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

$5,300 EPT Main Event

Day 1b Completed

10-18-2023 00:21 UTC+2

David Kaufmann Bags Chip Lead on Day 1b of the Inaugural EPT Cyprus Main Event

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Jeremy Geist

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Day 2 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus Main Event at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa has concluded after ten levels of play, with 275 players advancing out of 819 entrants. Currently, the prize pool sits at a whopping $6,251,650 with 408 runners coming back to play on Day 2. However, registration remains open and the players who were not able to enter on one of the Day 1 flights will be able to register up until the start of Day 2.

After the play concluded and the chips went into the bags, David Kaufmann bagged the chip lead with an impressive 299,000 stack. Close behind him were Andrei Vavilonskii (274,500) and Kayhan Mokri (258,000) who completed the top three and will look to continue the success when Day 2 resumes tomorrow at 12:00 EET.

Kaufmann finished 160th in the $2,200 Eureka High Roller yesterday and decided to attempt a trade-up to a big score today in the main event. He may not have the Hendon Mob of some of his counterparts in the top ten, but he will work to change that as the first EPT played on the island of Cyprus will have a massive first-place prize when the final numbers are out at the beginning of the day tomorrow.

Day 1b Top Ten Stacks

Place	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	David Kaufmann	Germany	299,000	249
2	Andrei Vavilonskii	Russia	274,500	229
3	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	258,000	215
4	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	252,000	210
5	Atanas Malinov	Bulgaria	251,500	210
6	Marc Foggin	United Kingdom	250,000	208
7	Aleksandr Faterin	Russia	249,000	208
8	Ivan Tukmachev	Russia	238,500	199
9	Yannick Schumacher	Germany	217,500	181
10	Aleksandr Pak	Uzbekistan	216,500	180

Multiple former EPT champions and many notable names were able to find a bag on Day 1b including 2013 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event Champion Steve O'Dwyer (163,500), 2019 EPT Sochi Main Event Champion Uri Gilboa (43,000), and 2010 EPT Copenhagen Main Event Champion Anton Wigg (175,000). PokerStars ambassadors Alejandro Lococo (191,000) and Jen Shahade (76,500) kept themselves in the mix and found a bag as well. Alex Kulev (190,500) cashed the Super High Roller last night and was able to accumulate a big stack today in the main after a nasty hand where he got the chips in on the flop and rivered a straight.

Unfortunately, some players had a rough day at the EPT main event. Former champion Ian Hamilton got knocked out before the end of the day. Popular streamer and PokerStars ambassador Ben "Spraggy" Spragg couldn't avoid hitting the rail early on after running into aces however his wife Marle Spragg did find a bag and will hope to bring the trophy home. Leon Sturm, who also cashed in the Super High Roller just last night, also hit the rail early.

The first EPT Cyprus has already been a huge success with the venue and staff being the perfect jumping-off point for such a huge event. Day 2 will begin the feature table live stream that will start a half hour after play resumes at about 12:30 EET. Make sure to not miss any of the action as the players look to make a move into a dominating position on the leaderboard.

Don’t miss any of the off-stream action by staying tuned into PokerNews all day!

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Aleksandr Faterin Aleksandr Pak Alex Kulev Andrei Vavilonskii Anton Atanas Malinov David Kaufmann Ian Hamilton Ivan Tukmachev Jen Shahade Kayhan Mokri Marc Foggin Marle Spragg Steve O'Dwyer Teun Mulder Uri Gilboa Yannick Schumach

10-18-2023 00:20 UTC+2

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	1	Sinan Unlu	Turkey	68,500	57
1	2	Simon Langer	Germany	130,000	108
1	3	Dauren Zhaparov	Kazakhstan	135,000	113
1	4	Marios Eracleous	Cyprus	38,000	32
1	5	Natan Chauskin	Belarus	185,000	154
1	6	Thomas Santerne	France	155,500	130
1	8	Alex Peffly	United Kingdom	148,000	123

