$25,000 NL Hold'em II | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

2023-10-15 00:07 UTC+3

Artur Martirosian Eliminated in 2nd Place ($170,600)

Mwarburton

Niveau 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Paulius Plausinaitis shoved all in from the button and Artur Martirosian called in the big blind. Players flipped their cards, with Martirosian at risk.

Artur Martirosian: K♣J♥
Paulius Plausinaitis: A♣6♦

The board ran out 3♥8♠4♦A♥2♠. Plausinaitis paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and the tournament.

Martirosian finished in second place for $170,600.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Paulius Plausinaitis	2,900,000 500,000	500,000
Artur Martirosian	Eliminé

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2023-10-14 23:34 UTC+3

Leon Sturm Eliminated in 3rd Place ($113,100)

Mwarburton

Niveau 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Artur Martirosian shoved all in from the small blind and Leon Sturm called from the big blind with a short stack. Players flipped their cards.

Leon Sturm: 5♥5♣
Artur Martirosian: 10♣7♣

The board ran out K♣6♣J♦7♦A♦. Martirosian paired his seven on the turn to win the pot. Sturm was eliminated from the tournament in third place for $113,100.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Artur Martirosian	2,000,000 200,000	200,000

Leon Sturm	Eliminé

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2023-10-14 23:21 UTC+3

Alex Kulev Eliminated in 4th Place ($81,800)

Mwarburton

Niveau 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Paulius Plausinaitis raised from the small blind and Alex Kulev moved all in from the big blind. Plausinaitis made the call and had Kulev slightly covered as players flipped their cards.

Alex Kulev: A♦J♣
Paulius Plausinaitis: 9♥9♠

The board ran out A♠8♦9♣6♥2♦. Kulev paired his ace on the flop, but Plausinaitis made trip nines to get ahead and win the pot.

Kulev was eliminated from the tournament in fourth place for $81,800.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Paulius Plausinaitis	740,000 305,000	305,000
Alex Kulev	Eliminé

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2023-10-14 23:17 UTC+3

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau Eliminated in 5th Place ($66,100)

Mwarburton

Niveau 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau got his chips all in from the small blind against Artur Martirosian in a clash between the two biggest stacks at the table. Vaskaboinikau was at risk as players flipped their cards.

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: A♦Q♥
Artur Martirosian: A♠K♣

The board ran out 5♥3♦3♣9♥10♣. Neither player improved and so Martirosian held with his ace high and king kicker to further extend his chip lead.

Vaskaboinikau was eliminated from the tournament in fifth place for $66,100.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Artur Martirosian	1,740,000 680,000	680,000

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	Eliminé

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2023-10-14 23:04 UTC+3

Cheong Busts on Bubble

Mwarburton

Niveau 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Leon Sturm open raised from middle position and Kyle Cheong moved all in from the button with a short stack. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau then moved all in over the top from the big blind and Sturm folded. Players flipped their cards, with Cheong at risk.

Kyle Cheong: A♦Q♥
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: K♦K♠

The board ran out 6♦7♠2♠8♣8♥. Vaskaboinikau had pocket kings and made two pair with the eights on board. Cheong was eliminated from the tournament one before the money.

"My friend, you've been unlucky against me today," said Vaskaboinikau.

"Yes, but it's been fun," said Cheong as he left the table.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	690,000 130,000	130,000
Kyle Cheong	Eliminé

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2023-10-14 23:00 UTC+3

Ponakovs Loses Flip and Busts to Martirosian

Mwarburton

Niveau 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action folded around to Artur Martirosian, who pushed 475,000 into the middle, an effective all-in against the blinds' stacks. Aleksejs Ponakovs made the call in the small blind and the big blind folded. Players flipped their cards.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: 5♥5♣
Artur Martirosian: Q♥9♦

The board ran out 6♥8♠3♣2♣9♣. Ponakovs remained ahead with his pocket fives until the river brought Martirosian a pair of nines to give him the pot.

Ponakovs was eliminated in seventh place. With that, the money bubble began.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Artur Martirosian	960,000 600,000	600,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs	Eliminé

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2023-10-14 22:21 UTC+3

Cheong Makes Trip Aces to Eliminate Nouira

Mwarburton

Niveau 16 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Kyle Cheong open raised from the button and Maher Nouira moved all in from the big blind for around 155,000. Cheong made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Maher Nouira: K♠Q♦
Kyle Cheong: A♣5♠

The board ran out A♠8♠A♦K♦J♠. Cheong made trip aces on the flop to leave Nouira drawing dead by the turn. Nouira was eliminated from the tournament in eighth place.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kyle Cheong	660,000 320,000	320,000
Maher Nouira	Eliminé

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2023-10-14 20:13 UTC+3

Lin First to Depart the Final Table

OllieGarland

Niveau 14 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Kyle Cheong raised to 20,000 from the hijack, Maher Nouira three-bet to 55,000 on the button and Ren Lin moved all in for 135,000, from the big blind. Cheong folded and Nouira called.

Ren Lin: A♦Q♥
Maher Nouira: K♥Q♦

The board fell K♦3♥9♠10♠7♣. A flopped king saw Nouira take the lead, ultimately sending Lin to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Maher Nouira	430,000 160,000	160,000
Ren Lin	Eliminé

Tags: Kyle Cheong Maher Nouira Ren Lin

2023-10-14 19:43 UTC+3

Tkatschew Eliminated on Final Table Bubble

OllieGarland

Niveau 13 : Blinds 4,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Alexander Tkatschew, the winner of Event #10, last night's $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, wasn't so lucky this evening. Tkatschew, in the small blind, found himself all in and at risk against Kyle Cheong, in the cutoff.

Alexander Tkatschew: A♥6♣
Kyle Cheong: 9♦9♣

The board ran out 7♥Q♦5♣5♦2♦. Cheong's nines held to send Tkatschew to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kyle Cheong	365,000 -15,000	-15,000
Alexander Tkatschew	Eliminé

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2023-10-14 19:28 UTC+3

Mateos Runs Into the Queens of Cheong

OllieGarland

Niveau 12 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After an open from Kyle Cheong, in the cutoff, Adrian Mateos moved all in for his last 86,000. Cheong snap-called.

Adrian Mateos: 3♠3♣
Kyle Cheong: Q♥Q♠

The board ran out J♦10♠A♥K♦K♥. The pocket threes of Mateos were no match for the queens of Cheong, and he was consequently sent to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Kyle Cheong	380,000
Adrian Mateos	Eliminé

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