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

10-17-2023 19:52 UTC+2

Action Slows Down on Turn and River

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 19:48 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 19:46 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 19:44 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 19:39 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 19:27 UTC+2

Iskandarov Finds a Diamond

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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 19:22 UTC+2

Kulev Builds Through Kaufmann

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Josh Noy

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Alex Kulev opened to 1,600 in the cutoff and found a call from David Kaufmann in the big blind.

Both players checked the 10♣J♣3♣ flop before Kaufmann led out on the 2♠ turn for 3,000. Kulev called to see the A♦ river, where Kaufmann checked.

Kulev counted out a bet of 10,400, resulting in a fold from Kaufmann, to start building his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	99,400 5,700	5,700

Alex Kulev	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Alex Kulev David Kaufmann

10-17-2023 19:21 UTC+2

Angelov Makes it to Showdown

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Jeremy Geist

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Ren Lin opened under the gun to 1,600 and got called in two spots by Jeremie Zouari on the button and from Boris Angelov in the big blind.

The Q♣4♥8♥ flop hit the felt and action quickly checked to Zouari on the button who put out a bet of 3,500. Angelov put in the chips but Lin got out of the way.

The 7♠ landed on the turn and action checked to the button again where Zouari went for another bet of 5,500. Angelov called again.

The A♥ river checked to Zouari and although he seemed to be thinking over a bet he eventually checked back and Angelov tabled Q♠6♠ for top pair while Zouari tapped the table and then mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremie Zouari	61,000 61,000	61,000
Boris Angelov	31,000
Ren Lin	14,000 14,000	14,000

Tags: Boris Angelov Jeremie Zouari Ren Lin

10-17-2023 19:19 UTC+2

Joyce Bets Small for Value

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Philip Joyce raised to 1,700 from late position and Jessica Teusl called on the button.

The flop came 7♠5♦4♥. Joyce checked and Teusl bet 3,500, which Joyce called. The turn came the A♠ and Joyce changed his approach with a small lead for 2,700. Teusl made the call.

The river brought the 10♠. Joyce bet even smaller for 1,700 and Teusl called. Joyce showed the A♦K♣ for a pair of aces and Teusl mucked her hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Joyce	42,000
Jessica Teusl	10,000 23,500	23,500

Tags: Jessica Teusl Philip Joyce

10-17-2023 19:13 UTC+2

Mahmut Takes Down Multiway Pot

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Rashad Iskandarov open raised from late position, Mahmut Nedim Sanli called on the button and Maroun Jazzar three-bet from the big blind. Both Iskandarov and Sanli called the raise.

The flop came K♦Q♥3♦. Jazzar led for 6,000, Iskandarov folded and Sanli called. The turn came the the K♥ and both players checked.

The river was the 10♦. Jazzar checked and Mahmut bet 11,000. Jazzar found the fold and Mahmut took the pot.