$25,000 NL Hold'em II | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-14-2023 21:31 UTC+2

Ponakovs Doubles Through Vaskaboinikau

Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau raised from late position and Aleksejs Ponakovs reraised all in from the button. Vaskaboinikau called the bet and players flipped their cards.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♠10♣
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: Q♦8♦

The board ran out K♠Q♣4♣A♥6♥. Vaskaboinikau paired his queen on the flop, but Ponakovs made a pair of aces on the turn to win the pot and double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	300,000 -70,000	-70,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	200,000 -30,000	-30,000

10-14-2023 21:21 UTC+2

Cheong Makes Trip Aces to Eliminate Nouira

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Matt Warburton

Level 16 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Kyle Cheong open raised from the button and Maher Nouira moved all in from the big blind for around 155,000. Cheong made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Maher Nouira: K♠Q♦
Kyle Cheong: A♣5♠

The board ran out A♠8♠A♦K♦J♠. Cheong made trip aces on the flop to leave Nouira drawing dead by the turn. Nouira was eliminated from the tournament in eighth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Cheong	660,000 320,000	320,000
Maher Nouira	Busted

Tags: Kyle Cheong Maher Nouira

Level: 16

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

10-14-2023 21:00 UTC+2

Vaskaboinikau Picks Up Aces to Double

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Matt Warburton

Level 15 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action folded around to Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, who shoved all in from late position for 175,000. Leon Sturm isolated from the small blind with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: A♠A♦
Leon Sturm: K♣Q♣

The board ran out 3♥9♠J♦2♦4♥. Vaskaboinikau held with his pocket aces to double up his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	370,000 95,000	95,000
Leon Sturm	145,000 -190,000	-190,000

Tags: Leon Sturm Mikalai Vaskaboinikau

Level: 15

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

10-14-2023 20:13 UTC+2

EPT Cyprus Main Event Livestream Coverage

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The EPT Cyprus Main Event livestream kicks off on Wednesday, October 18, at 12:30 EEST (11:30 CEST) with Day 2 action. The cards-up coverage continues with Day 3 on Thursday, Day 4 on Friday, and Day 5 on Saturday, all starting at the same time as Day 2.

Finally, the event climaxes with the much-awaited Final Table on Sunday, October 22, starting at 13:00 EEST (12:00 CEST).

For fans worldwide, English-language coverage on the central/global channels will be hosted by renowned poker commentators James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton, Griffin Benger, Nick Walsh, and Maria Ho. In addition to the central channel, there will also be streams on the French, Spanish and Brazilian channels with broadcasts also in German and Italian.

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10-14-2023 19:50 UTC+2

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

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10-14-2023 19:33 UTC+2

Players Heading for 60-Minute Dinner Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em event are heading for a 60-minute break. There are now eight players remaining and five will be paid. Action resumes at approximately 9:33 p.m.

10-14-2023 19:26 UTC+2

Martirosian Takes Role of Table Captain

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Matt Warburton

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action has slowed down in recent hands, although Artur Martirosian has taken up the role of table captain, raising nearly every pot over the course of the last circuit. Most of the time, he has succeeded in taking down small pots with little resistance, either with the preflop raise or with postflop continuation bets.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	360,000 -38,000	-38,000

10-14-2023 19:13 UTC+2

Lin First to Depart the Final Table

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Ollie Garland

Level 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Kyle Cheong raised to 20,000 from the hijack, Maher Nouira three-bet to 55,000 on the button and Ren Lin moved all in for 135,000, from the big blind. Cheong folded and Nouira called.

Ren Lin: A♦Q♥
Maher Nouira: K♥Q♦

The board fell K♦3♥9♠10♠7♣. A flopped king saw Nouira take the lead, ultimately sending Lin to the rail.