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

10-17-2023 20:35 UTC+2

Jazzar Paid for Two Pair

Matt Warburton

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

Floyd Rosner raised to 2,000 from under the gun Mehmet Berk Deniz called, Maroun Jazzar called on the button and the big blind also came along.

The flop came 4♠Q♥K♥ and all three players checked. The turn was the 2♦. Deniz checked and Jazzar bet 2,500, which Deniz called.

The river was the 9♦. Deniz checked and Jazzar bet 4,000, which Deniz called. Jazzar showed Q♠9♠ for two pair, queens and nines. Deniz mucked his hand and Jazzar won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehmet Berk Deniz	110,000
Maroun Jazzar	55,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Floyd Rosner Maroun Jazzar Mehmet Berk Deniz

10-17-2023 20:29 UTC+2

Ojeil Check-Raises to a Win

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Josh Noy

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

Konstantinos Tzinis opened from under the gun to 2,100 and the action folded around to Vasileios Panagiotidis, who called in the small blind. Chady Ojeil also came along in the big blind to see the 8♥Q♥7♦ flop.

Both blinds checked to Tzinis, who bet 2,000. Panagiotidis called before Ojeil raised to 7,000. Tzinis folded while Panagiotidis made the call.

Both players then checked through the A♥ turn and J♦ river, with Ojeil turning over K♦Q♦ to take the pot as Panagiotidis mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chady Ojeil	59,000
Vasileios Panagiotidis	57,000
Konstantinos Tzinis	33,000

Tags: Chady Ojeil Konstantinos Tzinis Vasileios Panagiotidis

10-17-2023 20:20 UTC+2

Blebea Shoves Short and Doubles With Straight

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Matt Warburton

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

Sachin Joshi raised from late position and Iulian-Remus Blebea moved all in from the button for 9,400, less than ten big blinds. Joshi made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Iulian-Remus Blebea: A♦J♠
Sachin Joshi: K♥10♦

The board ran out 9♦8♣Q♠3♥10♥. The ten on the river brought Joshi a pair but also gave Blebea the the straight. He won the pot and doubled up his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sachin Joshi	32,500 32,500	32,500
Iulian-Remus Blebea	21,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Iulian-Remus Blebea Sachin Joshi

10-17-2023 20:13 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

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Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Schulze	Busted
Samy Boujmala	Busted
Anton Wigg	Busted

Masato Yokosawa	Busted
Stoyan Obreshkov	Busted
Jon Kyte	Busted
Takahiro Tsugu	Busted
Alexey Popov	Busted
Amir Touma	Busted

10-17-2023 20:12 UTC+2

Qi Finds the Right Number

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Josh Noy

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

Xuming Qi opened to 2,200 from under the gun and was called by Roman Gadzhiev in the cutoff. The two went heads up to the 8♦2♠10♣ flop and checked through to the 3♦ turn.

Qi led out for 4,200, which Gadzhiev called to see the 7♠ river. Qi prepared to lead out again, counting out a bet of 9,900 as the chips slid forward.

Gadzhiev did not take long to make the call, mucking his cards after Qi flipped over J♣J♦ to pad his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuming Qi	132,000 39,500	39,500
Roman Gadzhiev	39,500

Tags: Roman Gadzhiev Xuming Qi

10-17-2023 20:10 UTC+2

Sidhu Drags in a Pot, Fresh Off an EPT Win

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Calum Grant

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

Kuljinder Sidhu just dragged in a pot to nearly return to starting stack. He opened to 1,600 from middle positon and was called by the hijack and Maximilian Silz from the big blind.

He continued for 3,200 on the Q♠6♦5♥ flop, and only the hijack called. The 2♦ turn checked through to the A♦ river, and Sidhu took the pot down after his opponent folded to a bet of 10,800.

Sidhu has form on his side as he triumphed in Saturday's $2,100 Hyper Turbo Knockout Freezeout, topping the 216-entry field for $41,940 plus bounties.

PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg also performed well in that tournament and finished in 5th place for $14,420. Spragg, however, was not so fortunate in today's Main Event flight and was sent to the wrong side of the rail moments ago.

https://twitter.com/spraggy/status/1714338712509624716

Player	Chips	Progress
Maximilian Silz	40,000 40,000	40,000
Kuljinder Sidhu	25,000 25,000	25,000
Benjamin Spragg	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Kuljinder Sidhu Maximilian Silz

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

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.