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

10-17-2023 19:27 UTC+2

Iskandarov Finds a Diamond

Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Rashad Iskandarov and Mahmut Nedim Sanli were heads up on a flop showing J♦7♣8♦ and all of Iskandarov's chips in the middle. Sanli made the call and the hands were revealed.

Rashad Iskandarov: A♦9♦
Mahmut Nedim Sanli: Q♥Q♦

Sanli's pocket queens were looking to fade a diamond, but the 6♦ turn saw Iskandarov complete his flush draw. The K♣ hit the river and Iskandarov doubled up shortly after dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rashad Iskandarov	36,000 16,000	16,000
Mahmut Nedim Sanli	27,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Mahmut Nedim Sanli Rashad Iskandarov

10-17-2023 19:39 UTC+2

Shahade Heading in the Right Direction

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Calum Grant

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Hadi Khordbin opened the action from early positon and was called by Raul Gallego and Jen Shahade from the button and big blind, respectively.

The J♥10♥3♥ flop checked through to the 3♠ turn, and Shahade led out for 4,000. Only Gallego called.

The PokerStars ambassador then sized up to 10,000 on the 8♠ river, which folded out Gallego.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Gallego	78,500 5,000	5,000
Jen Shahade	65,000 22,000	22,000

Hadi Khordbin	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Hadi Khordbin Jen Shahade Raul Gallego

10-17-2023 19:44 UTC+2

Lococo Jams

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Calum Grant

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Sebastian Schulze opened to 1,600 from early position and saw Teodor Evstratiev and Alejandro Lococo call from the blinds.

Schulze continued for 1,800 on the A♦7♥5♥ flop and only Lococo called. The PokerStars ambassador then led out for 5,000 on the 4♣ turn and now it was Schulze's time to call.

The 8♥ completed the board, and Lococo slid out a stack of blue chips to put Schulze all-in. The German opted to preserve his 29,000 stack and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	96,000 84,000	84,000

Sebastian Schulze	29,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Sebastian Schulze Teodor Evstratiev

10-17-2023 19:46 UTC+2

Khawla Continues in Three-Bet Pot

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Levente Szabo raised to 1,600 from late position and Karim Khawla three-bet to 5,200 from the small blind. Szabom called.

The flop came A♠3♣10♦. Khawla bet 3,000 and Szabo folded to give Khawla the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karim Khawla	37,000
Levente Szabo	14,000

Tags: Karim Khawla Levente Szabo

10-17-2023 19:48 UTC+2

Erman Hearts the River

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Nejat Erman moved his short stack of 10,500 into the middle from the cutoff, with Elias Gutierrez Hernandez making the call in the big blind.

Nejat Erman: A♥3♥
Elias Gutierrez Hernandez: A♦8♣

Erman found plenty of extra outs on the 2♦J♦Q♥ flop before the 8♥ turn left Gutierrez Hernandez squarely ahead. The table gasped as Erman spiked the 6♥ river to complete his flush, earning the double up. "I deserved some luck," he said while raking in his new chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Gutierrez Hernandez	84,000 11,700	11,700

Nejat Erman	24,000 13,100	13,100

Tags: Elias Gutierrez Hernandez Nejat Erman

10-17-2023 19:52 UTC+2

Action Slows Down on Turn and River

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Ludovic Breau raised from late position to 1,600 and picked up calls from Dumitru Pora, Sinan Seremetli in the small blind and Viacheslav Goryachev called in big blind.

The flop came 3♥8♣K♣. Breau bet 3,000. Only Pora called.

The turn fell the J♠ and both players still in the pot checked. The river was the 8♦ and both players checked again. Breau showed K♥Q♥ and Pora mucked his hand as Breau scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dumitru Pora	76,000 76,000	76,000
Viacheslav Goryachev	61,000 20,600	20,600
Ludovic Breau	40,000 5,500	5,500
Sinan Seremetli	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Dumitru Pora Ludovic Breau Sinan Seremetli Viacheslav Goryachev

10-17-2023 19:52 UTC+2

Prize Pool Hits $6,000,000!

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With the 771st entrant to Day 1b, the EPT Main Event prize pool has eclipsed the $6,000,000 mark.

The total number of entries currently sits at 1,238, with late registration remaining open until the start of Day 2.

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-17-2023 19:57 UTC+2

Cupic Builds a Stack

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Jeremy Geist

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

Stefan Cupic opened the cutoff to 1,600 before getting called on the button by Pedro Neves, in the small blind by Jahmell-Hasan Campbell, and in the big blind by Ivan Tukmachev.

The A♥10♠9♦ flop landed and action quickly checked through to a 6♠ turn. It checked to the original raiser, Cupic, who bet out for 3,600. He got called in one spot by Campbell.

The A♣ landed on the river and when the action checked to Cupic, he bet again for 10,000. He was not able to get any more action and his opponent's cards hit the muck.

Cupic scooped and is currently sitting on a very healthy stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Cupic	144,000 14,000	14,000
Jahmell-Hasan Campbell	50,000 50,000	50,000
Ivan Tukmachev	49,000 49,000	49,000
Pedro Neves	30,000 12,200	12,200

Tags: Ivan Tukmachev Jahmell-Hasan Campbell Stefan Cupic

10-17-2023 20:07 UTC+2

Ahuja Catches Lynskey Out on River

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Matt Warburton

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

Alexander Lynskey open raised and Ankit Ahuja, who won the $1,100 Eureka Main Event earlier in the series, reraised to 4,300, which Lynskey called.

The flop came 5♥K♣5♠. Lynskey checked and Ahuja bet 2,200, which Lynskey called. The turn was the 5♦ and both players checked.

The river came the K♠, which put a full house on board. Lynskey led out for 15,000. Ahuja asked to see his opponent's stack and then moved all in. Lynskey was caught bluffing and had to make the fold to give Ahuja the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	93,000 46,000	46,000
Alexander Lynskey	21,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Alexander Lynskey Ankit Ahuja