$1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day 1e Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day: 1e
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1e
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$2,662,850
Entries
2,803
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
772
Players Left
116
Players Left 1 / 2,803
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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.
Current Top Ten Chip Counts
| 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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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are in the air on Day 1E of the Eureka Main Event, with 111 players already registered. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
With around 2,000 chips already in the pot on a board of 9♦Q♠2♦3♠, Abdullah Akbarpoor fired 1,200, and Marios Stefani called.
When the 7♠ landed on the river, Akbarpoor made another bet, this time to the tune of 2,500. Stefani didn't need to think for too long before he made a decision, and he dropped in the call.
Akbarpoor then rolled over K♥Q♥ for top pair, and Stefani mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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34,500
34,500
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34,500 |
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25,500
25,500
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25,500 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Mugur Iordan opened to 200 under the gun, and received calls from Karen Nazarian on the button, and Andrei Boitsov in the big blind.
The K♠10♣3♦ flop was checked to Nazarian, who fired out a bet of 400, which proved to be insufficient to shake off either of his opponents.
The 6♠ turn was again checked to Nazarian, who reached for chips and slid out a bet of 1,500. Only Iordan called.
The J♠ river was checked through. Nazarian showed K♦2♦ for a pair of kings, but Iordan had K♣10♥ for the flopped top two pair, and he scooped an early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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33,000
33,000
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33,000 |
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28,500
1,500
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1,500 |
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28,000
28,000
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28,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Taago Tamm raised from under the gun to 300 and both Karen Nazarian & Stephen Kurland made the call before Mugur Iordan three-bet to 900 in the small blind. Leonid Sidelkovskiy cold-called from the big blind and Tamm then four-bet to 3,200. Nazarian called, Kurland folded, then Iordan five-bet to 8,900. Sidelkovskiy folded, then both Tamm and Nazarian called.
With around 30,000 already in the middle, the flop came 4♠2♥10♣, and Iordan continued for 10,000. Despite the heavy preflop action, both Tamm and Nazarian quickly folded, and Iordan scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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29,500
29,500
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29,500 |
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29,000
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21,000
21,000
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21,000 |
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20,000
8,500
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8,500 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Action folded to Tansel Turgut on the button, who opened to 300. Siarhei Chudapal and David Abecassis made the call in the blinds.
On the Q♦10♦2♠ flop, Turgut continued with a bet of 600 when action was checked to him, and both of his opponents called.
The 8♥ rolled off on the turn, and when checked to him Turgut slid out a bet of 1,800. Chudapal folded but Abecassis made the call.
The 4♠ river completed the board, and Abecassis checked once more. Turgut downsized with a bet of 1,000, and Abecassis made the call.
Turgut tabled K♣Q♥ for top pair queens, and Abecassis sent his cards to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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36,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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28,100
28,100
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26,500
26,500
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26,500 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
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.
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60,000
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60,000 |
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Busted |
