$1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 3 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-13-2024 16:01 UTC+2

James Loses To Ting, Doubles Through Dubanov

Patrick Cole

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

Sebastian Ting opened from early position to 200,000. Action folded around to Igor Abelmasov who called in the small blind. Bobby James defended the big blind.

Both blinds checked the 4♠6♦7♠ flop to Ting who bet 230,000. Abelmasov folded and James called. James then check-called a bet of 740,000 on the 9♥ turn before the 3♠ river was checked down. Ting showed 9♠9♦ which bested James's 10♦10♥.

The very next hand. James moved all in for 1,800,000 from under the gun. Vladislav Dubanov called from middle position. Action folded around and the players showed down.

Bobby James: Q♠Q♣ All in
Vladislav Dubanov: A♣K♥

The classic race was won by James who made a full house across the 10♦3♦10♠2♠10♣ runout to leave Dubanov short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Ting	6,750,000 2,275,000	2,275,000
Bobby James	3,600,000 460,000	460,000
Igor Abelmasov	2,650,000 -140,000	-140,000
Vladislav Dubanov	850,000 -2,150,000	-2,150,000

Tags: Bobby James Igor Abelmasov Sebastian Ting Vladislav Dubanov

10-13-2024 15:51 UTC+2

Georgios Tsouloftas Eliminated in 24th Place ($9,190)

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Dan O'Hair

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

Georgios Tsouloftas shoved for his last 850,000 from the small blind and Yuan Xu quickly called from the big blind to put Tsouloftas at risk.

Georgios Tsouloftas: A♦2♠ All in
Yuan Xu: K♣K♥

Tsouloftas was in rough shape against Xu's cowboys, and the 3♠5♠3♦5♦5♥ runout kept Xu in the lead to eliminate Tsouloftas in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuan Xu	1,900,000 200,000	200,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	Busted

Tags: Georgios Tsouloftas Yuan Xu

10-13-2024 14:57 UTC+2

Dubanov Wins Multi-Way Pot

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Patrick Cole

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

Vladislav Dubanov opened to 325,000 from middle position, leaving 5,000 behind. Bobby James called in the cutoff and Alexey Badulin called in the small blind. Sebastian Ting defended the big blind.

The J♣5♥2♠ flop was checked to James who bet 325,000. Badulin and Ting folded. Dubanov tanked for a moment before calling the clock on himself.

James said "it's ok, you can take more time before you call the clock on yourself." Dubanov did anyway, the floor counted him down and he put in his last 5,000.

Vladislav Dubanov: 8♠8♦ All in
Bobby James: 3♥3♦

Dubanov stayed ahead across the 6♠ turn and 6♦ river to secure a crucial pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Badulin	8,650,000 -250,000	-250,000
Sebastian Ting	6,000,000 -300,000	-300,000
Bobby James	3,350,000 -250,000	-250,000
Vladislav Dubanov	1,000,000 -1,475,000	-1,475,000

Tags: Alexey Badulin Bobby James Sebastian Ting Vladislav Dubanov

10-13-2024 14:37 UTC+2

Marquardt Busts and Final Three Tables Form

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Matt Warburton

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

Andre Marquardt shoved all in from under the gun for 430,000 and Aleksandr Razinkov called in the big blind with the covering stack. The cards were turned.

Andre Marquardt: J♠10♣ All in
Aleksandr Razinkov: K♦5♠

The board ran out 6♦7♠K♥K♠10♠ and Razinkov held with trip kings to win the pot, sending Marquardt to the rail. With that, the tournament broke to the last three tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Razinkov	5,800,000 -200,000	-200,000
Andre Marquardt	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Razinkov Andre Marquardt

10-13-2024 14:06 UTC+2

Ting Moves All In on the River

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Patrick Cole

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Sebastian Ting opened from middle position to 125,000. Igor Abelmasov called from the small blind.

The 6♠Q♦8♥ flop was checked around before Abelmasov check-raised a bet of 80,000 to 355,000 on the 3♠ turn. Ting made the call.

Abelmasov then led for 850,000 on the A♠ river. Ting took a moment before moving all in. Abelmasov took around 3 minutes in the tank before the clock was called on him.

The floor came to the table and with one second of time left Abelmasov flicked his cards into the muck, leaving Ting with a sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Ting	6,500,000 1,340,000	1,340,000
Igor Abelmasov	2,000,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000

Tags: Igor Abelmasov Sebastian Ting

10-13-2024 14:05 UTC+2

Slowplayed Aces Leads to Double up For Theelen

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Dan O'Hair

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Andrey Pateychuk opened from the hijack and was three-bet to 275,000 by Pieter Theelen in the cutoff. It was folded back to Patechuk, who four-bet to 475,000. Theelen called.

