$5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-18-2023 14:31 UTC+2

Mouawad Coolers Newport to the Rail

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 10♣9♠J♦, Joe Mouawad bet 9,000 from the button before Nicholas Newport raised to 25,000 in the big blind. Mouawad then moved all in and Newport called for his last 85,000.

Nicholas Newport: 10♥10♦
Joe Mouawad: K♥Q♣

Newport had flopped a set, but Mouawad showed the nut straight as Newport needed the board to pair to stay alive. The board ran out 6♦A♥ and Mouawad took the pot to send Newport to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Mouawad	240,000
Nicholas Newport	Busted

Tags: Joseph Mouwad Nicholas Newport

10-18-2023 14:27 UTC+2

Ustinovich on the Rise

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Josh Noy

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kemal Aydogdu opened to 4,000 from middle position and called when Oleg Ustinovich slid out a three-bet of 15,000 from the big blind.

The flop of3♠4♦6♠ saw Ustinovich waste little time in continuing by leading out with a bet of 10,000. Aydogdu took some time but ultimately made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Ustinovich	143,000 94,500	94,500
Kemal Aydogdu	58,000 68,500	68,500

Tags: Kemal Aydogdu Oleg Ustinovich

10-18-2023 14:27 UTC+2

How Good is the EPT Cyprus Venue?

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Liam Black

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Tags: Parker Talbot Benjamin Spragg

10-18-2023 14:22 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	380,000 353,000	353,000

Milos Skrbic	370,000 120,000	120,000

Parker Talbot	330,000 25,000	25,000

Daniyar Aubakirov	320,000 5,000	5,000
David Kaufmann	310,000 45,000	45,000

Dario Sammartino	230,000 48,000	48,000
Carl Shaw	230,000 125,500	125,500
Diogo Coelho	210,000 54,500	54,500
Aleksei Istomin	170,000 60,000	60,000
Paul Newey	150,000 52,000	52,000
Conor Beresford	140,000 53,000	53,000
Albert Daher	80,000 50,000	50,000
Joao Vieira	80,000 49,500	49,500
Leon Sturm	70,000 40,000	40,000
Quan Zhou	60,000 33,500	33,500
Niklas Astedt	50,000 60,000	60,000

Papazian's Kings Cracked

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Huseyin Akgul opened to 4,000 from under the gun before Alexandru Papazian three-bet from the button. Orhan Ates then made it 36,000 from the small blind, forcing out Akgul. Papazian then jammed for around 100,000 and Ates called after some thinking time as the slightly bigger stack.

Alexandru Papazian: K♠K♦
Orhan Ates: A♠K♥

Papazian was the favorite to double up after the 4♥3♠4♦ flop and 4♣ turn. However, an A♣ river gave Ates a pair of aces for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orhan Ates	243,000 93,000	93,000
Alexandru Papazian	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Papazian Huseyin Akgul Orhan Ates

10-18-2023 14:21 UTC+2

Yokosawa Yields, Kotelnikov Doubles

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

At one table, Andrey Kotelnikov jammed his final 20,000 chips in from early position and Marius Iftimia then rejammed from the next seat over, causing the rest of the table to fold.

Andrey Kotelnikov: A♥A♦
Marius Iftimia: K♥K♣

The ultimate cooler would remain just that when no kings appeared on the 2♣10♣8♦5♠9♣ board and Kotelnikov doubled up to a more healthy stack.

On an adjacent table, Ilia Pavlov raised to 4,000 from the button and Masato Yokosawa called with a short stack from the big blind. On the flop of 6♦10♣3♣, the rest of Yokosawa's chips went in the middle and Pavlov looked him up.

Masato Yokosawa: 5♠4♣
Ilia Pavlov: 10♠8♠

Yokosawa's straight draw came in on the 6♠7♠ runout, but the two spades meant that Pavlov had hit a backdoor flush to scoop to the pot anyway. The Japanese regular exited the tournament room while Pavlov added some more chips to his ever-growing stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilia Pavlov	170,000 132,500	132,500
Marius Iftimia	90,000 18,000	18,000
Andrey Kotelnikov	45,000 38,500	38,500
Masato Yokosawa	Busted

Tags: Andrey Kotelnikov Ilia Pavlov Marius Iftimia Masato Yokosawa

10-18-2023 14:10 UTC+2

Wiciak Gives Up on the River

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 10♥4♣3♣, Simon Wiciak bet 5,000 from early position before Jon Vallinas raised to 16,000 in the big blind.

Wiciak called as the 8♠ fell on the turn. Vallinas then checked and Wiciak tossed out another blue 5,000 chip.

Vallinas took a moment before calling to the 7♠ river, where it was his turn to bet 5,000. Wiciak quickly folded and Vallinas took the pot.

Jose Jimenez and Luis Rayon are also at this table, both with stacks of around 300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luis Rayon Perez	320,000 163,000	163,000
Jose Jimenez	300,000 175,500	175,500
Jon Vallinas	80,000 52,500	52,500
Simon Wiciak	65,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Jon Vallinas Simon Wiciak

10-18-2023 14:07 UTC+2

Buckley Downs Costa

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Mark Buckley opened to 4,000 from under the gun and was called by Kayhan Mokri from the cutoff. Silvio Domingues Costa moved all in for 37,000 from the button, prompting Buckley to rejam. Mokri folded.

Silvio Domingues Costa: 7♠7♦
Mark Buckley: A♠10♠

The A♣5♠3♠ flop put Buckley ahead and he improved to a flush on the 5♦8♠ runout.

Mokri then told Buckley he would've been stacked if he decided to call as he said he folded pocket fives, which would have given him quads.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Buckley	168,000 75,000	75,000
Silvio Domingues Costa	Busted

Tags: Kayhan Mokri Mark Buckley Silvio Domingues Costa

10-18-2023 14:06 UTC+2

A Big List of Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Gutierrez	Busted

Joachim Haraldstad	Busted
Antoine Labat	Busted
Ognyan Dimov	Busted

Hossein Ensan	Busted

Tom Vogelsang	Busted
Simon Mattsson	Busted
Alexandr Kilennikov	Busted
Robert Fluereci	Busted
Oliver White	Busted
Vidar Oie	Busted
Selahaddin Bedir	Busted
Luka Bojovic	Busted
Ruslan Volkov	Busted
Aleksandar Zivkovic	Busted
Agharazi Babayev	Busted
Nejat Erman	Busted
Denis Zelenkin	Busted
Dumitru Pora	Busted
Chris Alafogiannis	Busted
Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Rhys Campbell	Busted
Mohamed Mokrani	Busted
Atanas Pavlov	Busted
Ara Melkistian	Busted

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10-18-2023 14:03 UTC+2

More For Mokri

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Josh Noy

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kayhan Mokri raised to 4,500 from under the gun and was called by Mark Buckley on the button. Lukas Robinson got out of the way in the small blind before Antoine Saout tossed in a call from the big blind.

Saout checked the 5♠8♦5♣ flop before Mokri continued for 4,000. Buckley made the call and the two were heads up to the 2♠ turn.

Mokri continued to lead, firing a bet of 14,500. Buckley surrendered his hand, as the pot slid to Mokri's stack.