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

10-17-2023 20:56 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Saout	145,000 64,000	64,000
Alejandro Lococo	105,000 9,000	9,000

Niklas Astedt	76,000 64,500	64,500
Jen Shahade	70,000 5,000	5,000

Philip Joyce	68,000 26,000	26,000
Marle Spragg	57,000 12,000	12,000

Anton Wigg	30,000 30,000	30,000

Jessica Teusl	16,000 6,000	6,000
Teun Mulder	14,000 14,000	14,000

Final Break

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Josh Noy

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

Players have been sent on their final 20-minute break of Day 1b.

There are currently 792 entries with 370 players remaining approaching, the last two levels of the night.

10-17-2023 21:05 UTC+2

EPT Cyprus Main Event Livestream Coverage

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Kaelaine Minton

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

The EPT Cyprus Main Event livestream kicks off on Wednesday, October 18, at 12:30 EEST (11:30 CEST) with Day 2 action. The cards-up coverage continues with Day 3 on Thursday, Day 4 on Friday, and Day 5 on Saturday, all starting at the same time as Day 2.

Finally, the event climaxes with the much-awaited Final Table on Sunday, October 22, starting at 13:00 EEST (12:00 CEST).

For fans worldwide, English-language coverage on the central/global channels will be hosted by renowned poker commentators James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton, Griffin Benger, Nick Walsh, and Maria Ho. In addition to the central channel, there will also be streams on the French, Spanish and Brazilian channels with broadcasts also in German and Italian.

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Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-17-2023 21:22 UTC+2

Current Chip Leaders

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Vavilonskii	218,900 218,900	218,900
Ege Guven	201,500 201,500	201,500
Marc Foggin	195,500 195,500	195,500
Raul Gallego	180,000 101,500	101,500
Viliyan Petleshkov	175,000 175,000	175,000
David Kaufmann	171,000 71,600	71,600

Majid Ejlal	165,200 165,200	165,200
Yannick Schumacher	165,000 165,000	165,000
Tom Kunze	157,000 7,000	7,000
Piotr Wiecek	155,000 155,000	155,000

10-17-2023 21:27 UTC+2

Tsai Jams Button

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Jeremy Geist

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ghassan Abou Khalil opened in middle position to 2,400 before getting three-bet by Ilia Pavlov in the cutoff to 7,500. Action was then on Eric Tsai on the button who went into the tank before putting in a four-bet for all of his chips to the tune of 34,000.

Action was back on Abou Khalil who asked for a count but ultimately folded. Pavlov seemed to be in the same boat and pondered a call but released his hand.

Tsai scooped a small pot and did not even need to see a flop to do it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilia Pavlov	72,000 72,000	72,000
Ghassan Abou Khalil	40,000 40,000	40,000
Eric Tsai	34,200 34,200	34,200

Tags: Abou Khalil Eric Tsai Ghassan Abou Khalil Ilia Pavlov

10-17-2023 21:29 UTC+2

Katykhin Cannot Catch Up

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Mikhail Katykhin and Jovan Kenjic both had their stacks in the middle, with the former slightly covered and at risk.

Mikhail Katykhin: 9♥9♦
Jovan Kenjic: 10♣10♥

Katykhin could not catch up on the A♥A♣6♣2♥5♣ runout, hitting the rail early in Level 9.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jovan Kenjic	59,500
Mikhail Katykhin	Busted

Tags: Jovan Kenjic Mikhail Katykhin

10-17-2023 21:30 UTC+2

Corion's Queens Busted on River

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Matt Warburton

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Suat Uyanik raised from early position, Tom Vogelsang called in late position, then Phillip Corion moved all in from the small blind with a relatively short stack. Uyanik called and Vogelsang folded. Players turned over their cards, with Corion at risk.

Phillip Corion: Q♦Q♣
Suat Uyanik: A♣10♠

The board ran out 6♠K♠3♥J♠9♠. Corion had pocket queens and stayed ahead until the river brought a fourth spade and gave Uyanik a flush. Corion was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Vogelsang	57,000
Suat Uyanik	53,000 53,000	53,000
Phillip Corion	Busted

Tags: Phillip Corion Suat Uyanik Tom Vogelsang

10-17-2023 21:49 UTC+2

Queens Hold for Ida

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Raphael Blouet moved all in from under the gun for his final 14,500 chips, finding calls from Toru Ida in middle position and Uri Gilboa in the small blind.

Isa then moved all in on the 10♠7♥3♠ flop, with Gilboa getting out of the way.

Raphael Blouet: A♥6♥
Toru Ida: Q♣Q♦

Ida was looking to fade an ace, doing so on the 10♦ turn and 4♣ river to eliminate Blouet.

On the very next hand, Leonid Sidelkovskiy was eliminated from the seat next to Blouet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toru Ida	96,000 35,000	35,000
Uri Gilboa	51,000

Leonid Sidelkovskiy	Busted
Raphael Blouet	Busted

Tags: Leonid Sidelkovskiy Raphael Blouet Toru Ida Uri Gilboa

10-17-2023 21:50 UTC+2

Five-Bet Shuts Down Preflop Battle

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Matt Warburton

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Mehmet Dalkilic raised from late position, Philip Joyce three-bet to 7,000, then Dalkilic four-bet to 18,000. Joyce five-bet all in for around 57,000 more and Dalkilic opted to make the fold.