2	1	Jeremie Bilodeau	Canada	41,000	34
2	2	Anton Roshchin	Russia	21,000	18
2	3	Valentin Cristea	Romania	45,000	38
2	4	Yassin Mahmoud	Jordan	49,600	41
2	6	Gaelle Baumann	France	40,500	34
2	7	Leantzis Christos	Cyprus	27,500	23
2	8	Philip Joyce	United Kingdom	130,500	109

3	2	Abi Nasr Malek	Lebanon	135,000	113
3	3	Aurelijus Sipavicius	Lithuania	53,000	44
3	4	Adrian Chiforescu	Romania	35,000	29
3	5	Dario Sammartino	Italy	297,000	248
3	6	Angelos Michael	Cyprus	84,500	70
3	7	Victor Yugay	Uzbekistan	114,000	95
3	8	Farhad Mohajerani	Australia	75,000	63

4	1	Christian Enz	Switzerland	28,000	23
4	2	Mauricio Ferreira Pais	Germany	52,000	43
4	4	Nuri Hadioglu	Turkey	130,000	108
4	5	Marius Irimia	Romania	77,000	64
4	6	Ayrat Shakirov	Russia	22,000	18
4	7	Simeon Naydenov	Bulgaria	40,500	34
4	8	Iurii Suvorov	Russia	62,500	52

5	1	Petar Manic	Serbia	147,000	123
5	2	Priit Parmasto	Estonia	175,000	146
5	4	Peng Yang	China	131,500	110
5	5	Yauheni Tsiareshchanka	Belarus	78,000	65
5	6	Walter Treccarichi	Italy	48,000	40
5	7	Ramzi Karam	Lebanon	80,500	67
5	8	Daniel Koloszar	Hungary	71,000	59

6	1	Vadzim Godzdanker	Belarus	54,500	45
6	2	Mateusz Wozniak	Poland	121,000	101
6	3	Parker Talbot	Canada	276,000	230
6	4	Hala Karam	Lebanon	26,000	22
6	5	Gerard Carbo	Spain	152,000	127
6	6	Nicolas Lecoeuvre	France	40,500	34
6	8	Sergiu Covrig	Romania	108,000	90

7	1	Yunsheng Sun	Hong Kong	8,500	7
7	2	Evgenii Korikov	Russia	40,500	34
7	3	Lars Krummenacher	Switzerland	27,500	23
7	4	Artur Vyborov	Russia	159,000	133
7	5	Fedor Burmistrov	Indonesia	26,000	22
7	7	Andrei Kaigorodtsev	Russia	141,500	118
7	8	Alexandre Vuilleumier	Switzerland	101,000	84

8	2	Tarmo Tammel	Estonia	47,500	40
8	3	Johan Schultz	Denmark	62,000	52
8	4	Michel Molenaar	Netherlands	84,000	70
8	5	Ankit Ahuja	India	111,000	93
8	6	Julien Sitbon	France	119,000	99
8	7	Andras Vaczo	Hungary	96,000	80
8	8	Oleg Netaliev	Russia	111,500	93

9	2	Stefan Lehner	Austria	87,500	73
9	3	Serghei Lisii	Russia	121,500	101
9	4	Klemens Roiter	Austria	272,000	227
9	6	Apoorva Goel	India	73,000	61
9	7	Konstantinos Tsikopoulos	Greece	83,500	70
9	8	Anton Wigg	Sweden	175,000	146

10	1	Igor Pihela Jr.	Estonia	99,000	83
10	2	Eduard Norel	Romania	195,000	163
10	3	Suleyman Ciftsuren	Turkey	54,500	45
10	4	Aleksandr Kinzhalov	Russia	75,500	63
10	6	Timo Kamphues	Germany	29,500	25
10	7	David Karsenty	France	94,500	79
10	8	Nikita Kuznetsov	Russia	90,500	75

11	1	Joao Vieira	Portugal	30,500	25
11	2	Julien Montois	France	65,000	54
11	3	Anatoly Korochenskiy	Russia	70,500	59
11	5	Pete Chen	Taiwan	18,500	15
11	6	Ara Melkistian	Lebanon	115,000	96
11	7	Ludovic Periaux	France	48,000	40
11	8	Agharazi Babayev	Azerbaijan	127,500	106

