$50,000 EPT Super High Roller Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-15-2023 14:01 UTC+3

Iakobishvili on Revenge Tour

Frank Visser

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

Ognyan Dimov opened the action with a raise to 3,000 from the cutoff and Gha Iakobishvili, who just sat down at his new table, called from the button. Jules Dickerson then defended his big blind and the trio saw a flop of K♦4♣Q♣.

Dickerson checked and Dimov opted for a continuation-bet of 8,000. Iakobishvili made the call and Dickerson got out of the way. Dimov then slowed down on the 3♥ turn with a check before Iakobishvili put out a massive bet of 40,000 chips.

Dimov quickly folded and Iakobishvili was off to a good start on his second bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jules Dickerson	330,000 57,000	57,000
Gha Iakobishvili	265,500 265,500	265,500
Ognyan Dimov	190,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Gha Iakobishvili Jules Dickerson Ognyan Dimov

10-15-2023 13:48 UTC+3

Iakobishvili First Casualty, Zhou Sits Down and Grabs Chip Lead

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Frank Visser

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

There were already a whopping 72,000 chips in the middle when the action was caught on a board of 2♣9♠4♦5♣. Gha Iakobishvili made the pot even bigger by betting a massive 80,000 from the small blind. Quan Zhou, who just sat down to play his first hand, called from the big blind while Kayhan Mokri folded from the cutoff.

The 3♠ river then completed the board and Iakobishvili downsized to a bet of 50,000. Zhou subsequentially shoved all in, covering the 131,000 chips Iakobishvili had in his total stack by just a bit.

Iakobishvili put forth all of his time banks, and after using a few of them he asked the dealer if he must show if he made the call. After an affirmative answer, Iakobishvhili responded with "then I will think."

"Oh well, I will just reenter", he ultimately concluded while putting in the rest of his stack. Zhou showed A♣Q♣ for a rivered wheel, while Iakobishvili quickly tabled 3x3x for a set. He quickly left the tournament area, looking for the nearest available reentry desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	508,000
Kayhan Mokri	270,000 68,000	68,000
Gha Iakobishvili	Busted

Tags: Gha Iakobishvili Kayhan Mokri Quan Zhou

10-15-2023 13:45 UTC+3

Mateos Takes from O'Dwyer

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Steve O'Dwyer opened to 2,500 from middle position and Adrian Mateos made the call from the cutoff.

The flop came A♦9♣7♥. O'Dwyer checked, Mateos bet 5,500 and O'Dwyer called.

On the 2♠ turn O'Dwyer checked and Mateos bet 14,000. This time O'Dwyer opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	280,000 37,000	37,000

Steve O'Dwyer	242,000 242,000	242,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Steve O'Dwyer

10-15-2023 13:33 UTC+3

Mateos Shows Down Third Pair

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Aleksejs Ponakovs opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and received calls from Adrian Mateos in the small blind and Artur Martirosian in the big blind.

The flop came K♣9♣5♦ and action checked around to Ponakovs, who bet 3,000. Both Mateos and Martirosian made the call.

All three players checked both the 10♥ turn and 3♥ river. Mateos tabled 9♥8♥ for a pair of nines which was good enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	336,000 18,000	18,000

Adrian Mateos	243,000 43,000	43,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	191,500 28,500	28,500

Tags: Adrian Mateos Aleksejs Ponakovs Artur Martirosian

Level: 2

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-15-2023 13:26 UTC+3

Vieira Can Not Get It Through

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sam Greenwood limped in from the small blind and Joao Vieira raised to 4,000 from the big blind. Greenwood made the call before he check-called Vieira's 3,000 continuation-bet on the 8♠Q♦4♥ flop as well.

The 5♥ turn saw Greenwood check again and Vieira now upped the ante to 11,500. Greenwood mulled it over for a bit but ended up making the call. On the 5♦ river, Vieira put in a hefty bet of 30,000 chips after a third check from Greenwood, and the latter quickly called after asking for the correct amount.

Vieira showed down 10♦9♦ for a missed gutshot straight draw, and Greenwood raked in the pot when he tabled Q♣10♥ for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	265,000 68,000	68,000

Joao Vieira	227,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Sam Greenwood

10-15-2023 13:21 UTC+3

Badziakouski Fires Two Barrels

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Dylan DeStefano opened to 2,500 from the hijack and was called by Mikita Badziakouski in the cutoff and Alex Kulev in the big blind.

Action checked around to Badziakouski, who bet 2,000 on the 8♠J♠3♠ flop. Kulev made the call while DeStefano got out of the way.

Kulev checked the 10♣ turn and Badziakouski bet again, this time for 8,500 which was enough to force a fold from his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan DeStefano	266,000
Mikita Badziakouski	178,000 72,000	72,000
Alex Kulev	127,000 123,000	123,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Dylan DeStefano Mikita Badziakouski

10-15-2023 13:11 UTC+3

Martirosian Picks Off Over-Bet Bluff

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Teun Mulder, Aleksejs Ponakovs and Artur Martirosian were three-way on a board that read K♥2♣10♣K♦. With 8,5000 in the middle, Mulder checked from the small blind before Ponakovs made a bet of 6,000 chips from the big blind. Martirosian made the call from the cutoff and Mulder folded.

The 2♦ river then fell and Ponakovs put out a single T-25,000 chip for a bet worth more than the pot. Martirosian put in a calling chip just before his shot clock ran out and Ponakovs sighed before reluctantly showing 7♣5♠, playing the board. Meanwhile, Martirosian showed J♣10♠ for a higher two pair and raked in the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	318,000 11,000	11,000

Teun Mulder	266,000 16,000	16,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	220,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Artur Martirosian Teun Mulder

10-15-2023 13:05 UTC+3

Viera Takes from Greenwood

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sam Greenwood opened to 4,500 from the small blind and Joao Vieira three-bet to 16,0000 from the big blind. Greenwood made the call.

The flop came K♦6♣3♠ and Greenwood check-called an 11,000 continuation bet from Vieira.

Both players checked the 6♠ turn and A♥ river.

Greenwood showed 10♦10♣ while Vieira tabled Q♦Q♠ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	271,000 271,000	271,000
Sam Greenwood	197,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Joao Viera Sam Greenwood

10-15-2023 13:03 UTC+3

Mokri and Mateos Win Blind-On-Blind

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The action folded to Adrian Mateos and he limped in from the small blind. Artur Martirosian was sitting in the big blind and raised it to 3,500 before Mateos made the call.

The 10♣9♦2♦ flop then checked through before Mateos led out for 5,500 on the 8♦ turn to take down the pot.

On another table, Francisco Benitez also limped his small blind, and Kayhan Mokri made it 4,000 to go from the big blind. Benitez made the call and checked the subsequent 8♦K♥10♦ flop. Mokri then put a bet of 3,000 chips forward and Benitez quickly got out of the way.