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

10-16-2024 13:03 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Tudor Zapsa	400,000 269,000	269,000
Shankui Li	390,000 217,000	217,000
Darius Gadeikis	350,000 35,000	35,000
Viktor Ustimov	335,000 44,000	44,000

Kirill Shcherbakov	310,000 26,000	26,000

Salvatore Camarda	310,000 15,000	15,000
Artsiom Lasouski	300,000 90,000	90,000
Ren Lin	292,000 27,500	27,500
Walid Bou Habib	288,000 28,000	28,000
Radoslav Stoyanov	280,500 30,500	30,500
Yassin Mahmoud	280,000 60,000	60,000
Rongshan Li	280,000 65,000	65,000
James Crawley	280,000 11,000	11,000
Stephen Song	275,000 13,500	13,500

Andrea Dato	275,000 40,000	40,000
Istvan Toth	251,000 126,000	126,000
David Rosich	245,000 40,000	40,000
Niklas Astedt	238,000 52,000	52,000
Daniel Jackson	230,000 55,000	55,000
Samuel Dray	229,000 23,500	23,500
Anton Wigg	220,000 15,000	15,000
Felix Schneiders	217,500 45,500	45,500
Panagiotis Oikonomidis	215,000 24,000	24,000
Adrian State	210,000 83,000	83,000
Boris Kuzmanovic	204,500 58,500	58,500

Payouts Released; $1,030,000 for First-Place

Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The EPT Cyprus Main Event is underway, with 344 of 1,284 total entries remaining.

Out of these, 862 were unique players, while 422 came back as re-entries, pushing the prize pool to a massive $6,227,400.

With 191 places paid, anyone making it into the money is guaranteed at least $8,400, but all eyes are on the top prize of $1,030,000.

Place	Prize
1	$1,030,000
2	$642,300
3	$459,000
4	$353,100
5	$271,400
6	$208,720
7	$160,500
8	$123,400
9	$94,940
10-11	$73,100
12-13	$60,900
14-15	$50,760
16-17	$42,280
18-20	$36,740
21-23	$31,940
24-27	$27,780
28-31	$24,160
32-39	$20,980
40-55	$18,240
56-71	$15,880
72-95	$13,820
96-119	$12,020
120-143	$10,460
144-182	$9,100
183-191	$8,400

10-16-2024 13:06 UTC+2

Stankov Busts Compte

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Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Short-stack Sebastien Compte got his last 6,000 into the middle, and was looked up by Ivan Stankov.

Sebastien Compte: A♦8♣ All in
Ivan Stankov: A♠10♣

Compte's ace was dominated, and although a chop seemed possible, he exited after the K♠5♠6♣K♥9♥ runout, Stankov's better kicker playing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Stankov	75,000 45,000	45,000
Sebastien Compte	Busted

Tags: Ivan Stankov Sebastien Compte

10-16-2024 13:09 UTC+2

Skarparis Bets Out Two Players on the River

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Kai Cocklin

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Salvatore Camarda opened from under the gun to 4,000 and Georgios Skarparis called in the next seat. Aleksei Savenkov also called from the hijack.

The three saw a flop of Q♣10♣6♦ where Camarda and Skarparis checked, then Savenkov fired 6,500. Camarda and Skarparis both called.

All three checked the 9♠ turn to the 3♠ river where Camarda checked and Skarparis bet 27,000. Savenkov thought long and hard before he elected to fold, and Camarda's cards were all tossed into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Jackson	220,000 10,000	10,000
Salvatore Camarda	210,000 100,000	100,000
Georgios Skarparis	170,000 30,000	30,000
Aleksei Savenkov	115,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Aleksei Savenkov Georgios Skarparis Salvatore Camarda

10-16-2024 13:12 UTC+2

Solovev Surrenders Some Chips

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kirill Solovev checked from early position on a turn of K♦2♠5♥6♦. Jakub Michalak was in the next seat over and bet 13,000 into a pot of 35,000. Solovev raised to 43,000, which Michalak called.

The J♦ turn saw Solovev size down to 20,000. A snap-call by Michalak followed, after which Solovev immediately shook his head.

