2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

Day: 3
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j3
Prize
$314,030
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$2,662,850
Entries
2,803
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
56
Players Left
8

James Loses To Ting, Doubles Through Dubanov

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

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 467 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 99 which bested James's 1010.

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: QQAll in
Vladislav Dubanov: AK

The classic race was won by James who made a full house across the 10310210 runout to leave Dubanov short.

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

Tags: Bobby JamesIgor AbelmasovSebastian TingVladislav Dubanov

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

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

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: A2All in
Yuan Xu: KK

Tsouloftas was in rough shape against Xu's cowboys, and the 35355 runout kept Xu in the lead to eliminate Tsouloftas in 24th place.

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

Tags: Georgios TsouloftasYuan Xu

Dubanov Wins Multi-Way Pot

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

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 J52 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: 88All in
Bobby James: 33

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

Player Chips Progress
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Alexey Badulin
8,650,000
-250,000
-250,000
Profile photo of Sebastian Ting de
Sebastian Ting
6,000,000
-300,000
-300,000
Profile photo of Bobby James gb
Bobby James
3,350,000
-250,000
-250,000
Profile photo of Vladislav Dubanov ru
Vladislav Dubanov
1,000,000
-1,475,000
-1,475,000

Tags: Alexey BadulinBobby JamesSebastian TingVladislav Dubanov

Marquardt Busts and Final Three Tables Form

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

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: J10 All in
Aleksandr Razinkov: K5

The board ran out 67KK10 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
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Aleksandr Razinkov
5,800,000
-200,000
-200,000
Profile photo of Andre Marquardt de
Andre Marquardt
Busted

Tags: Aleksandr RazinkovAndre Marquardt

Ting Moves All In on the River

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

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

The 6Q8 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
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Sebastian Ting
6,500,000
1,340,000
1,340,000
Profile photo of Igor Abelmasov ru
Igor Abelmasov
2,000,000
-1,400,000
-1,400,000

Tags: Igor AbelmasovSebastian Ting

Slowplayed Aces Leads to Double up For Theelen

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

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 56Q 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 AA for top set to award Theelen the double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Pieter Theelen
3,400,000
2,160,000
2,160,000
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
2,900,000
-1,730,000
-1,730,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Atanas Pavlov bg
Atanas Pavlov
Busted
Day 1F Chip Leader

Tags: Andrey PateychukPieter Theelen

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

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

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: QQ All in
Marian Virlanuta: KJ

The board ran out QK65K 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
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Matthias Lipp
3,200,000
1,450,000
1,450,000
Profile photo of Marian Virlanuta ro
Marian Virlanuta
170,000
-2,530,000
-2,530,000
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: Marian VirlanutaMatthias LippShankui Li

Taysi Busts Dobosz and Chips Up to Around 5 Million

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

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: 88 All in
Muhtar Taysi: AJ

The board ran out 67J105 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
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Muhtar Taysi
5,000,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
Profile photo of Kamil Dobosz pl
Kamil Dobosz
Busted

Tags: Kamil DoboszMuhtar Taysi

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

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

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

Antonios Onoufriou: QJ All in
Muhtar Taysi: 99

Onoufriou needed to win a flip to remain in contention, but the runout of 3A258 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
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Muhtar Taysi
2,800,000
-175,000
-175,000
Profile photo of Antonios Onoufriou cy
Antonios Onoufriou
Busted

Tags: Antonios OnoufriouMuhtar Taysi

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

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

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 K36 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: AQ All in
Andrey Koks: 66All in
Andre Marquardt: AK

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
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Yuan Xu
2,700,000
1,745,000
1,745,000
Profile photo of Andre Marquardt de
Andre Marquardt
1,400,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000
Profile photo of Andrey Koks ee
Andrey Koks
400,000
-690,000
-690,000

Tags: Andre MarquardtAndrey KoksViliyan PetleshkovYuan Xu