Niveau 14
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The remaining 12 players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break. The play will recommence at approximately 10:05 p.m. local time.
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$25,000 NL Hold'em I
Jours 1
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
Info Joueurs - Jour 1
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$1,416,590
Entrants
59
Niveau
21
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Entrants
59
Joueurs Survivants
1
Niveau 14
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The pot had already swelled to approximately 110,000 with two players looking at a flop of 9♠K♥Q♦.
Sam Grafton, who was under the gun, checked the action to Dylan DeStefano to his direct left. DeStefano checked back.
The K♣ turn prompted Grafton to bet out for 45,000. DeStefano elected to fold. Grafton won yet another pot as his stack solidified itself as one of the largest in the room.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000 | |
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|
270,000 | |
Niveau 14
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Kamal Bejjani was all in preflop against Biao Ding, who had him covered as players flipped their cards.
Kamal Bejjani: 9♥9♠
Biao Ding: A♣9♣
Bejjani was in good shape with his pocket nines until the board ran out A♥J♦2♣4♦Q♠ to give Ding a pair of aces on the flop.
"Worst case scenario," said Bejjani.
Ding held to win the pot and Bejjani was eliminated from the tournament.
Moments before, Steve O'Dwyer was also sent to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
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Eliminé | |
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Niveau 14
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Sam Grafton raised to 22,000 from the cutoff. Joao Vieira moved all in for 140,000 from the small blind and Grafton called.
Joao Vieira: K♦J♣
Sam Grafton: 10♣10♥
The board ran out in dramatic fashion as it came 8♥Q♠J♦10♦5♣. Although Vieira pulled ahead on the flop, the ten on the turn gave Grafton a set and ultimately sent him to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
540,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
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Eliminé | |
Niveau 14
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | 344,000 | 34 |
| 1 | 2 | Kanan Taherkhani | Turkey | 360,000 | 36 |
| 1 | 3 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 520,000 | 52 |
| 1 | 4 | Dylan DeStefano | Canada | 290,000 | 29 |
| 1 | 5 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 240,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 6 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 148,000 | 15 |
| 1 | 7 | Aliaksei Boika | Slovenia | 310,000 | 31 |
| 1 | 8 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 355,000 | 36 |
| 3 | 1 | Biao Ding | China | 305,000 | 31 |
| 3 | 2 | Kamal Bejjani | Lebanon | 120,000 | 12 |
| 3 | 3 | Ognyan Dimov | Bulgaria | 490,000 | 49 |
| 3 | 4 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 870,000 | 87 |
| 3 | 5 | Sam Grafton | England | 400,000 | 40 |
| 3 | 6 | Steve O'Dwyer | United States | 505,000 | 51 |
| 3 | 7 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 140,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 8 | Alexander Tkatschew | Austria | 405,000 | 41 |
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
870,000
407,000
|
407,000 |
|
||
|
520,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
505,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
|
||
|
490,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
405,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
400,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
360,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
355,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
|
344,000
-186,000
|
-186,000 |
|
310,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
305,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
290,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
240,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |
|
148,000
-73,000
|
-73,000 |
|
|
140,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
120,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Niveau: 14
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Niveau 13
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Alex Kulev raised to 16,000 from late position and Kanan Taherkhani reraised to 49,000 from the small blind. Kulev then four-bet to 120,000 and Taherkhani opted to fold his hand and concede the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000
445,500
|
445,500 |
|
|
440,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Niveau 13
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The pot stood at approximately 80,000 with two players looking at a board that read Q♠10♣4♠7♣.
Albert Daher, in the big blind, bet out for 38,000. Biao Ding made the call, from the cutoff.
The A♣ river checked to a showdown. Daher tabled Q♦3♥, which had been beat on the river by the A♠6♠ of Ding.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
311,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
221,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
Niveau 13
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Albert Daher raised to 16,000 from under the gun, Ognyan Dimov called in the small blind and Daniel Smiljkovic moved all in for 63,000 from the big blind. Daher called, while Dimov moved all in himself. Daher was forced to fold.
Daniel Smiljkovic: A♣8♣
Ognyan Dimov: A♦Q♣
The board ran out 5♥7♦2♥7♠10♦. Dimov's superior holding held to send Smiljkovic to the rail.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
395,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
290,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
Niveau 13
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Dylan DeStefano raised to 16,000 from late position and Biao Ding called on the button. Alexander Tkatschew then moved all in from the small blind for 163,000 and Biao Ding made the call with the bigger stack. Players turned over their cards.
Alexander Tkatschew: A♥K♦
Biao Ding: A♣J♥
The board ran out K♣2♣2♦4♠8♣. Tkatschew was already ahead and improved his hand when he made two pair on the flop with his king and the deuces on board. He won the pot to double up his stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000 | |
|
|
245,000
95,000
|
95,000 |