From middle position, Ankit Ahuja opened to 20,000, and was called by Ran Azor in the cutoff. But on the button, Frank Habermann raised all in for 147,000. In the big blind, Florian Guimond called, and made Ahuja and Azor fold.
Frank Habermann: A♣K♠
Florian Guimond: J♥J♠
On 7♦4♠7♠K♣Q♣, Habermann hit a king on the turn to double up. Down to 64,000 chips, Guimond three-bet to 60,000 from the small blind after Andrei Bocharnikov opened in middle position. Bocharnikov four-bet all in to force Guimond to go all in with his 4,000 last chips.
"I'll wait a few minutes for the pay jump, one elimination is needed," said the Frenchman. He waited four or five minutes. But as there were no eliminations, he eventually called.
Florian Guimond: A♦8♠
Andrei Bocharnikov: A♠K♣
The dealer fanned a board of 5♣9♣4♠4♦9♥. Thanks to a second pair on the river, Guimond was saved by a split.
Christos Fatta opened in early position to 16,000. It then folded to Steve O'Dwyer in the cutoff who didn't think for long before putting in a three-bet to 60,000. Fatta snap called and they were off to a flop heads up.
The 5♣Q♦4♣ flop hit the felt and action was checked over to O'Dwyer who down-bet to 35,000. Fatta called.
The K♥ landed on the turn and it was checked to O'Dwyer again. He took a moment, gathered some chips, and put out a large bet of 145,000.
Fatta went into the tank for about a minute before returning his cards to the dealer. O'Dwyer scooped and added some chips to his already sizable stack.
Out of a total of 2,659 entrants, the 399 players who qualified on Day 2 are in the money. They will share a total prize pool of $2,552,640, and the payouts have been announced.
The first players eliminated will win a minimum cash prize of $1,675. But on Monday, October 16, the player who will be crowned as Eureka champion will take the trophy and $362,365.
After the four Day 1s, it's time for reunification with Day 2 of the $1,100 Eureka Main Event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Cyprus. Out of a total of 2,659 entrants, only 399 players will be back on Day 2 at Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa. They are all in the money, and will share a total prize pool of $2,552,640.
Chip leader Gaelle Baumann bagged an impressive stack of 1,007,000 chips on Day 1c. Apart from her, nobody else has more than one million chips.
Second in the chip counts is Boris Angelov, whi finished Day 1d just shy of the million (964,000), ahead of Walter Treccarichi (734,000) and the biggest stack of Day 1b, Carl Shaw (703,000). Alexandr Dusco, chip leader of Day 1a, is also in the Top 5 with 696,000 chips.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Gaelle Baumann
France
1,007,000
168
2
Boris Angelov
Bulgaria
964,000
161
3
Walter Treccarichi
Italy
734,000
122
4
Carl Shaw
United Kingdom
703,000
117
5
Alexandr Dusco
Moldova
696,000
116
6
Andre Sammour
Lebanon
691,000
115
7
Milen Stefanov
Bulgaria
676,000
113
8
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
Russia
669,000
112
9
Oleg Ustinovich
Russia
628,000
105
10
Eros Calderone
Italy
604,000
101
Among the big stacks, EPT champions Steve O'Dwyer (487,000) and Ian Hamilton (461,000) also qualified for Day 2. Including them, a total of eight former EPT winners are still in the competition, with Lucien Cohen (277,000), Simon Wiciak (221,000), Arsenii Karmatckii (158,000), Tom Middleton (114,000), Nicolas Dumont (92,000) and Nicolas Chouity (58,000).
In the rest of the field, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya (669,000), Vladas Tamasauskas (546,000) or Jason Wheeler (527,000) will try to close the gap on the chipleaders. On the other hand, players like Kenny Hallaert (75,000), Benjamin Hamnett (48,000), Julien Sitbon (22,000), Jessica Teusl (22,000) and Pablo Brito Silva (17,000) will look for a quick double up to stay in the tournament.
Day 2 will begin at noon local time with 30 minutes left in Level 17 (3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante). Then, there will be 60-minute levels with a 15-minute break every two levels. A dinner break of 75 minutes is also scheduled at the end of Level 24 (approximately 8:15 p.m.).
As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your live coverage needs for this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned.