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

10-17-2023 17:23 UTC+2

Sibgatova Wins Pot From Duta

Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Florian Duta raised to 1,200 from middle position, Alisa Sibgatova called in the small blind and Mehdi Samir Bilem called in the big blind.

The flop came 8♦3♥10♠. Action checked to Duta, who bet 1,400. Sibgatova called and Bilem folded.

The turn was the 8♦ and both players checked. The river came the 6♥, Sibgatova bet 5,000 and Duta folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Samir Bilem	88,000 88,000	88,000
Alisa Sibgatova	25,000 25,000	25,000
Florian-Dimitrie Duta	12,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Alisa Sibgatova Florian Duta Mehdi Samir Bilem

10-17-2023 17:22 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankit Ahuja	47,000 17,000	17,000
Marle Spragg	45,000 15,000	15,000

Jen Shahade	43,000

Steve O'Dwyer	34,000 4,000	4,000

Mustapha Kanit	17,500 17,500	17,500
Alejandro Lococo	12,000 12,000	12,000
Niklas Astedt	11,500 72,500	72,500

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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10-17-2023 17:09 UTC+2

"Big Hand, Big Bet"

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Rachid El Yaacoubi opened to 1,200 in the cutoff and called when Niklas Astedt three-bet to 3,500 on his left.

El Yaacoubi checked the J♦J♣4♦ flop and slid in a call after Astedt continued for 2,000. El Yaacoubi then took the lead on the 7♣ turn, firing 9,000 and finding a call from Astedt.

The 6♣ river saw El Yaacoubi bet 43,000, leaving just 11,000 behind. Astedt took some time and counted out his chips before making the fold.

"Big hand, big bet" said Astedt after unsuccessfully trying to convince El Yaacoubi to show his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rachid El Yaacoubi	104,000
Niklas Astedt	84,000 3,500	3,500

Tags: Niklas Astedt Rachid El Yaacoubi

10-17-2023 17:03 UTC+2

Khabazeh Gives a Sneaky Check in Four-Bet Pot

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Jeremy Geist

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Basel Khabazeh opened to 1,000 from the cutoff before the action made it to Aleksei Utin on the button who took a moment and then three-bet to 3,000.

It was back on Khabazeh who quickly put in the four-bet to 10,000. Utin opted to flat the four-bet in position and they were off to a flop heads up.

The 7♣9♠5♦ flop hit the felt and Khabazeh put in a down-bet to 3,500. Utin called.

The A♦ landed on the turn and surprisingly the action checked through. On the 5♥ river Khabazeh only took a moment before moving all in. Utin snap called.

Khabazeh tabled A♠K♣ and Utin shook his head as he tossed A♥Q♥ towards the muck.

Khabazeh got a huge double and Utin was left with crumbs and would hit the rail a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Basel Khabazeh	62,000 62,000	62,000
Aleksei Utin	Busted

Tags: Aleksei Utin Basel Khabazeh

10-17-2023 16:57 UTC+2

May Takes From Zhou; Sturm's Queens Cracked

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Josh Noy

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Bastien May and Quan Zhou were heads up after the A♣3♥8♣ flop. Zhou check-called a bet of 800 in the big blind before both players checked the 7♠ turn.

Zhou checked one last time and folded when May fired a bet of 2,100 to take down the pot.

At a nearby table, Leon Sturm saw his stack disappear when his pocket queens fell to a rivered straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	38,200 38,200	38,200
Bastien May	21,000 21,000	21,000
Leon Sturm	Busted

Tags: Bastien May Leon Sturm Quan Zhou

10-17-2023 16:56 UTC+2

Kaigorodtsev Check-Raises Turn

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action folded around to Luis Perez, who made it 1,800 from the small blind. Andre Kaigorodtsev called in the big blind.

The flop came 3♠10♥A♦. Perez continued for 1,000 and Kaigorodtsev called.

The turn was the J♣. Perez checked and Kaigorodtsev bet 3,500. Perez check-raised to 9,500 and Perez folded his hand to give Kaigorodtsev the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Perez	42,000 42,000	42,000
Andre Kaigorodtsev	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Andre Kaigorodtsev Luis Perez

10-17-2023 16:52 UTC+2

Saout Takes Pot With River Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Antoine Saout raised to 1,100, Martin Stoyanov reraised to 2,400 and Saout called.

The flop came 5♣6♥Q♣. Saout checked, Stoyanov bet 2,700 and Saout called. The turn fell the 3♣ and both players checked.

The river was the 6♦. Saout bet 3,000 and Stoyanov folded his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Saout	81,000 43,900	43,900
Martin Stoyanov	27,000

Tags: Antoine Saout Martin Stoyanov

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

10-17-2023 16:38 UTC+2

Rare Six-Bet Jam Music to Yaroshevskyy's Ears

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Pascal Hartmann made it 1,100 from under the gun before Igor Yaroshevskyy three-bet to 3,400 from middle position. Action folded back to Hartmann, who made it 10,100 and then Yaroshevskyy clicked it to 17,600. Hartmann then put in the rare six-bet jam for 51,400 and was snap-called by the bigger stack.

Pascal Hartmann: AxKx
Igor Yaroshevskyy: A♦A♥

Hartmann had run into aces and was the underdog going to the runout. The Q♥10♠7♠ flop provided some hope in the form of a gutshot to Broadway but the 5♦ turn and 5♥ river confirmed his elimination.