2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

$20,000 NL Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$253,876
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Prize Pool
$902,776
Entries
47
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
60,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
47
Players Left
1

Level: 21

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Dimov Gets Paid by Mokri

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

Kayhan Mokri raised to 90,000 on the button and Ognyan Dimov called in the big blind.

Both players checked to the river on a board of KJ9109 when Dimov bet 80,000. Mokri quickly called.

Dimov showed QJ for a straight and Mokri mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Kayhan Mokri
1,200,000
-300,000
-300,000
Profile photo of Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
1,000,000
240,000
240,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kayhan MokriOgnyan Dimov

Ren Lin Eliminated in 6th Place ($63,200)

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ren Lin
Ren Lin

Kayhan Mokri raised to 80,000 in the hijack and Ren Lin called in the big blind.

The flop came 10106 and Mokri bet 40,000. Lin then moved all in for 210,000 and Mokri snap-called.

Ren Lin: 65 All in
Kayhan Mokri: J10

Lin had two pair, but Mokri showed trips as the 4 turn already left Lin drawing dead. The river was the K and Lin was eliminated in sixth place.

Player Chips Progress
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Kayhan Mokri
1,500,000
400,000
400,000
Profile photo of Ren Lin cn
Ren Lin
Busted

Tags: Kayhan MokriRen Lin

Dimov Picks Up Kings to Double

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Ognyan Dimov
Ognyan Dimov

Kayhan Mokri raised to 85,000 in the cutoff, Ognyan Dimov moved all in for 340,000 in the small blind, and Mokri called.

Ognyan Dimov: KK All in
Kayhan Mokri: A8

Dimov needed to avoid an ace to stay alive and held on through the Q559Q board to earn a double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Kayhan Mokri
1,100,000
-300,000
-300,000
Profile photo of Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
760,000
440,000
440,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kayhan MokriOgnyan Dimov

Mokri Shows Dimov an Ace

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

Kayhan Mokri raised to 90,000 on the button and Ognyan Dimov called in the big blind.

Mokri continued for 50,000 on the AK8 flop and Dimov called. The turn was the 7 and Mokri bet another 85,000. Dimov again called.

Both players checked the 3 river and Mokri turned over A5. Dimov showed the K as he mucked and Mokri took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Kayhan Mokri
1,400,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
320,000
-300,000
-300,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kayhan MokriOgnyan Dimov

Mokri Leads Into Ponakovs

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Kayhan Mokri
Kayhan Mokri

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 80,000 under the gun and Kayhan Mokri called in the big blind.

Both players checked the J43 flop and the 10 fell on the turn. Mokri then bet 220,000 and Ponakovs called.

The river was the 2 and Mokri repeated the bet, making it 220,000 again. Ponakovs paused for a moment but decided to fold this time as Mokri narrowed the gap atop the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
1,400,000
-300,000
-300,000
Profile photo of Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
1,200,000
400,000
400,000

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsKayhan Mokri

Dimov Has Mokri Talking to Himself

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

Kayhan Mokri raised to 80,000 on the button and Ognyan Dimov moved all in for 485,000 in the big blind.

"I have no idea what to do. No f**king clue. Good thing I have 12 time banks," Mokri said as he burned through two of them.

"I'm trying to think of what the smart people will do. All that's going through my head right now is go get this guy," Mokri added. He eventually folded and Dimov showed him 77.

"It was a tight fold," Mokri said after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
800,000
-75,000
-75,000
Profile photo of Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
620,000
-70,000
-70,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kayhan MokriOgnyan Dimov

Level: 20

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Pardo Shoves Twice

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Markkos Ladev raised to 65,000 on the button and Juan Pardo moved all in for around 300,000 in the big blind. Ladev quickly folded.

"We play heads-up. You never know. Fold to heads-up," fellow short-stack Ren Lin said to Pardo after the hand.

"He deserves it. He paid for half the prize pool," Kayhan Mokri joked, referencing the numerous bullets Pardo fired in this event.

Pardo then shoved from the small blind the next hand and Kayhan Mokri gave up his big blind.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Markkos Ladev ee
Markkos Ladev
650,000
-110,000
-110,000
Profile photo of Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
465,000
60,000
60,000

Tags: Juan PardoMarkkos Ladev

Ponakovs Punishes the Limper

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Kayhan Mokri limped in from the small blind, Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 120,000 in the big blind, and Mokri called.

The flop came K42 and Ponakovs bet 90,000. Mokri called to the 8 turn as both players checked.

The 10 river was also checked down and Ponakovs showed 106 for a rivered pair of tens to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
1,700,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
875,000
-125,000
-125,000

Tags: Aleksejs PonakovsKayhan Mokri