$5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-16-2023 15:21 UTC+2

Sboev Four-Bets Light, Smacks the River to Double

David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Evgenii Sboev raised to 1,000 under the gun before Andrew Gray three-bet to 3,500 in the cutoff. Carl Shaw called on the button as action went back to Sboev, who put in a four-bet to 11,700.

Both Gray and Shaw called, putting more than 30,000 in the pot already as they went three-handed to the 2♥5♣7♠ flop. Sboev then led out for 4,500 and Gray called, while Shaw got out of the way.

The turn came the 3♥ and Sboev checked over to Gray who moved all in. "Alright, let's gamble," Sboev said as he slammed in his last 21,000 after tanking for a few minutes.

Gray showed 10♠10♥, while Sboev had K♥5♥ for a pair and flush draw. The A♥ fell on the river and Sboev made his flush to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Evgenii Sboev	65,000 65,000	65,000
Carl Shaw	38,000 8,000	8,000
Andrew Gray	3,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Andrew Gray Carl Shaw Evgenii Sboev

10-16-2023 15:22 UTC+2

Players Heading for 20-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players in the EPT Cyprus Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break. There are 404 entries and 308 players remain.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

10-16-2023 15:47 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Erdem Akmert	182,000 108,900	108,900
Dimitar Danchev	112,500 57,500	57,500

Sergei Lavrikov	108,800 16,800	16,800
Paul Newey	98,000 18,000	18,000
Harald Sammer	98,000 2,000	2,000
Daniel Koloszar	95,900 27,400	27,400
Rudolf Domin	94,000 4,000	4,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	93,100 51,100	51,100
Victor Yugay	90,000 40,000	40,000
Evgenii Sboev	88,000 23,000	23,000
Benjamin Tessier	86,000 86,000	86,000
Georgios Vrakas	83,400 83,400	83,400
Aren Bezhanyan	83,000 83,000	83,000
Kemal Aydogdu	81,800 81,800	81,800
Agharazi Babayev	79,000 43,000	43,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	60,000 30,000	30,000
Artem Sadovskii	60,000 28,000	28,000
Alexandre Vuilleumier	55,000 25,000	25,000
Lucien Cohen	55,000 1,000	1,000

Joan Perez	55,000 32,000	32,000
Conor Beresford	50,000
Milos Skrbic	50,000 5,000	5,000

Nathan Tetart	48,000 8,000	8,000

Stefan Lehner	47,000 18,000	18,000

Julien Sitbon	45,000
Samuel Fournier	45,000 3,000	3,000
Vedat Mutlu	42,000 16,000	16,000
Nuri Hadioglu	40,000
Lukas Robinson	40,000 5,000	5,000

Joao Vieira	32,000 2,000	2,000
Francisco Benitez	25,000 5,000	5,000
Niko Koop	23,000 16,000	16,000
Simeon Spasov	20,000
Upeshka DeSilva	10,000 19,000	19,000
Sebastian Schulze	Busted
Andrii Zaika	Busted
Rafael Navas	Busted
Walid Bou Habib	Busted
Jessica Teusl	Busted
Alejandro Lococo	Busted

Marino Carvalho Eliminated By Talbot

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Moments after the break, Julio Marino Carvalho found himself at risk for 18,000 chips on the button against Parker Talbot in the big blind.

Julio Marino Carvalho: A♥7♣
Parker Talbot: 10♠10♥

On the board 4♦9♦7♥Q♣3♣, Talbot's tens held, leading to Marino Carvalho's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	38,000 10,000	10,000

Julio Marino Carvalho	Busted

Tags: Julio Marino Carvalho Parker Talbot

10-16-2023 15:57 UTC+2

Talbot Hangs On For Massive Double

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Parker Talbot bet 4,200 from the button on a flop of K♣5♦A♣ before Dimitrii Nazarov moved all in from the big blind. Talbot slammed in his last 39,000.

Parker Talbot: A♠Q♦
Dimitrii Nazarov: 5♣3♣

Talbot was ahead with top pair but needed to dodge Nazarov's flush draw. The 7♦ turn was safe, while the river was the 4♦ and Talbot doubled up.

"She's such a nice dealer," Talbot said with a smile as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	80,000 52,000	52,000

Dimitrii Nazarov	5,000

Tags: Dimitrii Nazarov Parker Talbot

10-16-2023 16:06 UTC+2

Stojanovic Four-Bets Blind Versus Blind

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action folded around to Vlada Stojanovic, who raised to 1,800 from the small blind. Lars Kamphues three-bet to 5,600 from the big blind and Stojanovic four-bet to 12,000. Kamphues folded and Stojanovic took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlada Stojanovic	53,000
Lars Kamphues	28,000

Tags: Lars Kamphues Vlada Stojanovic

10-16-2023 16:10 UTC+2

Lynskey Busts to Dato's Kings

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Andrea Dato raised to 1,000 from late position and Alexander Lynskey moved all in from the small blind for around 12,000. Dato called with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Alexander Lynskey: A♥5♥
Andrea Dato: K♣K♠

The board ran out J♥10♦8♦10♣3♦. Dato held with his pocket kings to send Lynskey to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Dato	84,000 34,000	34,000

Alexander Lynskey	Busted

Tags: Alexander Lynskey Andrea Dato

10-16-2023 16:12 UTC+2

Bigot Four-Bets, Raises the River

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Aren Bezhanyan three-bet to 4,100 on the button before Fabrice Bigot, under the gun, four-bet to 11,000.

Bezhanyan called to the 8♣7♦9♥ flop as Bigot sat motionless for a minute before checking. Bezhanyan also took his time until checking back.

The turn came the K♠ and Bigot again paused for a moment before tapping the felt. Bezhanyan used up a few minutes before he checked to the K♥ turn.

Bigot checked again and Bezhanyan then slowly bet 8,500. Bigot tanked once more, then emerged with a raise to 21,000. It was then Bezhanyan's turn to use up some more time as he gathered his stack into a tower, then looked over at Bigot to check for a reaction.

Bigot gave off none and Bezhanyan eventually folded in a hand that took nearly 10 minutes off the clock.