12	1	Peter Jorgne	Sweden	41,500	35
12	2	Robert Fluereci	Romania	66,500	55
12	3	Yahya Oguz	Turkey	61,000	51
12	4	Martin Diaz	Argentina	119,000	99
12	5	Pascal Vos	Netherlands	117,500	98
12	7	Sergei Bortsov	Russia	101,500	85
12	8	Hadi Khordbin	Iran	67,000	56

13	2	Hubert Baran-Osinski	Poland	79,500	66
13	3	Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	Russia	65,500	55
13	4	Yuksel Savsa	Turkey	157,500	131
13	5	Tom Kunze	Germany	66,000	55
13	6	Dumitru Pora	Romania	61,000	51
13	7	Ilia Pavlov	Russia	37,500	31
13	8	Mohamed Ammar	United Arab Emirates	69,500	58

14	3	Amir Hatefi	Turkey	166,500	139
14	4	Shuang Luo	China	102,500	85
14	5	Jinho Hong	South Korea	53,000	44
14	6	Andrey Kotelnikov	Russia	83,500	70
14	7	Basel Khabbazeh	United Arab Emirates	112,500	94
14	8	Andras Matrai	Hungary	41,500	35

15	1	Liviu Ignat	Romania	105,000	88
15	2	Lucas Scafini	Brazil	169,500	141
15	3	Fabrice Bigot	France	53,500	45
15	4	Artsiom Lasouski	Belarus	51,000	43
15	6	Halil Tasyurek	Turkey	167,000	139
15	7	Robert Ashelm	Germany	157,500	131
15	8	Fiodor Martino	Italy	95,000	79

16	1	Aksel Aygun	Belgium	167,500	140
16	2	Vlada Stojanovic	Croatia	61,000	51
16	3	Sebastian Hoyos Villegas	Colombia	87,000	73
16	4	Sam Greenwood	Canada	35,000	29
16	5	Frederik Thiemer	Germany	28,500	24
16	6	Zolbayar Batbold	Mongolia	104,500	87
16	7	David Kaufmann	Germany	299,000	249

17	1	Alain El-Hajj	France	35,000	29
17	2	Gilles Simon	Netherlands	118,000	98
17	3	Omar Del Pino	Spain	159,000	133
17	4	Damir Zhugralin	Kazakhstan	39,000	33
17	5	Benjamin Tessier	France	155,000	129
17	6	Sergei Bagirov	Russia	25,500	21
17	7	Adrian Chabbi	Spain	48,000	40

18	2	Michele D'Angelo	Italy	26,500	22
18	3	Andreas Christoforou	Cyprus	30,000	25
18	4	Kubanychbek Abakirov	Kyrgyzstan	113,000	94
18	5	Bjorn Kozenkai	Hungary	58,000	48
18	6	Paul Hoefer	Germany	91,500	76
18	7	Diego Zeiter	Poland	30,500	25
18	8	Quan Zhou	Hong Kong	26,500	22

19	1	Ran Shahar	Israel	48,500	40
19	2	Alexandre Reard	France	71,500	60
19	3	Boris Angelov	Bulgaria	43,500	36
19	4	Mark Buckley	Ireland	86,500	72
19	5	Lukas Robinson	United Kingdom	247,000	206
19	7	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	258,000	215
19	8	Silvio Domingues Costa	Portugal	66,500	55

20	1	Gary Miller	United Kingdom	206,500	172
20	3	Florian Ribouchon	France	60,000	50
20	4	Biao Ding	China	67,000	56
20	5	Alexandru Papazian	Romania	45,500	38
20	6	Luka Bojovic	Serbia	81,000	68
20	7	Felipe Buitrago	Colombia	22,000	18
20	8	Ahmed Karrim	South Africa	72,500	60

