€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd.
Day 3 Started
€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd.
Day 3 Started
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Vladyslav Pohribnyi | Ukraine | 1,575,000 | 32 |
1 | 2 | Anton Kozko | Russia | 2,470,000 | 49 |
1 | 3 | David Comeron | Spain | 2,260,000 | 45 |
1 | 4 | Josef Gulas | Czech Republic | 4,845,000 | 97 |
1 | 5 | Dan Dumitru Apostol | Romania | 5,115,000 | 102 |
1 | 6 | Sertac Turker | Turkey | 1,800,000 | 36 |
1 | 7 | ||||
1 | 8 | Marco Marco | Israel | 2,955,000 | 59 |
2 | 1 | ||||
2 | 2 | David Verdal | Austria | 2,515,000 | 50 |
2 | 3 | Aydin Abulmuhsin | France | 655,000 | 13 |
2 | 4 | Muhammed Bozkurt | Turkey | 695,000 | 14 |
2 | 5 | Edgard Raffoul | Lebanon | 1,145,000 | 23 |
2 | 6 | Hanouadi Del Pino | Spain | 2,265,000 | 45 |
2 | 7 | Bakhtiev Ruslan | Russia | 1,500,000 | 30 |
2 | 8 | Shlomi Shimoni | Israel | 5,015,000 | 100 |
3 | 1 | David Higuera | Spain | 1,660,000 | 33 |
3 | 2 | Alexandros Erotokritou | Cyprus | 3,445,000 | 69 |
3 | 3 | Dmitrii Vitugin | Russia | 2,450,000 | 49 |
3 | 4 | Nuri Kural | Turkey | 1,250,000 | 25 |
3 | 5 | ||||
3 | 6 | ||||
3 | 7 | Daniel Prior | Austria | 1,370,000 | 27 |
3 | 8 | Carlos Baena | Spain | 600,000 | 12 |
4 | 1 | Kim Enriquez | Philippines | 600,000 | 12 |
4 | 2 | Antonio Saez Zamorano | Spain | 4,455,000 | 89 |
4 | 3 | Joseph Dorai | Israel | 2,535,000 | 51 |
4 | 4 | Jose Rivas | Venezuela | 3,005,000 | 60 |
4 | 5 | Nuri Yilmaz | Turkey | 1,060,000 | 21 |
4 | 6 | Vytautas Semeska | Lithuania | 4,105,000 | 82 |
4 | 7 | Samiyel Duzgun | Switzerland | 3,340,000 | 67 |
4 | 8 | Mario Eder | Austria | 1,310,000 | 26 |
6 | 1 | Alexey Romanov | Russia | 5,475,000 | 110 |
6 | 2 | Milad Oghabian | Netherlands | 1,995,000 | 40 |
6 | 3 | Oleksandr Lysenko | Ukraine | 1,620,000 | 32 |
6 | 4 | Murat Cakir | Turkey | 1,025,000 | 21 |
6 | 5 | Wassa | Unknown | 1,460,000 | 29 |
6 | 6 | Andreas Puntigam | Austria | 1,300,000 | 26 |
6 | 7 | Cristian Cabrera | Spain | 1,495,000 | 30 |
6 | 8 | ||||
7 | 1 | Koray Korkmaz | Turkey | 435,000 | 9 |
7 | 2 | Jose Gomez Romero | Spain | 3,525,000 | 71 |
7 | 3 | Timofei Vekshin | Russia | 3,400,000 | 68 |
7 | 4 | Andrey Golubev | Kazakhstan | 1,570,000 | 31 |
7 | 5 | Kayhan Tip | Turkey | 2,500,000 | 50 |
7 | 6 | Terje Bremseth | Norway | 1,650,000 | 33 |
7 | 7 | Pavlo Bilonozhko | Ukraine | 2,850,000 | 57 |
7 | 8 | Andrei Stonescue | Romania | 1,185,000 | 24 |
8 | 1 | Seref Dursun Anar | Turkey | 4,890,000 | 98 |
8 | 2 | Aleksandre Apryan | Switzerland | 1,300,000 | 26 |
8 | 3 | Hugo Caldeira De Brites | Portugal | 1,625,000 | 33 |
8 | 4 | Ilane Benham | Iran | 1,335,000 | 27 |
8 | 5 | Ioannis Chorianopoulos | Greece | 4,980,000 | 100 |
8 | 6 | ||||
8 | 7 | Robert Karlsson | Sweden | 940,000 | 19 |
8 | 8 | Miguel Moreno | Spain | 4,300,000 | 86 |
Welcome to Day 3 of the Golden Million Cyprus Main Event. The tournament attracted a huge field of 1,178 entrants. Yesterday witnessed opening flight survivors whittle down to just 50 players by the end of Day 2.
