2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q7
Prize
$1,030,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$6,227,400
Entries
1,284
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
474
Players Left
144

Demirkol Cracks Chernikov

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Mehmet Demirkol
Mehmet Demirkol

Around 14,000 was in the middle in a hand between Aleksandr Chernikov in the cutoff and Mehmet Demirkol in the big blind.

The flop read 1073, and Demirkol checked. Chernikov moved all in for 20,700, and Demirkol went deep into the tank.

After around three minutes, the clock was called. With about ten seconds left, Demirkol flicked in a calling chip with the covering stack.

Aleksandr Chernikov: AK All in
Mehmet Demirkol: JJ

Demirkol was ahead with pocket jacks versus Chernikov's two overcards, and although Chernikov picked up extra outs on the 6 turn, the 7 river was a brick to send the pot to Demirkol.

Player Chips Progress
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Mehmet Demirkol
120,000
32,000
32,000
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Aleksandr Chernikov
Busted

Tags: Aleksandr ChernikovMehmet Demirkol

Early Main Event Bustouts

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The following players have busted their first entry in the Main Event. Late registration is still open all the way up until Day 2, but players can only fire a total of two bullets across all flights.

Adrien Quetelart also busted earlier in a hand covered by PokerNews.

Player Chips Progress
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Christoforos Chrysochoidis
Busted
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Eric Afriat
Busted
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Abdullah Alajmi
Busted
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Sokratis Linaras
Busted
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Stoyan Madanzhiev
Busted
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Atanas Kodinov
Busted
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Pablo Silva
Busted
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Salah Assi
Busted
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Konstantin Voronin
Busted
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Andriy Lyubovetskiy
Busted

Vaka Dispatches Quetelart in the Opening Level

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

With around 7,000 chips in the pot on a board that read 3629, Monica Vaka had checked it over to Adrien Quetelart, who then made a bet of 6,000. Vaka put in the check-raise to 15,000, which left Quetelart with a decision for his remaining stack of just over 8,000. After a while in the tank, Quetelart elected to put himself at risk, and called.

Adrien Quetelart: QQ All in
Monica Vaka: 99

It was a great turn card for Vaka as she improved to a set, which left Quetelart with just two outs to survive. The J river was close, but not close enough for Quetelart as he became one of the first casualties of the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Monica Vaka
52,000
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Adrien Quetelart
Busted

Tags: Monica VakaAdrien Quetelart