Dinner Break
Level 18
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Players will have 30 minutes to eat and clear their minds for the big battle of the final table bubble. We'll be back soon.
2019 PokerNews Cup Casino Finix
€1,100 High Roller
Day: 2
Krastanov Left the Field at Ten Players
Level 18
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Momchil Krastanov was short for a long time and he was found all in against Dimitrios Michailidis who was covering him.
Krastanov: 
Michailidis: 
The board came 
and Krastanov departed in 11th place, good enough to earn him a min-cash of €2,050.
All remaining players have reached the first pay-jump and they secured €2,550.
Two Quick Eliminations in the Money
Level 18
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The first two players that managed to min-cash in the High Roller are Ivan Ivanov and Spyridon Michailidis. Ivan Ivanov busted right after the bubble burst and we missed him, but we caught the bustout hand of Spyridon Michailidis.
He open shoved for 250,000 from early position and two seats on his left was Loukas Kioutsoukis who called him. Michailidis' hand was 
and Kioutsoukis had 
with the board coming 
sending Michailidis to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Official Numbers & Who to Watch
Level 18
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Sotirios Koutoupas is the Bubble Boy of the High Roller
Level 18
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
A couple of hands into hand-for-hand and with four players around 10 big blinds it was expected for the bubble to break quickly.
Sotirios Koutoupas is the unlucky player who left empty-handed and sent all the remaining players in the money. Koutoupas shove from early position for 12 big blinds and Andreas Halkiadakis answered with his own shove from the button. Halkiadakis covered Koutoupas and the players opened their hands:
Koutoupas: 
Halkiadakis: 
The flop was devastating for Koutoupas as 
gave a full house to Halkiadakis and Koutoupas needed a miracle to stay alive. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river was mostly a formality and the successful Greek player left his seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Money Bubble
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Dimitrios Michailidis was on the cut-off and he open shoved, having three short stacks to act after him. He was covering all players and only Ivaylo Yordanov called from the small blind.
Michailidis: 
Yordanov: 
The board came 
and Yordanov was eliminated in 15th place.
This means that 14 players are left for the High Roller and we are officially in the money bubble. The two tables will play hand-for-hand until one player busts.
After bubble bursts, they will play until there nine players left, forming the final table of the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Nice Life for Tzakos
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
This is the feeling you have when you pick up aces and one of your opponents has ace-king. Now double this feeling, because in this situation, two of Tzakos' opponents had ace-king in his aces!
The three players put all their chips in the middle and their hands were:
Konstantin Aykov: 
Ivaylo Yordanov: 
Marios Tzakos:
The board came 
and Tzakos won a very crucial pot, while Aykov busted and Yordanov left short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000 | 440,000 |
|
|
310,000 | 136,500 |
|
Busted |
Last Two Tables Redraw
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Seat | Table 1 | Table 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dimitrios Dimitros | Momchil Krastanov |
| 2 | Spyridon Michailidis | Marcel Galustov |
| 3 | Sotirios Koutoupas | Konstantin Aykov |
| 4 | Polykarpos Stryvakis | Blago Alexandrov |
| 5 | Loukas Kioutsoukis | Marios Tzakos |
| 6 | Andreas Halkiadakis | Dimitrios Michailidis |
| 7 | Konstantinos Nanos | Ivan Ivanov |
| 8 | Leonidas Mavidis | Ivaylo Yordanov |
Second Time is the Charm for Stryvakis
Level 17
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Polykarpos Stryvakis had again a big hand versus Andrey Gabrovski. This time Gabrovski shove from the cut-off for 252,000, and Stryvakis called from the button.
The blinds folded and Stryvakis was way ahead with aces versus Gabrovski's sevens.
The board was 
and Gabrovski busted, while Stryvakis keeps on growing his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
Busted |