Today's Day 3 will play for seven 90-minute blind levels or down to a final table, whichever comes first with tomorrow scheduled to be the final day.
Russia's Alexey Romanov heads into the day with the chip lead with a stack of 5,475,000 followed by Dan Dumitru Apostol (5,115,000), Shlomi Shimoni (5,015,000), Ioannis Chorianopoulos (4,980,000), and Seref Dursun Anar (4,890,000).
Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexey Romanov | Russia | 5,475,000 | 102 |
2 | Dan Dumitru Apostol | Romania | 5,115,000 | 110 |
3 | Shlomi Shimoni | Israel | 5,015,000 | 100 |
4 | Ioannis Chorianopoulos | Greece | 4,980,000 | 100 |
5 | Seref Dursun Anar | Turkey | 4,890,000 | 98 |
Blinds start today at 25,000/50,000 with a big blind ante of 50,000 and increase every 90 minutes. Breaks will take place after every blind level. Here is a look at today's structure.
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
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22 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
23 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
24 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
25 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
26 | 60,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 |
27 | 80,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 |
28 | 100,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
Cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. EET. Stay tuned at PokerNews for coverage of Day 3 of the Main Event.
Level: 22
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Tournament Director Gerard Serra just announced to the dealers to shuffle up and deal.
The tournament has introduced shot clocks to speed up the action on Day 3. Players will have 30 seconds to react and if this isn't enough time, they will have four 30-second time bank cards they can use throughout the day.
Nuri Kural open jammed from the cutoff for 20 big blinds with before Daniel Prior three-bet jammed from one seat over with for a bit more.
The players in the blinds folded and Kural was eliminated after he was unable to improve with the running out on the board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Prior | 2,600,000 | 1,230,000 |
Nuri Kural | Busted |
Two Nuri's were the first two players eliminated on Day 3. Antonio Saez Zamorano opened to 105,000 from early positon. Nuri Yilmaz used a time-bank card before he three-bet jammed for about 1.5 million. The action folded back to Zamorano who made the snap-call.
Nuri Yilmaz:
Antonio Saez Zamorano:
The ran out on the board and Yilmaz hit the rail. Meanwhile, Antonio Saez Zamorano became the tournament's chip leader after the hand.
Shortly after, Carlos Baena and Murat Cakir were eliminated at other tables.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Antonio Saez Zamorano | 7,000,000 | 2,545,000 |
Nuri Yilmaz | Busted | |
Carlos Baena | Busted | |
Murat Cakir | Busted |
Pavlo Bilonozhko opened for 115,000 from the button. Jose Gomez Romero three-bet from the big blind to 475,000. Vilonozhko used a time bank card and was down to one second on the timer before he four-bet to 1,175,000.
Romero opted to call and the came on the flop. Romero checked-called a bet from his opponent of 650,000 with about the same stack behind.
The paired the board on the turn and Bilonozhko jammed for a few chips more than covering his opponent's remaining stack. Romero snap-called and got the bad news.
Pavlo Bilonozhko:
Jose Gomez Romero:
Romero still had some outs but none of them came with the completing the board on the river.
A few seconds later, David Higuera followed Romero to the rail at a different table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pavlo Bilonozhko | 5,200,000 | 2,350,000 |
Jose Gomez Romero | Busted | |
David Higuera | Busted |
Edgard Raffoul didn't enter today with a big stack and now he has no stack. He jammed for about 12 big blinds with and was called by an opponent with .
The flop kept Raffoul ahead. Raffoul appeared to be in better shape after nailing a set once the came on the turn.
However, luck wasn't on Raffoul's side as the spiked the river to give his opponent a straight and Raffoul headed to the rail in 44th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Edgard Raffoul | Busted |