$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2014 Cyprus - Live Events Int.
$200,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 Cyprus - Live Events Int.
Buy-in
$1,350
Prize Pool
$433,445
Entries
331
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Maksym Panyak Leads, Aleksii Khoroshenin Still in Contention
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The second day of the Live Events International Cyprus Main Event was again a day full of exciting poker action. The day started with 131 survivors from the 285 who started Day 1a and 1b combined. That number wasn't final yet, though, as players were still able to enter and reenter for the first three one-hour levels. And so they did, as the tournament clock read 331 after registration officially closed.
With 331 entries, the total prize pool grew to $433,445, one of the biggest poker tournaments to have ever been organized on Cypriot soil. The $200,000 guaranteed the Live Events International organization put on the event was shattered, and tournament director Thomas Kremser announced that 27 players would get in the money, with the winner walking away with an impressive $102,000.
There were no payouts rewarded on Day 2, as eight levels of play wasn't enough to reach the bubble. Thirty-two players will return to the beautiful poker room of Noah's Ark Resort on Tuesday, and the first hurdle they'll have to take is reaching the money, followed by reaching the 10-handed final table. Whats more is that a winner has to be crowned on this final day of play as well. With a 51-big blind average stack, that might prove a big task.
A lot of the familiar names won't be returning to action, as they fell far before the end of the day. Sergey Rybachenko, who wasn't seen using his iPad once this tournament — a unique thing — reentered at the start of the day after busting on Day 1b. He couldn't spin his 30 big blinds into a deep run, and left not long after registration closed. The same could be said about Vladimir Troyanovskiy, though the Russian high roller had a decent stack at one point, but it didn't last.
European Poker Tour Vienna champion Oleksii Khoroshenin did live up to the high hopes. He started out as one of the top stacks and ended the day with an above-average pile of chips — 574,000 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 to make for the fifth stack overall.
Of the 331 entries, just two of those came from a lady. Nataliya Iakovleva entered twice, but won't be one of the players cashing in this event. After already playing a very memorable hand on Day 1 where she quintupled after flopping top set, she again played a hand she won't easily forget. Iakovleva got it in with the 
before the flop against two opponents who both had pocket eights. Iakovleva flopped as good as she could without hitting when the 
fell. She was a 75% favorite to triple up, but the turn was the worst card in the deck for her, the 
. Her chances of tripling were slashed down to a mere 19%, and the 
on the river wasn't one of the cards she had left to hit.
One of the bigger stacks at the start of Day 3 will be Igor Ovcharenko's. He gathered chips left and right, and every now and then he sent someone home. Oleksandr Zlotnik was one of his victims, and the Ukrainian will most likely remember that one for a while. Zlotnik flopped trips with king-jack, only to see Ovcharenko make runner-runner straight with nine-ten suited.
With 633,000 in chips, Ovcharenko is second in chips, meaning there's only one person better right now. The absolute top stack belongs to Maksym Panyak, who gathered 1,009,500. Like Troyanovskiy, Panyak was seen playing poker on his iPad, and he even had two iPad tablets in front of him at one point while crushing the tournament. Panyak was busy playing open-face Chinese poker on his iPad and busting out players on the live felt.
With 32 players remaining, the bubble is just five eliminations away. Day 3 will begin at 1 p.m. local time, and PokerNews is on site again to bring you coverage till there's a winner.
