$1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

2 days 8 hours ago

Theelen Injects Some Adrenaline into Table 10, Eliminates Demydenko

Kai Cocklin

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

Pieter Theelen was dealt premiums in back-to-back hands which brought some adrenaline to the table.

First, Aleksandr Razinkov raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Theelen made it 120,000 from the next seat. When it got back to Razinkov, he shoved for around 700,000, and Theelen snap-called.

Aleksandr Razinkov: K♥K♣ All in
Pieter Theelen: K♦K♠

Both had the same hand but Razinkov was freerolling after the flop of Q♣9♣6♣ gave him a flush draw. Luckily for Theelen, the board bricked out, coming 8♦10♥, which meant they chopped the pot.

In the very next hand, Theelen raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Tetiana Demydenko shoved for around 300,000 from middle position. When it got back to Theelen, he called.

Tetiana Demydenko: 10♠10♥ All in
Pieter Theelen: Q♣Q♥

Theelen managed to win this one as the runout of J♥6♣9♠5♦2♠ kept his pocket queens in the lead, which sent Demydenko to the rail.

"It was such a relaxing vibe, then just all this adrenaline out of nowhere," said Theelen after the hand. "You see guys, I only play these kinds of hands," he added.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pieter Theelen	1,150,000 595,000	595,000
Aleksandr Razinkov	700,000 -50,000	-50,000
Tetiana Demydenko	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Razinkov Pieter Theelen Tetiana Demydenko

2 days 8 hours ago

Reichel Three-Bets Flop

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Frank Reichel had raised under the gun and Arian Hassankashani defended his big blind when a flop of 6♦9♣10♠ appeared. After a check, a bet, and a raise, Reichel piled in 400,000 with a three-bet.

Undeterred, Hassankashani called to the 8♥ turn, which was checked by both. Hassankashani then fired 80,000 on the Q♣ river, which Reichel raised to 285,000.

Hassankashani thought for a while and then committed a call. Reichel turned over J♠J♥ for a straight to the queen, taking down the huge pot and crossing the two-million mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Reichel	2,100,000 950,000	950,000
Mihai Trofim	810,000 -65,000	-65,000
Alf Martinsson	725,000 -50,000	-50,000
Arian Hassankashani	700,000 -850,000	-850,000
Andre Marquardt	635,000 -65,000	-65,000
Andrey Daniliuk	450,000 -90,000	-90,000
Pouya Ranjehdel	250,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Arian Hassankashani Frank Reichel

2 days 9 hours ago

Kozieja Futilely Stalls for Pay Jump

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Frank Visser

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Grzegorz Kozieja raised to 100,000 in the hijack, leaving only 20,000 behind. Andrey Daniliuk called in the big blind, after which he put Kozieja all-in on the 6♣9♠5♥ flop.

One elimination away from a pay jump, Kozieja waited with calling until the clock was called and the end of his countdown was reached.

Grzegorz Kozieja: K♠7♣ All in
Andrey Daniliuk: A♣8♠

The 7♦ turn gave Daniliuk a straight and the 6♦ river did not bring a chop, sending Kozieja to the rail as the last person to receive $2,900.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Daniliuk	540,000 130,000	130,000
Grzegorz Kozieja	Busted

Tags: Andrey Daniliuk Grzegorz Kozieja

2 days 9 hours ago

Spragg Check-Raises the Flop

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Kai Cocklin

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Marle Spragg opened from under the gun to 30,000 and Alessandro Siena three-bet from the next seat to 90,000. Once action got back to Spragg, she called.

They went to a monotone flop of A♦K♦7♦ where Spragg checked, Siena bet 30,000, and Spragg stuck in a raise to 110,000. After some deliberation, Siena called.

A 3♣ dropped on the turn and Spragg continued to show strength with a bet of 135,000, which got a quick fold out of Siena.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marle Spragg	1,200,000 140,000	140,000

Alf Martinsson	800,000 425,000	425,000
Preben Stokkan	460,000 -40,000	-40,000
Alessandro Siena	340,000 -98,000	-98,000
Denis Zelenkin	175,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: Alessandro Siena Marle Spragg

2 days 9 hours ago

Controversy at Table 2 Leads to Carnage in Successive Hands

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Richard Hayes

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

Absolute bedlam ensued here at Table 2 in successive hands.

Hassan Nashar opened to 25,000 from early position and faced a three-bet jam from Frank Reichel to 207,000. As Reichel announced he was all in and before anyone else behind him had acted, Nashar said, "All in."

The floor was called and Nashar stated he was just repeating what Reichel had said and it wasn't intended to be a declaration of his intentions as to his action. It was ruled that the declaration would stand if the action was not changed.

Nashar was playing around 700,000. Andre Marquardt was next to act after Reichel, and he called Reichel's all-in. He did not change the action, so Nashar's declaration was ruled to be binding.

Marquardt was initially confused by this ruling after making the call, but ultimately he called off for the rest of his stack versus Nashar, who had him covered.

With a crowd gathering due to the commotion, a bizarre three-way all-in scenario had been created, and no one seemed particularly happy about it.

Frank Reichel: A♣K♥ All in
Andre Marquardt: A♦Q♦ All in
Hassan Nashar: 8♥6♥

Reichel was ahead and his triple-up was confirmed by the J♠5♠4♠9♥K♣ runout, giving Reichel a pair of kings. Marquardt was consoled with winning the side pot against Nashar for his remaining 394,000 stack.

Nashar was fuming and before the dealer had even shuffled the deck for the next hand, he announced he was all in and shoved his last 149,000 into the middle. The dealer had to call the floor again, and Nashar told the dealer, "Call the floor, I can do what the f*ck I want."

The cards were dealt after Nashar's verbal declaration of all in was ruled to stand.

