2019 PokerNews Cup Casino Finix

€1,100 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 PokerNews Cup Casino Finix

Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€100,000
Entries
89
Players Left
2
Average Chip Stack
4,450,000
Total Chips
8,900,000
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

Michailidis Gets Closer

Level 24 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The players look really patient, they are playing deep and they are searching for the right spot to hit the opponent. In a big pot that started before the change of the level, Michailidis managed to get closer to Tzakos' stack.

Preflop Michailidis opened to 150,000 and Tzakos called with {k-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} on the flop. Both players checked and the dealer openend the {6-Spades} on the turn.

Tzakos bet 175,000 and Michailidis called, with the {10-Clubs} completing the board on the river. Tzakos bet 350,000 this time and Michailidis opted to raise to 1,125,000. Tzakos didn't think about it for long and he made the call.

{k-Spades}{6-Clubs} for Tzakos with a full house, but Michailidis had a better full house with {q-Hearts}{10-Spades}.

Now the two players have similar stacks and the battle is going on.

Player Chips Progress
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Marios Tzakos
4,900,000
-1,300,000
-1,300,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Dimitrios Michailidis gr
Dimitrios Michailidis
4,000,000
1,300,000
1,300,000

Tags: Dimitrios DimitrosMarios Tzakos

Level: 24

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Michailidis Wins a Big One

Level 23 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The two players saw the flop coming {6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{3-Hearts} with 350,000 already in the pot. Marios Tzakos checked and Dimitrios Michailidis bet 85,000 with Tzakos calling.

The {2-Hearts} came on the turn, and Tzakos check-called again for 190,000 this time.

The {5-Hearts} completed the board on the river and Michailidis bet 475,000 with Tzakos calling for a third time. Michailidis opened {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for flush and he scoops a big pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Marios Tzakos
6,200,000
-800,000
-800,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Dimitrios Michailidis gr
Dimitrios Michailidis
2,700,000
800,000
800,000

Tags: Dimitrios MichailidisMarios Tzakos

Level: 23

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Clock Paused

Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The clock has been paused since players started discussions about a deal. The chip counts are:

Marios Tzakos: 7 million
Dimitrios Michailidis: 1.9 million

It looks like the difference doesn't allow them to agree, so they will continue playing unti have a winner or until the stacks are different. They will be back in about 5 minutes for the heads-up.

Player Chips Progress
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Marios Tzakos
7,000,000
800,000
800,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Dimitrios Michailidis gr
Dimitrios Michailidis
1,900,000
-1,000,000
-1,000,000

Tags: Dimitrios MichailidisMarios Tzakos

Marcel Galustov Eliminated in 3rd Place (€9,990)

Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Marcel Galustov
Marcel Galustov

Marcel Galustov was left with 14 big blinds after the previous hand and he was in the big blind when Marios Tzakos shoved from the small blind. Galustov called and the two players opened their cards:

Tzakos: {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Galustov: {j-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

The board ran out {2-Spades}{q-Spades}{q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and Tzakos held with his ace-high to send Galustov to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Marcel Galustov
Busted
Day 1B Chip Leader

Tags: Marcel GalustovMarios Tzakos

Tzakos Gathers Almost All the Chips

Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Two big pots won for Tzakos against each one of his opponents and he now has almost six million chips. At first, in a board of {6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{7-Hearts} he got paid in the turn and river versus Dimitrios Michailidis, for 300,000 and 400,000 respectively.

In the next hand he was in a battle of blinds against Marcel Galustov and the two players checked the flop with {k-Spades}{a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}.

The turn was the {q-Hearts} and Tzakos checked, Galustov bet 125,000, Tzakos min-raised to 250,000 and Galustov answered with a raise of his own for 650,000!

Tzakos called and the river was the {8-Hearts}, with Galustov betting 1,000,000 after Tzakos' check. It was clear that Tzakos had a really tough decision to make, but finally made the call.

Galustov showed his {9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} for a pure bluff and Tzakos won the huge pot with {a-Spades}{4-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marios Tzakos gr
Marios Tzakos
6,200,000
2,700,000
2,700,000
Day 2 Chip Leader

Tags: Dimitrios MichailidisMarcel GalustovMarios Tzakos

Polykarpos Stryvakis Eliminated in 4th Place (€7,970)

Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Polykarpos Stryvakis lost almost all of his chips against Marcel Galustov and he got eliminated in the next hand.

In the first hand he defended from the big blind versus Galustov's openand the flop came {6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}. Both players checked and the {6-Diamonds} came on the turn. Stryvakis bet and Galustov called with the {2-Hearts} completing the board in the river. Stryvakis checked and Galustov announced all in with Stryvakis calling after many minutes in the tank. He was left with only 3 big blinds when he saw the {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs} of Galustov for trips.

In the very next hand, Michailidis limped from the button, Stryvakis put the rest of his stack in the middle for 148,000 and both Marios Tzakos in the big blind and Michailidis, called.

The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} with the active players in the hand checking all the way to the river. Michailidis opened {q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and his pair of fours was enough since both the other players mucked and Stryvakis is off to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Polykarpos Stryvakis
Busted

Tags: Dimitrios MichailidisMarcel GalustovPolykarpos Stryvakis