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

10-17-2023 16:35 UTC+2

Reixach Shoves River

Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Ravil Khamatgareev raised to 1,100 from middle position and Sergi Reixach three-bet to 2,800. Khamatgareev then four-bet to 6,600 and Reixach called.

The flop came A♠7♠J♥. Khamatgareev checked and Sergi Reixach bet 2,800, which Khamatgareev called. The turn was the 9♣. Khamatgareev checked and Reixach bet 5,000, which Khamatgareev called.

The river was the 6♠. Khamatgareev checked for a third time and Reixach moved all in. Khamatgareev looked down at his hand and then threw it in the muck to give Reixach the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergi Reixach	55,000
Ravil Khamatgareev	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Ravil Khamatgareev Sergi Reixach

10-17-2023 16:34 UTC+2

Cappiello Doubles Through Simon

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

[Removed:553] opened to 1,200 from the button and called when Candido Cappiello moved all in for 5,700 from the small blind.

Candido Cappiello: AxKx
[Removed:553]: A♦2♦

Simon was dominated, but added some flush outs after the 9♦8♥3♦ flop. The 6♠ turn and 9♠ river, however, meant Cappiello survived to double up with his superior ace.

"It's never easy," he joked to the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:553]	68,000 15,500	15,500

Candido Cappiello	12,000

Tags: Candido Cappiello

10-17-2023 16:32 UTC+2

Diaz Makes a Move

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Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Luka Bojovic opened to 1,100 from under the gun, producing calls from Mustafa Biz and Martin Diaz to his immediate left before Vedat Levi came along in the big blind.

All four players checked through the 8♦4♦2♣ flop before Levi led out for 2,100 on the 2♥ turn. Bojovic and Biz folded while Diaz called to see the 3♣ river.

Levi fired again for 3,000 but was quickly raised by Diaz to 17,000. Levi took some time before making the fold, as Diaz took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Diaz	61,600
Mustafa Biz	43,800
Luka Bojovic	28,500
Vedat Levi	18,200 27,800	27,800

Tags: Luka Bojovic Martin Diaz Mustafa Biz Vedat Levi

10-17-2023 16:31 UTC+2

Orman Runs into a Set

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The action was caught on the river with the J♦3♥2♣6♥K♥ board on show.

Mateusz Wozniak bet 21,100 into a pot of around 25,000, which was enough to put Leonid Orman all in for his tournament life. The latter called off and the cards were tabled.

Wozniak had a set of jacks with his J♣J♠, and bested Orman's K♦Q♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Wozniak	107,000 107,000	107,000
Leonid Orman	Busted

Tags: Leonid Orman Mateusz Wozniak

10-17-2023 16:27 UTC+2

Furu Oie Sticks Around and Takes it Down

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Jeremy Geist

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Vidar Furu Oie opened the cutoff to 1,000 before getting called by Sergiu Covrig in the big blind.

The J♣2♥10♥ flop hit the felt and action quickly checked through to an 8♦ turn.

Covrig opted to lead almost full pot on that card to the tune of 2,700. Furu Oie thought it over for a moment and then put in the chips on their way to a Q♦ river.

Covrig slowed back down and checked and although Furu Oie thought for a moment he ultimately checked it back.

Covrig smiled and said "You're good," as he tossed away his cards. Covrig still tabled K♣Q♣ to show he had hit the river and scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vidar Furu Oie	52,000 52,000	52,000
Sergiu Covrig	21,000 11,500	11,500

Tags: Sergiu Covrig

10-17-2023 16:25 UTC+2

Al-Kubasi Limp-Raises

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Ali Al-Kubasi limped from under the gun, Andrei Stoenescu raised to 1,700 from the button and Fedor Burmistrov called in the big blind. Ali Al-Kubasi then limp-raised all in and forced the other two players out of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Al-Kubasi	51,000 51,000	51,000
Andrei Stoenescu	29,000 29,000	29,000
Fedor Burmistrov	11,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Ali Al-Kubasi Andrei Stoenescu Fedor Burmistrov

10-17-2023 16:08 UTC+2

Neves on a Short Stack

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

2023 PCA Main Event runner-up Pedro Neves is towards the bottom of the chip counts but tried to change that after raising to 1,000 from the cutoff. Sergei Bortsov opted to defend his big blind.

Bortsov check-called for 700 and 1,400 on the flop and turn for the final board to read 7♦6♥6♣J♥J♦. Action checked through to showdown and Bortsov tabled A♣10♠ for just ace-high (with the two pair on board). Neves checked his cards and threw them in the muck to concede the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Neves	5,500 22,500	22,500

Tags: Pedro Neves Sergei Bortsov

10-17-2023 16:06 UTC+2

Black Doubles With River Shove

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action was on the river on a board of K♦7♥8♣Q♣2♦. Andy Black moved all in for his last 9,000 chips and Bakhos Joumaa made the call.

Joumaa showed K♠J♠ for a pair of kings and Black showed K♣8♥ for two pair, kings and eights, to win the pot and double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Black	36,000 3,000	3,000
Bakhos Joumaa	9,500 18,200	18,200

Tags: Andy Black Bakhos Joumaa

10-17-2023 16:05 UTC+2

Keating Pays Off Batbold

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Josh Noy

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Zolbayar Batbold raised to 1,200 in the small blind only to be three-bet by Alex Keating in the big blind to 5,000. Batbold then slid in a four-bet of 13,200, which was called by Keating.

Batbold led out for 7,000 on the J♥10♥10♦ flop, with Keating calling to see the 3♠ turn. Another lead from Batbold was called, this time for 14,000.

The J♠ river saw Batbold commit the rest of his stack with a bet of 20,600. Keating took several minutes to arrive at a decision, ultimately making the call.

Batbold turned over K♣K♦ to take down a massive pot as Keating mucked.

That left Keating with a very short stack, which he promptly doubled with pocket queens a short time later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zolbayar Batbold	112,000
Alex Keating	7,500 7,500	7,500

Tags: Alex Keating Zolbayar Batbold

10-17-2023 16:05 UTC+2

Rodin Takes In Multiway Pot

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Grigorii Rodin opened to 1,000 from the hijack and was called by Ognyan Dimov from the button, Teodor Evstratiev and Alejandro Lococo also called from the blinds.

The 10♥9♣2♥ flop checked through to the 8♠ turn. Action checked to Rodin, who bet 3,000. Only Dimov called.

Dimov then folded to a bet of 7,600 on the K♠ river.