2019 PokerNews Cup Casino Finix

Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info

2019 PokerNews Cup Casino Finix

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€18,450
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€100,000
Entries
141
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000

Stryvakis Loses to a Full House

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Polykarpos Stryvakis
Polykarpos Stryvakis

Polykarpos Stryvakis has just left the poker room after he was felted by Dritan Korimani.

The duo were all-in on the flop in what appeared to be a 80,000 pot with Stryvakis holding {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} and Korimani holding {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades} on a {9-Spades}{q-Clubs}{8-Clubs} board. Stryvakis was drawing to just a jack after the {4-Hearts} came on the turn.

No jack came as instead it was the {4-Clubs} to complete the board on the river and Korimani scooped up a big pot at the expense of the Fenix Casino Poker Room Manager.

Meanwhile, Miroslav Gavrilov has been noticed in his seat as a new entry to Day 1c.

Player Chips Progress
Dritan Korimani al
Dritan Korimani
115,000
65,000
65,000
Miroslav Gavrilov bg
Miroslav Gavrilov
50,000
Polykarpos Stryvakis gr
Polykarpos Stryvakis
Busted

Tags: Dritan KorimaniPolykarpos StryvakisMiroslav Gavrilov

Roller Coaster for Epskamp

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Yori Epskamp
Yori Epskamp

Yori Epskamp bet 5,500 into a pot of a bit more after the {2-Clubs}{8-Spades}{q-Hearts} came on the flop. Konstantinos Nikolaidis min-clicked it to 11,000 and Epskamp called.

Both players checked after the {3-Diamonds} came on the turn. Epskamp then bet 20,000 after the {2-Diamonds} completed the board on the river. Nikolaidis quickly jammed for 30,000 and Epskamp just as quickly tossed his hand in the muck.

"Show your cards," Dimitrios Barmpathanasis, who wasn't in the hand, said. He was informed that it wasn't an all-in and call and the dealer began shuffling the cards.

A short while later, Epskamp was at it again. He called a jam from Savvas Dirchalidis on a {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} board and turned over {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts} for two pair. Dirchalidis had a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw with {j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and missed both after the {4-Clubs} came on the turn followed by the {k-Spades} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Yori Epskamp nl
Yori Epskamp
110,000
32,200
32,200
Konstantinos Nikolaidis gr
Konstantinos Nikolaidis
80,000
30,000
30,000
Savvas Dirchalidis gr
Savvas Dirchalidis
Busted

Tags: Dimitrios BarmpathanasisKonstantinos NikolaidisYori Epskamp

Alexandridis "Wants a Call"

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Symeon Alexandridis
Symeon Alexandridis

Emil Trenkov opened to 6,000 from under the gun before Symeon Alexandridis jammed for 34,000. The action paused on Sotirios Koutoupas.

"I want a call," Alexandridis said before Koutoupas ultimately folded.

Trenkov found a call and turned over {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Trenkov was ahead with {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}.

The {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs} ran out on the board and Alexandridis doubled off Trenkov.

At the same time on another table, Konstantinos Nanas was eliminated from the tournament. A total of 30 players remain battling it out for the 10 spots that advance Day 2 already in the money.

Player Chips Progress
Emil Trenkov bg
Emil Trenkov
85,000
-25,000
-25,000
Symeon Alexandridis gr
Symeon Alexandridis
83,000
38,000
38,000
Konstantinos Nanos gr
Konstantinos Nanos
50,000
16,500
16,500
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Emil TrenkovSotirios KoutoupasSymeon AlexandridisKonstantinos Nanos

Symeon Alexandridis Eliminates Trenkov

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Emil Trenkov
Emil Trenkov

Symeon Alexandridis opened to 5,500 from early position. Emil Trenkov jammed from blinds with {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts} for 53,000.

"Okay," said Alexandridis with a shrug before he made the call with {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}.

Trenkov was on the losing end of the flip and was eliminated after the {4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} ran out on the board. The action was down to three tables after the hand.

Right after tables were consolidated, Dimitrios Dimitros and Konstantin Rashkov were both eliminated to bring the field down to 25.

Player Chips Progress
Symeon Alexandridis gr
Symeon Alexandridis
140,000
57,000
57,000
Emil Trenkov bg
Emil Trenkov
Busted
Dimitrios Dimitros gr
Dimitrios Dimitros
Busted
Konstantin Rashkov bg
Konstantin Rashkov
Busted

Tags: Dimitrios DimitrosEmil TrenkovSymeon AlexandridisKonstantin Rashkov

Kioutsoukis Eliminates Christodoulis

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Aris Christodoulis
Aris Christodoulis

Loukas Kioutsoukis opened from the cutoff to 9,000. Dimitrios Michailidis called from the small blind before Aris Christodoulis
jammed for about 65,000 from the big blind. Kioutsoukis called and Michailidis folded.

