Gkotsa Tseisvili bet 15,500 into a pot of 17,000 after the came on the flop. Georgios Farmakis called and Pavel Pavlov, who had exactly the bet size in his stack, also called.
Farmakis then jammed all-in for about 27,000 after the came on the turn and Tseisvili folded. Farmakis turned over and Pavlov began celebrating with for an open-ended straight draw.
"One time," shouted Pavlov. "Let's run it once!"
The celebrations got louder after the spiked the river to give Pavlov a straight and a triple up.
Christina Orfanidou bet 16,000 into a pot of a bit more after the came on the flop. Georgios Efthymiadis splashed all his chips in the middle and stood up.
Orfanidou made the quick call and turned over for trips while Efthymiadis turned over for a flush draw.
It wasn't looking good for Efthymiadis to survive after the came on the turn. However, the completed the board on the river to give him the flush and take a dent out of Orfanidou's stack.
Georgios Efthymiadis bet 11,000 into a pot of a little more with the on the flop. Christina Orfanidou called before Georgios Kamas jammed for 55,100.
Efthymiadis quickly called and Orfanidiu folded.
Georgios Kamas:
Georgios Efthymiadis:
Efthymiadis had a flush draw and also had a gutshot straight draw after the came on the turn. The paired the board on the river taking a dent out of Efthymiadis' stack and doubling up Kamas.
Christina Orfanidou just eliminated Sotirios Koutoupas and shared the hand to PokerNews.
She called a bet preflop from the blinds against Koutoupas. Orfanidou led out and got a call on the flop.
Orfanidou led out again and got a call after the came on the turn and led out one final table after the paired the board on the river.
Koutoupas raised for his entire stack on the river and got a quick call. He was eliminated when his trips with weren't enough to beat the full house held by Orfanidou with .
Marian Ivanov bet 3,000 into a pot of a bit more with the on the flop. Georgios Farmakis made the call before Georgios Kamas jammed his last 5,700 into the middle.
Ivanov declared himself all-in but the table questioned this move since Kamas' raise wasn't more than a min-raise. Tournament Director Thomas Lamatsch was called over and told Ivanov he could either call or fold.
Ivanov accepted the ruling graciously and made the call as did Farmakis. Both Ivanov and Farmakis checked after the came on the turn.
Ivanov then bet for 7,100 after the completed the board on the river. Farmakis jammed for what looked like at least twice as much more and Ivanov snap-called.
Kamas turned over for flopped trips and a full house on the river. But he lost the hand with Farmakis turning over and Ivanov turning over for better full houses. The duo split the pot and Kamas collected his things and left the poker room.
The thirteenth edition of the PokerNews Cup Main Event is about to kick off at Finix Casino with the first of its four opening flights at 6 p.m. EEST.
Players will be competing for at least a share of €100,000 guaranteed for a €550 buy-in or less if they qualified online or through one of the many €60 live satellites running at Finix Casino.
There will be plenty of opportunities for players to build a monster stack starting off with 50,000 in chips and unlimited reentries permitted during each of the four opening flights on May 15-17. The first three flights, including today's Day 1a, feature 30-minute blind levels while the final opening flight is a turbo affair with 15-minute blind levels.
The action for each opening flight continues until just 15 percent of the field remains, at which time all players will already be in the money. Players that successfully bag chips on Day 1 will battle it out in a deeper structure of 40-minute blind levels on May 18-19 until is crowned.
Here is a look at today's structure with breaks taking place after every four blind levels.
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Big Blind Ante
1
50
100
2
75
150
3
100
200
4
150
300
300
5
200
400
400
6
200
500
500
7
300
600
600
8
400
800
800
9
500
1,000
1,000
10
600
1,200
1,200
11
800
1,600
1,600
12
1,000
2,000
2,000
13
1,000
2,500
2,500
14
1,500
3,000
3,000
15
2,000
4,000
4,000
16
2,500
5,000
5,000
17
3,000
6,000
6,000
18
4,000
8,000
8,000
19
5,000
10,000
10,000
20
6,000
12,000
12,000
The Main Event has a long and storied tradition dating back to October 2007 when the festival kicked off in Melbourne, Australia at the Crown Casino. Australia's Dory Zayneh defeated countrymate Kenny Ng heads up to claim the A$300,000 ($266,959) top prize.
At the last PokerNews Cup at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic in 2017, Germany's Holger Bansner shipped the Main Event after agreeing to a four-way deal to collect €24,098 ($28,277).
Also taking place today is the penultimate day of the PokerNews Cup €1,100 High Roller. A total of 37 players of the original 80 entrant field returned. That figure will grow with re-entries permitted during the first two blind levels of Day 2.
Ivan Ivanov kicked off the action in the chip lead after bagging 631,500 in chips. On his heals are Day 1b chip leader Marcel Galustov with 614,500 in chips. PokerNews will be live reporting the High Roller until its conclusion and you can follow the coverage here.
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you the biggest hands and highlights of the PokerNews Cup at Finix Casino.