$1,100 Eureka Main Event
Día 1c completado
$1,100 Eureka Main Event
Día 1c completado
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus, running at the luxurious Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa, continued today with Day 1c of the $1,100 Eureka Main Event. The flight attracted 716 entries and, after a hectic bubble that saw two players bust, 106 players made it through to Day 2.
Marian Virlanuta of Romania topped the flight with a staggering chip lead of 1,156,000, the only player so far to bag over one million chips. Virlanuta has several five figure scores under his belt already and is now well on track for his biggest ever cash, if he can run well enough and utilize his chip advantage.
Behind him, finishing Day 1c in second place, was Roman Korenev of Russia, who bagged 692,000. Korenev has over $2.5 million in live winnings, according to Hendon Mob, his greatest result earning him a WSOP bracelet.
Omer Cubukcu rounds out the top three as the only other player in the flight to bag over 600,000.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marian Virlanuta | Romania | 1,156,000 |
| 2 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 692,000 |
| 3 | Omer Cubukcu | Turkey | 607,000 |
| 4 | Tian Hao Zheng | China | 583,000 |
| 5 | Alexandre Vuilleumier | Switzerland | 516,000 |
| 6 | Nikolaos Oikonomou | Greece | 482,000 |
| 7 | Razvan Sabau | Romania | 445,000 |
| 8 | Akinobu Maeda | Japan | 405,000 |
| 9 | Dinesh Alt | Switzerland | 402,000 |
| 10 | Endrit Geci | United Kingdom | 399,000 |
There were plenty of familiar faces in the field and among those to find a bag were Ana Marquez (332,000), Pablo Silva (319,000), Julien Sitbon (298,000), as well as PokerStars Team Pro players Sebastian Huber (155,000) and Benjamin Spragg (116,000).
Notables who weren't fortunate enough to make Day 2 include 2023 EPT Barcelona Main Event winner Simon Wiciak, 2023 EPT Cypus Eureka Main Event winner Ankit Ahuja, and the winner of the inaugural EPT Cyprus Main Event, [Removed:553], as well as PS Team Pro players Marle Spragg and Felix Schneiders.
The flight was the busiest so far by a long shot, the tournament floor brimming with hopefuls from the get-go. The field continued to grow right up until late registration closed, at which point there was only one way it could go - hundreds of bustouts followed over the next few hours until the bubble arrived in sharp fashion.
On the second hand of official bubble play, five tables were paused for all in and calls. Two players doubled up, one hand resulted in a split, while Kiletto and Pamukcu both busted on the bubble to bring Day 1c to a close.
Players who bagged for Day 2 are already in the money, although prize pools and payouts won't be confirmed until all starting flights are complete.
Anyone who didn't manage to find the bag still has two starting flights left if they want to take a shot. Day 1e begins on Friday 11th at 11 a.m., while the turbo flight Day 1f runs from 5 p.m. local time.
Day 2 will take place on Saturday, October 12 at noon.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as live reporters bring updates straight from the tournament floor for the remaining starting flights and the rest of the tournament all the way down to a winner.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,156,000
1,121,000
|
1,121,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
692,000
507,500
|
507,500 |
|
|
607,000
607,000
|
607,000 |
|
|
583,000
223,000
|
223,000 |
|
|
516,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
|
482,000
322,000
|
322,000 |
|
|
445,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
405,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
402,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
399,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
391,000
391,000
|
391,000 |
|
|
390,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
373,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
|
353,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
|
352,000
277,000
|
277,000 |
|
|
340,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
339,000
339,000
|
339,000 |
|
|
332,000
267,000
|
267,000 |
|
|
319,000
319,000
|
319,000 |
|
|
310,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
305,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
298,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
292,000
234,000
|
234,000 |
|
|
289,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
|
284,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
The remaining 106 players are now bagging and tagging for the evening.
Stay tuned for a recap of Day 1c.
In a moment of bubble madness, five tables were frozen for all in and calls. Two of those resulted in a double up and one in a split, while two players were eliminated on the stone bubble.
In the first bustout hand, Lily Kiletto was all in from early position and was called by Oleg Bessaev in the big blind. Kiletto was at risk as players flipped their cards.
Lily Kiletto: A♦Q♣
Oleg Bessaev: J♣J♦
The board ran out 4♥K♠5♠6♦7♥ and Bessaev held with his pocket jacks to win the pot, eliminating Kiletto.
Over on the other table, Hakan Pamukcu shoved for his last 18,000 from the hijack and Nariman Yaghmai called on the button to put Pamukcu at risk.
Hakan Pamukcu: A♥10♠
Nariman Yaghmai: K♠Q♥
Pamukcu held the lead with his ace, but the Q♠8♣K♥8♦6♦ runout improved Yaghmai to two pair to eliminate Pamukcu along with Kiletto to burst the Day-2 bubble.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
169,000
169,000
|
169,000 |
|
|
Eliminado | |
|
|
Eliminado |
Nivel: 17
Ciegas: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
The final 108 players have been sent on a 15-minute break.
Play will end for the day once one more player has been eliminated.
Konstantinos Stavrou open raised to 10,000 and Jon Vallinas moved all in for 73,000. Stavrou called to put Vallinas at risk as the cards were turned for the all in confrontation.
Jon Vallinas: J♠J♣
Konstantinos Stavrou: A♣K♠
The board ran out 6♣4♥9♠K♣3♠ and Stavrou paired his king on the turn to get ahead. He held to win the pot and Vallinas was eliminated as the bubble approached.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
245,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
Athanasios Kapetanios opened to 10,500 from middle position and was called by Alejandro Vazquez otb and Dmitrii Astratov in the big blind.
Astratov checked to Kapetanios, who bet 11,500 on the K♦A♦5♣ flop. Vazquez called and Astratov folded.
Both players checked on the 8♠ turn and 5♥ river and Kapetanios tabled A♠7♠ for a pair of aces. Vazquez couldn't beat it and mucked — conceding the pot to Kapetanios.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
67,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Lorenzo Angeletti was already all in and at risk for approximately 40,000 from the big blind against Julien Sitbon, who had Angeletti covered from the hijack.
Lorenzo Angeletti: K♦K♣
Julien Sitbon: A♦7♠
The board ran out 10♠J♣8♦7♥5♦ — keeping Angeletti best with his kings for the double up.
| Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
80,000 |