21	1	Hady El Asmar	Lebanon	38,000	32
21	2	Hossein Ensan	Germany	63,000	53
21	3	Mehmet Dalkilic	Turkey	102,000	85
21	4	Anton Smirnov	Russia	96,000	80
21	5	Markkos Ladev	Estonia	84,500	70
21	7	Mohamad El Sayed	Lebanon	57,500	48
21	8	Giovani Tore	Portugal	39,000	33

22	1	Vadzim Ivanou	Belarus	70,500	59
22	2	Tom Middleton	United Kingdom	27,000	23
22	3	Liviu Bartha	United Kingdom	140,500	117
22	4	Nejat Erman	Turkey	61,500	51
22	5	Stefan Dimitrov	Bulgaria	127,000	106
22	6	Hakan Pamukcu	Turkey	33,500	28
22	8	Ali Zebarjad	Australia	129,500	108

23	1	Timothy Friese	USA	77,500	65
23	2	Chakib Mhiri	Tunisia	76,000	63
23	3	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	252,000	210
23	4	Mohammad Awamleh	Jordan	71,500	60
23	5	Farid Jattin	Colombia	53,000	44
23	7	Dmitry Pokhabov	Russia	103,000	86
23	8	Simon Mattsson	Sweden	27,500	23

24	1	Claas Segebrecht	Germany	100,000	83
24	3	Enrico Camosci	Italy	42,000	35
24	4	Johannes van Bemmel	Netherlands	119,000	99
24	5	Nenad Dukic	Croatia	70,500	59
24	6	Ivan Tukmachev	Russia	238,500	199
24	7	Mihai Tusnea	Romania	75,500	63
24	8	Diogo Coelho	Portugal	155,500	130

25	1	Aleksei Istomin	Russia	61,500	51
25	2	Michele Guerrini	Italy	171,500	143
25	3	Mehdi Chaoui	Morocco	22,500	19
25	4	Lucas Seire	Finland	91,500	76
25	5	Armin Rezaei	Austria	77,000	64
25	6	Andrea Dato	Italy	121,000	101
25	8	Xuming Qi	Hong Kong	209,500	175

26	1	Stefan Reiser	Germany	53,500	45
26	2	Jose Gonzalez Sanchez	Spain	41,500	35
26	3	Kai Herold	Germany	81,000	68
26	4	Erdem Akmert	Turkey	161,500	135
26	6	Floyd Rosner	Netherlands	128,500	107
26	7	Xixiang Luo	Hong Kong	40,500	34
26	8	Aren Bezhanyan	Armenia	129,000	108

27	2	Aleksandr Kirichenko	Russia	115,000	96
27	3	Ivan Deyra	France	139,500	116
27	4	Vladas Tamasauskas	Lithuania	70,000	58
27	5	Atanas Pavlov	Bulgaria	33,500	28
27	6	Ruslan Volkov	Ukraine	59,000	49
27	7	Garik Tamasian	Russia	85,500	71
27	8	Karolis Sereika	Lithuania	120,500	100

28	1	Liutauras Lisas	Lithuania	88,000	73
28	2	Osman Aksu	Turkey	48,500	40
28	3	Yury Salikaev	Russia	36,000	30
28	4	Georgios Vrakas	Greece	43,000	36
28	5	Nikolay Ponomarenko	Russia	20,000	17
28	6	Yujie Sun	Hong Kong	27,000	23
28	8	Marcin Dziubdziela	Poland	141,500	118

29	1	Juozas Bizokas	Lithuania	107,500	90
29	3	Firoz Mangroe	Netherlands	91,500	76
29	4	Juan Pardo	Spain	61,000	51
29	5	Simeon Spasov	Bulgaria	60,000	50
29	6	Remus Blebea	Romania	19,000	16
29	7	Tomas Jozonis	Lithuania	157,000	131
29	8	Ege Guven	Turkey	170,000	142

30	1	Adi Rajkovic	Austria	87,500	73
30	2	Grzegorz Kozieja	Poland	112,000	93
30	3	Florian Guimond	France	52,500	44
30	5	Dmitry Zakharov	Russia	81,000	68
30	6	Alexane Najchaus	France	56,000	47
30	7	Simon Wiciak	France	233,000	194
30	8	Luis Rayon Perez	Spain	157,000	131

