In the hijack position, Valeriy Fokin pushed all in for his last 38,000 and got called by Santhosh Suvarna in the cutoff.
Valeriy Fokin: A♥J♥
Santhosh Suvarna: K♠J♠
Suvarna needed to improve his hand to knock Fokin out of the tournament. The flop came Q♠8♥10♣, giving Suvarna plenty of possibilities, but the turn was a 3♣ and the river a 5♥, which didn’t help him at all. Fokin doubled up, keeping his tournament hopes alive.
Jesse Wigan raised to 13,000 on the button before Timo Kamphues three-bet to 52,000 in the small blind. Wigan called and they went heads-up to the Q♣Q♦J♣ flop.
Kamphues then bet 30,000 and Wigan called. The turn was the 4♦ and Kamphues bet another 85,000. Wigan responded by moving all in and Kamphues, with around 120,000 remaining, quickly folded.
In a hand between Niklas Astedt under the gun and Eleftherios Sinnos in the big blind, around 45,000 was in the middle on a board of Q♣9♠3♣9♣.
Sinnos led out with a bet of 16,000 and Astedt called.
The 4♦ river completed the board, and Sinnos fired out a bet of 60,000. Astedt went into the tank, with about 110,000 behind, and after burning through three timebanks he made the call.
Sinnos showed 9♦7♦ for the turned trip nines, and Astedt mucked.
In the next hand, action folded to Christopher Nguyen on the button, who opened to 15,000, with Astedt defending the big blind.
On the K♠Q♦J♦ flop, Astedt check-called versus a 50,000 bet covering his remaining stack.
Niklas Astedt: K♥7♥
Christopher Nguyen: A♦10♥
Astedt had flopped top pair but was drawing to a chop versus Nguyen's flopped nut straight, with the 6♦ turn and J♥ river confirming Astedt's departure.
Guy Taylor raised from the hijack to 12,000 and [Removed:548] called from the cutoff.
They went to a flop of J♥10♦Q♦ where Taylor fired a continuation-bet of 12,000. which [Removed:549] called.
A 4♣ landed on the turn and again Taylor bet, this time with a sizing of 28,000. [Removed:549] called.
When the 8♣ completed the runout, Taylor shoved, which gave [Removed:549] a decision for his remaining stack of around 65,000. After contemplating for a while, [Removed:549] dropped in the call.
Taylor then showed the nuts with A♦K♣, and [Removed:549]'s KxQ♥ went into the muck.
Three players saw a flop of 10♦8♦4♣ where Akin Tuna bet 30,000 from the button. Hugues Mazerolle called in the big blind, while Henadzi Deilik folded in the small blind.
The turn was the K♦ and Tuna bet 70,000. Mazerolle then moved all in for 180,000 and Tuna snap-called.
Mazerolle showed Q♠J♦ for flush and straight draws, while Tuna had A♦A♣. The river was the 3♠ and Mazerolle missed all of his outs as he headed for the rail.
"You can't complain. Kings and now aces," tablemate Dick Postel said to Tuna after the hand.
"I lose to you," Tuna replied.
"Poker is a game where you always have to complain about something," Postel added.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Level 16 has come to an end in Day 3 of the EPT Cyprus Main Event, with the starting field of 144 reduced to 106.
The players have been sent on a 20-minute break.
Mihai Niste was all-in for 153,000 from the small blind and Niklas Astedt put him at risk on the button.
Mihai Niste: A♦7♦
Niklas Astedt: A♠J♠
Astedt had Niste dominated and was poised for a knockout until the flop brought 7♥5♣5♦, giving Niste the lead with two pair. The rest of the K♣2♦ board missed Astedt and he handed over most of his stack.
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