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

10-19-2024 11:43 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	50,000 50,000	50,000
Boris Kolev	50,000 50,000	50,000
Joao Tomas	50,000 50,000	50,000
Bernhard Binder	50,000 50,000	50,000
Diogo Coelho	50,000 50,000	50,000
Julio Carvalho	50,000 50,000	50,000
Julien Sitbon	50,000 50,000	50,000
Peteris Enders	50,000 50,000	50,000
Mustapha Kanit	50,000 50,000	50,000
Nemanja Lukovic	50,000 50,000	50,000
Abdelhakim Zoufri	50,000 50,000	50,000
Aleksandr Timoshenko	50,000 50,000	50,000
Lars Kamphues	50,000 50,000	50,000
Sam Grafton	50,000 50,000	50,000

Halil Zurnaci	50,000 50,000	50,000
Lander Lijo	50,000 50,000	50,000
Farid Jattin	50,000 50,000	50,000
Jessica Teusl	50,000 50,000	50,000
Erik Bauer	50,000 50,000	50,000
Ramon Miguel Munoz	50,000
Ghassan Bitar	50,000 50,000	50,000
Ioannis Droushiotis	50,000 50,000	50,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	50,000 50,000	50,000
Yesset Aimukhanov	50,000 50,000	50,000
Mustafa Biz	50,000 50,000	50,000

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Richard Hayes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Cards are in the air here on Day 2 of the $10,300 EPT High Roller, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

10-19-2024 08:26 UTC+2

Star-Studded Field in Day 2 of EPT High Roller Led by Parahat Nurmuhammedov

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Kai Cocklin

The penultimate day of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus kicks off today with Day 2 of the $10,300 EPT High Roller taking place at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa.

A total of 405 entries were recorded on Day 1, and that number will surely rise as registration is still open until the start of play at 12:30 p.m. local time. The 164 survivors from Day 1 will all be looking to grind their way through twelve 50-minute levels, and the person in the best position to do so is Parahat Nurmuhammedov, who bagged up an impressive 524,000 chips at the end of play yesterday.

Ray Qartomy bagged a respectable 378,000 chips at the conclusion of Day 1. With nearly two decades of live tournament cashes under his belt, the American is still chasing his first cash outside his native United States, according to TheHendonMob. He’ll be hoping Cyprus is where he finally adds an international flag to his record. Joining him in the top ten are Simeon Spasov (324,000), Boris Kuzmanovic (286,000), and Xiaosheng Zheng (276,000).

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Parahat Nurmuhammedov	Turkmenistan	524,000	349
2	Berthold Winz	Germany	391,000	261
3	Ray Qartomy	United States	378,000	252
4	Simeon Spasov	Bulgaria	324,000	216
5	Umberto Ruggeri	Italy	314,500	210
6	Aleksei Gortikov	Russia	310,500	207
7	Nichan Khorchidian	Lebanon	306,000	204
8	Boris Kuzmanovic	Croatia	286,000	191
9	Xiaosheng Zheng	China	276,000	184
10	Belarmino De Souza	Brazil	268,000	179

The EPT has consistently drawn poker talent from every corner of the globe, and this tournament field is no exception. In a remarkable display of the tour's international appeal, the top twelve chip leaders hail from twelve different nations, showcasing the truly global nature of the competition.

Sergi Reixach finished fourth in this event last year and pulled through Day 1 with 164,000 chips. Two more of last year's finalists survived Day 1 as Markkos Ladev, who finished eighth in 2023, bagged up a short stack of 34,500 and Nariman Yaghmai, who finished ninth last year, came through with 148,500.

A number of notables remain in the star-studded field including Roberto Romanello (231,500), Steve O'Dwyer (198,500), Tom Middleton (191,500), Stephen Song (156,000), Hossein Ensan (133,000), and Elias Gutierrez (102,500), who has already won two titles this series.

Once the total number of entries is confirmed, the prize pool and payouts will be revealed, and the real chase for a place in the money will begin.

The action gets underway back up at Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/1,500 and a 1,500 big blind ante. Starting from today, levels will be shortened to 50 minutes each. The plan for Day 2 is to play until the money is reached and continue through to the end of Level 22. The surviving players will return for the final day tomorrow, October 20, and play down until a winner is crowned.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as we provide continued coverage of the $10,300 EPT High Roller directly from the felt.

Tags: Aleksei Gortikov Belarmino De Souza Berthold Winz Boris Kuzmanovic Elias Gutierrez Hossein Ensan Markkos Ladev Nariman Yaghmai Nichan Khorchidian Parahat Nurmuhammedov Sergi Reixach Simeon Spasov Stephen Song Steve O'Dwyer Tom Middleton Umberto Ruggeri Xiaosheng Zheng