31	1	Joseph Mouawad	Lebanon	112,500	94
31	2	Jose Nehme	Lebanon	72,000	60
31	3	Nicholas Newport	Ireland	99,500	83
31	4	Marios Pavlou	Cyprus	24,000	20
31	5	Georges Ghossan	Lebanon	39,500	33
31	7	Gergely Rona	Hungary	94,500	79
31	8	Alexandre Pruneau	Canada	103,500	86

32	1	Vadim Volkhonskiy	Russia	50,500	42
32	3	Nicolas Vayssieres	France	144,500	120
32	4	Nemanja Lukovic	Serbia	81,000	68
32	5	Miguel Cunha	Portugal	182,500	152
32	6	Toru Ida	Japan	61,000	51
32	7	Lucien Cohen	France	48,500	40
32	8	Aliaksei Boika	Belarus	72,500	60

33	1	Ali Abdulzahra	Germany	43,000	36
33	2	Atanas Malinov	Bulgaria	251,500	210
33	3	Ugur Secilmis	Turkey	90,000	75
33	4	Viliyan Petleshkov	Bulgaria	128,000	107
33	5	Mykhailo Demydenko	Ukraine	21,000	18
33	7	Azat Jafarov	Kazakhstan	55,000	46
33	8	Maksim Haitsiukevich	Belarus	112,500	94

34	2	Teodor Evstratiev	Bulgaria	53,500	45
34	3	Maksim Skripkin	Russia	25,500	21
34	4	Metin Yalciner	Germany	107,500	90
34	5	Nicolas Chouity	Lebanon	99,500	83
34	6	Seyedali Hosseinirami	Iran	150,000	125
34	7	Luke Martinelli	Australia	141,500	118
34	8	Oleg Ustinovich	Russia	48,500	40

35	1	Paul Newey	United Kingdom	98,000	82
35	2	Jennifer Shahade	USA	76,500	64
35	3	Daewoong Song	South Korea	38,000	32
35	4	Aleksandr Faterin	Russia	249,000	208
35	5	Pedro Gois Neves	Portugal	37,500	31
35	6	Raoul Refos	Netherlands	113,500	95
35	8	Niklas Astedt	Sweden	110,000	92

36	1	Stanislav Tishkevich	Israel	71,000	59
36	2	Andrei Vavilonskii	Russia	274,500	229
36	3	Alessandro Minasi	Italy	215,000	179
36	4	Pascal Baumgartner	Switzerland	58,000	48
36	5	Roelof Pepping	Netherlands	17,500	15
36	7	Fabio Peluso	Italy	84,000	70
36	8	Joshua Hopkins	Canada	137,500	115

37	1	Ricardo Tannoury	USA	106,500	89
37	2	Markus Schottes	Germany	133,500	111
37	4	Bart Lybaert	Belgium	34,000	28
37	5	Mehdi Bilem	Algeria	140,000	117
37	6	Vlado Banicevic	Montenegro	146,000	122
37	7	Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland	163,500	136
37	8	Lyudmil Ivanov	Bulgaria	30,500	25

38	1	Timur Vardanian	Russia	72,000	60
38	2	Nichan Khorchidian	Lebanon	115,500	96
38	3	Maan El Hachem	Lebanon	105,000	88
38	4	Ludovic Breau	France	29,000	24
38	5	Mihai Trofim	Moldova	69,500	58
38	6	Senol Ardic	France	73,500	61
38	8	Maduka Meragal	Canada	195,000	163

39	1	Huseyin Akgul	Turkey	110,000	92
39	2	Dragos Trofimov	Moldova	43,500	36
39	3	Selahaddin Bedir	Turkey	118,000	98
39	4	Dmitrii Astratov	Russia	108,000	90
39	5	David Hu	Netherlands	27,500	23
39	6	Svetlin Sabev	Bulgaria	142,500	119
39	7	Kemal Aydogdu	Turkey	126,500	105

