€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd.
Day 4 Started
2019 Golden Poker Million
€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd.
Day: 4
Zamorano in the Captain's Chair to Start Today's Final Table
Welcome to the final day of the €1 million guaranteed Golden Poker Million Cyrpus €800 Main Event. The monster field of 1,186 entrants is down to just nine players to start the day in hopes of claiming the trophy and the huge €200,000 top prize.
All returned players are each guaranteed a payout of at least €13,200 for making it this far and will compete today in 90-minute levels after the final 36 minutes are played out in Level 28 with blinds at 100,000/200,000 and a big blind ante of 200,000.
Andorra's Antonio Saez Zamorano starts the day in the captain's seat with a healthy stack of 29,875,000. Other players starting with eight-figure stacks are Duzgun (21,375,000), Russia's Ruslan Bakhtiev (20,300,000), Spain's David Comeron (13,525,000), and Russia's Alexey Romanov (10,825,000). The others on the final table include Iran's Milad Oghabian (8,100,000), Ukraine's Vladyslav Pohribnyi (5,000,000), Israel's Shlomi Shimoni (4,200,000), and Turkey's Seref Dursun Anar (3,650,000).
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Saez Zamorano | Andorra | 29,875,000 | 149 |
| 2 | Samiyel Duzgun | Switzerland | 21,375,000 | 107 |
| 3 | Ruslan Bakhtiev | Russia | 20,300,000 | 102 |
| 4 | David Comeron | Spain | 13,525,000 | 68 |
| 5 | Alexey Romanov | Russia | 10,825,000 | 54 |
| 6 | Milad Oghabian | Iran | 8,100,000 | 41 |
| 7 | Vladyslav Pohribnyi | Ukraine | 5,000,000 | 25 |
| 8 | Shlomi Shimoni | Israel | 4,200,000 | 21 |
| 9 | Seref Dursun Anar | Turkey | 3,650,000 | 18 |
PokerNews will be back on the floor to cover the final table of the Main Event when cards are in the air at 3 p.m. EET with 34 minutes remaining at Level 28 with blinds at 100,000/200,000 and a big blind ante of 200,000. All returning players are guaranteed at least a €13,200 payout with the winner going home with a €200,000 top prize barring any final table deals. Stay tuned to see who wins the Golden Poker Million Cyprus Main Event.
Final Table Seat Draw
The final table seat draw is now set. Here is a look at where the final nine players are seated.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seref Dursun Anar | Turkey | 3,650,000 | 18 |
| 2 | Alexey Romanov | Russia | 10,825,000 | 54 |
| 3 | Samiyel Duzgun | Switzerland | 21,375,000 | 107 |
| 4 | David Comeron | Spain | 13,525,000 | 68 |
| 5 | Ruslan Bakhtiev | Russia | 20,300,000 | 102 |
| 6 | Shlomi Shimoni | Israel | 4,200,000 | 21 |
| 7 | Antonio Saez Zamorano | Andorra | 29,875,000 | 149 |
| 8 | Milad Oghabian | Iran | 8,100,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Vladyslav Pohribnyi | Ukraine | 5,000,000 | 25 |
Level: 28
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Action Begins
Level 28
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The final table has just kicked off.
Shlomi Shimoni Eliminated in 9th Place (€13,200); Vladyslav Pohribnyi Eliminated in 8th Place (€16,400)
Level 28
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Although players started today with an average stack of 65 big blinds, it didn't take long for two players to hit the rail.
On the second hand of the day, David Comeron opened from early position to 450,000. Shlomi Shimoni jammed for 4,200,000 from two seats over before Vladyslav Pohribnyi four-bet jammed from the button for 4,900,000. Comeron snap-called them both and a crowd surrounded the table.
Shlomi Shimoni: 
Vladyslav Pohribnyi: 
David Comeron: 
The Spanish railed erupted after Comeron's aces held throughout the hand with the 
running out on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,500,000 | 9,975,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Anar Doubles Off Romanov
Level 28
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Seref Dursun Anar four-bet jammed for more than 3.1 million from the cutoff and was called by Alexey Romanov from the button.
Anar turned over 
and was in a good shape to double with Romanov holding 
.
The 
flop gave Anar a set and his opponent was drawing dead after the 
came on the turn. The pot was officially awarded to Anar paired the board on the river to improve Anar's hand further to a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,300,000 | -3,525,000 |
|
6,500,000 | 2,850,000 |
Romanov Gets Some Chips Back
Level 28
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Ruslan Bakhtiev opened for 425,000 from under the gun and Alexey Romanov called from the button. Bakhtiev bet 450,000 after the 
came on the flop and Romanov called.
Bakhtiev bet 1,200,000 after the came on the turn and Romanov jammed. Bakhtiev asked for a chip count and was told it was 6,300,000. A few seconds later, Bakhtiev folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,000,000 | -3,300,000 |
|
|
9,700,000 | 2,400,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
Anar Getting Short
Level 29
: 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Seref Dursun Anar opened from early position for a cool 1 million and Ruslan Bakhtiev called from late position.
Anar check-called a bet of 1.2 million after the 
flop after using one of his six time bank cards. Anar checked again after the 
came on the turn and Bakhtiev bet 1.2 million again. This time, Anar folded and showed the table 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
|
|
4,300,000 | -2,200,000 |