$5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-16-2024 16:47 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	580,000 472,000	472,000

Fahredin Mustafov	576,000 276,000	276,000

Ivan Zabiiakin	521,500 52,000	52,000
Darius Gadeikis	494,000 177,500	177,500
Georgios Tsouloftas	475,000 80,000	80,000

Mohamad El Rais	451,500 1,500	1,500

Kirill Shcherbakov	428,000 98,000	98,000

Boris Kuzmanovic	426,500 95,500	95,500
Christian Steindel	420,000 1,000	1,000
Ali Al-Kubasi	385,000 125,000	125,000
Paolo Gualano	370,000 55,000	55,000
Ivan Banic	340,000 102,500	102,500

Brandon Leetz	340,000 310,000	310,000
Stefan Toderita	330,000 30,000	30,000
Sebastian Malec	327,000 197,000	197,000

Walter Treccarichi	318,000 32,000	32,000
Chakib Mhiri	315,000 27,000	27,000
Nikita Kuznetsov	315,000 5,000	5,000
Niklas Astedt	300,000 7,000	7,000
Vadym Koliuzhnyi	295,000 140,000	140,000
Abdullah Akbarpoor	295,000 205,000	205,000
Walid Bou Habib	292,500 17,500	17,500
Anton Wigg	289,000 69,000	69,000
Radoslav Stoyanov	285,000 75,000	75,000
Mikhail Zavoloka	280,000 129,000	129,000

Two Pair for Niste

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mateusz Wozniak opened to 6,000 from middle position and Mihai Niste defended in the big blind.

The J♣8♦5♠ flop was checked through.

The A♣ hit on the turn, and Niste check-called versus an almost pot bet of 15,000 from Wozniak.

The 4♣ river completed the board and was checked through. Niste showed A♥8♠ for the turned two pair, and Wozniak mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Niste	210,000 29,000	29,000
Mateusz Wozniak	94,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Mateusz Wozniak Mihai Niste

10-16-2024 17:02 UTC+2

Nguyen Puts Maximum Pressure on Caballo Pena

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A completed board of 6♠Q♠5♥4♥J♠ was already dealt when Christopher Nguyen jammed all in from the big blind. The pot totaled 170,000, and Nguyen had put his opponent Francisco Caballo Pena to the test for 158,000.

Caballo Pena tanked for roughly five minutes in the hijack. Eventually, he decided to fold as he continued playing with a stack of over 50 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Nguyen	460,000 168,000	168,000
Andrea Dato	360,500 59,500	59,500
Aimar Gonzalez	235,000 6,500	6,500
Francisco Caballo Pena	158,000 81,000	81,000
Maksim Rogov	155,000 123,500	123,500
Victoria Livschitz	110,000 15,000	15,000
Andrey Koks	90,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Christopher Nguyen Francisco Caballo Pena

10-16-2024 17:03 UTC+2

Mhiri Calls Down Gualano Light

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Benjamin Spragg opened the action with a raise to 6,500 from middle position and Chakib Mhiri called in the hijack. Paolo Gualano called from the small blind, then Przemyslaw Cebrat three-bet to 33,000 out of the big blind. Spragg folded, but Mhiri and Gualano came along.

The flop fell 9♠Q♥4♦ which all three checked to the 9♦ turn. Gualano led out for 30,500, Cebrat folded, and Mhiri called.

A 6♠ dropped on the river and Gualano made another bet, this time for 36,500. Mhiri was thinking for around a minute and ultimately decided on a call.

Gualano showed K♣10♦ for a busted straight draw, and Mhiri's 5♣5♥ were good for the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chakib Mhiri	425,000 110,000	110,000
Paolo Gualano	270,000 100,000	100,000
Istvan Toth	230,000 2,000	2,000
Benjamin Spragg	190,000 18,000	18,000

Przemyslaw Cebrat	150,000 37,000	37,000
Jon Garaialde	145,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Chakib Mhiri Paolo Gualano Przemyslaw Cebrat

10-16-2024 17:06 UTC+2

Spatuzzi Maintains Big Stack, Eliminates Tsoy

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Serghei Tsoy had thrown in his last 16,000 from early position and was called by Jesse Spatuzzi in the big blind.