40	1	Alex Kulev	Bulgaria	190,500	159
40	2	Kim Wittendorff	Denmark	66,000	55
40	3	Nils Pudel	Germany	109,500	91
40	4	Marian Virlanuta	Romania	264,000	220
40	6	Azizjon Rakhimov	Uzbekistan	175,500	146
40	7	Joris Ruijs	Netherlands	35,000	29
40	8	Masato Yokosawa	Japan	76,500	64

41	2	[Removed:452]	Montenegro	8,500	7
41	3	Alexander van der Swaluw	Netherlands	75,500	63
41	4	Andreas Tomazou	Cyprus	121,500	101
41	5	Sachin Joshi	United Kingdom	36,000	30
41	6	Mario Trattou	United Kingdom	157,500	131
41	7	Benny Glaser	United Kingdom	73,000	61
41	8	Johan Guilbert	France	110,000	92

42	2	Chris Alafogiannis	Canada	46,500	39
42	3	Pascal Dabrion	France	153,500	128
42	4	Maroun Jazzar	Lebanon	68,500	57
42	5	Can Miral	Turkey	100,500	84
42	6	Sofianos Vergitsis	Greece	42,500	35
42	7	Stoyan Obreshkov	Bulgaria	39,500	33
42	8	Kerem Akartuna	Turkey	37,000	31

43	1	Brandon Leetz	United Kingdom	22,500	19
43	2	Vadym Koriagin	Ukraine	266,000	222
43	3	Joao Tomas	Portugal	139,500	116
43	5	Aleksandar Tomovic	Serbia	34,000	28
43	6	Bastien May	France	125,000	104
43	7	Tsai Ting-Yi	Thailand	115,000	96
43	8	Orhan Ates	Turkey	150,000	125

44	1	Suat Uyanik	France	192,500	160
44	2	Jacques Der Megreditchian	France	43,500	36
44	4	Roberto Romanello	United Kingdom	45,000	38
44	5	Marc Foggin	United Kingdom	250,000	208
44	6	Petar Kalev	Bulgaria	70,500	59
44	7	Daniyar Aubakirov	Kazakhstan	217,500	181
44	8	Mekan Yusupov	Turkmenistan	30,000	25

45	2	Harald Sammer	Germany	51,500	43
45	3	Piotr Wiecek	Poland	134,000	112
45	4	Samuel Mullur	France	13,300	11
45	5	Chady Ojeil	Lebanon	62,500	52
45	6	Denis Zelenkin	Russia	95,000	79
45	8	Jose Jimenez	Spain	124,500	104

46	1	Alessio Isaia	Italy	32,500	27
46	2	Igor Yaroshevskyy	Ukraine	84,000	70
46	3	Vidar Oie	Norway	36,700	31
46	4	Dmitry Yurasov	Russia	135,500	113
46	5	Rene Hochmuth	Germany	21,500	18
46	7	Raul Gallego	Spain	184,500	154
46	8	Rikiya Jinbo	Japan	78,000	65

47	1	Mario Menicanin	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31,500	26
47	2	Israel Amoyal	France	102,500	85
47	3	Kazuomi Furuse	Japan	22,500	19
47	4	Lars Kamphues	Austria	157,000	131
47	5	Andrei Chernokoz	Russia	36,000	30
47	6	Xu Hang	China	33,500	28
47	8	Karim Khawla	Lebanon	36,500	30

48	1	Roberth Cazan	Romania	101,000	84
48	2	Mehmet Samsa	Turkey	145,500	121
48	3	Hugo Machado	Portugal	38,000	32
48	5	Francisco Benitez	Uruguay	128,000	107
48	6	Bogdan Berinde	Romania	35,500	30
48	7	Mikhail Ruslanov	Russia	46,000	38
48	8	Jon Vallinas	Spain	132,500	110

