Mircea Flutur Leads the Way Into Day 2 of the $2,200 Eureka High Roller
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa continues today with Day 2 of the $2,200 Eureka High Roller. Across yesterday’s two starting flights, a total of 1,374 entrants tried their luck on the felt, generating a prize pool of $2,610,600. Today, just 206 remain as we play down to a champion.
Having secured the chip lead on Day 1a, Mircea Flutur has also secured the overall chip lead with a stack of 739,000. Of the remaining contenders, Flutur’s calculated aggression throughout yesterday’s flight allowed him to be the only player in the field to eclipse the 700,000 chip mark.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Count:
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mircea Flutur | Romania | 739,000 | 148 |
| 2 | Andreas Frohli | Austria | 691,000 | 138 |
| 3 | Mateusz Szymanski | Poland | 684,000 | 137 |
| 4 | Fintan Hand | Ireland | 644,000 | 129 |
| 5 | Hassan Nashar | Gambia | 642,000 | 128 |
| 6 | Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | 608,000 | 122 |
| 7 | Ran Ilani | Israel | 576,000 | 115 |
| 8 | Alessandro Pichierri | Italy | 562,000 | 112 |
| 9 | Mukhtor Nasiradinov | Russia | 532,000 | 106 |
| 10 | Nichan Khorchidian | Lebanon | 487,000 | 97 |
A late-night heater saw PokerStars Team Pro Member, Fintan Hand, bag the fourth biggest stack in the room with 644,000; first, he eliminated Brandon Sheils when Hand four-bet bluffed ace-three into Sheil's ace-queen. Hand hit a three to win the big pot, after which he held with aces against Ryan Mandara's nines only a few hands later.
Other members of PokerStars Team Pro to join Hand include Ramon Colillas (246,000) and Kenny Hallaert (107,000), alongside EPT Main Event winners Lucien Cohen (378,000) and Arsenii Karmatckii (142,000).
Play will recommence in Level 16 with blinds at 2,000/5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000. The action will play down until just one player remains.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the Eureka Poker Tour High Roller here at EPT Cyprus, so stay tuned.