With 149,000 in the middle blind, the other players smelled blood. Santiago Nadal was next to act after Nashar, and he moved all in for 220,000. Action folded to Reichel, who moved all in with the covering stack, to create another three-way all-in scenario.

Hassan Nashar: Q♠10♦ All in
Santiago Nadal: A♣8♥ All in
Frank Reichel: A♥A♠

Reichel had woken up with rockets and must have thought he was in dreamland. Although Nashar flopped top pair on the Q♥6♥2♣ flop, the 4♦2♠ turn and river were bricks, and Reichel scooped another big pot.

Nashar exited the tournament area still raging and the other players sat silently, stunned by what had just transpired, while Reichel more than quadrupled his stack in successive hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Reichel	1,100,000 950,000	950,000
Andre Marquardt	840,000 -35,000	-35,000
Hassan Nashar	Busted
Santiago Nadal	Busted

Tags: Andre Marquardt Frank Reichel Hassan Nashar Santiago Nadal

2 days 10 hours ago

Sitbon Bets the River, Badulin Goes Bluff Catching

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Kai Cocklin

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

Georgi Sandev opened to 25,000 from the hijack and got called by Alexey Badulin in the cutoff, Julien Sitbon on the button, and Christos Christou in the big blind.

The four went to a flop of Q♦2♦8♥ which checked around to Sitbon, who fired 32,000. Christou and Sandev both folded, but Badulin stuck around with a call.

An 8♣ on the turn was checked through to the Q♠ river where Badulin checked, and Sitbon fired 67,000. Badulin thought it over for some time before he elected to call.

Sitbon then showed a bluff with 3♠3♣ and had three-high as there were two pairs on board, and Badulin had that pipped with A♦3♦ for ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Badulin	810,000 529,000	529,000
Julien Sitbon	750,000 95,000	95,000
Victoria Livschitz	460,000 113,000	113,000
Christos Christou	450,000 175,000	175,000
Bobby James	400,000 25,000	25,000
Georgi Sandev	270,000 -126,000	-126,000
Loukas Nikolaou	240,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Alexey Badulin Christos Christou Georgi Sandev Julien Sitbon

2 days 11 hours ago

Seaton Seething After Running Kings Into Del Pino's Aces

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With almost 400,000 chips in the pot on a board of 5♣3♠9♦4♠, Omar Del Pino checked it over to Archibald Seaton, who fired a small bet of 60,000. Del Pino then clicked it to 125,000, then Seaton shoved. Del Pino snap-called for his stack of 294,000.

Omar Del Pino: A♥A♣ All in
Archibald Seaton: K♣K♠

It was a dream spot for Del Pino, who was one card away from a stack of around a million chips. Inversely, Seaton was on the brink of being left super short-stacked as he only had around 70,000 behind. The river card was paint, but not what Seaton was hoping for as the J♦ kept the pocket aces of Del Pino in the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arian Hassankashani	1,200,000 625,000	625,000
Omar Del Pino	1,000,000 500,000	500,000
Guoliang Wei	660,000 525,000	525,000
Alexandre Reard	550,000 388,000	388,000
Gil Aboodi	230,000 49,000	49,000
Archibald Seaton	70,000 -280,000	-280,000

Tags: Archibald Seaton Omar Del Pino

2 days 11 hours ago

Pateychuk Spikes River to Claim Double Knockout

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Richard Hayes

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Bruno Sanzoni moved all in from the cutoff for 117,000, and Andrey Pateychuk rejammed from the small blind. Oleg Ustinovich was in the big blind, playing around 210,000, and he also moved his chips into the middle.

Bruno Sanzoni: A♠7♦ All in
Oleg Ustinovich: A♣Q♣ All in
Andrey Pateychuk: A♥9♣

Ustinovich was in great shape with the dominating ace, and he improved to top pair on the Q♥10♦3♥ flop.

The 8♥ turn had Sanzoni up out of his chair, but brought danger for Ustinovich as Pateychuk now held the nut flush draw.

Sure enough, the 7♥ rolled off on the river, sending a chunky pot to Pateychuk and sending both of his opponents to the rail.

Pateychuk started the day with just 95,000 and seems to have been on a roll in Day 2 so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Pateychuk	1,100,000 1,005,000	1,005,000

Bruno Sanzoni	Busted
Oleg Ustinovich	Busted

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Bruno Sanzoni Oleg Ustinovich

2 days 11 hours ago

Reigning Champion Ahuja Ejected By Mamut's Ladies

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja was seen with his entire stack of around 225,000 in the middle and Nikolai Mamut was trying to eliminate the reigning champion.

Ankit Ahuja: A♣10♠ All in
Nikolai Mamut: Q♣Q♥

Ahuja needed some help from the dealer if he wanted to survive, but his future looked bleak after the 3♥9♠K♥ flop. A 9♣ on the turn left Ahuja with just three outs, and the 6♥ river meant last year's champion in this event hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolai Mamut	550,000 328,000	328,000
Ankit Ahuja	Busted

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Nikolai Mamut

2 days 12 hours ago

Marquardt Shoves Out of Turn, Busts Zazian

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Patrick Cole

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

Andre Marquardt limped in for 8,000 from under the gun. Alik Zazian moved all in for 80,000 from middle position. Nikita Voznesenskiy called on the button.

Whilst Frank Reichel was contemplating his decision, Marquardt announced all in. He quickly realized he acted out of turn and apologised to Reichel and Voznesenskiy. Both Voznesenskiy and Reichel folded.

Alik Zazian: A♦4♦ All in
Andre Marquardt: A♥K♣

Marquardt's Big Slick held across the 3♣8♥10♥6♥7♠ runout to secure Zazian's stack.