Aris Christodoulis: {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}
Loukas Kioutsoukis: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

The {5-Hearts}{k-Spades}{4-Spades} flop was a safe one for Christodoulis. But it went downhill from there as the {j-Clubs} on the turn gave his opponent a pair better than his treys. The {6-Hearts} completed the board on the river and Christodoulis was eliminated.

Play was paused after the hand to consolidate play to two tables with 18 players left and 10 advancing to Day 2 in the money.

Player Chips Progress
Loukas Kioutsoukis gr
Loukas Kioutsoukis
285,000
Aris Christodoulis gr
Aris Christodoulis
Busted

Tags: Dimitrios MichailidisLoukas Kioutsoukis

Milanov Wins a Huge Pot with Aces

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
PokerNews Cup Kulata
PokerNews Cup Kulata

Dimitrios Barmpathanasis opened for 11,000 from under the gun. Alexander Milanov called from middle position as did the players on the button, the small blind, and the big blind.

Three players checked before Milanov bet 25,000 after the {j-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} came on the flop. It folded around to Barmpathanasis who raised it to 80,000. Milanov jammed for about 140,000 and Barmpathanasis snap-called.

Alexander Milanov: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}

"Nice hand," Barmpathanasis said after he saw his opponent's pocket rockets.

Neither the {q-Spades} on the turn nor the {3-Diamonds} on the river proved to be of help for Barmpathanasis and the dealer sent a monster pot over to Milanov.

A short while later on the same table, Dritan Korimani was unable to survive long enough to bag chips for Day 2 and there are 17 players remaining in the Day 1c field.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Milanov bg
Alexander Milanov
320,000
245,000
245,000
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis gr
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis
120,000
-47,500
-47,500
Dritan Korimani al
Dritan Korimani
Busted

Epskamp Hits the Rail

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Yori Epskamp
Yori Epskamp

Our PokerNews' very own Yori Epskamp is out short of the money. The PokerNews Global Live Reporting Manager jammed all in from the small blind with {q-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and was called by Dimitrios Barmpathanasis for 57,000 total with {a-}{k-}. An {a-} came on the flop and Epskamp was unable to catch up to bring him down to 21,500 in chips.

A couple of hands later, Epskamp jammed {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for the rest of his stack and was called by Barmpathanasis with {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. The {j-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{8-Spades} ran out on the board and Epskamp was flushed out of the tournament six players shy of making it to Day 2.

A couple of hands later on the same time, Dimosthenis Spyridis hit the rail and after that hand, there were 14 players remaining with 10 advancing to Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis gr
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis
110,000
-10,000
-10,000
Yori Epskamp nl
Yori Epskamp
Busted
Dimosthenis Spyridis gr
Dimosthenis Spyridis
Busted

Tags: Dimitrios BarmpathanasisYori Epskamp

Panagiotidis Eliminates Koutoupas

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Sotirios Koutoupas
Sotirios Koutoupas

Sotirios Koutoupas jammed for about 14 big blinds from the small blind with {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and was called by Panagiotis Panagiotidis in the big blind with {a-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}.

Koutoupas had live cards but hit the rail after he was unable to hit any of the {a-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{9-Spades} board.

But have no fear, according to this interview with Sarah Herring, he might have another bullet in him yet.

A short while later, Diyan Stanev also hit the rail.

Meanwhile, Panagiotidis not only has the most chips in play of the remaining 12 players in the Day 1c field but as of now has more chips than Day 1a chip leader Marian Ivanov with 580,000 and of Day 1b chip leader Rosen Simeonov with 640,000.

Player Chips Progress
Panagiotis Panagiotidis gr
Panagiotis Panagiotidis
670,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Sotirios Koutoupas gr
Sotirios Koutoupas
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Diyan Stanev bg
Diyan Stanev
Busted

Tags: Diyan StanevMarian IvanovRosen SimeonovSotirios Koutoupas

Huge Double for Michailidis

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
PokerNews Cup
PokerNews Cup

Spyridon Michailidis open-jammed for 30 big blinds from the cutoff. Loukas Kioutsoukis asked for a count and was told it was 239,000.

He tanked for a couple of minutes before he made the call.

The race was on with Michailidis holding {q-Spades}{q-Hearts} and Kioutsoukis holding {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}.

Michailidis got out of his seat after his opponent paired the {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{k-Hearts} flop. He got right back in his chair after the {9-Hearts} came on the turn to give him a flush. The {8-Clubs} completed the board on the river and Michailidis won the biggest pot of the tournament thus far.

Player Chips Progress
Spyridon Michailidis gr
Spyridon Michailidis
490,000
330,000
330,000
Loukas Kioutsoukis gr
Loukas Kioutsoukis
235,000

Tags: Loukas KioutsoukisSpyridon Michailidis