$5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

10-16-2024 15:37 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Eero Rantala	Busted
Robbie Schiffbauer	Busted
Stoyan Madanzhiev	Busted
Ildar Tashliyev	Busted
Eugene Katchalov	Busted
Aliaksei Boika	Busted

Preben Stokkan	Busted
Ioannis Lazaridis	Busted
Yunkyu Song	Busted
Tom Vogelsang	Busted
Toni Kaukua	Busted
Elie Farah	Busted
Mircea Flutur	Busted
Daehyung Lee	Busted
Raphael Blouet	Busted
Aleksandr Pustovoi	Busted
Samir Moukawem	Busted
Xiaohu Liu	Busted
Ramon Miguel Munoz	Busted
Bogdan Munteanu	Busted
Yahor Dambrouski	Busted
Aylar Lie	Busted
Abdel-Hakim Khelifa	Busted
Armin Rezaei	Busted
Stefano Pizzuti	Busted

Vrakas Flushes Schottes Away

Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Markus Schottes was seen leaving his table with the rest of his stack heading over to Georgios Vrakas.

The chips were already in the middle on a full board of 6♦7♣5♣J♣Q♠ and Schottes' 10♥10♠ were good preflop, but not by the time showdown was reached as Vrakas' A♣10♣ hit the nut flush to earn the elimination.

Vrakas, who started the day with a little less than 60,000, now has well over 350,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Vrakas	360,000 230,000	230,000
Roman Stoica	300,000 -5,000	-5,000
Bernhard Binder	220,000 -37,500	-37,500
Ren Lin	170,000 -122,500	-122,500
Kully Sidhu	65,000 20,000	20,000
Markus Schottes	Busted

Tags: Georgios Vrakas Markus Schottes

10-16-2024 15:20 UTC+2

Rajkovic Busts Lin

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Richard Hayes

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Chase Wilson limped from the cutoff, and Jianwei Lin moved all in from the button for around 31,000. Adi Rajkovic was in the big blind, and he made the call, with Wilson getting out of the way.

Jianwei Lin: A♠4♦ All in
Adi Rajkovic: 5♥5♦

Lin was in trouble with only one overcard, and he missed the Q♦3♣6♠7♠7♣ runout, Rajkovic scooping the pot with two pair, sevens and fives.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chase Wilson	260,000 77,000	77,000
Adi Rajkovic	258,000 70,000	70,000
Jianwei Lin	Busted

Tags: Adi Rajkovic Chase Wilson Jianwei Lin

10-16-2024 15:18 UTC+2

Mandara, Marquez Both Bust

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ryan Mandara had his stack of around 40,000 committed to the pot preflop and had been put at risk by Natan Chauskin.

Ryan Mandara: A♠9♠ All in
Natan Chauskin: A♦Q♣

Mandara was behind and couldn't find a way back into the tournament as the J♥5♣3♦8♣2♠ runout meant he was sent to the rail.

On the table next to Mandara, Ana Marquez also just busted when she got all-in for around 20,000 with ace-deuce, but fell to her opponent's ace-queen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salvatore Camarda	250,000 6,000	6,000
Natan Chauskin	185,000 5,000	5,000
Daniel Jackson	180,000 -25,000	-25,000
Heinz Schlueter	160,000 126,000	126,000
Ryan Mandara	Busted
Ana Marquez	Busted

Tags: Ana Marquez Natan Chauskin Ryan Mandara

10-16-2024 15:05 UTC+2

Three-Way All In Eliminates Lakhov, Doubles Cabrera

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Frank Visser

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

David Cabrera in the small blind, Tom Vogelsang in early position, and Aleksandr Lakhov on the button had gotten all their chips in the middle. Lakhov played 40,000 or so, while Cabrera and Vogelsang played around 120,000 each.