49	1	Mehmet Deniz	Turkey	100,500	84
49	2	Erdal Gulseven	Turkey	28,000	23
49	3	Alexander Zubov	Russia	115,000	96
49	5	Milos Petakovic	Serbia	96,000	80
49	6	Uri Gilboa	Israel	43,000	36
49	7	Yannick Schumacher	Germany	217,500	181
49	8	Konstantin Generalov	Russia	92,000	77

50	1	Marius Iftimia	Romania	86,500	72
50	2	Patrick Beuter	United Kingdom	93,000	78
50	3	Sergey Baranski	Belarus	25,500	21
50	4	Milos Skrbic	Serbia	402,000	335
50	6	Sergi Reixach	Spain	179,500	150
50	7	Rachid El Yaacoubi	France	54,500	45
50	8	Nathan Tetart	France	98,000	82

51	2	Ihor Hula	Ukraine	141,000	118
51	3	Stefano Pizzuti	Italy	38,500	32
51	4	Siarhei Chudapal	Belarus	82,500	69
51	5	Ignas Jasinevicius	Lithuania	118,000	98
51	6	Emin Kurtulus	Turkey	80,500	67
51	7	Adrian Mateos	Spain	70,500	59
51	8	Kuljinder Sidhu	United Kingdom	84,500	70

52	2	Simone Andrian	Italy	152,000	127
52	3	Marle Spragg	USA	30,000	25
52	4	Volodymyr Kotlyk	Poland	184,000	153
52	5	Aleksandr Pak	Uzbekistan	216,500	180
52	6	Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu	Romania	42,000	35
52	7	Baurzhan Akimov	Kazakhstan	93,000	78
52	8	Majid Ejlal	Iran	106,000	88

53	1	Artur Norman	Estonia	45,000	38
53	2	Dimitar Danchev	Bulgaria	211,000	176
53	3	Carl Shaw	United Kingdom	104,500	87
53	5	Jan Zeuschner	Germany	180,500	150
53	6	Tom Fuchs	Germany	124,500	104
53	7	Wojciech Stefanski	Poland	9,000	8
53	8	Nikolaos Iliakis	Greece	161,000	134

54	1	Andre Marques	Portugal	149,000	124
54	2	Yury Masliankou	Belarus	81,500	68
54	3	Cristinel Dumitru	Romania	135,000	113
54	4	Aleksandar Zivkovic	Serbia	75,000	63
54	5	Fabian Niederreiter	Germany	104,500	87
54	7	Ilia Drobin	Russia	137,000	114
54	8	Umut Yukselir	Turkey	64,000	53

55	1	Alexander Shelukhin	Russia	17,000	14
55	2	Omar Lakhdari	Algeria	60,500	50
55	3	Seref Anar	Turkey	40,000	33
55	5	Ali Hamza Ben Fkih	Tunisia	114,000	95
55	7	Stefan Rothdauscher	Germany	116,500	97
55	8	Alejandro Lococo	Argentina	191,000	159

56	1	Christopher Frank	Germany	78,000	65
56	2	Youssef El Khazen	Lebanon	40,000	33
56	4	Daniil Vasilev	Russia	119,000	99
56	5	Victoria Livschitz	USA	69,500	58
56	6	Toby Joyce	Ireland	53,000	44
56	7	Manuel Fischer	Germany	47,000	39
56	8	Antoine Labat	France	22,500	19

57	1	Eugenio Peralta	Ireland	90,500	75
57	2	Jovan Kenjic	Serbia	103,000	86
57	3	Jung Ho Im	South Korea	6,000	5
57	4	Stefan Cupic	Montenegro	148,500	124
57	5	Alexandr Kilennikov	Russia	42,000	35
57	6	Antoine Saout	France	184,500	154
57	7	Lewis Spencer	United Kingdom	48,500	40

58	2	Elias Gutierrez	Switzerland	51,500	43
58	3	Tom-Aksel Bedell	Norway	49,000	41
58	5	Conor Beresford	United Kingdom	178,500	149
58	6	Marcelo Bonanata	Uruguay	66,500	55
58	7	Renat Bohdanov	Ukraine	105,000	88
58	8	Nicanor Sula	Moldova	119,000	99

