$10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-18-2024 19:35 UTC+2

Pena Takes With Turn Bet

Patrick Cole

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Francisco Pena opened to 2,000 from the cutoff. Milos Skrbic called on the button and Luke Marsh defended the big blind.

Marsh checked the 5♥Q♥7♦ flop to Pena who bet 2,000. Skrbic called and Marsh folded. Pena then led the 3♠ turn for 7,000 and Skrbic folded quickly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Pena	95,000 95,000	95,000
Luke Marsh	65,000 5,000	5,000
Milos Skrbic	60,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Francisco Pena Luke Marsh Milos Skrbic

10-18-2024 19:23 UTC+2

Biggest Stacks After Dinner

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	255,000
Ray Qartomy	255,000
Simeon Spasov	241,000
Aleksei Gortikov	240,000
Belarmino De Souza	222,700
Aleksandr Kirichenko	210,100
Simon Lofberg	195,400
Sergi Reixach	187,500
Antoine Saout	185,800
Juan Pardo	185,000
Roberto Romanello	183,400

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-18-2024 18:36 UTC+2

Life Outside Poker: Maria Konnikova Says Ban Sunglasses & Electronics

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 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)."

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

10-18-2024 18:18 UTC+2

Dinner Break

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The remaining players are on a 65-minute dinner break and will return at approximately 8:20 p.m.

10-18-2024 18:11 UTC+2

Cabrera’s Fold Leaves Gumz Surprised

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Sava Krink

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

PokerNews caught the action with about 7,600 already in the pot and the board reading K♦10♠4♠J♥. David Cabrera led with a bet of 4,000, but Fabian Gumz wasn't having it—he shoved all in for 16,000. After burning through three time bank cards, Cabrera opted to fold.

Curious about the hand, Gumz asked Cabrera what he had folded. Cabrera revealed he had jack-ten, to which Gumz responded with a hint of disbelief.

“Jack-ten? How could you fold that?”

Cabrera explained he didn’t think Gumz was bluffing much. Gumz simply nodded, “Good fold.”

Player	Chips	Progress
David Cabrera	150,000 124,000	124,000
Fabian Gumz	27,600 22,400	22,400

Tags: David Cabrera Fabian Gumz

10-18-2024 18:10 UTC+2

Recent Bust Outs

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gerard Rubiralta	Busted
Parker Talbot	Busted

Stanislav Tishkevich	Busted
Nikita Kalinin	Busted
Alexey Losev	Busted
Mikhail Zavoloka	Busted
Stephen Song	Busted

Rania Nasreddine	Busted
Lukas Zaskodny	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Lorenzo Arduini	Busted
Kayhan Mokri	Busted
Dmitry Yurasov	Busted
Martin Zamani	Busted
Fabrice Maltez	Busted
Priit Parmasto	Busted
Jelle Moene	Busted
Jon Vallinas	Busted
Hossein Ensan	Busted

10-18-2024 18:09 UTC+2

Late Entries Before Dinner

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognyan Dimov	50,000

Daniel Myers	50,000 50,000	50,000
Farid Jattin	50,000 50,000	50,000
Alessandro Pichierri	50,000 50,000	50,000
Zhen Chen	50,000 50,000	50,000
Jamie Dwan	50,000 50,000	50,000
Yassin Mahmoud	50,000 50,000	50,000
Enrico Camosci	50,000 50,000	50,000
Marc Foggin	50,000 50,000	50,000

10-18-2024 18:06 UTC+2

Lie Leads Flop

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Roman Stoica opened to 1,600 from early position. Ali Al-Kubasi called from the hijack before Aylar Lie squeezed to 11,200 from the small blind. Both Stoica and Al-Kubasi called.

Lie took most of her 30 seconds on the flop of Q♥J♠2♣ before leading out for 13,500. Stoica and Al-Kubasi folded and Lie took in a decent pot despite only seeing one street.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aylar Lie	145,000 5,000	5,000
Roman Stoica	55,000
Ali Al-Kubasi	32,500

Tags: Roman Stoica Aylar Lie Ali Al-Kubasi

10-18-2024 18:05 UTC+2

Suvorov Rivers Lin

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Iurii Suvorov had three-bet to 5,500 over a Ren Lin cutoff raise. Lin then four-bet to 9,400 and Suvorov called.

Suvorov checked the K♠8♥4♣ flop and Lin put out a bet of 4,000. Suvorov check-raised to 9,000 and Lin called.

Both players decided to check the 4♠ turn and the J♦ came on the river. Suvorov bet 5,000 and Lin raised to roughly 13,000, leaving just 500 behind. Suvorov called and Lin turned over K♦8♠ for top two pair on the flop. Suvorov had that beat with K♥J♣ for a better two pair on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iurii Suvorov	100,000 100,000	100,000
Ren Lin	500 49,500	49,500

Tags: Iurii Suvorov Ren Lin