Serghei Tsoy: A♦8♦ All in
Jesse Spatuzzi: Q♣Q♦

No ace appeared on the 2♠2♥4♥J♠8♠ runout, resulting in Tsoy's elimination some 20 spots away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Spatuzzi	300,000 35,000	35,000
Serghei Tsoy	Busted

Tags: Jesse Spatuzzi Serghei Tsoy

10-16-2024 17:13 UTC+2

Zavoloka Jams Into Flush

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mikhail Zavoloka in the small blind, Zhewen Hu in the big blind, and Sebastian Malec on the button went three-way to a flop of 9♥3♥K♥. The pot already amounted to over 100,000 when Zavaloka bet 25,000. Hu called before Malec instantly mucked.

The Q♥ turn was checked around before the 4♥ fell on the river, putting a flush on the board. Zavoloka put Hu all in for 70,500 and saw him snap-call.

Zavoloka played the board with his K♣Q♠. Hu took down the pot with A♥A♦ for the nut flush and doubled up on the soft bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Malec	330,000 3,000	3,000

Mikhail Zavoloka	235,000 45,000	45,000
Zhewen Hu	235,000 98,000	98,000

Tags: Mikhail Zavoloka Sebastian Malec Zhewen Hu

10-16-2024 17:17 UTC+2

Zhugralin Flops Top Two and Gets Max Value From Christoforou

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Kai Cocklin

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

There was a big pot brewing between Andreas Christoforou and Damir Zhugralin over on Table 14 on a board of A♦Q♥5♠8♣. With around 100,000 chips already in the pot, Christoforou checked the turn and Zhugralin fired a bet of 69,000. Christoforou thought for a while, then after confirming the bet size, he called.

A 2♣ landed on the river and Christoforou checked again, then Zhugralin quickly shoved for 136,500. Christoforou got the count and only needed around ten seconds before he flicked in the call, which created a pot of over 500,000.

Zhugralin flipped over top two pair with A♠Q♠ and Christoforou tapped the table before he was forced to expose K♦Q♣ for just a pair of queens.

A huge pot for Zhugralin, but diasater for Christoforou, who faces the upcoming bubble with a very short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damir Zhugralin	540,000 288,500	288,500
Taago Tamm	170,000 11,500	11,500
Andreas Christoforou	40,000 128,500	128,500

Tags: Andreas Christoforou Damir Zhugralin

10-16-2024 17:20 UTC+2

Lin Flushes Christoforou Away

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Andreas Christoforou was all in for his last 50,000 or so from the big blind and was looked up by Ren Lin in the small blind.

Andreas Christoforou: A♣Q♥ All in
Ren Lin: Q♠8♠

Christoforou dominated Lin, but Lin made a flush on the 10♠4♠6♦J♠4♣ runout to lock the pot up on the turn and send Christoforou out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	245,000 27,000	27,000
Andreas Christoforou	Busted

Tags: Andreas Christoforou Ren Lin

10-16-2024 17:21 UTC+2

Eliminated as Bubble Approaches

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Frank Visser

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alon Huberman	Busted
Nicolas Betbese	Busted
Andrey Koks	Busted
Fabian Gumz	Busted
Omar Del Pino	Busted
Anton Arkhipenkov	Busted
Krasimir Neychev	Busted

10-16-2024 17:21 UTC+2

Barka Good at Showdown in Three-Bet Pot

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Samy Barka opened to 7,000 from early position, and was faced with a three-bet to 25,000 by Roeland Peeks in the small blind. Action folded back to Barka, who called after some thought.

On the 9♠6♥5♥ flop, Peeks led out with a bet of 30,000, which Barka called.

The J♣ turn and 6♣ river took some time to get through, but ultimately both players elected to check their options on both streets.

Peeks tabled A♠10♥ for a pair of sixes with ace-high, but Barka took the pot when he showed 7♦7♣ for two pair, sevens and sixes.