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

10-12-2024 12:17 UTC+2

Ablemasov Leads River

Patrick Cole

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

Sami Ayyoub opened to 15,000 from under the gun. Igor Abelmasov called from the hijack and Mark Steven Smith called on the button.

Ayyoub led out for 17,000 on the 5♠2♦7♠ flop. Ablemasov called before Smith raised to 48,000. Ayyoub folded and Ablemasov called.

The 6♠ turn was checked by both players before Ablemasov led for 83,000 on the 8♦ river. Smith folded and ended up showing 7♣5♣ for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Steven Smith	975,000 75,000	75,000

Igor Abelmasov	289,000 34,000	34,000
Sami Ayyoub	220,000 77,000	77,000

Tags: Igor Abelmasov Mark Steven Smith Sami Ayyoub

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

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 12:24 UTC+2

Smith Folds Monster, Hasler Shows

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Frank Visser

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

Mark Steven Smith had put in a bet of 100,000 on a flop of 4♦5♣4♥. Keven Hasler was his opponent, and he put in his stack worth 247,000 in the middle.

Smith spent some time questioning his opponent but received no answers. Eventually, he folded his cards, adamant that he folded ace-four for the third nuts.

Hasler then showed his Q♦Q♣ for an overpair. Smith could only laugh at his mistake as play continued to the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Steven Smith	955,000 20,000	20,000

Kevin Hasler	365,000 115,000	115,000

Tags: Keven Hasler Mark Steven Smith

10-12-2024 12:26 UTC+2

NAPT, EPT and Women's Winter Festival Up for Grabs With Power Path in October

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Sandra Barbour

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

With the news that the Power Path is now a permanent addition to PokerStars, and that players can receive a $0.50 Step 1 Power Path ticket every single day as part of the new PokerStars Rewards program, there's never been a better time to have a look at how the Power Path can reward you and where it can take you.

Both live and online events have featured in the Power Path since its launch last summer, with Special Edition Gold Passes sending lucky players to the NAPT and Las Vegas Grand Prix last December.

This month, we look at the various Passes on offer, including both Gold and Silver Passes for the NAPT festival in Las Vegas, the Women's Winter Festival and the European Poker Tour stop in Prague.

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10-12-2024 12:32 UTC+2

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

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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 12:34 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations ($1,920)

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Endrit Geci	Busted
Dmitrii Astratov	Busted
Lukas Zaskodny	Busted
Mateusz Sikora	Busted
Mircea Flutur	Busted
Alexandru Lupuleac	Busted
Aleksandr Kirichenko	Busted
Leon Wilson	Busted
Abdullah Alajmi	Busted
Nicolae Paunescu	Busted
Georgios Skarparis	Busted
Pavel Popov	Busted
Ceyhun Altundag	Busted
Vladimir Lipnitskii	Busted
Boris Kolev	Busted
Eduard Rau	Busted
Mustafa Biz	Busted
Abraham Van Huyssteen	Busted
Javier Guevara	Busted
Fabian Schmidt	Busted
Hadi Khordbin	Busted
Yunsheng Sun	Busted
Kemal Sonmez	Busted
Michel Molenaar	Busted
Davide Nughes	Busted

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10-12-2024 12:35 UTC+2

Kravets Busts Hadj

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Richard Hayes

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

Lavrentiy Ni opened to 18,000 from early position and Mehdi Hadj got his short stack of 14,000 into the middle. Action folded to Semen Kravets in the big blind, who reached for chips and produced a three-bet to 58,000. After some thought, Ni called.

With betting on the side, Kravets led out with a sized up bet of 150,000 on the K♣5♣4♦ flop, which forced out Ni.

Mehdi Hadj: A♦7♦ All in
Semen Kravets: A♣A♠

Hadj was in trouble versus Kravets' rockets, drawing to backdoors, and although the 6♣ turn gave him some hope, the 10♦ river was a brick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lavrentiy Ni	685,000 107,000	107,000
Semen Kravets	575,000 76,000	76,000
Mehdi Hadj	Busted

Tags: Lavrentiy Ni Mehdi Hadj Semen Kravets

10-12-2024 12:38 UTC+2

Anuta Busts Naumov

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Patrick Cole

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

Action was picked up with the cards on their backs. Vladislav Naumov was all-in and at risk versus the covering stack of Alexandru Anuta.

Vladislav Naumov: 10♦10♥ All in
Alexandru Anuta: Q♠Q♦

Anuta's queens held across the 9♦8♣A♥2♠9♥ runout to secure the remainder of Naumov's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Anuta	175,000 110,000	110,000
Vladislav Naumov	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Anuta Vladislav Naumov

10-12-2024 12:41 UTC+2

Tomazou Off to a Good Start, Akyun Survives

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Kai Cocklin

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

Ahmet Akyun was all-in for his stack of 35,000 and was put at risk by Andreas Tomazou.

Ahmet Akyun: A♣9♦ All in
Andreas Tomazou: A♦2♣

Akyun hit trips on the 9♥K♥4♥9♠7♥ board to earn himself more than a double-up, which left him with around eleven big blinds to work with.

Despite that small hit, it's been a great start to Day 2 for Tomazou, who has almost doubled his start-of-day stack and now has well over 800,000 to his name.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Tomazou	820,000 391,000	391,000
Vladislav Dubanov	425,000 52,000	52,000
Samuel Mullur	300,000 179,000	179,000
Ahmet Akyun	90,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Ahmet Akyun Andreas Tomazou