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

10-18-2023 15:59 UTC+2

Mahmoud Makes the Most of his Day

Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Mustafa Biz raised to 5,500 from under the gun and Seyedali Hosseinirami called from middle position. The action then folded to Yassin Mahmoud in the big blind, who put forth a three-bet to 22,500. Biz folded but Hosseinirami still stuck around and called.

The flop of K♥6♣J♣ saw Mahmoud think for a while before sliding out a small bet of 13,000. It was enough to win him the pot, however, when Hosseinirami mucked his cards. Mahmoud has known a terrific start of the day and chipped up even further by winning this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yassin Mahmoud	370,000 320,400	320,400
Seyedali Hosseinirami	245,000 31,000	31,000
Mustafa Biz	95,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Mustafa Biz Seyedali Hosseinirami Yassin Mahmoud

10-18-2023 16:02 UTC+2

Good Times at the PokerStars Players Party

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Liam Black

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

10-18-2023 16:02 UTC+2

Schultz-Pedersen Takes From Molenaar

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Johan Schultz-Pedersen opened to 5,000 from the button and called when Michel Molenaar made it 20,000 from the small blind.

Schultz-Pedersen called a bet of 12,500 on the A♣K♠3♠ flop. On the Q♠ turn, Molenaar check-folded to a bet of 20,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Schultz-Pedersen	150,000 150,000	150,000
Michel Molenaar	133,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Johan Schultz-Pedersen Michel Molenaar

10-18-2023 16:10 UTC+2

Latest Bust Outs

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Huseyin Akgul	Busted
Alexander Zubov	Busted
Mykhailo Demydenko	Busted
Jeremie Bilodeau	Busted
Marcelo Bonanata	Busted
Senol Ardic	Busted
Marius Iftimia	Busted
Kemal Aydogdu	Busted
Mikhail Ruslanov	Busted
Hala Karam	Busted
Can Miral	Busted
Mehmet Deniz	Busted
Maksim Haitsiukevich	Busted
Evgenii Korikov	Busted
Alexander van der Swaluw	Busted
Farhad Mohajerani	Busted
Dmitry Pokhabov	Busted
Aleksandr Kirichenko	Busted
Leon Sturm	Busted
Remus Blebea	Busted
Aliaksei Boika	Busted

Osman Aksu	Busted
Rikiya Jinbo	Busted
Mohamad El Sayed	Busted
Niklas Astedt	Busted

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10-18-2023 16:12 UTC+2

Carbo Collects the Pot When Parker Calls the Clock

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Chipleader Parker Talbot and Gerard Carbo had escalated a blind-on-blind battle to the point that there were 60,000 chips in the pot on a completed board of 5♣10♣8♣Q♣9♠, and Talbot put in another 53,000 from the small blind.

Carbo sat in the big blind and made a raise to 123,000. Parker went with his hands in his hair and thought it over for a minute or so before calling the clock on himself. He would not make the decision in time, resulting in his cards hitting the muck at the end of the 30-second mark, accidentally exposing his J♣ in the process.

Carbo then was kind enough to allow Talbot to pick one of his cards to show the table, and Parker picked the 10♥, leading to a loud expletive arising from the PokerStars Ambassador.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	640,000 110,000	110,000

Gerard Carbo	401,000 58,000	58,000

Tags: Gerard Carbo Parker Talbot

10-18-2023 16:13 UTC+2

Rajkovic Doubles Off Buckley; Mokri Coolers Robinson

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Mark Buckley raised to 5,000 under the gun and Alexandre Reard called in the small blind before big blind Adi Rajkovic three-bet to 16,500. Buckley then moved all in, Reard folded, but Rajkovic called for his last 48,000.

Adi Rajkovic: A♣K♣
Mark Buckley: A♦8♦

Buckley let out a loud groan as soon as Rajkovic called. He needed help on the board but none arrived as the dealer turned over 3♦2♦9♣5♣9♥, giving Rajkovic a double up.

A few hands earlier at this table, Kayhan Mokri and Lukas Robinson saw a flop of 5♦10♣7♥ when Mokri bet 14,000, Robinson raised to 45,000, Mokri moved all in, and Robinson called for around 100,000 more.

Lukas Robinson: 10♦7♦
Kayhan Mokri: 7♠5♠

Both players had flopped two pair, but Robinson was ahead and poised for a double up until the 5♥ fell on the turn and Mokri made a full house. The river was the 4♠ and Robinson was eliminated.

"I f**ked him over pretty good. And then he disappeared," Mokri said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	450,000 132,000	132,000
Carl Shaw	280,000 50,000	50,000
Alexandre Reard	230,000 183,000	183,000
Adi Rajkovic	100,000 44,000	44,000
Mark Buckley	30,000 138,000	138,000
Lukas Robinson	Busted

Tags: Adi Rajkovic Alexandre Reard Kayhan Mokri Lukas Robinson Mark Buckley

10-18-2023 16:16 UTC+2

Kaufmann Shoves on Gallego in Lengthy Pot

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With around 30,000 in the pot on a board of 4♠K♣4♦2♥, David Kaufmann bet 24,000 from the small blind and Raul Gallego called in early position.

The river came the 8♥ and Kaufmann moved all in, having Gallego's remaining 80,000 well covered.

A few players at the table got up and started walking around as Gallego tanked for several minutes. "Every hand is 15 minutes. Right now I don't mind, but usually I would call the clock 10 times," one of them said.

The clock was eventually called on Gallego, who then tossed his cards away.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Kaufmann	330,000 20,000	20,000

Raul Gallego	80,000 104,500	104,500

Tags: David Kaufmann Raul Gallego

10-18-2023 16:22 UTC+2

Sitbon Brought to Valuetown

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kim Wittendorf and Julien Sitbon were heads up on a completed board of 3♣8♠4♥K♣2♣. Sitbon checked from under the gun before Wittendorf bet out 12,000 into the pot of 35,000.

Sitbon mulled it over for a while but ended up making the call. Wittendorf tabled 9♥8♥ for a pair of eights, and it was enough to rake in the pot as Sitbon mucked his cards.

Meanwhile, Ankit Ahuja is also on this table and is looking to make another deep run after winning the $1,100 Eureka Main Event earlier this week.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kim Wittendorff	210,000 144,000	144,000
Julien Sitbon	175,000
Ankit Ahuja	145,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Kim Wittendorf

10-18-2023 16:23 UTC+2

Pre-Break Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Schottes	480,000 185,000	185,000
Alessandro Minasi	360,000 35,000	35,000
Floyd Rosner	330,000 25,000	25,000
Renat Bohdanov	320,000 41,000	41,000
Teun Mulder	300,000 22,000	22,000
Dario Sammartino	290,000 60,000	60,000
Joe Mouawad	260,000 20,000	20,000
Andrea Dato	210,000 84,000	84,000

Steve O'Dwyer	150,000 20,000	20,000

Conor Beresford	130,000 10,000	10,000
Erdal Gulseven	125,000 75,000	75,000
Albert Daher	120,000 100,000	100,000
Michele Guerrini	110,000 61,500	61,500
Stanislav Tishkevich	75,000 25,000	25,000
Simon Wiciak	55,000 15,000	15,000

10-18-2023 16:24 UTC+2

Break Time

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Another level has been completed in the EPT Cyprus Main Event, and 218 players remain. They've been sent on a 20-minute break with the bubble likely to burst in Level 14 as 199 players make the money.

Check out the highlights from Level 13: