Heads-up on a flop of 10♥4♦6♠, Vicente Delgado bet 65,000 from the big blind and Vladimir Korzinin called in the hijack.
Delgado checked the Q♣ turn and Korzinin moved all in for 220,000. Delgado called with K♥10♠ for a pair of tens, while Korzinin was on a straight draw holding A♦K♠.
The J♣ fell on the river and Korzinin reached across the table to shake Delgado's hand. "You're welcome," he said as he got up from his seat, but the table informed him that he had won the pot by making his straight on the river.
"F**k me sideways," Korzinin said as he sat back down.
Alexander Zubov raised to 12,000 in the cutoff, Santhosh Suvarna three-bet to 56,000 in the big blind, and Zubov called.
Suvarna continued for 27,000 on the 9♣8♦5♥ flop and Zubov called. Suvarna slowed down and checked the 6♣ turn, Zubov bet 42,000, and Suvarna called.
Suvarna checked again on the 9♥ river and Zubov bet 175,000. Suvarna used up several time banks until he eventually called and Zubov showed 10♦9♦ for trip nines to win the big pot.
Vicente Delgado and Vladimir Korzinin built a pot of around 80,000 as they went heads-up to a flop of 10♠8♣J♥. Both players checked to the 4♣ turn.
Korzinin then bet 31,000 from the big blind and Delgado raised to 100,000 in the cutoff. Korzinin called and the 7♠ fell on the river. Delgado then bet another 100,000 and Korzinin again called.
Delgado turned over A♠J♠ for top pair and Korzinin mucked.
Vicente Delgado stormed into the lead on the first day of the European Poker Tour Cyprus $50,000 Super High Roller, and an elite field filled with some of the biggest names in poker will try to track him down when Day 2 begins at 12:30 p.m. local time.
Delgado takes 1,880,000 into the day, more than twice his closest challenger. That happens to be EPT champion Artur Martirosian, no stranger to competing against the game’s best with nearly $16 million in live career earnings, who sits in second place with 910,000. Daniel Rezaei (780,000), Biao Ding (741,000), and Alexander Zubov (660,000) round out the top five at the start of the day.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Vicente Delgado
Spain
1,880,000
313
2
Artur Martirosian
Russia
910,000
152
3
Daniel Rezaei
Austria
780,000
130
4
Biao Ding
China
741,000
124
5
Alexander Zubov
Russia
660,000
110
6
Jamil Wakil
Canada
644,000
107
7
Santhosh Suvarna
India
601,000
100
8
Ognyan Dimov
Bulgaria
584,000
97
9
Vladimir Korzinin
Estonia
553,000
92
10
Morten Klein
Norway
342,000
57
Delgado finished second to Juan Pardo in this event last year but exacted a bit of revenge when he busted Pardo yesterday. The defending champion soon reentered and enters Day 2 with 262,000. Other players returning include Santhosh Suvarna (601,000), Ognyan Dimov (584,000), Thomas Eychenne (252,000), Aleksejs Ponakovs (219,000), and EPT Barcelona back-to-back Super High Roller champion Kayhan Mokri (219,000). EPT champs Adrian Mateos and Dimitar Danchev are at the bottom of the counts with 192,000 and 182,000, respectively.
Juan Pardo
The 16 players returning for Day 2 aren’t the only ones who can make a run at the title, however. Late registration remains open until the start of play, so there is still an opportunity for more players to jump in. A total of 36 players have entered so far. The action on Day 2 picks up on Level 9 with blinds of 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 big blind ante, with the starting stack of 250,000 still worth more than 40 big blinds. Play is scheduled to reach the final table today, which will then be streamed on PokerStars’ YouTube channel tomorrow.
Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the day for all the live updates as this star-studded field battles to reach the final table here at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Casino in North Cyprus.
