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

10-19-2024 20:13 UTC+2

Compte Pairs His Ace

Kai Cocklin

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

In a pot that had around 150,000 in the middle on a board of A♦5♠Q♠6♠, Andras Nemeth checked it over to Sebastien Compte, who fired 55,000. Nemeth called.

A 7♦ dropped on the river and both players decided to check it down. Nemeth showed a pair of fives with 9♠5♥, but Compte had a pair of aces with A♠J♣ to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastien Compte	760,000 110,000	110,000
Andras Nemeth	360,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Andras Nemeth Sebastien Compte

10-19-2024 20:10 UTC+2

Wang Runs into Aces

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Tim Baker

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

Guiyang Wang got his last 120,000 into the middle preflop with Lev Margolin making the call to try and bust him.

Guiyang Wang: 7♦7♠ All in
Lev Margolin: A♣A♦

Wang needed to find a seven to crack the aces of Margolin. The board ran out clean for the aces as it came 5♥K♠3♦J♠3♥ and Wang was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lev Margolin	300,000 184,000	184,000
Guiyang Wang	Busted

Tags: Lev Margolin Guiyang Wang

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

10-19-2024 19:59 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	951,000 151,000	151,000

Adrian Cazacu	854,000 479,000	479,000
Sebastian Malec	776,000 76,000	76,000

Santhosh Suvarna	735,000 159,000	159,000
Diogo Coelho	695,000 95,000	95,000
Omar Del Pino	680,000 10,000	10,000
Sebastien Compte	650,000 175,000	175,000
Niklas Astedt	580,000 70,000	70,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	580,000 44,000	44,000
Aleksei Savenkov	490,000 5,000	5,000
Jessica Teusl	482,000 82,000	82,000
Konstantin Voronin	467,000 72,000	72,000
Juan Carlos Vecino	461,000
Manuel Fritz	460,000 368,000	368,000
Aylar Lie	451,000 41,000	41,000
Andras Nemeth	450,000 57,000	57,000
Akin Tuna	435,000 65,000	65,000
Masashi Oya	420,000 120,000	120,000
Belarmino De Souza	416,000 69,000	69,000
Tom Middleton	414,000 30,000	30,000
Julio Carvalho	400,000 55,000	55,000
Apoorva Goel	393,000 58,000	58,000
Parahat Nurmuhammedov	375,000 55,000	55,000
Lars Kamphues	370,000 30,000	30,000
Patrick Leonard	365,000 35,000	35,000

Player Kicked Out of MUG; Find Out Who Won Our $10,000 NAPT Gold Pass | PokerNews Podcast #861

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In the 861st episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas to draw a winner for a $10,000 Gold Pass to the upcoming NAPT Las Vegas at Resorts World! Watch to see who won!

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10-19-2024 19:20 UTC+2

Dinner Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The players have been sent on a 45-minute dinner break, with play due to recommence at 9:05 p.m. local time.

There are currently 66 players remaining, with 63 places paid.

10-19-2024 19:19 UTC+2

Romanello Jams River into Nuts

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In the last hand before the dinner break, and with the bubble approaching, the pot had already swollen to around 230,000 in a hand between Roberto Romanello and Yunsheng Sun, with the completed board reading Q♠10♠2♣K♣8♠.

Romanello jammed with the covering stack, and Sun snap-called for his remaining 200,000.

Romanello tabled A♠10♥ for a pair of tens, but Sun had A♥J♣ for the turned nut straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunsheng Sun	630,000 500,000	500,000
Roberto Romanello	305,000 495,000	495,000

Tags: Roberto Romanello Yunsheng Sun

10-19-2024 19:19 UTC+2

Baraza Spikes River

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Juan Baraza opened to 16,000 from early position and Aleksei Savenkov defended in the big blind.

On the Q♠5♣2♣ flop, Savenkov check-called versus a bet of 13,000 from Baraza.

The 8♠ turn followed the same pattern, this time in respect of a bet of 35,000 from Baraza.

The A♦ river was then checked through. Savenkov tabled Q♣9♥ for second pair queens, but Baraza had A♣K♥, sending him the pot with the rivered pair of aces.