$1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1b | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-10-2024 03:51 UTC+2

Mavritsakis and Kaufmann Both Burst on the Bubble

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Ollie Garland

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Hand One:

Panagiotis Mavritsakis moved all in for 33,000 from the button and was looked up by Georgina James, in the small blind.

Panagiotis Mavritsakis: K♦J♠ All in
Georgina James: A♣J♥

The board ran out Q♣5♣6♣8♣10♠; James improved to the nut flush on the turn and Mavritsakis was eliminated.

Hand Two:

In what was reported to be a three-bet pot preflop, the action was caught with approximately 70,000 in the middle with two players looking at a flop of 2♠6♦3♠.

Milos Skrbic, in the big blind, bet out 16,000. David Kaufmann, who was under the gun, moved all in for 69,000 and Skrbic snap-called.

David Kaufmann: 10♦10♣ All in
Milos Skrbic: J♥J♠

The 4♦ turn and 8♥ river saw Skrbic best, helping burst the bubble

Player	Chips	Progress
Milos Skrbic	240,000 8,000	8,000
Georgina James	135,000 101,000	101,000

Panagiotis Mavritsakis	Busted
David Kaufmann	Busted

Tags: David Kaufmann Georgina James Milos Skrbic Panagiotis Mavritsakis

10-10-2024 03:36 UTC+2

Franco's Bust Starts Hand-for-Hand Play

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Ollie Garland

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Sonny Franco moved all in for approximately 45,000 from the cutoff. Alik Zazian, in the small blind, moved all in himself and the hand went to a showdown.

Sonny Franco: K♦7♥ All in
Alik Zazian: A♦Q♥

The board ran out J♠2♠3♦4♥2♥; Zazian sent Franco to the rail. The remaining 25 players are now under going hand-for-hand play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alik Zazian	200,000 60,000	60,000
Sonny Franco	Busted

Tags: Sonny Franco Alik Zazian

10-10-2024 02:23 UTC+2

Seremetli Runs Into Aces

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Ollie Garland

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Sinan Seremetli, in the small blind, moved his short stack all in. Ionut Chirap, in the big blind, snap-called.

Sinan Seremetli: 6♠6♣ All in
Ionut Chirap: A♣A♠

The board ran out 9♦Q♣2♠10♣10♠; Seremetli couldn't crack the best hand in hold'em and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut Chirap	267,000 69,000	69,000
Sinan Seremetli	Busted

Tags: Sinan Seremetli Ionut Chirap

10-10-2024 00:16 UTC+2

Hallaert Hits the Rail

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Ollie Garland

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The action was caught with around 17,500 in the middle with two players looking at a board of J♠8♥3♦5♣.

Antonios Onoufriou, in the big blind, checked the action to Kenny Hallaert, in the hijack. Hallaert bet out 6,500 and Onoufriou check-raised, moving all in for Hallaert's effective stack of approximately 21,000. Hallaert snap-called.

Kenny Hallaert: K♥J♣ All in
Antonios Onoufriou: 8♦5♣

The river landed the 2♥; Hallaert's top pair fell behind the turned two pair of Onoufriou and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonios Onoufriou	85,000 85,000	85,000
Kenny Hallaert	Busted

Tags: Antonios Onoufriou Kenny Hallaert

10-09-2024 23:36 UTC+2

Pepping Gets Sent to the Rail by Maron

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Ollie Garland

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Yuri Maron raised to 2,500 from middle position, the hijack called and Roelof Pepping, in the cutoff, squeezed to 9,200. Maron called and the hijack folded.

The 10♦J♠4♦ flop saw Maron play out of flow, leading for 9,200. Pepping responded by moving all in for approximately 22,500 and Maron snap-called.

Roelof Pepping: K♦Q♣ All in
Yuri Maron: 10♣10♠

Pepping's straight draw had run into the flopped set of Maron. The K♥ turn and 6♠ river confirmed Pepping's departure.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Maron	80,000 27,000	27,000
Roelof Pepping	Busted

10-09-2024 22:46 UTC+2

Al Mujaibel Makes the Correct Call

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Ollie Garland

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The action was caught with around 13,800 in the middle with two players looking at a flop of 5♠10♥9♦.

