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

10-19-2024 17:22 UTC+2

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

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 17:35 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

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

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

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 17:50 UTC+2

Wang Wins With Jacks

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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 17:55 UTC+2

Chen Spikes Flush to Double

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Richard Hayes

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

[Removed:554] opened to 12,000 under the gun, and received calls from Apoorva Goel and Zhen Chen in the blinds.

On the A♣K♥5♥ flop, action was checked to [Removed:555], who continued with a bet of 11,000. Goel folded but Chen check-jammed for 41,000, with [Removed:555] making the quick call.

Zhen Chen: 5♣3♣ All in
[Removed:554]: A♦9♥

Chen had bottom pair fives with a backdoor draw versus [Removed:555]'s top pair, but he picked up extra outs on the Q♣ turn. The K♣ then rolled off on the river to give Chen the flush and send him the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Apoorva Goel	335,000 95,000	95,000
[Removed:554]	162,000 28,000	28,000
Zhen Chen	120,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Apoorva Goel Zhen Chen

10-19-2024 17:55 UTC+2

Malec Fires Big

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Tim Baker

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

The action was picked up with the board showing Q♥7♣J♠10♠. Nichan Khorchidian checked from the big blind before Sebastian Malec bet 30,000 from early position. Hossein Ensan called in the cutoff, but Khorchidian folded.

Malec bet 130,000 on the 3♥ river and Ensan deliberated for a few moments before he elected to fold and forfeit the pot to Malec.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Malec	700,000 70,000	70,000

Nichan Khorchidian	380,000
Hossein Ensan	150,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Hossein Ensan Nichan Khorchidian Sebastian Malec

10-19-2024 17:57 UTC+2

Kamphues Flops a Set, Doubles Through Khorchidian

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Kai Cocklin

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

With almost 100,000 chips already in the pot on a board of 7♠6♥A♠Q♥, Lars Kamphues had checked it over to Nichan Khorchidian, who used some extra time to make a decision. After around a minute, Khorchidian shoved, and Kamphues quickly called for his remaining 150,000.

Lars Kamphues: 7♥7♦ All in
Nichan Khorchidian: A♥6♣

Khorchidian was talking to himself in his own language, seemingly frustrated that his two pair wasn't good. There was still a card to come, but the 8♠ was no help to Khorchidian, and Kamphues doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lars Kamphues	400,000 200,000	200,000
Nichan Khorchidian	150,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Lars Kamphues Nichan Khorchidian

10-19-2024 18:06 UTC+2

Oya Flops the Nuts and Stacks Ahuja

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Kai Cocklin

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

Ankit Ahuja is no more in the EPT High Roller. The action was missed, but on a board of 9♥J♣10♠A♥7♠, all of Ahuja's chips were in the middle with A♠10♣.

Unfortunately for Ahuja, Masashi Oya had flopped the nuts with K♦Q♥, which meant the Indian player was sent to the rail as the bubble looms closer.