$10,300 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-19-2024 17:50 UTC+2

Wang Wins With Jacks

Tim Baker

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

Guiyang Wang raised to 12,000 from the hijack and Maksim Shornikau defended out of the big blind.

Shornikau check-called a bet of 16,000 from Wang on the 9♥3♥7♣ flop.

Both players checked the 5♣ turn and 4♠ river. Shornikau flipped over 9♠8♣ for a pair of nines, but was second best to the J♦J♠ of Wang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Shornikau	200,000 110,000	110,000
Guiyang Wang	168,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Guiyang Wang Maksim Shornikau

10-19-2024 17:49 UTC+2

Winz Overbet-Shoves For Double Pot

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Kai Cocklin

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

Akin Tuna raised to 12,000 from the hijack and Berthold Winz called in the cutoff before Aleksejs Ponakovs three-bet to 45,000 on the button. When the action got back to Tuna, he used some extra time then called, and Winz also called.

The three went to a flop of J♠K♦J♦ where Tuna checked, and Winz shoved for just under 300,000. Ponakovs rechecked his cards before he folded, then Tuna asked for a count. After realizing the total number was 298,000, Tuna folded.

"My heart. I'm just an old man," said Winz in reference to his accelerated heartbeat during that hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Berthold Winz	450,000 104,000	104,000
Akin Tuna	370,000 65,000	65,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	130,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Akin Tuna Aleksejs Ponakovs Berthold Winz

10-19-2024 17:40 UTC+2

Some of the Top Stacks at Break

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Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	785,000
Sebastian Malec	630,000

Santhosh Suvarna	576,000
Steve O'Dwyer	560,000

Maximilian Lehmanski	553,000
Diogo Coelho	531,000
Andras Nemeth	507,000
Belarmino De Souza	485,000
Vladislav Dubanov	475,000
Sebastien Compte	475,000
Aleksei Savenkov	470,000
Juan Carlos Vecino	461,000
Roman Stoica	450,000
Nemanja Lukovic	448,000
Tom Middleton	444,000
Akin Tuna	435,000
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	430,000
Jessica Teusl	410,000
Aylar Lie	410,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	404,000
Roberto Romanello	403,000

Konstantin Voronin	395,000
Nichan Khorchidian	380,000
Berthold Winz	346,000
Saar Wilf	305,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

10-19-2024 17:35 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Khamid Khudayberganov	Busted
Garik Tamasian	Busted
Satish Sanan	Busted
Shashank Jain	Busted
Francisco Caballo Pena	Busted
Ognyan Dimov	Busted

Thomas Eychenne	Busted

Nikita Kuznetsov	Busted

10-19-2024 17:22 UTC+2

Hartigan Talks Player Dynamics and Biggest Moments as The Big Game on Tour Returns

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

It's official. After its return in 2023 following a 12-year hiatus, PokerStars has confirmed that The Big Game on Tour is back again this year, with more episodes to be filmed at the NAPT Las Vegas festival.

Ten episodes of the show were filmed last year, with the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Maria Ho, Lex Veldhuis and Sam Grafton all taking part. The show features a lucky Loose Cannon who receives $50,000 and has to survive 150 hands playing $50/$100 with a table of poker pros, ambassadors, and celebrities.

PokerNews spoke with Big Game on Tour judge and commentator James Hartigan ahead of the show's return, and he says he's thrilled the show is back.

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10-19-2024 17:15 UTC+2

Break Time

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Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The players have been sent on a 25-minute break.

10-19-2024 17:12 UTC+2

[Removed:555] Takes From Lofberg

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

[Removed:554] limped from the small blind and Simon Lofberg raised to 16,000 out of the big blind. [Removed:555] called.

[Removed:555] check-called a bet of 10,000 from Lofberg on the 10♣K♥3♦ flop.

Both players checked the 5♦ turn for the J♦ to come on the river. [Removed:555] led out for 14,000, and Lofberg quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:554]	190,000 75,000	75,000
Simon Lofberg	115,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Simon Lofberg

10-19-2024 17:08 UTC+2

Qartomy Doubles Through Cazacu

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Adrian Cazacu raised to 10,000 from the button and Ray Qartomy shoved from the big blind for just under 100,000. Cazacu put all of his time bank cards into the middle and after using one of them, he made the call.

Ray Qartomy: J♣J♠ All in
Adrian Cazacu: 6♥6♠

Qartomy had already walked away from the table before the dealer ran the board as he couldn't watch. However, he needn't have worried as he flopped top set and held up on the 3♣7♥J♥A♦8♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Qartomy	205,000 75,000	75,000
Adrian Cazacu	180,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Adrian Cazacu Ray Qartomy

10-19-2024 17:08 UTC+2

Straight for Spasov

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Richard Hayes

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Shankui Li opened to 10,000 under the gun, and received a call from Simeon Spasov on the button.

On the 5♣4♣3♠ flop, Li check-called versus a bet of 7,000 from Spasov.

The 2♠ turn was checked through. On the 8♥ river, Li check-called a bet of 28,000 from Spasov, but was shown the bad news when Spasov revealed A♦J♣ for the five-high straight, forcing Li to muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simeon Spasov	230,000 52,000	52,000
Shankui Li	120,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Shankui Li Simeon Spasov