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Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$50,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$2,231,460
Total Entries
46
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
39
Players Left
18
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Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
With two players seeing a board of 9♣8♠K♥8♥J♣ and slightly over 300,000 in the middle, Paulius Plausinaitis checked in the small blind and Artur Martirosian used a single time extension before moving all in for 211,500, sending Plausinaitis into the tank.
Plausinaitis used two time extensions before making the call.
Martirosian could only show A♥5♥ for a bluff while Plausinaitis tabled K♦10♠ for two pair, kings and eights to take down another sizable pot while Martirosian made his exit from the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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741,000
224,000
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224,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
A sizable pot of 38,000 chips had been created in a heads-up battle between Aleksejs Ponakovs in the small blind and Jules Dickerson on the button. The board read 3♠Q♥10♠9♠ and Ponakovs checked to Dickerson, who bet out 11,000 chips.
After thinking for a while, Ponakovs made the call and the 9♦ river completed the board. Both players now knuckled the table and Ponakovs tabled 8♠8♣. His pocket pair was good enough to win the pot as Dickerson mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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279,000
76,000
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76,000 |
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90,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Paulius Plausinaitis and Sam Greenwood, who is on his second bullet of the day, were on a flop of Q♥J♠3♥. Plausinaitis checked to Greenwood from the big blind, and the latter bet 6,000 chips into the pot of 9,5000 from under the gun. Plausinaitis called and did so as well for the 15,000 bet Greenwood put out on the 8♦ turn.
The river then fell the 10♦ and both players checked. Plausinaitis was first to show and tabled Q♦9♥ for a rivered straight, causing Greenwood to throw his hands in the air in frustration while gesturing at the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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517,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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211,500
211,500
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211,500 |
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Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Alex Kulev opened to 3,500 from under the gun and received calls from Teun Mulder in the cutoff and Quan Zhou in the big blind.
The flop came A♦Q♦2♠ and action checked around to Mulder, who bet 6,000. Zhou folded and Kulev made the call.
Kulev check-called another bet from Mulder on the A♣ turn, this time for 30,500.
Both players checked the 6♥ river.
"Only nuts" Kulev joked, tabling A♠Q♠ for a full house to take down a decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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565,000
57,000
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57,000 |
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265,000
138,000
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138,000 |
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76,000
190,000
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190,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
The action folded to Adrian Mateos in the small blind and he limped in. Kayhan Mokri then made it 6,000 to go from the big blind and Mateos made the call.
Mokri then bet 4,500 on the J♥5♦3♥ flop and Mateos check-called. The subsequent Q♥ turn was checked by both players before Mateos fired a massive 28,000 chips on the 6♦ river.
Mokri thought it over for a while but ended up deciding on a fold.
"Bluff?" inquired Mokri.
"I will never bluff against you again", clarified Mateos, leading to laughter from the Norwegian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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320,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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295,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
With two players seeing a board of 5♠4♦2♠ and roughly 11,000 already in the middle, Albert Daher checked from middle position, and Ognyan Dimov bet 11,000. Daher made the call.
On the 7♠ turn, Daher checked-called another bet from Dimov, this time for 21,000.
Both players checked the 5♦ river. Daher tabled 5♣5♥ for quad fives to scoop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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316,000
316,000
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316,000 |
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156,500
19,500
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19,500 |
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Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Sam Grafton and Kayhan Mokri were looking at a completed board of 8♥2♣3♠Q♣Q♠. Grafton bet 17,000 chips into the pot of 27,000 from the big blind and Mokri mulled it over before making the call.
Grafton showed the Norwegian K♠8♣ for two pair and it awarded him the pot when Mokri threw his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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330,000
60,000
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60,000 |
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265,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Juan Pardo opened to 4,000 from the cutoff and Paulius Plausinaitis called from the small blind.
Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of A♠K♦Q♦8♠10♥. Plausinaitis checked, Pardo bet 6,000, Plausinaitis raised to 22,000 and Pardo quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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537,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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215,000
85,000
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85,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
The very active Gha Iakobishvili got involved in the action once again when he raised to 3,500 from the hijack before Jules Dickerson put in the reraise to 13,000 from the button. The action folded back to Iakobishvili, who made the call.
The flop of 10♠9♥5♠ saw Iakobishvili check-call a 14,000 bet from Dickerson before he took the lead on the 9♠ turn by firing a small bet of 6,500. Dickerson pondered his option but ended up making the call and the pair saw the 3♣ river roll off.
Iakobishvili now put in an even smaller bet of 5,000 and Dickerson went into the tank again. This time, he came out with a raise to 55,000, and now it was Iakobishvili's time to think the hand over.
Eventually, he made the call but swiftly mucked his hands when Dickerson showed A♠Q♠ for the ace-high flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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500,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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355,000
61,000
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61,000 |
