$1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-12-2024 12:32 UTC+2

Haoyenan Triples Up as Varnaev's Hand Goes From Best to Worst

Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

A three-way all-in pot played out between Sergey Fedyaev, Lan Haoyenan, and Sergei Varnaev with them all getting their stacks in the middle.

Lan Haoyenan: A♦10♦ All in
Sergei Varnaev: 10♣10♠ All in
Sergey Fedyaev: K♥10♥

Fedyaev had both players covered and Haoyenan held the shortest stack with 70,000, meaning he would need to beat both opponents in order to stay alive. Varnaev had the best hand and with 82,000 in his stack, had to effectively win a flip in order to triple up.

However, Varnaev's hand went from best to worst on the A♣K♣6♣ flop, though he did add a flush draw to give himself a chance at survival. The J♥ turn gave each player a gutshot to Broadway, but the 5♠ river was a brick, which meant Varnaev was eliminated, and Haoyenan tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Zamani	560,000 435,000	435,000
Preben Stokkan	440,000 164,000	164,000
Sergey Fedyaev	390,000 126,000	126,000
Lan Haoyenan	230,000 85,000	85,000
Sergei Varnaev	Busted

Tags: Lan Haoyenan Sergei Varnaev Sergey Fedyaev

10-12-2024 12:22 UTC+2

Li Capitalizes on Herodotou's Mistake, Who Busts Shortly After

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Shankui Li raised the button and Herodotos Herodotou called from the big blind.

On the A♠7♠9♥ flop, Herodotou checked and Li bet 16,000, then some confusion followed as Herodotou put in 26,000 in chips, which was intended to be a call. However, the dealer informed Herodotou that this was deemed to be a raise, and a min-raise to 32,000 was enforced on the local player. Li then shoved, and Herodotou tanked for a while before he folded, preserving his remaining 55,000.

Shortly after, Herodotou was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shankui Li	650,000 25,000	25,000
Kerem Turuskan	380,000 115,000	115,000
Herodotos Herodotou	Busted

Tags: Herodotos Herodotou Shankui Li

10-12-2024 12:09 UTC+2

Ranjehdel Hits Combo Draw to Eliminate Nughes

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Kai Cocklin

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

On a flop of K♠4♦6♠, Pouya Ranjehdel had fired 14,000 and Davide Nughes shoved for 120,000. "I don't think I can fold this hand," said Ranjehdel, before he stuck in the call.

Davide Nughes: K♣J♣ All in
Pouya Ranjehdel: 7♠5♠

It was clear to see why Ranjehdel couldn't fold his hand as he had both straight and flush draws to try and crack the top pair of Nughes. Ranjehdel only needed one shot as the 4♠ on the turn gave him a flush, and Nughes couldn't boat up on the 2♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Riccardo Trevisani	420,000 57,000	57,000
Pouya Ranjehdel	380,000 122,000	122,000
Davide Nughes	Busted

Tags: Davide Nughes Pouya Ranjehdel

10-12-2024 12:06 UTC+2

Li Continues Hot Start, Cracks Charalambous' Queens

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Frank Visser

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

Peter Charalambous sat in the big blind an all-in triangle in front of him and his stack of 96,000 in the middle. Shankui Li looked him up in the cutoff, leading to a showdown.

Peter Charalambous: Q♥Q♣ All in
Shankui Li: 7♥7♦

"Ah, shit," Charalambous said as the flop came out 6♣7♠8♠. Li had flopped a set, leaving Charalambous with two outs in the deck.

They did not arrive on the K♦ turn or 8♥ river and he said his goodbyes to his former tablemates. Meanwhile, Li received his chips as his stack ascended to more than 100 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shankui Li	625,000 313,000	313,000
Peter Charalambous	Busted

Tags: Peter Charalambous Shankui Li

10-12-2024 12:06 UTC+2

Betbese Punishes Brito

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Richard Hayes

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

Action folded to Pablo Brito on the button, who decided to size up with his open, pumping it up to 36,000. Nicolas Betbese was in the small blind, and he produced a three-bet to 78,000. After a long period of thought, Brito, with about 160,000 behind, just called.

On the 10♠7♦3♥ flop, Betbese took his time before moving all in with the covering stack, sending Brito into the tank. After around two minutes of thought, Brito made the call.

Pablo Brito: A♣Q♦ All in
Nicolas Betbese: K♠K♥

Brito was in big trouble with ace-high versus Betbese's cowboys, and the 8♥10♦ turn and river were bricks to send Brito to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Betbese	790,000 529,000	529,000
Pablo Brito	Busted

Tags: Nicolas Betbese Pablo Brito

10-12-2024 11:54 UTC+2

Spragg and Hand Head Home

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Frank Visser

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

Leo Worthington-Leese raised to 12,000 under the gun. Pablo Minguez called in the seat next over before the action folded to PokerStars' Benjamin Spragg in the small blind.