Nasser Al Mujaibel, in the big blind, bet out 7,500. Ermogenis Asprogenous, in middle position, moved all in for 28,600. Al Mujaibel tanked for some time before finally making the call.

Ermogenis Asprogenous: Q♣J♥ All in
Nasser Al Mujaibel: 9♥8♥

Al Mujaibel was ahead but Asprogenous had outs to survive. The 6♥ turn and A♥ river improved Al Mujaibel to a flush and Asprogenous was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nasser Al Mujaibel	65,000 29,400	29,400
Ermogenis Asprogenous	Busted

Tags: Ermogenis Asprogenous Nasser Al Mujaibel

10-09-2024 21:47 UTC+2

"What a Turn" for Pavlov

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The action was caught with around 15,000 in the middle and the full board reading 9♠6♥9♥4♦10♣.

Alper Cankurtaranli, who was under the gun, moved all in for 14,000. Atanas Pavlov, on the button, snap-called.

Alper Cankurtaranli: Q♥Q♠ All in
Atanas Pavlov: 4♣4♠

Cankurtaranli's overpair to the board was behind the turned set of Pavlov, sending him to the rail.

"What a turn!" remarked a neutral player at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Atanas Pavlov	51,000 51,000	51,000

Alper Cankurtaranli	Busted

Tags: Alper Cankurtaranli Atanas Pavlov

10-09-2024 19:56 UTC+2

Song Flips with Rabah

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Mehdi Hadj Rabah raised from early position, the player in middle position three-bet to 3,000 and Yunkyu Song, in the small blind, cold four-bet to 11,000. Rabah moved all in for 17,000, the player in middle position folded and Song called.

Mehdi Hadj Rabah: A♠Q♦ All in
Yunkyu Song: 10♠10♥

Song was ahead and the 2♦7♠3♦ flop confirmed this. The 5♦ turn gave Rabah both straight and flush outs; however, the 7♥ river didn't oblige and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunkyu Song	48,000 14,800	14,800
Mehdi Hadj Rabah	Busted

Tags: Mehdi Hadj Rabah Yunkyu Song

10-09-2024 19:36 UTC+2

Meriuta Snap-Calls Into a Set

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

A preflop raising war saw 8,000 reach the middle as two players headed to a flop of 9♠5♣2♦.

Edgars Hauks, in the small blind, bet out 3,100. Ciprian Meriuta, who was under the gun, made the call.

The J♦ turn saw a repeat of the action, this time Hauks sized up to 5,500.

The 7♦ river prompted Hauks to move all in for 17,900. Meriuta snap-called the bet for his effective stack of 17,100.

Ciprian Meriuta: A♥Q♣ All in
Edgars Hauks: J♠J♥

Meriuta's ace-high hero call ran into the turned set of Hauks, sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edgars Hauks	60,200 31,400	31,400
Ciprian Meriuta	Busted

Tags: Ciprian Meriuta Edgars Hauks

10-09-2024 19:27 UTC+2

House Over House Sends Fransz Home

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Ollie Garland

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

The pot had grown to 6,600 with three players heading to a flop of A♦7♦7♠.

Denis Gerasimov, in the small blind, bet out 1,700. Both Sadik Alibeyoglu, in the big blind, and Gilbert Fransz, in the cutoff, made the call.

The 9♥ turn saw the action check to Fransz, who took the lead for 1,700. Gerasimov called and Alibeyoglu put in a raise to 6,500. Neither player was deterred.

The 9♠ river prompted Gerasimov to play out of flow, moving all in for 14,200. Alibeyoglu folded and Fransz called off the bet for his effective stack of 9,500.

Gilbert Fransz: 8♣7♥ All in
Denis Gerasimov: 9♦6♦

Both players had made full houses; Gerasimov's nines-full was best and Fransz was sent to the rail.