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

10-11-2024 13:05 UTC+2

Ankucic Stays Aggressive, Naumov Takes a Hit

Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdullah Akbarpoor	100,000 10,000	10,000
Nebojsa Ankucic	60,000 60,000	60,000
Vladislav Naumov	35,000 35,000	35,000
Kayhan Sardan	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Abdullah Akbarpoor Kayhan Sardan Nebojsa Ankucic Vladislav Naumov

10-11-2024 13:08 UTC+2

Double-Up for Pirisi

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Richard Hayes

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Rosen Apostolov opened to 700 from early position before being faced with a three-bet to 3,600 from Matteo Pirisi in the cutoff. Aleksandr Ilin was on the button, and he cold-called, while Apostolov got out of the way.

On the 10♥4♣2♥ flop, Pirisi continued with a bet of 4,000, receiving a quick call from Ilin.

The 2♦ turn brought fireworks. Pirisi fired out another bet of 6,000, and Ilin quickly moved all in for 21,500 total, with Pirisi snap-calling to put himself at risk.

Matteo Pirisi: A♣2♣ All in
Aleksandr Ilin: 6♥6♣

Pirisi was in great shape with the turned trip deuces, and only had to fade a six to secure the double-up. The 3♦ river was a brick and Ilin was left with crumbs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matteo Pirisi	69,000 39,000	39,000
Rosen Apostolov	27,000 27,000	27,000
Aleksandr Ilin	2,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Aleksandr Ilin Matteo Pirisi Rosen Apostolov

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

10-11-2024 13:17 UTC+2

Pro Backdoors a Flush

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A full board of 10♣5♥7♦10♦4♦ was showing with around 7,000 chips in the pot, and Hector Aguirre had fired 2,000 on the river into Gonzalo Pro. After a few moments, Pro then shoved his stack of around 13,000 into the middle, and Aguirre went deep into thought.

Around a minute passed before Aguirre finally clicked the call button, then he flipped A♣10♥ for trip tens. However, Pro had that beat with A♦9♦ for a flush, which earned him the pot and the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sardor Shagulyamov	85,000 85,000	85,000
Samuel Fournier	45,000 45,000	45,000
Gonzalo Pro	32,000 12,000	12,000
Hector Aguirre	8,000

Tags: Gonzalo Pro Hector Aguirre

10-11-2024 13:27 UTC+2

Tammel Doubles via Wheeler

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Around 8,000 was in the middle on a flop of J♠9♦7♦, in a hand between Tarmo Tammel in the cutoff and Jason Wheeler in the small blind.

Tammel fired out a bet of 5,000, only to be faced with a check-raise to 12,500 from Wheeler. Tammel thought it through for a bit before moving the rest of his stack, totaling 20,500 into the middle. Wheeler made the quick call with the slightly covering stack.

Tarmo Tammel: Q♥Q♣ All in
Jason Wheeler: A♦8♦

Tammel was ahead with pocket queens versus Wheeler's nut flush draw, and when he saw his opponent's cards, Tammel quipped "That's what I was hoping you had!".

The turn brought the Q♠ to improve Tammel to top set, and the 5♣ river was not the diamond Wheeler required.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tarmo Tammel	50,100 50,100	50,100
Jason Wheeler	2,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Jason Wheeler Tarmo Tammel

10-11-2024 13:29 UTC+2

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Belinskii	110,000 110,000	110,000
Xiaohu Liu	100,000 65,000	65,000
Mugur Iordan	85,000 33,000	33,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	60,000 60,000	60,000
Timo Laasonen	55,000 55,000	55,000
Marle Spragg	50,000 50,000	50,000

Iaron Lightbourne	45,000 45,000	45,000
Barny Boatman	22,000 13,000	13,000

Jamie Dwan	20,000 20,000	20,000
Andrey Golubev	20,000 20,000	20,000
Sergi Reixach	16,000 16,000	16,000

10-11-2024 13:31 UTC+2

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Sandra Barbour

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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10-11-2024 13:33 UTC+2

Trevisani Shuts Down Savevski

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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♦ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Riccardo Trevisani	69,000 69,000	69,000
Samuli Hietala	11,500 11,500	11,500
Ilija Savevski	Busted

Tags: Ilija Savevski Riccardo Trevisani Samuli Hietala

10-11-2024 13:46 UTC+2

Demydenko Gets a Lifeline

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Mykhailo Demydenko shoved from the cutoff for 8,400 and Mikhail Kharitonov called from the small blind.

Mykhailo Demydenko: K♠7♥ All in
Mikhail Kharitonov : A♦8♦

Demydenko was behind but surged into the lead on the 7♣K♥J♠ flop, making two pair. The J♦ flop did give Kharitonov some outs, but the 2♣ river was a brick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Bartschat	45,000 30,000	30,000
Mikhail Kharitonov	35,000
Mykhailo Demydenko	19,000

Tags: Mikhail Kharitonov Mykhailo Demydenko

10-11-2024 13:48 UTC+2

Ghossan Doubles via Fumagalli

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Georges Ghossan opened to 2,000 under the gun and Sidon Fumagalli defended his big blind.

On the A♦J♣2♦ flop, Fumagalli check-called versus a bet of 2,000 from Ghossan.

The 4♦ turn followed the same pattern, this time in the face of a bet of 3,200 from Ghossan.

On the 7♦ river, bringing one card flush possibilities, Fumagalli took the betting lead and jammed for around 18,000, covering Ghossan's 11,000 behind. Ghossan made the snap-call.

Fumagalli grimaced as he turned over A♣6♦ for the six-high flush, but Ghossan had K♦K♠ for the nut flush.