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

10-18-2024 16:54 UTC+2

[Removed:549] Rips It on the River

Patrick Cole

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Masashi Oya opened from under the gun to 1,200. [Removed:548] called from the hijack and Artur Martirosian defended the big blind.

Oya led for 2,500 on the Q♥8♣8♦ flop. [Removed:549] called and Martirosian folded. Oya then checked the A♥ turn and [Removed:549] bet 9,600. Oya called. He checked a second time on the J♦ river. [Removed:549] then deployed a time bank before moving all in for 41,700.

Oya used two time banks before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:548]	95,000 41,000	41,000
Masashi Oya	85,000 16,400	16,400
Artur Martirosian	47,500 2,500	2,500

Tags: Artur Martirosian Masashi Oya

10-18-2024 16:57 UTC+2

Kelly Doubles With Two Pair

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

John Kelly raised from under the gun to 1,300 and was called by Cenk Ogun in the cutoff, Martin Stausholm out of the small blind, and Yulian Bogdanov from the big blind.

When it checked to Kelly on the Q♣7♦10♦ flop, he bet 2,000. Ogun raised to 6,000, Stausholm and Bogdanov folded, but Kelly shoved for roughly 20,000. Ogun called to put Kelly at risk.

John Kelly: Q♠10♠ All in
Cenk Ogun: K♥Q♦

Kelly was ahead with top two pair and just had to fade a king . The 5♣ turn and 5♥ river didn't help Ogun and Kelly had doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	100,000 50,000	50,000
john Kelly	48,000 2,000	2,000
Cenk Ogun	40,000 40,000	40,000
Martin Stausholm	19,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Cenk Ogun John Kelly Martin Stausholm Yulian Bogdanov

10-18-2024 17:09 UTC+2

[Removed:549]'s Kings Hold Strong as Sekler Bows Out

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Sava Krink

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

PokerNews came upon the action amid a raising war. Nikola Sekler was about to raise to 15,800 from middle position when [Removed:548], sitting in the hijack, decided to go all in for around 87,000. It was now Sekler's turn to make a decision. After burning through two of his time bank cards, he ultimately made the call, leading to a showdown.

Nikola Sekler: A♥K♣ All in
[Removed:548]: K♠K♦

Sekler was hoping for some help from the board, but the cards fell as 6♣J♣7♥8♣J♠, sending him to the rail while [Removed:549] added a solid chunk to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:548]	119,500 24,500	24,500
Nikola Sekler	Busted

Tags: Nikola Sekler

10-18-2024 17:12 UTC+2

Lofberg Seals Double Knockout

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Patrick Cole

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was picked up with on the flop of 2♠5♣9♦. Dori Yacoub bet 5,000 from the small blind before Mats Ullereng moved all in for 10,500 in early position. Simon Lofberg called from middle position as did Dori.

Yacoub then led out for 20,000 on the 10♣ turn. Lofberg quickly put him all in and Yacoub snap-called.

Mats Ullereng: A♠K♥ All in
Dori Yacoub: J♥9♣ All in
Simon Lofberg: Q♣Q♥

Lofberg's ladies held on the 5♠ and he sent two players to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Lofberg	135,000 86,000	86,000
Dori Yacoub	Busted
Mats Ullereng	Busted

Tags: Dori Yacoub Mats Ullereng Simon Lofberg

10-18-2024 17:14 UTC+2

Sitbon Chips Up

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Leo Worthington-Leese raised to 1,300 under the gun with Julien Sitbon calling from cutoff and Santiago Nadal defending out of the big blind.

After Nadal checked the 10♣A♣Q♦ flop, Worthington-Leese bet 2,200 which both Sitbon and Nadal called.

The 3♦ fell on the turn and the action was checked to Sitbon, who bet 6,400. Nadal and Worthington-Leese both folded and Sitbon pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	95,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	70,000 70,000	70,000
Santiago Nadal	15,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Leo Worthington-Leese Santiago Nadal

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

10-18-2024 17:20 UTC+2

Player Kicked Out of MUG; Find Out Who Won Our $10,000 NAPT Gold Pass | PokerNews Podcast #861

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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10-18-2024 17:24 UTC+2

Bust Outs

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Margolin	Busted
Christopher Nguyen	Busted
Teun Mulder	Busted
Walid Bou	Busted
Cenk Ogun	Busted
Roman Hrabec	Busted
Karen Nazarian	Busted
Daniel Myers	Busted
Mikhail Zavoloka	Busted
Gurcan Gungoren	Busted
Yahor Dambrouski	Busted
Mehdi Chaoui	Busted

10-18-2024 17:30 UTC+2

Marquez Takes From Martirosian

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The action was picked up on a flop of 3♣7♥6♦. Artur Martirosian bet 2,000 from the button and Ana Marquez called from the hijack.

Both players checked the K♣ turn and the 9♣ came on the river. Marquez led out for 8,000, and after using two of his time bank cards, Martirosian called.

Marquez showed K♥Q♥ for top pair and Martirosian mucked,