Seat Draw Day 3
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Artur Gaynanov | 281,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Sevket Yildiz | 580,500 |
| 1 | 3 | Dmitriy Grishin | 536,500 |
| 1 | 5 | Kerem Kiyak | 165,500 |
| 1 | 6 | Mustafa Biz | 315,500 |
| 1 | 7 | Alexandr Komarrov | 111,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | 574,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Sergii Minaiev | 344,500 |
| 2 | 1 | Viacheslav Igin | 598,500 |
| 2 | 2 | Kassis Said | 100,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Iurii Slastushenskii | 84,500 |
| 2 | 4 | Vyacheslav Stoyanov | 206,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Ahmet Ucali | 273,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Nikolay Prokhorskiy | 134,500 |
| 2 | 8 | Ivan Sheptytskyi | 263,500 |
| 2 | 9 | Srda Milovic | 291,500 |
| 3 | 1 | Alexander Kupriyanov | 93,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Ilya Zuykov | 560,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Nurlan Boobekov | 146,500 |
| 3 | 5 | Heorhii Doroshev | 249,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Dmitrii Semenov | 139,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Aliaksandr Adzerykha | 115,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Maksym Panyak | 1,009,500 |
| 3 | 9 | Krill Radizvanov | 422,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Igor Ovcharenko | 633,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Evgeniy Nam | 123,500 |
| 4 | 4 | Aleksandr Orlov | 68,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Vyacheslav Bondartsev | 510,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Jorn Walthaus | 261,500 |
| 4 | 7 | Dmitry Chernikov | 214,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Mustafa Meryumoglu | 425,500 |
| 4 | 9 | Dmitrii Pashpekin | 101,500 |
End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,009,500 | -140,500 |
|
633,000 | -187,000 |
|
598,500 | 313,500 |
|
580,500 | 445,500 |
|
574,000 | 74,000 |
|
560,000 | 400,000 |
|
536,500 | 326,500 |
|
510,000 | 463,900 |
|
425,500 | 300,600 |
|
422,000 | 202,000 |
|
344,500 | 234,500 |
|
315,500 | -21,500 |
|
291,500 | 151,800 |
|
|
281,000 | 193,200 |
|
273,000 | 156,200 |
|
263,500 | -81,500 |
|
261,500 | 211,500 |
|
249,000 | 120,300 |
|
214,000 | 174,700 |
|
206,000 | 146,600 |
|
165,500 | 69,800 |
|
146,500 | -23,500 |
|
|
139,000 | 39,600 |
|
|
134,500 | |
|
123,500 | 20,200 |
Big Stack Photos
See you tomorrow!
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The tournament has finished for the day. We'll report back to you later tonight with the chip counts of the remaining 34 players, and the seat draw for tomorrow.
Six More Hands
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
And then the day is done for. The tournament won't reach the money stage most lilely, the bubble is still seven eliminations away.
Turker Baloglu Eliminated With Some Drama
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
On a 
board we saw Turker Baloglu bet out 16,000 from the big blind. His opponent, the Russian player on the button, shoved all in and the decision was on Baloglu who had 52,000 behind. We came over at this point as the dealer asked a floor to put the clock on Baloglu after a different Russian player asked for it.
"It hasn't even been one minute, try to be a gentleman!" said Baloglu irritated, "I guess these guys are friends or something, it hasn't even been one minute"
Baloglu did get the one minute warning from the floor after he consulted with the dealer. Baloglu eventually made the call, slamming 
on the table. It wouldn't be enough, as his opponent tabled 
for the nuts.
Baloglu said "Nice hand" and wished the rest of the table good luck. Just for the person who had asked for the time he had a different message; "The next time we play, as soon as you speak one word of Russian I'll call the floor! Be a gentleman!" Baloglu said straight to his face.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Artem Petrichenko Eliminated
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Dmitriy Grishin opened for 11,500 from the hijack, and his neighbor Artem Petrichenko in the cutoff shoved all in for 65,500. The button and both blinds folded, but Grishin made the call after informing himself how much it was.
Dmitriy Grishin: 
Artem Petrichenko: 
Petrichenko had a slight advantage, but it wouldn't be enough eventually: 
. Grishin rivered a flush and knocked out Petrichenko.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000 | 119,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Radizvanov Hits His Set
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Artem Petrichenko opened from middle position to 11,000, and Lion Carinthian in the small blind and Krill Radizvanov in the big blind made the call.
All three of them checked on 
and the 
hit the turn. Carinthian checked again, but Radizvanov bet out 22,000. Petrichenko made the call, the big blind folded.
The 
on the river paired the board and Radizvanov bet out 43,000. Petrichenko tossed in the only two 25,000 chips he had, looking like he expected to get them returned soon. He wouldn't, as Radizvanov tabled 
for the full house. Petrichenko mucked with a look of despair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000 | 107,300 |
|
|
69,000 | -43,300 |