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$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 1b Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$6,227,400
Total Entries
1,284
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
755
Players Left
260
Players Left 1 / 1,284
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It's time for Day 1b of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus $5,300 Main Event, running at the opulent Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa.
Day 1a saw 474 players enter the fray, and 106 made it through to Day 2. Kirill Shcherbakov bagged the chip lead with 264,500, closely followed by Ren Lin (264,500), while 2024 EPT Barcelona champ Stephen Song rounded out the top three, sitting comfortably with 261,500 in chips.
Top Ten Day 1a Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirill Shcherbakov | Russia | 284,000 |
| 2 | Ren Lin | USA | 264,500 |
| 3 | Stephen Song | USA | 261,500 |
| 4 | Yevhen Pavlenko | Ukraine | 253,000 |
| 5 | Ahmed Abdellatif | Australia | 249,000 |
| 6 | Sergei Varnaev | Russia | 248,500 |
| 7 | Ivan Zabiiakin | Russia | 233,000 |
| 8 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 222,000 |
| 9 | Rongshan Li | China | 215,000 |
| 10 | Artsiom Lasouski | Belarus | 210,000 |
Some of the game's biggest names also advanced, including world's number one online player Niklas Astedt (186,000), Felix Schneiders (172,000), PokerStars ambassadors Sam Grafton (106,000), Barny Boatman (48,000), Kenny Hallaert (26,000), and Elias Gutierrez (23,000).
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Day 1b is expected to draw even more players, with defending 2023 EPT Cyprus champ [Removed:553] likely to take another shot after falling short in yesterday’s flight.
The schedule for today includes ten one-hour levels, starting with blinds at 100/100 and a 100 ante. Players begin with 30,000 chips, and they’ll enjoy a 20-minute break every two levels, along with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6. A single reentry is allowed across both starting flights, with late registration open until the beginning of Day 2.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for live updates straight from the tournament floor throughout the day!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Cards are in the air here on Day 1b of the $5,300 EPT Cyprus Main Event. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Three ways on a flop of Q♦4♠5♠, Michael Wang and Jessica Teusl checked from the blinds and Maciej Gut bet 400 on the button. Wang then check-raised to 1,100 from the small blind, which got a fold from Teusl in the big blind and a call from Gut.
Gut called a 1,800 barrel from Wang on the 4♦ turn and then both players checked on the 2♦ river.
Wang tabled Q♠10♥ for queens-up and Gut mucked — awarding the pot to Wang.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Michael Wang opened to 300 from the cutoff, and Philippe Souki defended in the big blind.
On the J♥9♥7♠ flop, Souki check-called a bet of 500 from Wang.
The Q♦ turn followed the same pattern, this time in respect of a bet of 1,200 from Wang.
The 10♥ river was checked through, no doubt much to Souki's disappointment, as he tabled K♥Q♥ for the rivered king-high straight flush. Needless to say Wang could not beat that and mucked his hand.
Souki quipped "Feels a bit wasted in Level 1, but I'll take it."
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Leonid Sidelkovskiy opened the action from the button with a raise to 200, but Vadim Volkhonskiy in the small blind had other ideas, responding with a three-bet to 600. Thomas Middleton in the big blind wasn’t backing down either and four-bet to 1,800, which only Volkhonskiy called.
On the 2♠7♦5♦ flop, Volkhonskiy checked, and Middleton fired a 2,000 continuation bet, which was met with a quick call.
Both players slowed down and checked on the Q♥ turn.
When the 8♠ river hit, Volkhonskiy took control, leading out with a 3,600 bet. Middleton, clearly not thrilled, tanked for a moment before making the call. Volkhonskiy revealed A♣Q♠ for top pair, leaving Middleton to toss his cards into the muck.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Heads-up on a flop of 2♥7♣3♥ with a couple thousand already in the middle, Andrea Dato checked from the small blind to Satish Sanan, who bet 2,400 from the big blind. Dato called.
Dato then check-called a 2,100 bet from Sanan on the 7♠ turn and a 2,000 bet from Sanan on the 9♠ river and Sanan shrugged and tabled A♥10♥ for a busted flush draw.
Dato showed Q♥9♥ for a busted flush draw that rivered a pair of nines and collected the pot.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Rikiya Jinbo opened to 300 from the cutoff, and was faced with a three-bet to 900 by Panagiotis Oikonomidis on the button. Action folded back to Jinbo, who called.
On the K♦10♠4♥ flop, Jinbo check-called a bet of 700 from Oikonomidis.
The 5♥ rolled off on the turn, and Jinbo again check-called, this time in respect of a 2,300 bet from his opponent.
The 10♦ completed the board, and Jinbo checked for a third time. Oikonomidis took some time to think before firing out a bet of 11,000, and Jinbo made the relatively quick call.
Jinbo was shown the bad news when Oikonomidis turned over 10♥10♣ for quad tens, sending him a chunky early pot.
