$5,300 EPT Main Event Dia 1b | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

2023-10-17 14:49 UTC+3

Van Bemmel Makes Hero Call on River to Bust Cheong

Mwarburton

Nível 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Nick Van Bemmel had 2,500 on the table in a reraised pot in the small blind and Kyle Cheong had raised it up again to 8,200 from the big blind. Van Bemmel called.

The flop came 3♠6♠J♦. Van Bemmel checked and Cheong continued for 4,000, which Van Bemmel called.

The turn was the 9♣. Van Bemmel checked and Cheong sized up to 8,000. Van Bemmel called again to make for an inflated pot.

The river came the 6♦. Van Bemmel checked for a third street and Cheong moved all in for 27,000. Van Bemmel went into the tank for a long time, occassionally glancing across at his opponent. Eventually, he moved his chips into the middle for the call.

Cheong showed A♣8♦ for a bluff. Van Bemmel showed A♦Q♣ and had caught the bluff with just ace-queen high to win the pot. Cheong was eliminated, congratulating van Bemmel as he left the table.

"Nice call man," said Cheong, a sentiment echoed by others around the table.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Nick Van Bemmel	88,000 88,000	88,000
Kyle Cheong	Eliminado

Tags: Kyle Cheong Nick Van Bemmel

2023-10-17 15:57 UTC+3

Astedt Flushes Out Denisov

Nível 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Niklas Astedt fired a bet of 8,500 on a completed board showing 7♥3♦10♦7♠2♦ and was facing an all in raise from Aleksander Denisov.

Astedt slid in the call to put Denisov at risk, with both players showing their hands.

Aleksander Denisov: J♦8♦
Niklas Astedt: A♦4♦

Both players revealed a flush, with Astedt holding the ace-high version to score the knockout and eliminate Denisov.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Niklas Astedt	66,500 28,500	28,500
Aleksander Denisov	Eliminado

Tags: Aleksander Denisov Niklas Astedt

2023-10-17 16:18 UTC+3

Aydin Holds with Queens

Nível 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The action was three-ways on a flop showing 9♦3♦J♠ and a bet of 1,000 from Nick Van Bemmel on the button. Abulmuhsin Aydin raised to 2,000 in the small blind before Mitchell Johnson committed the rest of his short stack in the big blind.

Van Bemmel folded before Aydin tossed in the call, leaving Johnson at risk.

Mitchell Johnson: 5♦2♦
Abulmuhsin Aydin: Q♥Q♦

Aydin was well ahead, needing to dodge Mitchell's flush draw. The 6♠ brought Mitchell a straight draw, but the 6♣ river was no help to send his last chips to Aydin.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Nick Van Bemmel	96,500 8,500	8,500
Abulmuhsin Aydin	23,000
Mitchell Johnson	Eliminado

Tags: Abulmuhsin Aydin Mitchell Johnson Nick Van Bemmel

2023-10-17 17:31 UTC+3

Orman Runs into a Set

Calum_Grant

Nível 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The action was caught on the river with the J♦3♥2♣6♥K♥ board on show.

Mateusz Wozniak bet 21,100 into a pot of around 25,000, which was enough to put Leonid Orman all in for his tournament life. The latter called off and the cards were tabled.

Wozniak had a set of jacks with his J♣J♠, and bested Orman's K♦Q♣.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mateusz Wozniak	107,000 107,000	107,000
Leonid Orman	Eliminado

Tags: Leonid Orman Mateusz Wozniak

2023-10-17 17:38 UTC+3

Rare Six-Bet Jam Music to Yaroshevskyy's Ears

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Nível 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Pascal Hartmann made it 1,100 from under the gun before Igor Yaroshevskyy three-bet to 3,400 from middle position. Action folded back to Hartmann, who made it 10,100 and then Yaroshevskyy clicked it to 17,600. Hartmann then put in the rare six-bet jam for 51,400 and was snap-called by the bigger stack.

