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

10-16-2023 20:38 UTC+2

Fabian Niederreiter Eliminated in 19th Place ($15,675)

Calum Grant

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Fabian Niederreiter opened to 450,000, leaving 200,000 behind, from early position. He committed the rest of his stack after Wael Sarkis moved all in from the button.

Fabian Niederreiter: A♣8♥
Wael Sarkis: Q♦Q♣

Sarkis' queens remained best and were never troubled as the board ran out with the J♥2♦6♣J♦6♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wael Sarkis	2,600,000 850,000	850,000
Fabian Niederreiter	Busted

Tags: Fabian Niederreiter Wael Sarkis

10-16-2023 20:36 UTC+2

Pascal Vos Eliminated in 20th Place ($15,675)

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Calum Grant

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Mohammad Haidar jammed from the button and Pascal Vos called off 400,000 from the big blind.

Pascal Vos: Ax6x
Mohammad Haidar: K♠9♦

Haidar ended up with two pair to bust Vos as the board ran out with the K♦9♥Q♦7♥2♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohammad Haidar	3,500,000 570,000	570,000
Pascal Vos	Busted

Tags: Mohammad Haidar Pascal Vos

10-16-2023 20:32 UTC+2

Pepping Moves In

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Jeremy Geist

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The action was joined on a board of Q♣6♣3♥.

Armin Rezaei checked his option over to Roelof Pepping who put out a bet of about 200,000. Rezaei called.

The 10♦ landed on the turn and and Rezaei checked once more. Pepping continued the story and put out a wager of 425,000. Rezaei called again.

The 3♠ rolled off on the river and when action checked to Pepping he sat in the tank for about a minute before announcing he was all in.

Rezaei seemed to let out a sigh as he was facing an all in for his tournament life. He sat in the tank for over three minutes but eventually found a fold.

Pepping scooped the pot and is now likely sitting close to the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roelof Pepping	4,100,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Armin Rezaei	1,250,000 -950,000	-950,000

Tags: Armin Rezaei Roelof Pepping

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

10-16-2023 20:30 UTC+2

Jovan Kenjic Eliminated in 21st Place ($13,625)

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Ollie Garland

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

After regaining some chips cracking pocket queens with king-jack just a few hands prior, Jovan Kenjic found himself all in and at risk again.

Kenjic raised under the gun, only to be met by a three-bet from Valeriy Pak, in the big blind. Jovan Kenjic four-bet jammed for approximately 1,800,000 and Pak snap-called.

Jovan Kenjic: J♠J♥
Valeriy Pak: A♥A♦

The board ran out 4♠6♦K♣9♣7♦. Kenjic's pocket jacks were no match for the aces of Pak, and he was sent to the rail in 21st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valeriy Pak	6,400,000 3,500,000	3,500,000
Jovan Kenjic	Busted

Tags: Jovan Kenjic Valeriy Pak

10-16-2023 20:21 UTC+2

Mitchell Johnson Eliminated in 22nd Place ($13,625)

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Calum Grant

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Koray Korkmaz opened to 160,000 from under the gun and snap-called when Mitchell Johnson jammed for 780,000 from middle position.

Mitchell Johnson: A♥K♣
Koray Korkmaz: A♦A♣

It was a preflop cooler and one Korkmaz would win as the board ran out with the J♣9♣9♠Q♥9♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Korkmaz	2,500,000 1,900,000	1,900,000
Mitchell Johnson	Busted

Tags: Koray Korkmaz Mitchell Johnson

10-16-2023 20:16 UTC+2

Samy Boujmala Eliminated in 23rd Place ($13,625)

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Ollie Garland

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Takahiro Tsugu, the covering stack, open jammed from the small blind. Takahiro Tsugu called, in the big blind.

