$2,200 Eureka High Roller | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-16-2023 14:44 UTC+2

Wheeler Gets Pressured By Markov

Ollie Garland

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jason Wheeler raised to 65,000 from the small blind. Anton Markov called in the big blind.

Wheeler continued for 55,000 on the 2♦10♣7♦ flop. Anton Markov spent some time in the tank before moving all in, putting Wheeler to the test for his extra 220,000 behind the line.

Wheeler thought for some time before electing to make a frustrated fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Markov	935,000 220,000	220,000
Jason Wheeler	220,000 -470,000	-470,000

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10-16-2023 14:23 UTC+2

Demirkol Tanks With the Second Nuts

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Ollie Garland

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The pot stood at approximately 185,000 with two players looking at a full board that read 7♣10♦J♠Q♥9♣.

Mehmet Demirkol, in the big blind, checked the action over to Cecile Ticherfatine, who was under the gun. Ticherfatine placed a sizeable bet of 200,000 and Demirkol went into the tank.

Demirkol thought for so long the clock was called. Within the remaining seconds of his countdown, he flicked in a singular chip. Ticherfatine tabled K♥Q♣ with confidence, and was somewhat annoyed to see Demirkol held K♠J♥.

Both players chopped this pot with a king-high straight. "What were you thinking about?" Ticherfatine asked as she took back her initial bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cecile Ticherfatine	500,000 110,000	110,000
Mehmet Demirkol	455,000 -165,000	-165,000

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10-16-2023 13:48 UTC+2

Lococo Sent to the Rail

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Ollie Garland

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

PokerNews caught up with the action as the cards were being swept into the muck. With the full board reading A♠K♦10♥8♦10♦, Alejandro Lococo, in the cutoff, was all in and at risk against Alessio Isaia, who was under the gun.

Alejandro Lococo: 10♣7♣
Alessio Isaia: K♠10♠

Lococo's trips fell to the full house of Isaia and he was sent to the rail, having come into Day 2 second in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessio Isaia	830,000 470,000	470,000
Alejandro Lococo	Busted

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10-16-2023 12:41 UTC+2

Foggin Gets Tricky

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Ollie Garland

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The pot stood at approximately 72,000 with two players looking at a board that read K♣K♥9♥.

Marc Foggin, in the small blind, checked the action to Eugenio Peralta, in the cutoff. Peralta bet 20,000 and Foggin check-raised to 55,000. Peralta called.

The K♦ turn saw Foggin slow down. Peralta bet out 55,000 and Foggin check-raised, again, to 115,000. Peralta elected to see a river.

The 4♥ saw Foggin move all in for 257,000. Peralta made a frustrated fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Foggin	669,000 143,000	143,000
Eugenio Peralta	301,000 152,000	152,000

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10-16-2023 11:33 UTC+2

Lococo Sends Chaoui to the Rail

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Ollie Garland

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

PokerNews caught the action as Mehdi Chaoui could be seen making his way to the payout desk; the recipient of his chips was PokerStars Team Pro member Alejandro Lococo.

Chaoui took his seat at Table 8 this afternoon to find out Lococo would be to his direct left. After some friendly rivalry for the start of the first level, Lococo would soon the the beneficiary of Chaoui's entire stack, as he chips up to over 800,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	865,000 200,000	200,000

Mehdi Chaoui	Busted

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10-16-2023 11:15 UTC+2

$449,905 Announced as First-Place Prize

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Calum Grant

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The 216 remaining players began Day 2 in the money, all locking up the $3,350 min-cash.

It has also been announced that $449,905, while the top nine finishers will secure themselves at least $41,575.

Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$449,905	10-11	$32,000	40-55	$7,775
2	$280,600	12-13	$26,675	56-71	$6,725
3	$200,275	14-15	$22,225	72-96	$5,875
4	$153,950	16-17	$18,525	96-119	$5,100
5	$118,300	18-20	$15,675	120-143	$4,425
6	$90,875	21-23	$13,625	144-183	$3,850
7	$69,925	24-27	$11,850	184-216	$3,350
8	$54,075	28-31	$10,275
9	$41,575	32-39	$8,950

10-16-2023 10:00 UTC+2

216 Players Advance to Day 2 in the $2,200 Eureka High Roller

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Ollie Garland

The PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa continues today with Day 2 of the $2,200 Eureka High Roller.

Over a total of two starting flights hosted yesterday, an impressive 1,444 entries were recorded, contributing a massive $2,772,480 to the prize pool. Of those, 216 players will be returning to the felt today to battle it out as both starting flights merge for the first time. While official payouts are yet to be confirmed, all players to have progressed to Day 2 are in the money.

Returning to the felt as the overall chip leader is Maximilian Silz who managed to accumulate an impressive 1,134,000 on Day 1a yesterday. Silz’s chip lead is emphasised as he is the first player to eclipse the one million chip mark.

Coming into the day second in chips is Alejandro Lococo who managed to amass his plentiful stack of 665,000 late last night on Day 1b. Lococo is the only member of the PokerStars Team Pro that managed to find a bag in this event, so there’s no doubt all eyes will be on the ambassador.

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Maximilian Silz	Germany	1,134,000	142
2	Alejandro Lococo	Argentina	665,000	83
3	Pascal Hartmann	Germany	610,000	76
4	Wooram Cho	South Korea	599,000	75
5	Anton Wigg	Sweden	548,000	69
6	Marc Foggin	United Kingdom	526,000	66
7	Konstantin Voronin	Russia	525,000	66
8	Sergey Baranksi	Belarus	520,000	65
9	Hwany Lee	South Korea	510,000	64
10	Aleksandr Denisov	Russia	509,000	64

Some other notable names to bag chips and move on to Day 2 were PSPC Champion Aliaksandr Shylko (96,000), 2018 EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion Piotr Nurzynski (99,000), 2013 EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion Tom Middleton and 2010 EPT Copenhagen Main Event Champion Anton Wigg (548,000).

Day 2 will restart at 12 p.m. local time today and will play down until just one player remains. Play resumes with 5 minutes on the clock of Level 17.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the Eureka Poker Tour High Roller here at EPT Cyprus, so stay tuned.

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Aleksandr Denisov Aliaksandr Shylko Anton Wigg Hwany Lee Konstantin Voronin Marc Foggin Maximilian Silz Pascal Hartmann Sergey Baranksi Wooram Cho