He tabled 3♠3♦ for an underpair, seeing the pot shipped to Michalak with his K♠Q♣ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakub Michalak	232,000 156,500	156,500
Kirill Solovev	90,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Jakub Michalak Kirill Solovev

10-16-2024 13:16 UTC+2

Double for Bogdanov

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Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Around 50,000 was in the middle already on a board of 9♠3♠2♥J♣, in a hand between Mircea Flutur in the hijack and Yulian Bogdanov in the small blind.

Bogdanov checked, and Flutur moved all in with the covering stack. Bogdanov, who had around 48,000 behind, couldn't get his chips in quick enough.

Yulian Bogdanov: A♣J♥ All in
Mircea Flutur: 5♥3♥

Bogdanov had turned top pair jacks versus Flutur's third pair, and the Q♣ river confirmed his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	155,000 87,500	87,500
Mircea Flutur	150,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Mircea Flutur Yulian Bogdanov

10-16-2024 13:19 UTC+2

Three-Way All-In Leaves Macori Short, Blouet Triples

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Kai Cocklin

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Raphael Blouet had shoved from under the gun for 17,500 and Timur Kurbanov called from the next seat. The action then folded around to Federico Macori in the big blind, who shoved for around 85,000. Kurbanov was in the tank for a while but ultimately decided to call off his remaining 55,000 that he had behind.

Raphael Blouet: 8♦8♣ All in
Timur Kurbanov: 10♥10♦ All in
Federico Macori: A♦K♥

Macori had a great spot to eliminate two players and picked up a few more outs on the J♥Q♠J♠ flop as another queen would counterfeit his opponent's pocket pairs. However, it was Blouet who shot into the lead on the 8♥ turn as he improved to a full house, which left Macori drawing dead for the main pot.

Kurbanov was still in the lead for the 110,000-chip side pot, and remained there when the 5♠ landed on the river, which meant he made a bit of profit on the hand. Blouet tripled up, and Macori was left very short with under 10,000 remaining in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Kurbanov	110,000 26,500	26,500
Raphael Blouet	55,000 37,500	37,500
Federico Macori	9,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Federico Macori Raphael Blouet Timur Kurbanov

10-16-2024 13:21 UTC+2

Rajkovic's Double Eliminates Poccia

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The action was caught on a turn of J♣7♦5♠7♥. Adi Rajkovic in middle position checked to Marco Poccia in the cutoff. Poccia bet 15,500 into a pot of 45,000, which Rajkovic raised to 36,000.

Poccia tossed in a call and also called when Rajkovic shoved all in for 70,000 on the 5♣ river. Poccia only had 65,000 chips and was eliminated as Rajkovic had a full house with 8♣7♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adi Rajkovic	247,000 122,500	122,500
Marco Poccia	Busted

Tags: Adi Rajkovic Marco Poccia

10-16-2024 13:25 UTC+2

Hero-Call Backfires for Zhao

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Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

At least 40,000 was in the middle, with the board reading J♦9♥3♣5♣, in a hand between Jiaming Zhao and Ivan Banic.

Zhao, who had around a pot-sized bet left behind, checked to Banic, who moved all in with the covering stack. Zhao took some time to think, and eventually the clock was called.

With the countdown on, suddenly Zhao made the call.

Jiaming Zhao: 4♠4♣ All in
Ivan Banic: Q♠Q♦

Zhao had made the hero-call with fourth pair fours, but had found himself down to two outs versus Banic's overpair queens.

The J♣ river was not one of those outs, and he departed the tournament area. Banic meanwhile moves towards the 300,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Banic	292,000 141,000	141,000

Jiaming Zhao	Busted

Tags: Ivan Banic Jiaming Zhao

10-16-2024 13:30 UTC+2

Gutierrez Gets Lucky

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Endrit Geci opened the action with a raise to 4,000 in the cutoff. Elias Gutierrez sat in the small blind and thought for a minute or so before committing his stack of 15,500.

Geci snap-called and the cards were tabled.

Elias Gutierrez: Q♦J♣ All in
Endrit Geci: Q♠Q♥

Gutierrez was in bad shape but flopped some hope on 5♣K♦9♦. The 5♠ turn changed nothing, but Gutierrez's straight came in on the 10♦ river to double him up to slightly more than a starting stack.

Geci, meanwhile, was left with just 10,000, which he would lose not long after the completion of the hand.