Aleksandr Lakhov: A♥J♠ All in
David Cabrera: Q♦Q♣ All in
Tom Vogelsang: 9♥9♦

Cabrera made a straight on the J♦8♥10♠9♠ turn and faded his opponents' outs on the 5♦ river. He scooped the massive pot, eliminating Lakhov and leaving Vogelsang with one small blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Cabrera	287,000 177,000	177,000
Tom Vogelsang	1,000 -119,500	-119,500
Aleksandr Lakhov	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Lakhov David Cabrera Tom Vogelsang

10-16-2024 14:58 UTC+2

Triple Up for Shin Upon Restart

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Robert Schiffbauer opened to 5,500 out of his stack of 26,000 from the button. Vyacheslav Shin then moved all in for 29,000 from the small blind. Ali Al-Kubasi stuck in a tower of T-5,000 chips from the big blind and Schiffbauer put in the rest of his stack.

Robert Schiffbauer: A♥2♥ All in
Vyacheslav Shin: 8♦8♣
Ali Al-Kubasi: A♦J♦

Shin's pocket pair remained best as his opponents failed to connect on the 7♣4♠4♥6♠3♦ runout. Shin collected the pot while Schiffbauer departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Al-Kubasi	260,000 -44,000	-44,000
Vyacheslav Shin	90,000 60,500	60,500
Robert Schiffbauer	Busted

Tags: Ali Al-Kubasi Robert Schiffbauer Vyacheslav Shin

10-16-2024 14:31 UTC+2

Last Eliminations of Level 12

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Breau	Busted
Alexandru Cinca	Busted
Emil Gramatikov	Busted
Jelle Moene	Busted
Dario Sammartino	Busted
Tomas Jozonis	Busted
Satish Sanan	Busted
Aleksei Savenkov	Busted

10-16-2024 14:26 UTC+2

Di Meglio Busts to Chouity

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was caught with cards on their backs, with Mathieu Di Meglio all-in for around 75,000. Nicolas Chouity was the player looking to bust him and had Di Meglio narrowly covered.

Mathieu Di Meglio: AxQx All in
Nicolas Chouity: AxKx

Chouity paired up on the K♦J♣4♥ flop to remain ahead while Di Meglio had a draw to Broadway. The J♥ turn and J♠ river gave Chouity a full house and Di Meglio left the table after it was confirmed he had the slightly smaller stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Chouity	160,000 30,000	30,000

Mathieu Di Meglio	Busted

Tags: Mathieu Di Meglio Nicolas Chouity

10-16-2024 14:14 UTC+2

James Uses Live Reads and Puts on His Cape Against Solovev

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Bobby James limped in from the small blind and called when Kirill Solovev made it 7,000 from the from the big blind.

James check-called bets of 8,000 and 15,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read A♦7♣6♥A♥Q♦.

James, with around 100,000, behind, checked for a third time, and then went deep into the blender after Solovev moved all in for 34,500.

James asked for the pot to be spread while he mulled over his options, cutting out calling chips from his stack. Ultimately, he settled on a call and Solovev could only roll his eyes in frustration.

James tabled 8♣7♥ and Solovlev left his seat, leaving his cards face down. The dealer turned them over and revealed 9♦8♦.

James explained his call to PokerNews. Apparently, Solovev had just had aces cracked in a small pot in the previous hand and appeared tilted. James also commented on how Solovev was betting, almost splashing the pot each time. Additionally, some other live reads helped James make the light call.

James has had a fruitful time at EPT Cyprus, notching 19th and 12th place finishes in the Eureka Main Event and High Roller. Between the two deep runs, James also picked up a Spadie trophy after he triumphed in the $1,100 8-Game for $11,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby James	200,000 80,000	80,000

Kirill Solovev	Busted

Tags: Bobby James Kirill Solovev

10-16-2024 14:05 UTC+2

Next Bunch of Bust-Outs

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Frank Visser

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Soriano Puey	Busted
Osman Aksu	Busted
Levente Szabo	Busted
Rosalie Petit	Busted
Hadi Khordbin	Busted
Almas Umarov	Busted
Alf Martinsson	Busted
Kiwamu Watabe	Busted
Umit Sadi	Busted
Vladislav Dubanov	Busted
Iurii Saiapin	Busted
Lucas Blanco	Busted
Ahmet Akyun	Busted
Michael Wang	Busted
Michael Lech	Busted
Andrei Spataru	Busted
Xiaohua Fu	Busted
Andras Matrai	Busted
Robert Heidorn	Busted
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	Busted
Kirill Solovev	Busted
Manuel Fritz	Busted