$3,000 Mystery Bounty Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-16-2024 17:09 UTC+2

Cotescu Cracks Aces

Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Milos Petakovic raised to 1,600 from the hijack, Sandra Cotescu called on the button and Fiodor Martino, in the small blind, three-bet to 6,900, a committing raise with not much behind. Petakovic folded and Cotescu moved all in, asking for the rest of Martino's stack. Martino called.

Fiodor Martino: A♥A♦ All in
Sandra Cotescu: K♣Q♣

Cotescu had run into aces but the 8♥K♠6♥ flop gave her hope. The 7♠ turn changed nothing, but the K♦ river saw her make trips to crack aces, sending Martino to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandra Cotescu	65,000 65,000	65,000
Milos Petakovic	45,500 4,500	4,500
Fiodor Martino	Busted

Tags: Fiodor Martino Milos Petakovic Sandra Cotescu

10-16-2024 17:14 UTC+2

Eychenne Gets Jammed On

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Timothy Friese raised to 1,600 from early position, Thomas Eychenne three-bet to 5,000 from the button and Friese made the call.

The 5♠3♥K♠ flop saw Friese check-call a bet of 3,000 from Eychenne.

The J♥ turn prompted a second check from Friese. Eychenne bet out 16,000 and Friese responded by moving all in for Eychenne's effective stack of approximately 49,000. Eychenne was forced to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Friese	105,000 105,000	105,000
Thomas Eychenne	33,000

Tags: Thomas Eychenne Timothy Friese

10-16-2024 17:16 UTC+2

Gasevic Takes on Turn

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Nikola Gasevic opened from the cutoff to 1,600. Kemal Aslan called in the small blind before Catalin Moraru three-bet to 4,800. Gasevic called and Aslan folded after a moment in the tank.

Moraru led the 2♥J♦3♣ flop for 3,100. Gasevic called. Moraru then elected to check the J♥ turn. Gasevic then fired a bet of 9,000 and Moraru folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kemal Aslan	75,000
Nikola Gasevic	69,000
Catalin Moraru	55,000

Tags: Catalin Moraru Kemal Aslan Nikola Gasevic

10-16-2024 17:18 UTC+2

Break Time

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The remaining players have been sent on their second 15-minute break of the day.

10-16-2024 17:24 UTC+2

Poker Player Folds Pocket Kings PREFLOP in EPT Cyprus Main Event, Was He Right?

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour is in full swing at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa, with the $5,300 Main Event currently midway through Day 2.

After late registration closed earlier, the series showstopper recorded 1,284 entries and generated a $6,227,400 prize pool, of which more than $1 million awaits the eventual champion. One player looking to do all it takes to become the next EPT Champion is Peter Tschernigg. The Austrian poker player has just over $30,000 in live earnings and found himself in a horrible spot preflop, with the tournament just a few dozen eliminations away from the money.

Click here to find out if Tschernigg made the right fold

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-16-2024 17:34 UTC+2

Top Ten Chip Counts

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Patrick Cole

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aben Zholgaliyev	181,000 181,000	181,000
Bernat Capdevila Montes	169,200 139,200	139,200
Aren Bezhanyan	164,300 134,300	134,300
Mohammad Shaban	163,000 71,000	71,000
Karen Nazarian	146,000 146,000	146,000
Alexandr Khvan	138,500 84,500	84,500
Stefanos Kehagias	127,900
Patrick Leonard	127,200 127,200	127,200

Fabrice Maltez	115,000 85,000	85,000
Berthold Winz	15,300 30,200	30,200

10-16-2024 17:41 UTC+2

Abilil Mistimes His Jam

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The under-the-gun player raised to 2,000, Mohamadou Abilil three-bet jammed for 7,000 from early position, and Florian Duta, in the big blind, put in an isolating raise of 15,000. The original raiser folded.

Mohamadou Abilil: A♣4♠ All in
Florian Duta: A♠Q♣

The board ran out J♥9♠A♥10♠8♠; Duta made a straight by the river, eliminating Abilil.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Duta	57,000 57,000	57,000
Mohamadou Abilil	Busted

Tags: Florian Duta Mohamadou Abilil

10-16-2024 17:51 UTC+2

Dahmani Busts

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Patrick Cole

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up with Hassan Dahmani all in and at risk for his last 4,000 from the small blind. Agharazi Babayev had him covered from the big blind on the flop of 6♠8♥10♦.

Hassan Dahmani: 9♦8♦ All in
Agharazi Babayev: K♠6♣

Dahmani was ahead but Babayev hit trips on the 6♦ turn and held on the 3♣ river. Dahmnai took a picture of the runout and wished his opponents luck before leaving.

Player	Chips	Progress
Agharazi Babayev	50,000 20,000	20,000
Hassan Dahmani	Busted

Tags: Agharazi Babayev Hassan Dahmani

10-16-2024 17:54 UTC+2

Markov Wins a Big Flip

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Ollie Garland

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Anton Markov raised from the cutoff, Akinobu Maeda three-bet to 7,000 from the small blind and Xiaohua Fu, in the big blind, cold four-bet to 24,100. Markov moved all in for 24,100, Maeda folded and Fu called.

Anton Markov: Q♣Q♠ All in
Xiaohua Fu: A♠K♠

Markov was ahead and the 8♦9♣5♠ flop was a safe one. The 6♣ turn changed nothing and the 3♦ river confirmed Markov's double up.