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

10-11-2024 19:47 UTC+3

Teusl Rivered by Fayziev

Richard Hayes

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

Cards were on their backs and stacks were in the middle, with Shukhrat Fayziev all in for 45,000 and at-risk versus Jessica Teusl.

Shukhrat Fayziev: A♥10♣ All in
Jessica Teusl: 7♦7♣

Teusl was ahead in the race, and Fayziev seemed to be heading for the exit after the J♠5♥6♣ flop and K♣ turn. However the A♣ rolled off on the river to send Fayziev the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shukhrat Fayziev	100,000 74,000	74,000
Jessica Teusl	72,000 72,000	72,000

Tags: Jessica Teusl Shukhrat Fayziev

10-11-2024 19:42 UTC+3

Sidelkovskiy Halves Hand's Stack

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Dan O'Hair

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

Fintan Hand and Leonid Sidelkovskiy were heads up on a board of J♥4♠2♥6♠ with approximately 100,000 already in the middle.

Sidelkovskiy checked from early position and Hand bet 50,000 on the button. Sidelkovskiy called.

The 6♦ completed the board and Sidelkovskiy checked. Hand quickly checked behind and tabled A♥K♦. Sidelkovskiy turned over Q♠J♠ for jacks-up and was sent the large pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leonid Sidelkovskiy	340,000 311,000	311,000
Fintan Hand	100,000 105,000	105,000

Tags: Fintan Hand Leonid Sidelkovskiy

10-11-2024 19:39 UTC+3

Siere Doubles Up With Higher Kicker

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Matt Warburton

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

Action was on the flop on a board of 7♣9♥K♠ and both Casimir Siere and Ion Tabacaru checked. Shankui Li bet 7,000 and Siere check-raised all in for 20,000. Tabacaru called and Li folded his hand.

Tabacaru had K♣8♠ for a pair of kings, but Siere turned over K♦10♥ for a pair of kings with a higher kicker.

The turn was the J♣ and river the 6♠. Siere's kicker played and he won the pot to double up his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Casimir Siere	75,000 75,000	75,000
Ion Tabacaru	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Casimir Siere Ion Tabacaru

10-11-2024 19:36 UTC+3

Top Ten Stacks At Dinner Break

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Richard Hayes

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Muhtar Taysi	440,000 420,000	420,000
Andrey Litvinov	343,000 343,000	343,000
Lily Kiletto	301,000 3,000	3,000
Riccardo Trevisani	294,000 225,000	225,000
Marius Gicovanu	285,000 118,000	118,000
Luc Van Der Beek	280,000 280,000	280,000
Andrei Sediakin	260,000 185,000	185,000
Arian Hassankashani	255,000 255,000	255,000
Adrian Cazacu	250,000 3,000	3,000
Mehmet Berk Deniz	240,000 240,000	240,000

10-11-2024 19:35 UTC+3

Hand Sizes Up on the Turn

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Kai Cocklin

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

Javier Guevara raised from the small blind and Fintan Hand came along from the big blind.

On the flop of 10♠4♣3♣, Guevara check-called a bet of 7,000 from Hand.

The turn brought a J♥ and agan Guevara checked, then Hand sized up to 40,000. Guevara rechecked his cards and was debating for around a minute before he finally decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fintan Hand	205,000 10,000	10,000
Javier Guevara	130,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Fintan Hand Javier Guevara

10-11-2024 19:28 UTC+3

Back in Action

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Dan O'Hair

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

Players have returned from dinner break and cards are back in the air!

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

10-11-2024 19:15 UTC+3

Life Outside Poker: Maria Konnikova Says Ban Sunglasses & Electronics

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 18th episode, Connor speaks with author and psychologist Maria Konnikova about her family leaving Russia to come to the US, writing her first story in kindergarten, being mentored by Steven Pinker at Harvard, meeting Erik Seidel for the first time and her 2020 bestseller The Biggest Bluff that explored her poker journey.

Konnikova, a PokerStars ambassador, also talked about her research for an upcoming book into cheating in poker and other games, as well as game integrity rule changes implemented at EPT Barcelona that Konnikova said needed to go even further.

"I think what PokerStars has done is amazing. I think you need to go a step further and not have any electronics anywhere on the table," said Konnikova. "Like, I think phones need to be on the floor, in your bag."

"I would actually also ban sunglasses because ... there's so much technology that (that can enable cheating)."

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10-11-2024 18:47 UTC+3

Dinner Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The remaining 187 players have been sent on a 40-minute dinner break, with play recommencing at approximately 7:25 p.m. local time.

10-11-2024 18:45 UTC+3

Kozenkai Collects the Rest of Song's Chips

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Dan O'Hair

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded around to the blinds, where Yunkyu Song shoved for his last 40,000 from the small blind and Bjorn Kozenkai called from the big blind having Song covered.

Yunkyu Song: K♣7♥ All in
Bjorn Kozenkai: A♥10♣

Song would need some help against Kozenkai's ace, but the 4♦3♠2♣10♥6♠ runout needlessly paired Kozenkai's ten to eliminate Song just before dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bjorn Kozenkai	90,000
Yunkyu Song	Busted

Tags: Bjorn Kozenkai Yunkyu Song