$2,200 Eureka High Roller Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-13-2024 17:06 UTC+2

Split Pot and a Shaking Head

Sava Krink

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Abdulgamid Gadzhiev limped in from under the gun, but Guillermo Gordo, sitting in the hijack, raised it to 5,000. David Karsenty on the button called, and Gadzhiev followed suit.

The flop came 8♣9♣9♥, and both Gadzhiev and Gordo checked it over to Karsenty, who bet 5,500. Gadzhiev responded by shoving, and Gordo quickly called, leaving the decision with Karsenty. Clearly unhappy with the situation, Karsenty took his time before ultimately folding.

At showdown, Gadzhiev revealed Q♦10♦, and Gordo showed Q♥10♥. With both players holding the same hand, it was destined to be a split pot unless something wild happened. The K♦ on the turn confirmed it, and the chips were divided, leaving Karsenty shaking his head in frustration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdulgamid Gadzhiev	83,000 83,000	83,000
Guillermo Gordo	58,000 58,000	58,000
David Karsenty	29,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Abdulgamid Gadzhiev David Karsenty Guillermo Gordo

10-13-2024 17:09 UTC+2

Sandberg on the Right End of a Cooler

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Marius Kudzmanas opened to 2,000 from early position and Marte Sandberg three-bet to 6,000 from the cutoff. Muhtar Taysi four-bet shoved with the covering stack out of the big blind, which both Kudzmanas and Sandberg called.

Marius Kudzmanas: Q♠Q♥ All in
Marte Sandberg: A♣A♦ All in
Muhtar Taysi: K♣K♦

A brutal cooler which was favorable for Sanderbg. The board ran out clean and low for Sandberg's aces as it came 7♦9♠4♣10♣5♠. Sandberg virtually tripled up, while Kudzmanas was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marte Sandberg	88,000 88,000	88,000
Muhtar Taysi	10,000 10,000	10,000
Marius Kudzmanas	Busted

Tags: Marius Kudzmanas Marte Sandberg Muhtar Taysi

10-13-2024 17:11 UTC+2

Tabiyev Tanks

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Ollie Garland

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The pot had grown to around 30,000 with two players navigating a full board of 3♣K♠2♣J♦J♥.

Boris Tabiyev, who was under the gun, checked the action to Navid Samavati, in the hijack. Samavati moved all in for Tabiyev's effective stack of 21,500. Tabiyev thought for several minutes, pained by his decision.

The clock was eventually called on Tabiyev, resulting in a frustrated fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Navid Samavati	75,000 75,000	75,000
Boris Tabiyev	21,500 21,500	21,500

Tags: Boris Tabiyev Navid Samavati

10-13-2024 17:11 UTC+2

Break Time

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Sava Krink

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining players are now on a 20-minute break.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-13-2024 17:31 UTC+2

Top Stacks at the Break

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Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Matrai	230,000 230,000	230,000
Abdel-Hakim Khelifa	215,000 70,000	70,000
Dmitry Gromov	210,000 73,000	73,000
Tudor Zapsa	205,000 40,000	40,000
Denis Gerasimov	195,000 195,000	195,000
Maksim Iatsun	175,000 175,000	175,000
Adrian Cazacu	168,000 168,000	168,000
Aren Bezhanyan	165,000
Ray Qartomy	156,000 77,000	77,000
Jose Valls Rebollar	152,500 152,500	152,500
Lorenzo Arduini	150,000 150,000	150,000
Jason James	147,000 147,000	147,000
Stefan Dimitrov	141,500 141,500	141,500
Simone Pascucci	140,000
Matthew Frankland	138,000 138,000	138,000
Yiannis Liperis	137,000 137,000	137,000
Zhendong Li	136,000 49,000	49,000
Alpay Goryr	49,000 -246,000	-246,000

10-13-2024 17:40 UTC+2

Voronin Thanks Scobai For the Chips

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Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Another huge pot was brewing over at Table 8 between Konstantin Voronin and Ion-Silviu Scobai.

The full board read Q♣4♠2♥5♠8♠ and with around 80,000 already in the middle, Scobai fired 20,000 on the river. Voronin thought for a while and decided on a call.

Scobai tabled A♣K♠ for just ace-high. Voronin had the winner holding 6♥5♦ for a pair of fives.

"Thank you," said Voronin to Scobai, who replied with "You're welcome."

Samuel Ju busted earlier on the same table and reentered, then his seat was replaced with Aylar Lie.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Voronin	145,000 6,500	6,500
Saleh Assi	80,000 59,000	59,000
Ion-Silviu Scobai	45,000 -45,000	-45,000
Catalin Moraru	45,000
Aylar Lie	30,000 30,000	30,000
Samuel Ju	30,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Aylar Lie Ion-Silviu Scobai Konstantin Voronin Samuel Ju

10-13-2024 17:41 UTC+2

Anticlimactic End to a Big Pot

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Ollie Garland

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The pot had already grown to approximately 38,000 with two players looking at a full board of 5♥10♦10♥7♦.

Danilo Velasevic, who was under the gun, bet out 11,000. Robert Heidorn, in middle position, made the call.

The Q♣ river saw Velasevic go into the tank before moving all in for approximately 45,000. Heidorn snap-called.

Danilo Velasevic: K♠10♠ All in
Robert Heidorn: K♣10♣

Both players seemed in good spirits and the pot was quickly chopped.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danilo Velasevic	68,000 68,000	68,000
Robert Heidorn	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Danilo Velasevic Robert Heidorn

10-13-2024 17:45 UTC+2

Seaton Doubles With Big Slick

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Aren Bezhanyan raised to 2,500 from the button and Abdulgamid Gadzhiev called out of the small blind. Archibald Seaton shoved from the big blind for 32,000, which only Bezhanyan called.

Archibald Seaton: A♣K♦ All in
Aren Bezhanyan: A♥6♥

Seaton just had to avoid a six or some hearts to double up. The runout of 3♠Q♠J♦5♠2♦ was clean for Seaton and his stack was increased to roughly 67,000.