He was down to 50,000, which he promptly put in the middle. Worthington-Leese looked him up before Minguez quickly got out of the way.

Benjamin Spragg: K♦K♣ All in
Leo Worthington-Leese: J♥J♣

"What a scorcher," Worthington-Leese said regarding Spragg's hand.

It started to look like a comfortable double-up for Spragg when the 5♣A♦4♥ flop and 5♥ turn posed no threat. The river came the J♠, however, giving Worthington-Leese a full house to send out Spragg.

"That's also a scorcher," Worthington-Leese noted.

The pair exchanged some banter before Spragg joined his fellow Red Spade Fintan Hand, who had busted some minutes earlier, on the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	700,000 50,000	50,000
Pablo Minguez	540,000 60,000	60,000
Benjamin Spragg	Busted

Fintan Hand	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Fintan Hand Leo Worthington-Leese Pablo Minguez

10-12-2024 11:51 UTC+2

Compte Calls Kurland's Check-Jam

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Patrick Cole

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

Sebastien Compte opened from the hijack to 13,000. Stephan Kurland defended the big blind. He checked the 3♥4♦9♥ turn to Compte.

Compte then bet 9,000 before Kurland moved all in for 70,000. Compte asked for a count before making a quick call as the covering stack.

Stephan Kurland: 8♦4♣ All in
Sebastien Compte: 9♠6♠

Kurland couldn't improve over the A♥ turn and the 10♦ river and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Compte	325,000 60,000	60,000
Stephan Kurland	Busted

Tags: Sebastien Compte Stephan Kurland

10-12-2024 11:46 UTC+2

Carvalho Sent Home Via the River

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Kai Cocklin

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

On a flop of 6♠7♣6♣ in a single-raised pot, Manuel Carvalho check-shoved his stack of 36,000 over a continuation-bet of 15,000 from Marios Stefani. After just a few seconds, Stefani called which put Carvalho at risk.

Manuel Carvalho: 9♦7♠ All in
Marios Stefani: A♠10♥

Carvalho was well in the lead and even removed some of Stefani's outs when the 8♥ fell on the turn. However, the disastrous A♣ landed on the river, which sent Carvalho packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Archibald Seaton	350,000 50,000	50,000
Antreas Papaioannou	350,000 203,000	203,000
Marios Stefani	230,000 13,000	13,000
Manuel Carvalho	Busted

Tags: Manuel Carvalho Marios Stefani

10-12-2024 11:41 UTC+2

Min-Cashers ($1,680)

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Minzariu	Busted
Mukhtor Nasiradinov	Busted
Tomasz Wisniewski	Busted
Nils Pudel	Busted
Aliaksei Boika	Busted

Julio Carvalho	Busted
Dimitar Kukushkov	Busted
Simeon Spasov	Busted
Alexander Bartschat	Busted
Vadzim Lipauka	Busted
Diogo Coelho	Busted
Seref Anar	Busted
Wojciech Szczytkowski	Busted
Dimitrios Gkatzas	Busted
Sinan Seremetli	Busted
Ildar Tashliyev	Busted
Hadi Ahangar	Busted
Thomas Mayer	Busted
Yevhen Pavlenko	Busted
Alexandru Cinca	Busted
Michele Guerrini	Busted
Dragoljub Martinovic	Busted
Majid Ranjbar	Busted
Georgiou Savvas	Busted
Zoran Marich	Busted

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10-12-2024 11:37 UTC+2

Pora Gets Richer After Eliminating Wisniewski

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Kai Cocklin

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

Tomasz Wisniewski opened the cutoff to 12,000 and Dumitru Pora three-bet from the small blind to 40,000. Wisniewski then four-bet to 82,000, leaving himself just 2,000 behind.

"I'll wait 30 seconds before I go all in," said Pora in an attempt to help Wisniewski make a pay jump. Pora then shoved, then almost immediately the clock was called on Wisniewski and a 30-second countdown was initiated. When the countdown got to 2 seconds remaining, Wisniewski called.

Tomasz Wisniewski: A♣K♣ All in
Dumitru Pora: 10♦10♣

Wisniewski couldn't find any piece on the 9♠8♣7♦2♠10♥ runout, which meant he was eliminated — without making a pay jump — as Pora improved to a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dumitru Pora	500,000 117,000	117,000
Tomasz Wisniewski	Busted

Tags: Dumitru Pora Tomasz Wisniewski