$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$6,402,000
Entries
1,320
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
53
Players Left
16
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Only 16 players remain after Day 4 of the $5,300 EPT Main Event at PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus and a new champion will be crowned following the elimination of Anton Wigg, the last remaining EPT Main Event winner, in 18th place. Leading the final two tables is Italy's Andrea Dato with 6,155,000 chips as he looks to add to his $1.8 million in tournament earnings, while fellow big stacks Gilles Simon (4,430,000) and Victor Yugay (3,870,000) both seek their first major poker victories.
Other players still in the hunt for the $1,042,000 up top for the first-ever EPT Cyprus Main Event champion include Belgium's Kenny Hallaert, Britain's Marc Foggin and Day 3 chip leader Nathan Tetart.
EPT Cyprus Main Event Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Dato | Italy | 6,155,000 | 154 |
| 2 | Gilles Simon | Netherlands | 4,430,000 | 111 |
| 3 | Victor Yugay | Uzbekistan | 3,870,000 | 97 |
| 4 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 2,965,000 | 74 |
| 5 | Nathan Tetart | France | 2,725,000 | 68 |
| 6 | Halil Tasyurek | Turkey | 2,580,000 | 65 |
| 7 | Marc Foggin | United Kingdom | 2,570,000 | 64 |
| 8 | Priit Parmasto | Estonia | 2,385,000 | 60 |
| 9 | Bjorn Kozenkai | Hungary | 2,290,000 | 57 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Faterin | Russia | 2,090,000 | 52 |
| 11 | Timur Vardanian | Russia | 1,745,000 | 44 |
| 12 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 1,455,000 | 36 |
| 13 | Yannick Schumacher | Germany | 1,390,000 | 35 |
| 14 | Jose Gonzalez Sanchez | Spain | 1,155,000 | 29 |
| 15 | Gerard Carbo | Spain | 1,130,000 | 28 |
| 16 | Alessandro Minasi | Italy | 635,000 | 16 |
Day 4 Action
Players quickly dropped from the field in the first few hours of play, and among those to fall early were Carl Shaw (52nd - $18,700), Day 2 chip leader Gary Miller (44th - $18,700) and Shuang Luo, who jammed into the kings of Bjorn Kozenkai with jack-ten to fall in 41st place for $18,700.
Italy's Dario Sammartino made a deep run before running ace-jack into the Big Slick of Gerard Carbo and failing to improve to fall in 29th place for $24,700. Next out was Andrei Vavilonskii, who earlier this week finished fourth in the Eureka Main Event for $124,475 but now had to settle for $24,700 from his 28th-place finish.
2010 EPT Monte Carlo Champion Nicolas Chouity bowed out in 26th place for $28,425 as his ace-five couldn't hit against Yannick Schumacher's pocket tens to end his hopes of becoming the next two-time Main Event champion.
Harald Sammer was eliminated ahead of the three-table redraw when his ace-queen was pipped by the ace-king of Hallaert. After that, Siarhei Chudapal went out in 24th place for $28,425 as he called off with a no-good pair of aces against Kozenkai.
Day 4 wrapped up after the rapid-fire eliminations of Wigg in 18th when his fives couldn't hold against the ace-jack of Yugay, who the very next hand picked up ace-king in the big blind to dominate Atanas Malinov ahead of his elimination in 17th place.
Main Event Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,042,000 | 8 | $125,350 |
| 2 | $652,200 | 9 | $96,425 |
| 3 | $465,425 | 10-11 | $74,200 |
| 4 | $358,075 | 12-13 | $61,850 |
| 5 | $275,425 | 14-15 | $51,525 |
| 6 | $211,850 | 16 | $43,275 |
| 7 | $162,925 |
Action will pick back up at noon local time on October 21 with 37 minutes and 12 seconds left on Level 25 with blinds of 20,000/40,000/40,000. The plan is to play down to the final six players who will make up Sunday's streamed final table.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is here on-site in northern Cyprus and will continue providing updates ahead of the next EPT Main Event champion being crowned.
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alessandro Minasi | Italy | 635,000 | 16 |
| 1 | 2 | Marc Foggin | United Kingdom | 2,570,000 | 64 |
| 1 | 3 | Timur Vardanian | Russia | 1,745,000 | 44 |
| 1 | 4 | Bjorn Kozenkai | Hungary | 2,290,000 | 57 |
| 1 | 5 | Yannick Schumacher | Germany | 1,390,000 | 35 |
| 1 | 6 | Halil Tasyurek | Turkey | 2,580,000 | 65 |
| 1 | 7 | Andrea Dato | Italy | 6,155,000 | 154 |
| 1 | 8 | Gilles Simon | Netherlands | 4,430,000 | 111 |
| 2 | 1 | Victor Yugay | Uzbekistan | 3,870,000 | 97 |
| 2 | 2 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | 1,455,000 | 36 |
| 2 | 3 | Gerard Carbo | Spain | 1,130,000 | 28 |
| 2 | 4 | Jose Gonzalez Sanchez | Spain | 1,155,000 | 29 |
| 2 | 5 | Priit Parmasto | Estonia | 2,385,000 | 60 |
| 2 | 6 | Nathan Tetart | France | 2,725,000 | 68 |
| 2 | 7 | Aleksandr Faterin | Russia | 2,090,000 | 52 |
| 2 | 8 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 2,965,000 | 74 |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,155,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
||
|
4,430,000 | |
|
||
|
3,870,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
2,965,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
||
|
2,725,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
||
|
2,580,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
2,570,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
2,385,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
2,290,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
2,090,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
1,745,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
1,455,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
1,390,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
1,155,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
1,130,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
635,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Day 4 has ended with 16 players remaining after the elimination of Atanas Malinov in 17th place.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Gilles Simon looked down at A♦Q♣ under the gun and raised to 80,000. Timur Vardanian had A♠10♣ in the cutoff and three-bet to 240,000.
Action folded back to Simon, who four-bet to 615,000. Vardanian then five-bet to 980,000 and Simon used a time bank before shoving all in.
Vardanian, with 1,750,000 remaining, snap-folded as the players prepared to bag up for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,430,000
1,030,000
|
1,030,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,750,000
830,000
|
830,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Atanas Malinov open-jammed a stack of around 600,000 from under the gun and Victor Yugay called in the big blind with a bigger stack.
Atanas Malinov: K♠Q♣
Victor Yugay: A♠K♦
Yugay was dominated and didn't get any help from the runout of 2♦9♥2♥10♥3♠ to mark his elimination in 17th place to end Day 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Victor Yugay opened to 85,000 from under the gun before Anton Wigg jammed for 550,000 from the small blind. Yugay quickly called.
Anton Wigg: 5♠5♥
Victor Yugay: A♥J♥
The A♠Q♠7♦ flop gave Yugay the lead and he held to send Wigg out after the 9♦ turn and 6♠ river.
With Wigg's elimination, it is confirmed that there will be a new EPT champion crowned on Sunday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,300,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Priit Parmasto opened to 80,000 from the hijack and Andrea Dato defended from the big blind.
The flop came K♣J♠10♣ and Dato check-called a 70,000 continuation bet from Parmasto.
Both players checked the 5♦ turn leading to the 7♥ river. Dato bet 180,000 and Parmasto called.
Dato tabled K♦9♣ for top pair which was good enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,275,000
575,000
|
575,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,410,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Nikita Kuznetsov opened to 85,000 in the hijack and Atanas Malinov defended in the big blind.
Malinov checked on the flop of J♠A♦6♣ and Kuznetsov continued for 55,000. Malinov laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
650,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