Samy Boujmala: Q♠8♠
Takahiro Tsugu: A♥10♠

The board ran out A♣J♥10♣6♣3♣. Tsugu improved to two pair to solidify the fate of Boujmala, and he was sent to the rail in 23rd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Takahiro Tsugu	2,100,000 175,000	175,000
Samy Boujmala	Busted

Tags: Samy Boujmala Takahiro Tsugu

10-16-2023 20:07 UTC+2

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Luke Martinelli	Australia	2,200,000	28
1	2	Pascal Vos	Netherlands	420,000	5
1	3	Roelof Pepping	Netherlands	3,100,000	39
1	4	Alexander Van Der Swaluw	Netherlands	830,000	10
1	5	Dmitrii Levin	Russia	1,290,000	16
1	6	Baurzhan Akimov	Kazakhstan	2,900,000	36
1	7	Mohammad Haidar	Iraq	2930000	28
1	8	Armin Rezaei	Austria	2,200,000	28

2	1	Alfred Nader	Lebanon	1,850,000	23
2	2	Koray Korkmaz	Turkey	600,000	8
2	3	Wael Sarkis	Lebanon	1,750,000	22
2	4	Mitchell Johnson	United Kingdom	610,000	8
2	5	Sergi Reixach	Spain	1,325,000	17
2	6	Takahiro Tsugu	Japan	1,925,000	24
2	7	Samy Boujmala	France	610,000	8
2	8	Fabian Niederreiter	Germany	860,000	11

3	1	Guillermo Gordo	Spain	4,125,000	52
3	2	Joris Ruijs	Netherlands	2,950,000	37
3	3	Empty		-	-
3	4	Antoine Labat	France	1,700,000	21
3	5	Aziz Efe	Turkey	2,400,000	30
3	6	Valeriy Pak	Belarus	2,900,000	36
3	7	Jovan Kenjic	Serbia	1,100,000	14
3	8	David Karsenty	France	1,200,000	15

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillermo Gordo	4,125,000 820,000	820,000
Roelof Pepping	3,100,000 -100,000	-100,000
Joris Ruijs	2,950,000
Mohammad Haidar	2,930,000 550,000	550,000
Baurzhan Akimov	2,900,000 400,000	400,000
Valeriy Pak	2,900,000 50,000	50,000
Aziz Efe	2,400,000 300,000	300,000
Luke Martinelli	2,200,000 -100,000	-100,000
Armin Rezaei	2,200,000 -475,000	-475,000
Takahiro Tsugu	1,925,000 25,000	25,000
Alfred Nader	1,850,000 150,000	150,000
Wael Sarkis	1,750,000 -50,000	-50,000
Antoine Labat	1,700,000 -900,000	-900,000
Sergi Reixach	1,325,000 -260,000	-260,000
Dmitrii Levin	1,290,000 115,000	115,000
David Karsenty	1,200,000 -1,545,000	-1,545,000
Jovan Kenjic	1,100,000 -210,000	-210,000
Fabian Niederreiter	860,000 95,000	95,000
Alexander van der Swaluw	830,000 -290,000	-290,000
Mitchell Johnson	610,000 -550,000	-550,000
Samy Boujmala	610,000 -255,000	-255,000
Koray Korkmaz	600,000 -400,000	-400,000
Pascal Vos	420,000 75,000	75,000

Sonny Franco Eliminated in 24th Place ($11,850)

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Calum Grant

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Just as the three table redraw was to take place, Sonny Franco opened to 200,000 from under the gun and left 80,000 behind. Wael Sarkis rejammed from the small blind, which folded out Luke Martinelli.

"You're in good shape," said Sarkis as the cards went on their backs.

Sonny Franco: 8♣6♠
Wael Sarkis: 3♣3♦

Franco had two overs but Sarkis made a set of threes on the 10♣2♦3♣ flop and held out to scoop the pot and secure the elimination after 7♣ turn and K♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wael Sarkis	1,800,000 250,000	250,000
Sonny Franco	Busted

Tags: Luke Martinelli Sonny Franco Wael Sarkis

10-16-2023 19:55 UTC+2

Nedved Runs Into Aces to Bust

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Ollie Garland

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

PokerNews caught up with the action as the cards were being swept into the muck.

With the full board reading 10♥7♦2♠3♥Q♦, Johnny Nedved found himself all in and behind holding K♣Q♠ against the A♠A♦ of Roelof Pepping. With this elimination, Pepping eclipsed the three million chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roelof Pepping	3,200,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Johnny Nedved	Busted

Tags: Johnny Nedved Roelof Pepping