Loukas Kioutsoukis open-jammed for a little more than 20 big blinds from the cutoff. It folded around to Dimitrios Michailidis in the big blind who folded but not before he showed the 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000 | -59,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
Konstantin Aykov raised for 50,000 from the small blind. Spyridon Michailidis jammed for about 250,000 from the big blind and got a call from Aykov.
Konstantin Aykov: 
Spyridon Michailidis: 
Aykov was ahead the entire way as the 
ran out on the board and Michailidis was eliminated.
Michailidis entered the final table as the short stack and was able to move up one spot in the rankings to take home the eighth place prize of €3,180. The final six players are now all guaranteed a payout of at least €4,170.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000 | 333,000 |
|
Busted |
Marian Ivanov opened from the button for 50,000 and got a call from Rosen Simeonov from the small blind.
Both players checked the 
flop before Simeonov led out for 60,000 after the on the turn.
Ivanov jammed over Simeonov for 281,000 and the action paused for a minute for the dealer to count Ivanov's stack. After another minute passed, Ivanov made the call.
Marian Ivanov: 
Rosen Simeonov: 
The 
completed the board on the river and Ivanov was eliminated in eighth place for €2,350. All remaining players are guaranteed a €3,180 payout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | 348,000 |
|
Busted |
Almost all of the pots have been taking down preflop.
The action folded around to Dimitrios Michailidis on the button. He asked Marian Ivanov in the big blind how much he had. Ivanov shared it was 311,000 and Michailidis bet 50,000.
Ivanov then quickly three-bet jammed to 311,000. Michailidis asked the dealer for a count and Ivanov was right on target with 311,000. Michailidis then paused for 30 seconds before giving up on the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,237,000 | -10,000 |
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|
391,000 | 60,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
The action is underway for the final eight players. The clock was set with one minute of action so very shortly blinds will go up to 10,000/20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
The final table of the PokerNews Cup Kulata €550 Main Event is ready to begin at 2 p.m. EEST at Finix Casino.
The field has trimmed down from 141 entrants to just eight getting ready to battle it out for the €25,080 top prize having already locked up €2,350 for their impressive runs thus far.
Greece's Panagiotis Panagiotidis, who finished Day 1c as the chip leader, will begin the day in the driver's seat with a monster stack of 1,586,000.
In addition to Panagiotidis, the other three opening flight chip leaders also managed to parlay their big stacks into a final table appearance with Day 1d chip leader Dimitrios Michailidis with a second-place stack of 1,247,000, the Day 1b chip leader Rosen Simeonov bagging a fourth-place stack of 952,000, and Day 1a chip leader Marian Ivanov entering the final day with a seventh-place stack of 331,000.
The brother of Michailidis, Spyridon Michailidis, began Day 2 on the same table as his brother and the same will take place tomorrow at the final table. Spyridon Michailidis has the most work cut out for him as he enters the day with the smallest stack of 277,000.
Other players advancing to the final table included Konstantin Aykov (third - 1,067,000), Achilleas Nomidis (fifth - 910,000), and Loukas Kioutsoukis (sixth - 679,000).
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marian | Ivanov | Bulgaria | 331,000 |
| 2 | Rosen | Simeonov | Bulgaria | 952,000 |
| 3 | Loukas | Kioutsoukis | Greece | 679,000 |
| 4 | Konstantin | Aykov | Bulgaria | 1,067,000 |
| 5 | Spyridon | Michailidis | Greece | 277,000 |
| 6 | Panagiotis | Panagiotidis | Bulgaria | 1,586,000 |
| 7 | Dimitrios | Michailidis | Greece | 1,247,000 |
| 8 | Achilleas | Nomidis | Greece | 910,000 |
The final table will begin with the last six minutes of Level 21 with blinds at 8,000/16,000 and a big blind ante of 16,000 providing players an average stack of more than 55 big blinds before moving up to 10,000/20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000.
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 22 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 23 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| 24 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| 25 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| 26 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 27 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 60,000 |
| 28 | 40,000 | 80,000 | 80,000 |
| 29 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| 30 | 60,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 |
Sarah Herring gives some insight on the Final 8 players.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to find out who will become the thirteenth winner of the PokerNews Cup Main Event.
*Images courtesy of Katerina Lukina.
