Level: 16
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Level: 16
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Players are now on a 15-minute break
Tomasz Krzesinski, Sergei Nesterenko, and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau just got into a three-way all-in with Vaskaboinikau having the most chips, and a chance to bust two players.
Tomasz Krzesinski: A♣Q♦J♣10♥
Sergei Nesterenko: A♦A♥K♥Q♠
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: J♦9♦8♣7♣
Nesterenko's aces managed to hold up somehow on the 5♦4♦3♥5♣J♠ runout, and he almost tripled up, while Krzesinski was out.
Vaskaboinikau was left short-stacked and was eliminated a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,200,000
1,950,000
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1,950,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 720,000 | 12 |
| 1 | 2 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 4,100,000 | 68 |
| 1 | 3 | Sean Rafael | United States | 550,000 | 9 |
| 1 | 4 | Manuel Stojanovic | Austria | 1,600,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 5 | Richard Gryko | United Kingdom | 1,650,000 | 28 |
| 1 | 6 | Espen Myrmo | Norway | 800,000 | 13 |
| 1 | 7 | Raphael Schreiner | Austria | 550,000 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | Tomasz Krzesinski | Poland | 900,000 | 15 |
| 2 | 2 | Marcus Dieleman | Netherlands | 5,700,000 | 95 |
| 2 | 3 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 980,000 | 16 |
| 2 | 4 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 2,100,000 | 35 |
| 2 | 5 | Jorryt van Hoof | Netherlands | 1,200,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 6 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 1,800,000 | 30 |
| 2 | 7 | Sergei Nesterenko | Russia | 1,250,000 | 21 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,700,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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4,100,000
2,800,000
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2,800,000 |
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2,100,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
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||
|
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1,800,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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1,650,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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||
|
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1,600,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
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1,250,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
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1,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
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980,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
|
900,000 | |
|
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800,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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720,000
255,000
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255,000 |
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550,000
50,000
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50,000 |
|
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550,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
In the 913th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway comes to you from the World Poker Tour (WPT) Cyprus Championship at Chamada Prestige Hotel & Casino. He caught up with the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champ Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi to find out what he's been up to since his big win, his future plans, and his upcoming trip to the Bahamas for the World Tournament of Slots (WToS).
Mizrachi is busy trying to win his seat in the exclusive event, which will only have 500 players compete for a $1,000,000 top prize. And we're also excited to reveal that PokerNews will be giving away a seat to one lucky winner! Click here to learn more about the WToS.
Chad then tosses it back to Las Vegas, where Mike Holtz is joined by two-time WSOP bracelet winner Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin to discuss one online site's controversial feature that allows players to pay to see hole cards, Matt Savage's polarizing tweet about the danger of misusing official poker terms, and the passing of Poker Hall of Famer Jack McClelland.
Chad then returns to discuss recent tournament winners, including Ilia Kitsbabahvili and Ludovic Geilich at the WPT Cyprus, as well as Shannon Shorr and Jake Cody at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO). Finally, Matt Savage gave Chad an exclusive by revealing one of the bounties at the upcoming WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, and then Chad caught up with that player from the floor of the WPT Cyprus!
Richard Gryko made it 160,000 from the hijack and Gergo Nagy jammed for around 340,000 from the button. Gryko called and the players went to a showdown.
Gergo Nagy: A♠K♣Q♥J♦
Richard Gryko: K♥K♦2♥2♠
The dealer put out the A♥K♠3♣ flop to give Nagy two pair and a straight draw, while Gryko was in the lead with a set of kings. The rest of the board ran out J♥Q♠ and all of Nagy's stack headed over to gryko.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,500,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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Busted | |
On a completed board of 10♠6♠10♣7♥7♦, Manuel Stojanovic was up out of his chair after Marcus Dieleman had bet the pot of 1,510,000 from the button.
Stojanovic, who was seated in the big blind, was visibly distressed by the spot he was in, and after using a few of his time bank cards, slammed in the call.
Dieleman turned over 7♣6♥4♣3♣ for a full house. Stojanovic couldn't beat it as he launched his cards into the muck, and the pot went over to Dieleman, who has over five million chips in his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,600,000
1,800,000
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1,800,000 |
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900,000
2,500,000
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2,500,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Four ways to the turn on a board of 2♥K♠9♠2♣. Manuel Stojanovic was first to act from the small blind and put out a bet of 125,000. Jorryt van Hoof called from the big blind, while Manuel Stojanovic folded from under the gun, and Fahredin Mustafov let go of his hand from the button.
The J♦ dropped on the river and Dieleman decided to check. Van Hoof used a time bank card, then bet 250,000. Dieleman snap-folded, and Van Hoof picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,800,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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3,400,000
1,100,000
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1,100,000 |
|
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1,800,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
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550,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |