$25,000 SHR Warm Up | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-12-2024 17:40 UTC+2

Lin Bests "Lady Gaga" to Bust Ding

David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Biao Ding moved all in for 130,000 from the cutoff and Ren Lin called in middle position.

Biao Ding: Q♦Q♣ All in
Ren Lin: 7♦7♠

"Come on, Lady Gaga," Lin said after seeing he was up against Ding's queens. The flop, though, was 10♣7♥3♦ to give Lin the lead with a set. The rest of the board ran out 9♥6♣ and Ding was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	750,000 130,000	130,000
Biao Ding	Busted

Tags: Biao Ding Ren Lin

10-12-2024 17:30 UTC+2

Kudzmanas Flips Skrbic to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Milos Skrbic moved all in for 140,000 from under the gun and Marius Kudzmanas put him at risk in the cutoff.

Milos Skrbic: J♦J♣ All in
Marius Kudzmanas: A♦Q♣

Skrbic remained ahead with his jacks through the turn on a board of 3♥3♣3♦9♠, but Kudzmanas hit the Q♦ on the river to make a bigger full house and send Skrbic to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Kudzmanas	650,000 439,000	439,000
Milos Skrbic	Busted

Tags: Marius Kudzmanas Milos Skrbic

10-12-2024 17:07 UTC+2

Mokri and Pardo Hit the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	Busted
Juan Pardo	Busted
Vladimir Korzinin	Busted

10-12-2024 16:51 UTC+2

Bryksin Comes From Behind to Bust Suvarna

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Santhosh Suvarna moved all in for 47,000 from the hijack and Dmitry Yurasov called in the small blind. Ivan Bryksin then raised to 120,000 in the big blind and Yurasov folded.

Santhosh Suvarna: A♦Q♥ All in
Ivan Bryksin: A♣9♦

"Free money," Bryksin said as they went to a flop of 7♣7♥5♥. The turn was the 9♠ and Bryksin took the lead with two pair. The 6♠ completed the board on the river and Bryksin took the pot to send Suvarna to the rail.

"I played it correct," Bryksin said.

"You played it wrong. What was the point of taking him out," tablemate Yassin Mahmoud countered, asking why Bryksin raised out Yurasov from the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Bryksin	500,000 90,000	90,000
Dmitry Yurasov	220,000 10,000	10,000
Santhosh Suvarna	Busted

Tags: Dmitry Yurasov Ivan Bryksin Santhosh Suvarna

10-12-2024 16:33 UTC+2

Recent Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yahor Dambrouski	Busted
[Removed:554]	Busted

10-12-2024 16:31 UTC+2

Hu Lasts One Hand as Ponakovs Remains an Aces Magnet

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David Salituro

Level 9 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

During yesterday's $20,000 event, Aleksejs Ponakovs picked up aces twice at the final table to double up. He hasn't stopped picking them up today, and it recently resulted in the elimination of Zhewen Hu.

Ponakovs had a raise of 37,000 in front of him from the cutoff and Hu moved all in for 250,000 in the hijack. Ponakovs snap-called.

Zhewen Hu: A♦K♣ All in
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♥A♣

"My first hand," Hu said after seeing he had run into Ponakovs' aces. The board ran out 7♥J♣4♦2♦10♦ and Hu was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	900,000 160,000	160,000
Zhewen Hu	Busted

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Zhewen Hu

10-12-2024 15:43 UTC+2

Ponakovs Burns Through His Time Banks, Then Takes Out Skrbic

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

With around 50,000 in the pot on a flop of Q♦4♠2♠, Milos Skrbic bet 15,000 from the cutoff and Aleksejs Ponakovs called under the gun.

Skrbic bet another 40,000 on the 7♣ turn and Ponakovs again called. The river was the 8♦ and Skrbic moved all in for 141,000.

Ponakovs used up all of his remaining time banks as he tanked for several minutes, eventually putting in the chips to call. Skrbic immediately tapped the felt and turned over A♠K♠ for just ace-high, while Ponakovs had K♣Q♥ for a pair of queens to win the pot and send Skrbic to the rail.

Dimitar Danchev was also recently eliminated by Team PokerStars Pro Elias Gutierrez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	650,000 180,000	180,000
Elias Gutierrez	380,000 129,000	129,000

Milos Skrbic	Busted
Dimitar Danchev	Busted

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Milos Skrbic

10-12-2024 14:05 UTC+2

Ladev is the First to Bust

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The action was picked up on a board 3♥4♦6♦ in a hand between Markkos Ladev and Kayhan Mokri. Ladev had got his last 60,000 into the middle and Mokri was trying to bust him.

Markkos Ladev: A♦K♦ All in
Kayhan Mokri: 5♥5♠

Ladev had two overcards and a flush draw that he could hit to stay alive. The 7♥ turn improved Mokri to a straight, thus removing some of Ladev's outs. The 6♥ on the river was no help for Ladev, and he was the first player out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	320,000 94,500	94,500
Markkos Ladev	Busted

Tags: Kayhan Mokri Markkos Ladev