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

10-19-2024 16:57 UTC+2

Romanello Good at Showdown

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Richard Hayes

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

Roberto Romanello opened to 10,000 under the gun, and Oleg Ustinovich defended the big blind.

On the A♥8♥2♥ flop, Ustinovich check-raised to 25,000 versus a bet of 9,000 from Romanello, who made the call.

The 3♣ rolled off on the turn, and Ustinovich continued with a bet of 35,000, which couldn't shake off Romanello.

The 7♥ river completed the board, leading to one-card flush possibilities, and Ustinovich slid out a blocker bet of 8,000. Romanello made the quick call.

Ustinovich tabled A♦Q♦ for top pair aces, but Romanello had 9♥9♠ for the flush, sending him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Romanello	400,000 142,000	142,000

Oleg Ustinovich	132,000 63,000	63,000

Tags: Oleg Ustinovich Roberto Romanello

10-19-2024 16:54 UTC+2

Savenkov Eliminates Sereika and Silva

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Kai Cocklin

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

Aleksei Savenkov just sent both Pablo Silva and Karolis Sereika packing in the same hand, after the three players were all in preflop.

Karolis Sereika: K♣8♥ All in
Pablo Silva: A♣10♣ All in
Aleksei Savenkov: K♠Q♥

Savenkov paired his king and stayed in the lead with his queen kicker on the K♥7♥6♦J♠10♦ runout, which sent both Sereika and Silva to the rail in one swoop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	650,000 50,000	50,000
Aleksei Savenkov	320,000 80,000	80,000
Ognyan Dimov	225,000 115,000	115,000

Pablo Silva	Busted
Karolis Sereika	Busted

Tags: Aleksei Savenkov Karolis Sereika Pablo Silva

10-19-2024 16:52 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	Busted
Danilo Velasevic	Busted
Jinlong Hu	Busted
Lucas Blanco	Busted
Tarmo Tammel	Busted
Victoria Livschitz	Busted
Felipe Ketzer	Busted
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	Busted
Kamil Sokol	Busted
Aleksei Gortikov	Busted
Viacheslav Goryachev	Busted

Astedt Storms Up the Leaderboard

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Tim Baker

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

Berthold Winz limped from the hijack and Aleksejs Ponakovs followed by just calling from the cutoff. Aleksei Savenkov raised to 20,000 on the button before Niklas Astedt three-bet to 65,000 out of the small blind. Winz and Ponakovs folded, but Savenkov called.

Astedt continued with a bet of 35,000 on the 7♣10♦5♦ flop and Savenkov called.

Astedt bet again when the A♥ hit the turn, this time for 60,000. Savenkov burned through a time-bank card before folding and Astedt pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	600,000 330,000	330,000
Berthold Winz	400,000 20,000	20,000
Aleksei Savenkov	240,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	200,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Aleksei Savenkov Aleksejs Ponakovs Berthold Winz Niklas Astedt

10-19-2024 16:42 UTC+2

Shornikau Improves on Every Street to Double

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Kai Cocklin

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

Maksim Shornikau shoved from the button for around 40,000, and Nikita Kuznetcov called from the big blind.

Maksim Shornikau: A♣4♥ All in
Nikita Kuznetcov: K♥J♥

Shornikau was ahead and stayed there throughout the hand as he flopped a pair, turned two pair, and rivered a full house on the 6♠4♣2♦A♥4♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetcov	150,000 150,000	150,000
Maksim Shornikau	90,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Maksim Shornikau Nikita Kuznetcov

10-19-2024 16:41 UTC+2

Oya Busts Ilani

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Richard Hayes

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

Action folded to Ran Ilani in the small blind, who jammed for his last 25,000, and Masashi Oya made the call in the big blind.

Ran Ilani: A♣3♦ All in
Masashi Oya: A♦6♣

Ilani had run into a better ace, and although a chop seemed possible, Oya's kicker played on the Q♦10♣4♦Q♠2♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masashi Oya	370,000 20,000	20,000
Ran Ilani	Busted

Tags: Masashi Oya Ran Ilani

10-19-2024 16:37 UTC+2

Eychenne Double Barrels

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Richard Hayes

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

Thomas Eychenne opened to 10,000 from the hijack and was called by Juan Carlos Vecino in the cutoff.

On the Q♦6♣2♠ flop, Eychenne continued with a bet of 10,000, and Vecino called.

The A♦ hit on the turn, and Eychenne fired once more with a bet of 20,000. After some thought, Vecino mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Carlos Vecino	325,000 75,000	75,000
Thomas Eychenne	175,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Juan Carlos Vecino Thomas Eychenne

10-19-2024 16:36 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Chips Up

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Tim Baker

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

Steve O'Dwyer limped from the small blind and Patrick Leonard checked his option from the big blind.

O'Dwyer checked the 3♣J♦K♣ flop and Leonard fired out a pot-sized bet of 15,000. O'Dwyer called.

Both players checked the 9♠ turn for the 2♦ to fall on the river. O'Dwyer led out for 12,000 into Leonard, who pondered briefly before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	400,000 335,000	335,000

Patrick Leonard	235,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Patrick Leonard Steve O'Dwyer

10-19-2024 16:32 UTC+2

Malec Checks Back Top Two

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Kai Cocklin

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

With around 40,000 in the pot on a board of 10♥9♣Q♣A♠, Lars Kamphues checked and Sebastian Malec fired 8,000. Kamphues then put in a raise to 35,000, which Malec called.

A 2♠ dropped on the river and after Kamphues checked, Malec took a while before he checked back.

Kamphues showed two pair with Q♦9♦, but Malec had a bigger two pair with A♥Q♠ to take the pot.