Theelen proceeded to call bets from Patechuk on every street. First for 125,000 on the 5♠6♠Q♠ flop, then for 200,000 on the A♦ turn, and finally for Theelen's last 805,000 on the 10♦ river.

Patechuk showed Ax6x for two pair, but found himself second best against Theelen's A♠A♥ for top set to award Theelen the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pieter Theelen	3,400,000 2,160,000	2,160,000
Andrey Pateychuk	2,900,000 -1,730,000	-1,730,000

Atanas Pavlov	Busted

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Pieter Theelen

10-13-2024 13:50 UTC+2

Start of Day 3 Chip Leader Takes Huge Hit as Lipp Doubles Stack

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Matt Warburton

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Matthias Lipp raised to 120,000 from late position and picked up a call from Shankui Li before Marian Virlanuta moved all in from the small blind for 1,735,000. Lipp called all in for 1,560,000 Li folded. Lipp was at risk as the cards were turned.

Matthias Lipp: Q♣Q♠ All in
Marian Virlanuta: K♣J♣

The board ran out Q♦K♥6♦5♥K♠ and Lipp made a set of queens on the flop, further improving to a full house on the river.

Virlanuta, who started the day as chip leader after maintaining his position throughout Day 2, got up to leave. Lipp prompted him to sit back down as he still had chips and Virlanuta sat back down to a stack of around 170,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias Lipp	3,200,000 1,450,000	1,450,000
Marian Virlanuta	170,000 -2,530,000	-2,530,000

Tags: Marian Virlanuta Matthias Lipp Shankui Li

10-13-2024 12:52 UTC+2

Taysi Busts Dobosz and Chips Up to Around 5 Million

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Matt Warburton

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Muhtar Taysi raised to 110,000 from middle position and Kamil Dobosz moved all in for 700,000. Taysi made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Kamil Dobosz: 8♦8♥ All in
Muhtar Taysi: A♣J♣

The board ran out 6♦7♠J♥10♦5♣ and Taysi paired his jack on the flop to pull ahead. He held to chip up to around 5,000,000 and Dobosz was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Muhtar Taysi	5,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Kamil Dobosz	Busted

Tags: Kamil Dobosz Muhtar Taysi

10-13-2024 11:56 UTC+2

Onoufriou Hits the Rail, Taysi Closing in on 3,000,000

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Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Antonios Onoufriou shoved from the button for his last 275,000, and Muhtar Taysi called in the small blind.

Antonios Onoufriou: Q♣J♠ All in
Muhtar Taysi: 9♦9♣

Onoufriou needed to win a flip to remain in contention, but the runout of 3♦A♣2♠5♠8♥ brought no help, and he was eliminated. With that pot, Taysi is now closing in on a stack of 3,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Muhtar Taysi	2,800,000 -175,000	-175,000
Antonios Onoufriou	Busted

Tags: Antonios Onoufriou Muhtar Taysi

10-13-2024 11:41 UTC+2

Xu Scoops Three-Way All-In, Koks Left Short-Stacked

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Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Yuan Xu opened from under the gun to 80,000 and got called by Andre Marquardt on the button, Andrey Koks in the small blind, and Viliyan Petleshkov in the big blind.

The four went to a flop of K♦3♠6♠ which Koks and Petleshkov checked, then Xu fired a 200,000-chip continuation-bet. Marquardt then shoved for over 2,000,000, and Koks committed his stack of a little under 1,000,000. Petleshkov quickly folded, and Xu went into the tank. After getting the counts, Xu decided to go for it, and put in his stack, which totaled 755,000.

Yuan Xu: A♠Q♠ All in
Andrey Koks: 6♣6♦ All in
Andre Marquardt: A♥K♣

Xu had the shortest stack and needed to beat both of his opponents in order to remain alive, but it was Koks with the best of it as he had flopped a set. Marquardt had the biggest stack but would need a very favorable runout if he wanted to scoop the pot and eliminate two players.

It was Xu who took the lead on the 10♠ turn, as he improved to the nut flush, which left Marquardt drawing dead. Koks would scoop the pot if the board paired on the river, instead the 2♠ rolled off, which meant Xu tripled up, and Koks took a small side pot against Marquardt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuan Xu	2,700,000 1,745,000	1,745,000
Andre Marquardt	1,400,000 -1,000,000	-1,000,000
Andrey Koks	400,000 -690,000	-690,000

Tags: Andre Marquardt Andrey Koks Viliyan Petleshkov Yuan Xu