$5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-19-2023 12:57 UTC+3

Early Bustouts

David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Bagirov	Busted
Cornelis van Gent	Busted
Dmitrii Astratov	Busted
Lucien Cohen	Busted

Pascal Vos	Busted
Antoine Saout	Busted
Mihai Tusnea	Busted
Luis Rayon Perez	Busted
Simone Andrian	Busted
Alexandre Reard	Busted
Teun Mulder	Busted
Vadzim Ivanou	Busted
Apoorva Goel	Busted
Andrei Kaigorodtsev	Busted
Sofianos Vergitsis	Busted
Aleksei Istomin	Busted
Frederik Thiemer	Busted
Floyd Rosner	Busted

10-19-2023 12:55 UTC+3

Coelho Flips Marques to the Rail

Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Andre Marques found himself all in and at risk for approximately 100,000 in a preflop confrontation against Diogo Coelho who had a covering stack.

Andre Marques: A♥K♦
Diogo Coelho: J♦J♥

Marques failed to connect with the 10♦7♦8♣10♠6♣ runout. and was eliminated from the tournament while Coelho collected the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diogo Coelho	415,000 99,000	99,000
Andre Marques	Busted

Tags: Andre Marques Diogo Coelho

10-19-2023 12:32 UTC+3

A New EPT Champ Will Be Crowned as Wiciak Runs Into a Set

David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Four-handed on a flop of 6♠K♥2♥, Vasileios Panagiotidis bet 13,000 from the cutoff before button Nathan Tetart raised to 34,000.

Simon Wiciak, covering his mouth with his hoodie, then used a time bank from the big blind before moving all in for 152,000. Kubanychbek Abakirov was under the gun and asked for a count before calling, while both Panagiotidis and Tetart got out of the way.

Simon Wiciak: A♥7♥
Kubanychbek Abakirov: K♠K♣

Abakirov turned over top set and Wiciak needed to complete his flush draw to stay alive. He stood up from his seat and began filming the action as the dealer turned over the 5♠, followed by the J♠ as the EPT Barcelona champion missed his draw, ending his run at back-to-back EPT titles.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kubanychbek Abakirov	520,000 97,000	97,000
Nathan Tetart	280,000 -16,000	-16,000

Vasileios Panagiotidis	180,000 -70,000	-70,000
Simon Wiciak	Busted

Tags: Kubanychbek Abakirov Nathan Tetart Simon Wiciak Vasileios Panagiotidis

10-19-2023 12:15 UTC+3

Irimia Scores Early Knockout

Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Chady Ojeil moved all in from early position for 32,000 and Marius Irimia made the call in middle position with a covering stack.

Chady Ojeil: 4♠4♥
Marius Irimia: J♠J♥

Ojeil was in rough shape with the lower pocket pair and failed to improve on the 10♠10♣A♦Q♥8♥ runout, resulting in his early elimination while Irimia took down a decent pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Irimia	445,000 62,000	62,000
Chady Ojeil	Busted

Tags: Chady Ojeil Marius Irimia

10-19-2023 12:13 UTC+3

Panagiotidis Begins the Day With a Flip

David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On one of the first hands of the day, Alexander Tkatschew moved all in for his last 30,000 from middle position and Vasileios Panagiotidis called in the small blind.

Alexander Tkatschew: A♠K♦
Vasileios Panagiotidis: 9♦9♣

Tkatschew had found a good hand to get his chips in but needed to win the flip to prolong his tournament. The board ran out J♣8♣5♦3♦7♦ and Tkatschew couldn't overcome Panagiotidis' nines and was sent on an early walk to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasileios Panagiotidis	250,000 44,000	44,000
Alexander Tkatschew	Busted

Tags: Alexander Tkatschew Vasileios Panagiotidis