€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd.
Day 3 Completed
2019 Golden Poker Million
€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd.
Day: 3
Antonio Saez Zamorano Leads the Final Table of the Golden Poker Million Cyprus Main Event
Level 28
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Andorra's Antonio Saez Zamorano leads the way in the €1 million guaranteed Golden Poker Million Cyrpus €800 Main Event heading into Monday's final table.
Day 3 began with 50 hopefuls battling it out in hopes of advancing to the final day where the winner is slated to be awarded a cool €200,000. All 50 players were guaranteed at least a minimum payout of at least €2,050.
Despite the 90-minute blind levels throughout the day, players were eliminated at a fast and furious pace with ten elimination during the first blind level and another ten following during the second blind level. Originally the day was scheduled for seven blind levels but the final table was reached with 34 minutes remaining during the last blind level when the tournament director called it a day after Spain's Miguel Moreno jack-ten was unable to out-flip Switzerland's Samiyel Duzgun nines.
Russia's Alexey Romanov began the day with the chip lead before giving it over to Zambrano early in the day after he elimination Nuri Yilmaz in 49th place for €2,050 when his big slick held strong against ace-jack. Romanov was able to get the chip lead back before handing it over to Duzgun.
Romanov took the lead back from Duzgun but then Zamorano went on a roll. He first doubled up against Russia's Dmitrii Vitugin when he got paid on the river after his jack-ten completed a straight against his opponent's nines with a potential straight draw completing.
A little luck didn't hurt for Zamorano. Very soon after, Zamorano got it all in with eights and got there on the river to eliminate Vitugin who held aces and Israel's Marco Marco who held sevens. From that point, Zamorano held the lead for the entire day.
Tomorrow's final table will be a deep-stacked affair with the starting average stack north over 65 big blinds. It was also be an international affair with players from eight different countries still in contention.
In addition to Zamorano, other players starting with eight-figure stacks are Duzgun (21,375,000), Russia's Bakhtiev Ruslan (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).
The final table seat draw will be done near the start of tomorrow's action.
| 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 Bahktiev | 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 tomorrow 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 Chip Counts
Level 28
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The tournament director informed us that the seat draw won't be available until near the start of action tomorrow at 3 p.m. EET.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,875,000 | 7,875,000 |
|
21,375,000 | |
|
20,300,000 | 4,800,000 |
|
13,525,000 | -1,475,000 |
|
10,825,000 | -7,175,000 |
|
8,100,000 | -5,900,000 |
|
5,000,000 | 1,720,000 |
|
4,200,000 | -970,000 |
|
3,650,000 | 150,000 |
Day 3 Ends After the Elimination of Moreno
Level 28
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Miguel Moreno bubbled the final table. He jammed 
jammed 15 big blinds on the button and was called by Samiyel Duzgun in the big blind with 
.
Moreno flopped an open-ended straight draw with the 
hitting the board but he was unable to complete that nor able to nail his overcards with the 
coming on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
Although Moreno wasn't able to make it to the final table, he didn't secure a five figure payout of €10,500.
Play will resume tomorrow with 36:22 remaining on the clock on Level 28. Stay tuned for the final table chip counts, seat draw, and the Day 3 recap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,375,000 | 11,875,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Comeron Ousts Bilonozhko
Level 28
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Pavlo Bilonozhko opened for 450,000 with 
before David Comeron three-bet to 1,200,000 with 
. Bilonozhko four-bet jammed for 6.5 million and Comeron, who had his opponent covered, made the call.
Comeron's ladies held throughout the hand with the 
running out on the board and Bilonozhko was eliminated in 11th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,000,000 | 10,745,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Day 3 Elimination Breakout by Blind Level
Level 28
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
| Level | Players Started | Players Eliminated | Players Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 50 | 10 | 40 |
| 23 | 40 | 10 | 30 |
| 24 | 30 | 5 | 25 |
| 25 | 25 | 8 | 17 |
| 26 | 17 | 3 | 14 |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | 11 |
| 28 | 11 | ? | ? |
Level: 28
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
Break
Level 27
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Players are on their final break of Day 3.
Semaska Out with Sixes
Level 27
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Milad Oghabian opened in the small blind. Vytautas Semaska three-bet more than half his stack for around 2.5 million. Oghabian four-bet jammed and Semaska called.
Semaska turned over 
and needed some of help against the 
held by his opponent. Semaska was just about drawing dead after the 
came on the flop. A blank came on the turn and Semaska was drawing dead and eliminated in 12th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
14,000,000 | 6,200,000 |
|
Busted |
Obhabian Doubles Off Semaska
Level 27
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
A player opened before Milad Oghabian three-bet jammed for 3.5 million. Vytautas Semaska four-bet jammed for more than double that and the opening player folded.
Milad Oghabian: 
Vytautas Semaska: 
Oghabian was the player at risk but his jacks won the flip with the 
running out on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,800,000 | 2,800,000 |
|
|
4,100,000 | -5,900,000 |