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

10-19-2024 21:17 UTC+2

Vecino Stacks Romanello

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Roberto Romanello shoved from under the gun for 80,000, and Juan Carlos Vecino called from the button.

Roberto Romanello: Q♥J♠ All in
Juan Carlos Vecino: A♦9♥

Romanello was live and did hit a pair on the 6♦Q♣A♣ flop, but Vecino also paired his ace. A K♥ on the turn added a Broadway draw for Romanello, but the 2♠ was a brick, and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Carlos Vecino	620,000 159,000	159,000
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Tags: Juan Carlos Vecino Roberto Romanello

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

10-19-2024 21:10 UTC+2

Malec Takes From Shylko

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Sebastian Malec raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Aliaksandr Shylko three-bet to 75,000 out of the small blind. Malec called.

Shylko bet 45,000 on the K♠10♠5♥ flop and Malec called.

The K♦ turn saw Shylko fire out a bet of 75,000. Malec called again.

Shylko decided to check when the 5♠ hit the river, double-pairing the board, and Malec shoved for Shylko's remaining 260,000. Shylko thought it over for a few minutes but eventually opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Malec	1,190,000 414,000	414,000

Aliaksandr Shylko	260,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Sebastian Malec

10-19-2024 21:06 UTC+2

Wilf Triples in Three-Way All In

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Saar Wilf shoved for 51,000 from the button, and both Roberto Romanello and Mehdi Chaoui committed their stacks from the blinds, with the latter having just under 90,000 total.

Saar Wilf: Q♥3♥ All in
Mehdi Chaoui: 9♥9♠ All in
Roberto Romanello: A♣J♦

Romanello had the opportunity to eliminate two players, but ended up with the worst of it as the 10♦Q♠7♥6♦5♠ runout meant Wilf tripled up, and Chaoui took the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saar Wilf	160,000 145,000	145,000
Roberto Romanello	160,000 145,000	145,000

Mehdi Chaoui	72,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Mehdi Chaoui Roberto Romanello Saar Wilf

10-19-2024 20:59 UTC+2

Elias Ends Zubov's Run

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With the bubble broken, Alexander Zubov committed his final 3,000 into the middle from the hijack. Omar Del Pino raised to 35,000 from the cutoff before Elias Gutierrez shoved for roughly 260,000 out of the small blind. Del Pino folded, and the cards were revealed with Zubov at risk.

Alexander Zubov: 2♥2♠ All in
Elias Gutierrez: 6♦6♥

Zubov needed to find a deuce if he was to make a miraculous comeback in this event. However, the board ran out 7♠7♣7♦J♥8♣ to give Gutierrez the winner with a bigger full house, and Zubov was the first player headed to the cashier's desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omar Del Pino	620,000 40,000	40,000
Elias Gutierrez	300,000 98,000	98,000

Alexander Zubov	Busted

Tags: Alexander Zubov Elias Gutierrez Omar Del Pino

10-19-2024 20:53 UTC+2

Song Bubbles the EPT High Roller

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Stephen Song shoved from early position for a little less than 50,000 and Biao Ding called from the next seat. When the action got to Stoyan Madanzhiev in the big blind, he used a few time banks before he shoved for over 250,000. Ding snap-folded.

Stephen Song: K♦K♠ All in
Stoyan Madanzhiev: 9♥9♦

Song was in great shape to double up, but all of a sudden wasn't too comfortable as the flop of 3♥5♥4♥ gave Madanzhiev a flush draw. The remaining 63 players in the field didn't need to wait long to celebrate as the 2♥ dropped on the turn, giving Madanzhiev a flush. Song did still have some chop outs, however, the 9♣ on the river was no help, and he bubbled the EPT High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stoyan Madanzhiev	375,000 56,000	56,000
Biao Ding	190,000 26,000	26,000
Stephen Song	Busted

Tags: Biao Ding Stephen Song Stoyan Madanzhiev

10-19-2024 20:39 UTC+2

Astedt Check-Jams River

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Richard Hayes

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

A pot of around 220,000 had developed on the bubble, in a hand between Aleksejs Ponakovs on the button and Niklas Astedt in the big blind.

Astedt checked, and Ponakovs fired out a bet of 165,000. Astedt check-jammed with the covering stack. and Ponakovs quickly let his hand go, with Astedt taking a chunk out of the Latvian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	950,000 370,000	370,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	155,000 425,000	425,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Niklas Astedt

10-19-2024 20:38 UTC+2

Bogdanov Doubles With Aces

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Omar Del Pino raised to 20,000 from middle position and Yulian Bogdanov three-bet to 55,000 from the big blind. Del Pino four-bet jammed for Bogdanov's remaining 113,000, and Bogdanov snap-called.

Yulian Bogdanov : A♠A♦ All in
Omar Del Pino : K♥10♠

Del Pino's aggression on the bubble hadn't worked out, as he had run into aces. However, if he could get some help from the deck, he would send the remaining 63 players into the money.

The dealer fanned out the flop of 7♦4♦A♥ to give Bogdanov top set and meant Del Pino could only win with runner-runner straight. The rest of the board ran out 2♣8♥ and Bogdanov doubled on the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Omar Del Pino	580,000 100,000	100,000
Yulian Bogdanov	345,000 172,000	172,000

Tags: Omar Del Pino Yulian Bogdanov

10-19-2024 20:34 UTC+2

Cazacu Wins at Showdown

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Adrian Cazacu had opened the hijack and Patrick Leonard called out of the small blind.

They went to a flop of 7♥4♠3♠ where Leonard led out for 12,000, Cazacu made it 50,000, and Leonard called.

The action then slowed down as both checked the A♠ turn and 10♣ river to showdown, where Cazacu's A♦Q♠ was good.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Cazacu	950,000 96,000	96,000
Patrick Leonard	280,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Adrian Cazacu Patrick Leonard

10-19-2024 20:18 UTC+2

Ensan Eliminated to Bring Up the Soft Bubble

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Hossein Ensan was all in for his short stack from under the gun, and had been put at risk by Daniel Myers in the big blind.

Hossein Ensan: K♦J♠ All in
Daniel Myers: A♦10♣

Myers paired his ace on the Q♠4♥A♥ flop, which left Ensan needing to find a ten to make Broadway. However, no ten revealed itself on either the Q♦ turn nor Q♥ river, which meant Ensan was eliminated two away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Myers	500,000 248,000	248,000
Hossein Ensan	Busted

Tags: Daniel Myers Hossein Ensan