in. Karali snap-called.

Andras Matrai: Q♠Q♦
Zeki Karali: A♠A♥

The board ran out with the 5♠ and the 10♣. Matrai's inferior pocket pair failed to pull ahead and he was sent to the rail.