$3,000 Mystery Bounty Jour 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

2023-10-19 18:12 UTC+3

Amiri Aces Get Cracked in Three-Way All In

OllieGarland

Niveau 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

PokerNews caught up with the action as all the chips were in the middle, preflop, with three players having tabled their cards.

Georgios Skarparis: 9♦9♥
Ihor Kaliahin: A♦Q♣
Ehsan Amiri: A♦A♣

Amiri had two players at risk while holding pocket aces, however, his double bust-out didn't materialize as the board ran out 8♠Q♠6♥Q♦10♠. Kaliahin upgraded to trips to crack the aces of Amiri and claimed Skarparis' bounty in the process.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ihor Kaliahin	385,000 335,000	335,000
Ehsan Amiri	140,000 -125,000	-125,000
Georgios Skarparis	Eliminé

Tags: Ehsan Amiri Georgios Skarparis Ihor Kaliahin

2023-10-19 18:04 UTC+3

Duta Runs Into Mhiri's Aces and Busts

Mwarburton

Niveau 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action folded around to Chakib Mhiri, who shoved from the small blind for around 85,000. Florian Duta called in the big blind with slightly less and players flipped their cards.

Florian Duta: A♣6♥
Chakib Mhiri: A♦A♥

The board ran out Q♦Q♣A♠10♠J♠. Duta paired his ace, but Mhiri had pocket aces and made a full house on the flop to win the pot. He near-doubled his stack and Duta was eliminated from the tournament.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chakib Mhiri	195,000 27,000	27,000
Florian Duta	Eliminé

Tags: Florian Duta Chakib Mhiri

2023-10-19 17:57 UTC+3

Menedimos Cracks Kings to Double

OllieGarland

Niveau 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Dimitrou Menedimos raised to 16,000 from early position and [Removed:452] three-bet to 80,000, from the big blind. Menedimos mulled over his options before reluctantly moving all in for approximately 160,000. Kaladjurdjevic snap-called.

Dimitrou Menedimos: A♥J♠
[Removed:452]: K♥K♣

The board ran out 6♦10♦A♦5♦7♠. Menedimos connected with the flop as he paired his ace, ultimately leading to his double-up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dimitrou Menedimos	350,000 20,000	20,000
[Removed:452]	255,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Dimitrou Menedimos

Niveau: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

2023-10-19 17:26 UTC+3

Players Heading for 20-Minute Break

Mwarburton

Niveau 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Players in the $3,000 Mystery Bounty are heading for a 20-minute break. There are 102 players remaining and they are all in the money. One of the $75,000 bounties is still up for grabs.

2023-10-19 17:25 UTC+3

Duta Doubles Up Through Robinson Again

Mwarburton

Niveau 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Florian Duta moved all in from under the gun for 76,000 and Lukas Robinson called in early position. The rest of the table folded and players flipped their cards, with Duta at risk.

Florian Duta: 9♣9♦
Lukas Robinson: 8♣8♠

The board ran out 2♥3♠4♣K♣2♣. Robinson had two pair with his pocket eights and the deuces on board. Duta had two pair with pocket nines. He doubled his stack.

It was the second hand in quick succession that Duta doubled through Robinson. PokerNews ambassador Lukas Robinson still has around 400,000 chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lukas Robinson	400,000 163,000	163,000

Florian Duta	160,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Florian Duta Lukas Robinson

2023-10-19 17:23 UTC+3

Recent Eliminations Since the Bubble Burst

OllieGarland

Niveau 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Narcelo Manfredini	Eliminé
Nina Krasilnikova	Eliminé
Ludovic Breau	Eliminé
Alexandru Papazian	Eliminé

Danut Chisu	Eliminé
Hael Al Labani	Eliminé
Ren Lin	Eliminé

Alexandre Vuilleumier	Eliminé
Peng Yang	Eliminé
Evgenii Korikov	Eliminé
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Eliminé
Patrick Tardif	Eliminé

2023-10-19 17:17 UTC+3

Koop Triples With Bullets

OllieGarland

Niveau 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dmitrii Nazarov raised to 15,000 from under the gun, Ehsan Amiri three-bet to 61,000 from middle position and Niko Koop four-bet jammed for 71,000, on the button. Both players called.

Nazarov led out for 25,000 on the Q♠7♥2♣ flop. Amiri called.

The 4♣ turn checked through to the 6♥ on the river. Both Nazarov and Amiri checked to a three-way showdown.

"I win!" announced Koop as he tabled A♦A♥. Nazarov claimed the side pot with J♠J♦, while Amiri held 9♣9♠.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dmitrii Nazarov	300,000 141,000	141,000

Ehsan Amiri	265,000 -200,000	-200,000
Niko Koop	225,000 -127,000	-127,000

Tags: Dmitrii Nazarov Ehsan Amiri Niko Koop

2023-10-19 17:07 UTC+3

Sanioglu Holds With Aces, Petrushevskii Busts, Kuziv Takes Blow

Mwarburton

Niveau 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Three players were all in preflop. Sergei Petrushevskii had the shortest stack, Ekrem Sanioglu was all in for 289,000 and Ivan Kuziv was all in with both players covered. Players flipped over their cards.

Sergei Petrushevskii: K♦9♣
Ekrem Sanioglu: A♥A♦
Ivan Kuziv: A♣K♣

The board ran out 2♠6♥5♣6♠5♦. Sanioglu held with his pocket aces, making two pair on the turn with the sixes on board.

Petrushevskii was eliminated and Kuziv took a blow to his stack. Sanioglu took Petrushevskii's bounty token and chipped up to around 800,000, making him one of the tournament chip leaders.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ekrem Sanioglu	800,000 560,000	560,000
Ivan Kuziv	590,000 218,000	218,000
Sergei Petrushevskii	Eliminé

Tags: Ekrem Sanioglu Ivan Kuziv Sergei Petrushevskii

2023-10-19 16:55 UTC+3

Robinson Doubles Up Duta

OllieGarland

Niveau 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Chakib Mhiri raised to 12,000 from the hijack, Florian Duta moved all in for his last 23,000, from the cutoff, and Lukas Robinson four-bet jammed for approximately 260,000, from the small blind. Mhiri got out of the way.

Florian Duta: A♥J♣
Lukas Robinson: 8♣8♥

The board ran out 9♣10♥5♣J♥10♦. Duta turned top pair to ensure his double up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lukas Robinson	237,000 147,000	147,000

Chakib Mhiri	168,000 10,000	10,000
Florian Duta	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Chakib Mhiri Florian Duta Lukas Robinson