Samuli Hietala opened to 1,600, and was faced with a three-bet jam to 10,400 from Ilija Savevski in the next seat. Table big stack Riccardo Trevisani was in the big blind, and he rejammed, forcing out Hietala.
Ilija Savevski: K♦Q♦ 
Riccardo Trevisani: 5♠5♥
Savevski needed some help from the board to win the race, but none arrived on the A♥9♣3♣7♦9♠ runout.
Kayhan Sardan raised to 1,300 from under the gun and Nebojsa Ankucic three-bet to 3,000 from the cutoff. Abdullah Akbarpoor called in the small blind, Vladislav Naumov called out of the big blind, and Sardan put in the extra.
On the flop of 10♦2♣9♣, it checked all the way to Ankucic, who fired 5,500. Akbarpoor folded, Naumov called, and Sardan folded.
Both then saw the K♦ fall on the turn which Naumov checked, and Ankucic kept up the aggression with a bet of 9,000. Naumov thought for some time but ultimately decided on a fold.
Alexander Neumann made it 1,000 to go from the hijack and Tonino Cardia called from the button before Gonzalo Pro made it 4,700 from the small blind. Neumann called, and Cardia folded.
On the 10♥7♠4♥ flop, Pro led out for 5,000, and Neumann made a quick call.
When the A♠ dropped on the turn, Pro fired again for 8,000, then Neumann put in the click to 17,500. It took just a few moments for Pro to fold, and Neumann was pushed the pot.
A monstrous pot of around 31,000 had already developed in a hand between Haiyang Yang under the gun and Grigory Zima in the next seat.
The completed board read J♦7♣5♦4♥8♣. Yang jammed for around 20,000, sending Zima, who had 15,100 behind, deep into the tank.
After around two minutes of thought, Zima made the call. Yang showed 10♦2♦ for the missed flopped flush draw, while Zima had J♠4♠ for the turned two pair, sending a full double-up to the Russian.
Sardor Shagulyamov had taken a hit to his starting stack, and moved all in for 3,000 from early position. He received calls from Arsalan Shemirani in the cutoff, Miika Toyras on the button, and Antreas Papaioannou in the small blind.
As the players waited for the flop, Shagulyamov quipped "Three callers, this is the respect I get.", with a tablemate commenting, "No it's better for you."
The Q♥3♠3♥ flop was checked through, with Shagulyamov calling for a heart on the turn.
The turn brought the Q♠, bringing a double-paired board, and again was checked through, with Shagulyamov commenting "Ah, I'm dead."
The 3♦ river meant a full house was on the board. Action checked to Shemirani, who fired out a bet of 5,000. Toyras called, reluctant to be forced off a potential chopped pot, but Papaioannou folded.
Toyras tabled A♦J♦, playing the board, but Shemirani had Q♦Q♣ for quad queens, much to the shock of the table.
Shagulyamov started laughing and a tablemate asked "No, you don't have the three do you?", and Shagulyamov turned over 5♣3♣ for quad threes, causing much mirth.
Shagulyamov took the beat with good grace, chuckling to himself and high-fiving the player in the next seat as he departed.
With around 9,000 in the middle on a full board of 3♥5♠4♣K♣10♦, Anton Gililov had fired 5,100 on the river then Svetoslav Nikolov shoved for 24,100. Gililov was thinking it over for a while but eventually settled on a call.
Nikolov then showed 6♥5♥ for a pair of fives with a busted straight draw, and Gililov showed K♥K♦ for top set, which seemed to anger Nikolov, who didn't like the fact that the call took so long from Gililov.
"You could have ace-deuce, six-seven. It's good to think," said Gililov in his defense. Regardless of it was a slowroll, Gililov had around 60,000 now while Nikolov's first bullet has been dusted off.
Welcome back to the PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus, playing out at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, Cyprus. With four starting flights completed and just two remaining, the action continues today with Day 1e of the Eureka Main Event, which kicks off at 11 a.m. local time.
A combined 1,444 players were registered across the opening four flights and 214 made it into the money and onto tomorrow's Day 2. The current chip lead is Marian Virlanuta after he bagged up a huge stack of 1,156,000 from Day 1c. The only other play to so far breach a million is Mark Steven Smith, who came through Day 1d at the top of the pack with 1,050,000 chips.
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marian Virlanuta | Romania | 1,156,000 |
| 2 | Mark Steven Smith | United Kingdom | 1,050,000 |
| 3 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 692,000 |
| 4 | Omer Cubukcu | Turkey | 607,000 |
| 5 | Sergei Bortsov | Russia | 598,000 |
| 6 | Tian Hao Zheng | China | 583,000 |
| 7 | Alexandre Vuilleumier | Switzerland | 516,000 |
| 8 | Mateusz Sikora | Poland | 500,000 |
| 9 | Semen Kravets | Russia | 499,000 |
| 10 | Xiaosheng Zheng | China | 485,000 |
Some other notables to have already made Day 2 include Joseph Mouawad (453,000), Dinesh Alt (402,000), Victoria Livschitz (347,000), Ana Marquez (332,000), and Pokerstars Ambassadors Georgina James (156,000), Sebastian Huber (155,000), & Benjamin Spragg (116,000).
Players will begin the day with 30,000 chips. Each blind level will last a slightly-faster 30 minutes, starting with blinds at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Late registration will stay open until the beginning of Level 11, which is as the dinner break concludes. Play will come to an end once 15% of the field is left, at this point, all remaining players will bag up their chips for Day 2 and be guaranteed at least a min-cash.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we continue to provide live updates from the Eureka Main Event and many others here at EPT Cyprus.
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