Pascal Hartmann: AxKx
Igor Yaroshevskyy: A♦A♥

Hartmann had run into aces and was the underdog going to the runout. The Q♥10♠7♠ flop provided some hope in the form of a gutshot to Broadway but the 5♦ turn and 5♥ river confirmed his elimination.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Igor Yaroshevskyy	120,000
Pascal Hartmann	Eliminado

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Pascal Hartmann

2023-10-17 17:57 UTC+3

May Takes From Zhou; Sturm's Queens Cracked

Nível 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Bastien May and Quan Zhou were heads up after the A♣3♥8♣ flop. Zhou check-called a bet of 800 in the big blind before both players checked the 7♠ turn.

Zhou checked one last time and folded when May fired a bet of 2,100 to take down the pot.

At a nearby table, Leon Sturm saw his stack disappear when his pocket queens fell to a rivered straight.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Quan Zhou	38,200 38,200	38,200
Bastien May	21,000 21,000	21,000
Leon Sturm	Eliminado

Tags: Bastien May Leon Sturm Quan Zhou

2023-10-17 18:03 UTC+3

Khabazeh Gives a Sneaky Check in Four-Bet Pot

Nível 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Basel Khabazeh opened to 1,000 from the cutoff before the action made it to Aleksei Utin on the button who took a moment and then three-bet to 3,000.

It was back on Khabazeh who quickly put in the four-bet to 10,000. Utin opted to flat the four-bet in position and they were off to a flop heads up.

The 7♣9♠5♦ flop hit the felt and Khabazeh put in a down-bet to 3,500. Utin called.

The A♦ landed on the turn and surprisingly the action checked through. On the 5♥ river Khabazeh only took a moment before moving all in. Utin snap called.

Khabazeh tabled A♠K♣ and Utin shook his head as he tossed A♥Q♥ towards the muck.

Khabazeh got a huge double and Utin was left with crumbs and would hit the rail a few hands later.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Basel Khabazeh	62,000 62,000	62,000
Aleksei Utin	Eliminado

Tags: Aleksei Utin Basel Khabazeh

2023-10-17 18:41 UTC+3

Banicevic Rivers Higher Two Pair

Mwarburton

Nível 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 5♣9♣4♦. Anil Ozdemir moved all in for his last 8,000 and Vlado Banicevic made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Ozdemir at risk.

Anil Ozdemir: 5♥4♥
Vlado Banicevic: A♣4♣

Banicevic had a pair of fours and Ozdemir had two pair, fives and fours. The turn came the 7♠ and the river was the A♠.

Banicevic hit his ace on the river to make a higher two pair to win the pot. Ozdemir was eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Vlado Banicevic	33,000 33,000	33,000
Anil Ozdemir	Eliminado

Tags: Anil Ozdemir Vlado Banicevic

2023-10-17 21:10 UTC+3

Sidhu Drags in a Pot, Fresh Off an EPT Win

Calum_Grant

Nível 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Kuljinder Sidhu just dragged in a pot to nearly return to starting stack. He opened to 1,600 from middle positon and was called by the hijack and Maximilian Silz from the big blind.

He continued for 3,200 on the Q♠6♦5♥ flop, and only the hijack called. The 2♦ turn checked through to the A♦ river, and Sidhu took the pot down after his opponent folded to a bet of 10,800.

Sidhu has form on his side as he triumphed in Saturday's $2,100 Hyper Turbo Knockout Freezeout, topping the 216-entry field for $41,940 plus bounties.

PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg also performed well in that tournament and finished in 5th place for $14,420. Spragg, however, was not so fortunate in today's Main Event flight and was sent to the wrong side of the rail moments ago.

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Maximilian Silz	40,000 40,000	40,000
Kuljinder Sidhu	25,000 25,000	25,000
Benjamin Spragg	Eliminado

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Kuljinder Sidhu Maximilian Silz

2023-10-17 21:13 UTC+3

Recent Eliminations

Calum_Grant

Nível 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sebastian Schulze	Eliminado
Samy Boujmala	Eliminado
Anton Wigg	Eliminado

Masato Yokosawa	Eliminado
Stoyan Obreshkov	Eliminado
Jon Kyte	Eliminado

Takahiro Tsugu	Eliminado
Alexey Popov	Eliminado
Amir Touma	Eliminado