Main Event Day 1cd | 2019 PokerNews Cup Casino Finix

05-17-2019 21:06 UTC+3

Epskamp Eliminates Gkampintasvili

Jaxon

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

Georgios Gkampintasvili was all-in for a short stack after the came on the flop. Yori Epskamp made the call and turned over against his opponent's .

Gkampintasvili was eliminated after the on the turn and the completed the board on the river.

Also out of the tournament are Dimitrios Chatziriotis and Dimitrios Kanellopoulos to bring the field down to 22.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yori Epskamp	102,000 30,000	30,000
Georgios Gkampintasvili	Busted
Dimitrios Chatziriotis	Busted
Dimitrios Kanellopoulos	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Kanellopoulos Yori Epskamp Georgios Gkampintasvili Dimitrios Chatziriotis

05-17-2019 21:12 UTC+3

Kioutsoukis Wins a Big Hand

Jaxon

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

Loukas Kioutsoukis is up to 220,000. He recounted a recent hand where there was a three-way all-in with his short stack opponent holding and a player with a bigger stack holding .

Kioutsoukis flopped two pair on the flop but the opponent that had him covered flopped a set. The came on the turn to give him a full house. The river wasn't the case and Kioutsoukis won the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Loukas Kioutsoukis	220,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Loukas Kioutsoukis

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

05-17-2019 21:27 UTC+3

Panagiotidis Takes Out Two with Aces

Jaxon

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

Panagiotis Panagiotidis has a chip leading stack. Panagiotidis shared with PokerNews that a player with with a stack of 107,000 got it all-in and a player with a stack of 70,000 with call. Panagiotidis had both players covered with a stack of 220,000 and called.

The board ran all blanks and Panagiotidis now sits on a stack of 450,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Panagiotis Panagiotidis	450,000 6,000	6,000

05-17-2019 21:30 UTC+3

Michailidis Eliminates Passias

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

Stavros Passias raised to 6,500 from early position with before he called off his stack of 42,500 when Dimitrios Michailidis jammed for a bit more with .

The ran out on the board and Michailidis hit the rail.

Also hitting the rail was Ivaylo Yordanov bringing the field down to 19.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Michailidis	100,000 -43,000	-43,000

Stavros Passias	Busted
Ivaylo Yordanov	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Michailidis Ivaylo Yordanov Stavros Passias

05-17-2019 21:43 UTC+3

Kioutsoukis Eliminates Christodoulis

Jaxon

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

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:
Loukas Kioutsoukis:

The flop was a safe one for Christodoulis. But it went downhill from there as the on the turn gave his opponent a pair better than his treys. The 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	285,000
Aris Christodoulis	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Michailidis Loukas Kioutsoukis

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

05-17-2019 22:02 UTC+3

Milanov Wins a Huge Pot with Aces

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

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 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:
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis:

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

Neither the on the turn nor the 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	320,000 245,000	245,000
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis	120,000 -47,500	-47,500
Dritan Korimani	Busted

05-17-2019 22:09 UTC+3

Kioutsoukis Ousts Michailidis

Jaxon

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

Dimitrios Michailidis got it all in for about 15 big blinds with and was up against the held by Loukas Kioutsoukis.

Michailidis was out short of the money after the on the board was unable to pull him ahead of his opponent's kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Loukas Kioutsoukis	410,000
Dimitrios Michailidis	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Michailidis Loukas Kioutsoukis

05-17-2019 22:17 UTC+3

Epskamp Hits the Rail

Jaxon

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

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 and was called by Dimitrios Barmpathanasis for 57,000 total with . An 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 for the rest of his stack and was called by Barmpathanasis with . The 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	110,000 -10,000	-10,000
Yori Epskamp	Busted
Dimosthenis Spyridis	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Barmpathanasis Yori Epskamp