$1,100 Eureka Main Event Dia 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

2023-10-14 11:00 UTC+3

Gaelle Baumann Leads 399 Players For Day 2 of the $1,100 Eureka Main Event

MaximeTaldir

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.

Tags: Alexandr Dusco Andre Sammour Arsenii Karmatckii Benjamin Hamnett Boris Angelov Carl Shaw Eros Calderone Gaelle Baumann Gaelle Baumann Leads Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Ian Hamilton Jason Wheeler Jessica Teusl Julien Sitbon Kenny Hallaert Lucien Cohen Milen Stefanov Nicolas Chouity Nicolas Dumont Oleg Ustinovich Pablo Brito Silva Simon Wiciak Steve O'Dwyer Tom Middleton Vladas Tamasauskas Walter Treccarichi

2023-10-14 12:10 UTC+3

$362,365 For the Winner of $1,100 Eureka Main Event

MaximeTaldir

Nível 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

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.

$1,100 Eureka Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	$362,365	12-13	$21,475	72-95	$4,475
2	$226,550	14-15	$17,875	96-119	$3,875
3	$161,800	16-17	$14,900	120-143	$3,375
4	$124,475	18-20	$12,425	144-183	$2,925
5	$95,750	21-23	$10,375	184-223	$2,550
6	$73,650	24-27	$8,975	224-287	$2,225
7	$56,650	28-31	$7,800	288-351	$1,950
8	$43,375	32-39	$6,800	352-399	$1,675
9	$33,525	40-55	$5,900
10-11	$25,750	56-71	$5,125

2023-10-14 12:53 UTC+3

O'Dwyer Bombs the Turn

Nível 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Steve O'Dwyer	615,000 128,000	128,000

Christos Fatta	330,000 -67,000	-67,000

Tags: Christos Fatta Steve O'Dwyer

2023-10-14 14:55 UTC+3

Guimond Stays In the Tournament

MaximeTaldir

Nível 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Aurélien Russo	610,000 312,000	312,000
Ankit Ahuja	570,000 236,000	236,000

Frank Habermann	340,000 215,000	215,000
Ran Azor	260,000 3,000	3,000
Andrei Bocharnikov	235,000 -30,000	-30,000
Florian Guimond	76,000 -273,000	-273,000

Tags: Andrei Bocharnikov Ankit Ahuja Florian Guimond Frank Habermann Ran Azor

2023-10-14 15:29 UTC+3

Croitoru Gets Lucky to Survive; O'Dwyer Contending For Chip Lead

dsalituro

Nível 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Federico Macori raised to 30,000 in early position as action folded to big blind Mihaita Croitoru, who pushed all in for 85,000. Macori asked for a count before calling.

Mihaita Croitoru: A♣9♣
Federico Macori: A♠10♦

Croitoru was dominated as both players hit their ace on the 2♠8♣A♥ flop. The turn, though, brought the 9♦ and Croitoru took the lead with two pair.

The river Q♠ was safe for Croitoru and he doubled up.

At the same table, Steve O'Dwyer is sitting behind a massive stack of more than 1,500,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Steve O'Dwyer	1,540,000 -10,000	-10,000

Federico Macori	210,000 -236,000	-236,000
Mihaita Croitoru	180,000 -17,000	-17,000

Tags: Federico Macori Mihaita Croitoru Steve O'Dwyer

2023-10-14 15:35 UTC+3

Baumann Takes Out Two

dsalituro

Nível 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Umit Sadi was all in for 67,000 from early position, Teodor Evstratiev called for his last 16,000 in the cutoff, and Gaelle Baumann had both players at risk from the big blind.

Teodor Evstratiev: A♥9♥
Umit Sadi: A♠7♥
Gaelle Baumann: 7♣7♠

Baumann was ahead with her pair of sevens, and the 5♣4♥Q♦2♥J♣ board providing no help to either Evstratiev or Sadi who were both sent to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gaelle Baumann	810,000 90,000	90,000

Umit Sadi	Eliminado
Teodor Evstratiev	Eliminado

Tags: Gaelle Baumann Teodor Evstratiev Umit Sadi

2023-10-14 16:16 UTC+3

74 Countries Represented In Third-Largest Eureka Main Event

connorrichards

Nível 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

With its sizable field of 2,659 entries, the Eureka Main Event here in Cyprus has become the third-biggest Eureka Main event in history, trailing only 2022's two editions of Eureka Prague that drew 3,155 entries in March and 4,017 in December.

There are 74 countries represented by 1,146 unique players in the field, with the strongest representation coming from Russia, with 155 unique players for 13.5% of the unique player pool. Other countries with the greatest representation in the Eureka Main Event include Turkey (121 players - 10.6%), Cyprus (74 players - 6.5%), Lebanon (66 players - 5.8%) and Germany (60 players - 5.2%).

Further down the list is the United Kingdom with 49 players for 4.28% of the field, The Netherlands with 22 players for 1.92% of the field, and the United States with 14 players for 1.22% of the field.

Eureka Cyprus Nationalities (Courtesy of PokerStars)

Some of the other countries represented this year include Moldova (5 players - 0.44%), South Korea (4 players - 0.35%), Iraq (2 players - 0.17%) and Ghana (1 player - 0.09%).

A full breakdown of the nationalities represented in the Eureka Main Event is available in the table below.