59	1	Ilija Savevski	North Macedonia	38,500	32
59	3	Viacheslav Goryachev	Russia	120,500	100
59	5	Joachim Haraldstad	Norway	107,500	90
59	6	Rhys Campbell	United Kingdom	55,500	46
59	7	Nikolay Ponomarev	Russia	74,000	62
59	8	Kenny Hallaert	Belgium	27,000	23

		Anil Ozdemir	Turkey	30,000	25
		Fabian Gumz	Germany	30,000	25
		Rui Bouquet	Portugal	30,000	25

10-18-2023 00:19 UTC+2

Day 1b Chip Counts (full)

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Matt Hansen

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	299,000 128,000	128,000

Andrei Vavilonskii	274,500 55,600	55,600
Kayhan Mokri	258,000 7,000	7,000
Teun Mulder	252,000 92,000	92,000
Atanas Malinov	251,500 8,500	8,500
Marc Foggin	250,000 54,500	54,500
Aleksandr Faterin	249,000 249,000	249,000
Ivan Tukmachev	238,500 189,500	189,500
Yannick Schumacher	217,500 52,500	52,500
Aleksandr Pak	216,500 82,500	82,500
Alessandro Minasi	215,000 215,000	215,000
Xuming Qi	209,500 79,500	79,500
Gary Miller	206,500 101,100	101,100

Eduard Norel	195,000 195,000	195,000
Suat Uyanik	192,500 139,500	139,500
Alejandro Lococo	191,000 86,000	86,000

Alex Kulev	190,500 35,500	35,500
Natan Chauskin	185,000 140,000	140,000
Antoine Saout	184,500 39,500	39,500
Raul Gallego	184,500 4,500	4,500
Sergi Reixach	179,500 9,500	9,500
Azizjon Rakhimov	175,500 51,500	51,500
Anton Wigg	175,000 15,000	15,000

Michele Guerrini	171,500 6,500	6,500
Ege Guven	170,000 31,500	31,500

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10-17-2023 23:25 UTC+2

Day 1b Play Concludes

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Matt Warburton

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Day 1b action has now concluded. Standby for the recap on PokerNews.

10-17-2023 23:24 UTC+2

Bitar Runs Ace King Into Aces

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Matt Warburton

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In one of the last hands of the day, Ghassan Bitar was all in preflop against Michele Guerrini, with Bitar at risk as players flipped their cards.

Ghassan Bitar: A♣K♥
Michele Guerrini: A♦A♠

The board ran out 2♥K♠8♦3♣2♠. Bitar had run his ace king into pocket aces. He did pair his king and shouted for another, but Guerrini held to win the pot. Bitar was eliminated with just moments left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michele Guerrini	178,000
Ghassan Bitar	Busted

Tags: Ghassan Bitar Michele Guerrini

10-17-2023 23:20 UTC+2

Haraldstad Makes River Check-Raise

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Matt Warburton

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Gilles Simon raised to 2,500 from early position and Joachim Haraldstad reraised to 7,500. Simon called.

The flop came Q♦6♥J♠. Simon checked, Haraldstad bet 4,500 and Simon called.

The turn was the 8♣ and both players checked. The river came the K♣. Simon checked and Haraldstad put out a large bet of 27,000. Simon then check raised all in for 68,700, sending Haraldstad into the tank.

A neutral player called time and when the countdown started Simon eventually made the fold. Haraldstad took the pot late as Day 1b was coming to its end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joachim Haraldstad	130,000 130,000	130,000
Gilles Simon	115,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Gilles Simon Joachim Haraldstad

10-17-2023 23:20 UTC+2

El-Sayed Put to the Test Late On

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Mohamad El-Sayed opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and called when Gerard Carbo made it 9,500 from the button.

El-Sayed check-called for 5,500 and 18,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read K♦7♠4♣3♦2♦. El-Sayed checked for a third time and Carbo moved all in as the bigger stack.

El-Sayed had around 52,000 behind and went deep into the tank, and on several occasions, it appeared as if he was about to call. Eventually, he opted to pass and Carbo took in the pot.