$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 1a Started
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
Entries
1,284
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
474
Players Left
144
Players Left 1 / 1,284
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The PokerStars European Poker Tour Main Event has produced a number of fairytale winners since its inception in 2004, including the first female champion in 2006 with Victoria Coren-Mitchell at EPT London, Mike McDonald becoming the youngest victor at 18 years old in 2008 at EPT Dortmund, and British legend Barny Boatman taking the young guns to school at EPT Paris this year.
The first edition of the EPT Cyprus Main Event in 2023 also produced a story to rival those above, after inaugural PokerStars Dare to Stream winner, Dutchman [Removed:553], took the title for a $1,042,000 payday after defeating Italian Andrea Dato heads-up.
Simon's victory confirmed that the ultimate poker dream was still possible, with Simon progressing from playing small stakes online to taking one of the most coveted trophies in live poker in a matter of a couple of years.
2023 EPT Cyprus Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Removed:553] | Netherlands | $1,042,000 |
| 2 | Andrea Dato | Italy | $652,200 |
| 3 | Jose Gonzalez Sanchez | Spain | $465,425 |
| 4 | Halil Tasyurek | Turkey | $358,075 |
| 5 | Yannick Schumacher | Germany | $275,425 |
| 6 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russia | $211,850 |
| 7 | Bjorn Kozenkai | Hungary | $162,925 |
| 8 | Victor Yugay | Uzbekistan | $125,350 |
| 9 | Priit Parmasto | Estonia | $96,425 |
The identity of the next EPT Main Event champion will be determined over the course of the next week, with Day 1a of the $5,300 EPT Cyprus Main Event at PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus due to get underway today, 14 October, at noon local time, at the stunning Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa.
Players will sit down with a 30,000 starting stack at blind level 100/100, with a 100 big blind ante, and will have to navigate ten 60-minute levels in order to progress to Day 2.
Players are permitted a single reentry across the two starting flights, with Day 1b scheduled to kick off at noon local time on Tuesday, October 15. Late registration is open until the start of Day 2, which will begin on Wednesday, October 16 at noon.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of what is sure to be an exciting day of poker thrills and spills, featuring some of the finest players in the world.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are in the air here on Day 1a of the $5,300 EPT Cyprus Main Event, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
In the first hand dealt of the Main Event, the action was picked up on a flop of 5♦J♥A♦ with around 4,000 chips in the middle. Jason James checked it over to Adrien Quetelart, who fired a bet of 1,500. James called.
A 3♣ on the turn was checked by both players to the K♠ river, where James led out for 2,500. After a while, Quetelart announced a raise and dropped two blue chips into the pot, which totaled 10,000. James called at lightning speed.
Quetelart then showed K♥4♥ for a pair of kings, but James had the winner holding A♥Q♦ for a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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44,000
44,000
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44,000 |
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16,000
14,000
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14,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Georgios Vrakas was seen dragging in a decent sized pot early on in the main event on a board of 7♦2♦8♣5♣9♣.
Vrakas checked the river and his opponent, Alexandre Vuilleumier checked behind. Vrakas showed K♥K♣ for pocket kings and Vuilleumier mucked his hand to concede the pot.
"Would you have called a river bet?", asked a neutral player.
"Crying call," said Vrakas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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42,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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17,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Oleg Eltsov open raised to 300 from late position and Michael Allen made it 1,000 to go from the button, which Alf Martinsson called in the small blind. Eltsov four-bet to 3,500 and both other players folded to give him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,000
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28,500 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Action folded to Yiannis Liperis on the button, who opened to 400, receiving calls from Eric Afriat and Thomas Berg in the blinds.
The J♠2♣2♥ flop was checked through. On the 10♣ turn, Afriat led out with a bet of 800, and both of his opponents stuck around.
The K♣ hit on the river, bringing straight and flush possibilities, and Afriat fired again with a bet of 2,200. Berg quickly reached for chips and raised to 6,000.
Liperis took quite some time to think before sending his hand into the muck, and Afriat quickly tapped the table and followed suit, indicating he had folded two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Andriy Lyubovetskiy started the action with a raise to 300 in under the gun, and Vladislav Dubanov called in the cutoff.
The flop came 7♦7♣K♣, and Lyubovetskiy continued with a bet of 300, which Dubanov called.
On the A♦ turn, Lyubovetskiy slowed down with a check, and Dubanov pounced with a bet of 1,200. After a brief hesitation, Lyubovetskiy made the call.
When the 10♠ hit the river, Lyubovetskiy checked once more. Dubanov responded with a 3,000 bet, and this time Lyubovetskiy decided to muck his hand, leaving the pot to Dubanov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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32,000 | |
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27,000 |
