$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 3 Started
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$6,227,400
Entries
1,284
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
144
Players Left
45
Players Left 1 / 1,284
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The PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus has reached its halfway point in the $5,300 EPT Main Event, with the action set to resume today at 12 p.m. EEST.
From an initial field of 1,284 players, only 144 remain in contention at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa. Two frontrunners have emerged, leading the pack into Day 3. Bulgaria’s Fahredin Mustafov sits atop the leaderboard with a hefty stack of 920,000 chips, just ahead of Russia’s Ivan Zabiiakin, who holds 915,000. Germany’s Oliver Weis rounds out the top three with 715,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 920,000 | 184 |
| 2 | Ivan Zabiiakin | Russia | 915,000 | 183 |
| 3 | Oliver Weis | Germany | 715,000 | 143 |
| 4 | Damir Zhugralin | Kazakhstan | 705,000 | 141 |
| 5 | Shankui Li | China | 693,000 | 139 |
| 6 | Chakib Mhiri | Tunisia | 648,000 | 130 |
| 7 | Georgios Tsouloftas | Cyprus | 620,000 | 124 |
| 8 | Radoslav Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 575,000 | 115 |
| 9 | Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | 573,000 | 115 |
| 10 | Mohamad El Rais | Switzerland | 563,000 | 113 |
The event attracted 1,284 entries, and now, the remaining players will battle for their share of a $6,227,400 prize pool. The eventual champion will walk away with $1,030,000, the prestigious PokerStars trophy, and the title of EPT champion. Every player still in the field is guaranteed at least $9,100, with a pay jump just one elimination away, bumping the next payout to $10,460.
Day 3 will start at noon, local time, with blinds of 2,500/5,000 and a 5,000 big blind ante. The plan is to play five more levels as the field shrinks further toward the final table. Today also marks the start of the shot clock, with players having 15 seconds for their first decision and 30 seconds for subsequent moves. Each participant begins with six time-bank cards, giving them extra seconds to think in high-pressure situations.
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Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Cards are in the air here on Day 3 of the $5,300 EPT Cyprus Main Event. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of what is sure to be a day of poker thrills and spills.
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Sebastian Malec from under the gun and Milos Skrbic from the next seat played out a pot which left the latter at risk preflop for his stack of around 150,000.
Milos Skrbic: Q♥Q♣ 
Sebastian Malec: A♥A♦
Skrbic had picked up a premium, but it wasn't quite good enough as his pocket queens were crushed by the aces of Malec. The flop of 5♣4♣5♥ offered no help to Skrbic, but he did pick up a flush draw on the K♣ turn, which peaked his interest in the pot. However, the 10♥ river wasn't the card he needed, and he was the first player to hit he rail on Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
540,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Joao Tomas raised to 10,000 in the cutoff as action folded to Uri Reichenstein in the big blind. He asked the dealer what would happen if his clock ran out as he took a moment before calling.
The flop came Q♣7♦5♠ and Reichenstein again took his time before leading out for 10,000. Tomas immediately raised enough to put him all in and Reichenstein called for an additional 6,000.
Uri Reichenstein: 3♥3♠
Joao Tomas: A♦Q♦
Tomas had flopped top pair and had Reichestein at risk as the board ran out K♠9♠, sending Reichenstein to the rail. "Sorry for the time. I was trying to make the jump," Reichenstein told his tablemates as he got up from his seat.
"It was worth an extra thousand," Danielle Noja replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
In the first hand of the day, Halil Tasyurek opened to 10,000 under the gun, and received a call from Valeriy Fokin on the button.
On the J♥8♦2♣ flop, Taysurek check-raised to 33,000 over a bet of 11,000 from Fokin, and Fokin quickly folded.
Halil Tasyurek opened to 10,000 again in the next hand, and Kazi Bairamukov defended the big blind.
The 9♣5♠2♠ flop was checked through. On the 10♥ turn, Bairamukov led out with a bet of 13,000, which Tasyurek called.
The K♦ river completed the board and was checked through. Bairamukov tabled J♥9♥ for a pair of nines, and that was good enough for the pot as Taysurek mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
185,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
90,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of 2♠5♣A♣, Christian Steindel bet 17,000 from the small blind and Danielle Noja called in the hijack.
The turn was the Q♣ and Steindel bet 45,000. Noja then moved all in for 121,000 and Steindel quickly called.
Steindel turned over Q♦Q♥ for a turned set. "Okay, nice call I guess," Noja said as he showed A♠7♠ and was already drawing dead by the 8♣ river as Steindel scored the early knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Mikhail Shalamov opened from under the gun to 10,000 and Artur Martirosian three-bet from the hijack to 32,000. When the action got back to Shalamov, he four-bet to 65,000, and Martirosian called.
On the flop of 2♦Q♥9♦, Shalamov fumbled with his chips a little then fired out a bet of 35,000, which Martirosian called.
When the 5♥ landed on the turn, Shalamov shoved for 120,000. Martirosian thought for a while and used some extra time before he eventually called.
Mikhail Shalamov: A♠A♣
Artur Martirosian: A♥10♥
Martirosian had a flush draw, which was his only hope of winning the pot. Fortunately for Shalamov, no heart came on the river as the 9♠ completed the runout, which earned him a double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
|
170,000
203,000
|
203,000 |
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