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Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$6,227,400
Total Entries
1,284
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
474
Players Left
144
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Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
First, it was Nick Palma and Sam Grafton squaring off. Palma opened the action from the hijack with a raise to 2,500, only to face a three-bet from Grafton, who made it 7,500. Palma wasn’t backing down and four-bet to 16,000, but Grafton pushed all in, forcing Palma to fold and concede the hand.
In the very next hand, Grafton took the initiative again, raising 2,500 from the hijack. This time, Vladimir Troyanovskiy defended his big blind and called.
The flop came down 9♣A♦8♠, and Troyanovskiy check-called Grafton’s 2,200 continuation bet.
When the A♠ hit the turn, Troyanovskiy led out with a 5,000 bet, and Grafton called without hesitation.
On the 4♠ river, Troyanovskiy slowed down with a check, and Grafton responded by putting the pressure on with a hefty 25,000 bet, essentially putting Troyanovskiy’s tournament life on the line. After some thought, Troyanovskiy decided it wasn’t worth the risk and folded, giving Grafton another pot.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Vytautas Semaska opened to 2,400 from the cutoff, and was called by Uri Reichenstein on the button. Tjan Tepeh was in the small blind, and he three-bet jammed for 13,700.
Semaska quickly got out of the way, but after asking for a count, Reichenstein made the call with the covering stack.
Tjan Tepeh: A♠K♥ 
Uri Reichenstein: K♣Q♥
Tepeh had his opponent dominated, and seemed set for the double-up after the A♣9♥4♣ flop gave him top pair.
However the 7♣ turn spelled danger, giving Reichenstein a flush draw, and sure enough the 9♣ rolled off on the river to give Reichenstein the flush and send Tepeh packing.
Tepeh didn't seem too devastated to see his day of poker come to an end, saying "I'm off to the party," as he headed off to the PokerStars Players Party, which is taking place this evening.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Milos Skrbic made it 2,400 from the hijack and Ivan Banic three-bet from the small blind to 12,000. When it got back to Skrbic, he shoved, and Banic snap-called for his stack of around 50,000.
Ivan Banic: A♣K♥
Milos Skrbic: Q♠Q♦
It was an all-too-familiar flip which favored the pocket queens after the flop of 8♥9♣6♣ didn't offer much help to Banic. The J♦ dropped on the turn, and the 8♠ river sealed Banic's elimination in the penultimate level of the day.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Peter Tschernigg open-raised to 2,600 from early position and Mikhail Shalamov three-bet to 8,000 from the small blind, which Tschernigg called.
The flop came 3♣5♥8♥ and Shalamov made a continuation bet of 7,000. Tschernigg called and then both players checked it back on the 6♥ turn.
The river was the 8♠ and Shalamov put out a bet of 21,000. Tschernigg called and Shalamov turned over Q♦Q♠ for two pair, queens with the eights on board. Tschernigg mucked and Shalamov scooped a big pot.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
On a flop of 8♥K♣J♥, both Biao Ding and Mehmet Deniz had put in 11,000 to see the 6♠ drop on the turn, which went check-check.
The 7♣ landed on the river and after Deniz checked, Ding took some time to think then slid out a bet of 51,000. Deniz confirmed the count with the dealer and within around ten seconds, he had made the call.
Ding then showed 10♠9♠ for a rivered straight, and Deniz mucked.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Niklas Astedt opened to 2,500 from the hijack, and received a call from Preben Stokkan in the cutoff. Domenico Gala was in the small blind, and he produced a three-bet to 10,000. Astedt got out of the way but Stokkan called.
On the K♦K♠4♣ flop, Gala continued with a bet of 5,100, and after some thought, Stokkan called.
The 3♣ rolled off on the turn, and Gala continued to fire, sliding out a bet of 7,000. After some consideration, Stokkan conceded the pot.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Monica Vaka raised to 2,400 from late position and Sergei Varnaev three-bet to 8,500 from the button. Vaka then four-bet to 24,000 and Varnaev looked across at his opponent before carefully placing a call in the middle.
The flop came Q♥J♣A♣ and Vaka moved all in for a little less than 30,000, which Varnaev snap-called. Vaka showed A♥10♦ for a pair of aces, while Varnaev turned over A♠Q♠ for two pair, aces and queens.
The turn was the 8♠ and river the 8♦. Varnaev held to win the pot, sending Vaka to the rail.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Arsenii Karmatckii opened to 2,600 from early position, and was faced with a three-bet to 9,000 from Ivan Kuziv in the small blind. Action back to Karmatckii, who four-bet jammed with the covering stack, with Kuziv quickly getting his 35,600 total stack into the middle.
Ivan Kuziv: A♥K♥
Arsenii Karmatckii: A♠Q♦
Kuziv had Karmatckii's ace pipped, and his double-up was confirmed by the 7♥4♣4♦9♦2♣ runout with his king kicker playing.
Level 9
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
With the pot sitting around 9,000 and the flop showing 9♠5♦3♦, Ognyan Dimov led out with a bet of 5,000 as the first to act. Rosalie Petit wasn't shy, bumping it up to 16,000, and Kirill Shcherbakov came along with the call. Dimov decided to step aside and folded.
When the 5♥ hit the turn, Petit kept up the pressure with another 16,000 bet, only to face an all-in move from Shcherbakov. Petit wasn’t ready to risk her tournament life and folded, letting Shcherbakov scoop a decent pot.
In the very next hand, Evgenii Ushakov opened with a raise to 2,500 from middle position, and Shcherbakov responded by three-betting to 7,000, which Ushakov called.
On the 6♣4♦J♥ flop, Ushakov checked, and Shcherbakov fired 4,500. Ushakov called again. The 4♠ landed on the turn, and after another check from Ushakov, Shcherbakov bet 16,500. This time, Ushakov had enough, folding and giving the pot to Shcherbakov.