Nationalities In Eureka Main Event

Country	Players	Percentage
Russia	155	13.53%
Turkey	121	10.56%
Cyprus	74	6.46%
Lebanon	66	5.76%
Germany	60	5.24%
Romania	56	4.89%
France	53	4.62%
United Kingdom	49	4.28%
Italy	48	4.19%
Bulgaria	31	2.71%
Poland	29	2.53%
Iran	26	2.27%
Greece	22	1.92%
Netherlands	22	1.92%
Spain	19	1.66%
Kazakhstan	17	1.48%
Lithuania	17	1.48%
Canada	16	1.40%
Belarus	15	1.31%
Ukraine	15	1.31%
USA	14	1.22%
Austria	13	1.13%
Serbia	13	1.13%
Hungary	12	1.05%
Portugal	12	1.05%
Hong Kong	11	0.96%
Belgium	10	0.87%
Uzbekistan	9	0.79%
Norway	8	0.70%
Australia	7	0.61%
China	7	0.61%
Israel	7	0.61%
Morocco	7	0.61%
Sweden	7	0.61%
Colombia	6	0.52%
Finland	6	0.52%
Ireland	6	0.52%
Estonia	5	0.44%
Moldova	5	0.44%
Brazil	4	0.35%
Denmark	4	0.35%
Montenegro	4	0.35%
South Korea	4	0.35%
Switzerland	4	0.35%
Armenia	3	0.26%
India	3	0.26%
South Africa	3	0.26%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.26%
Uruguay	3	0.26%
Argentina	2	0.17%
Azerbaijan	2	0.17%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0.17%
Czech Republic	2	0.17%
Iraq	2	0.17%
Japan	2	0.17%
Kyrgyzstan	2	0.17%
Malta	2	0.17%
Slovakia	2	0.17%
Tunisia	2	0.17%
Croatia	1	0.09%
Dominica	1	0.09%
Egypt	1	0.09%
Georgia	1	0.09%
Ghana	1	0.09%
Indonesia	1	0.09%
Latvia	1	0.09%
Macedonia	1	0.09%
Mongolia	1	0.09%
North Macedonia	1	0.09%
Senegal	1	0.09%
Slovenia	1	0.09%
Syria	1	0.09%
Tajikistan	1	0.09%
Thailand	1	0.09%

2023-10-14 16:40 UTC+3

Hamilton Keeps the Pole Position

MaximeTaldir

Nível 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

EPT champions Simon Wiciak and Ian Hamilton are sitting next to each other. But for now, Hamilton has the biggest stack, with more than 1,000,000 chips.

And he has even more now, after Marcin Kreft moved all in from early position for 110,000. Hamilton called in the hijack. Then on the button, Vasyl Laba three-bet to 225,000, and Hamilton called.

On 7♥4♣7♦, both players checked, and discovered the 9♥ on the turn. Hamilton took a few seconds to think, and bet 150,000 to make Laba fold.

Marcin Kreft: A♣5♣
Ian Hamilton: J♦J♣

Kraft couldn't find any help with the river 3♦, and he was eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ian Hamilton	1,580,000 935,000	935,000

Simon Wiciak	470,000 125,000	125,000

Marcin Kreft	Eliminado

Tags: Ian Hamilton Marcin Kreft Simon Wiciak Vasyl Laba

2023-10-14 16:45 UTC+3

Nasty River Decision for Guimond

Nível 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Jelle Moene opened the cutoff to 30,000 and got called on the button by Florian Guimond and in the big blind by Aurélien Russo.

The 5♦2♥7♣ flop landed and action checked to Moene who continued for 20,000. Guimond called and action was back on Russo who took his time and eventually check-raised to 65,000. Moene got out of the way but after a few moments Guimond called.

The 10♦ turn hit the felt and after some thought Russo bet out for 45,000. Guimond called again on their way to a J♦ river.

Russo thought over his option for close to three-minutes before betting a single big blind to the tune of 15,000. Guimond went into the tank for a couple of minutes before putting in a raise to 90,000.

Action was back on Russo who didn't take long before three-betting the river all in for 305,000. Guimond was in the blender. He put his head in his hands and started talking through the hand. After over five minutes in the tank he slammed in a pile of chips for a call.

Russo shook his head and tabled 9♣7♥ for just second pair and Guimond tabled K♥J♥ for a rivered top pair. He earned the pure double after a great call on the river.

Russo's stack was crippled and he would hit the rail a few hands later.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Florian Guimond	770,000 465,000	465,000
Jelle Moene	405,000 -7,000	-7,000
Aurélien Russo	Eliminado

Tags: Aurélien Russo Florian Guimond Jelle Moene

2023-10-14 16:56 UTC+3

O'Dwyer Runs Into Croitoru's Kings

dsalituro

Nível 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer was contending for the tournament chip lead earlier today, but his run just came to a sudden end at the hands of Mihaita Croitoru.

According to Croitoru, he raised to 40,000 in the cutoff and O'Dwyer defended his big blind. The flop came Jx10x6x with two diamonds and he continued for 40,000.

O'Dwyer then raised to 110,000, Croitoru reraised to 265,000, and O'Dwyer called. The turn was a 5x and Croitoru moved all in. O'Dwyer called with KxJx, but Croitorou had two kings and O'Dwyer couldn't catch up on the river to hit the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mihaita Croitoru	1,500,000 1,320,000	1,320,000
Steve O'Dwyer	Eliminado

Tags: Mihaita Croitoru Steve O'Dwyer