Andras Nemeth raised to 50,000 from early position and both Diogo Coelho & Ryan Mandara called out of the blinds.
They went to a flop of J♦Q♠9♠ where Coelho and Mandara checked, and Nemeth fired 50,000. Coelho called, and Mandara made it 235,000, leaving himself around 70,000 behind. Nemeth folded, Coelho shoved, and Mandara called off his remaining chips.
Ryan Mandara: Q♣9♣
Diogo Coelho: Q♦9♦
Coelho had the freeroll with backdoor diamonds, but it didn't happen as the two chopped up the pot on the 6♠7♦ runout.
Cards are in the air here on the final day of the $10,300 EPT High Roller. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of what is sure to be a thrilling day of top class poker.
The final day of a hugely successful 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus is on the horizon, with 24 players set to return at noon today, October 20, to the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa to battle for the $10,300 EPT High Roller title and first place prize of $865,700.
A total of 456 entries created a $4,423,200 prize pool, from which 63 places were paid. All remaining players have locked up a guaranteed payday of $30,600, but all will have their eyes on taking home the title.
The remaining field is a high quality one, with the chip lead being held by an all-time great, Irishman Steve O'Dwyer (2,235,000), and another, Swede Niklas Astedt
(1,200,000), lurking ominously in the top ten.
Steve O'Dwyer
Those players will also face an extremely tough competitor in the form of Portuguese player Diogo Coelho (1,995,000), who is sitting just behind O'Dwyer in the standings and is gunning for his second High Roller trophy of the week, having already triumphed in the $2,200 Eureka High Roller for over $350,000.
2016 EPT Barcelona Main event winner Sebastian Malec and three-time EPT trophy winner Andras Nemeth also sit in the top ten, and will represent dangerous foes for O'Dwyer.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Steve O'Dwyer
Ireland
2,235,000
89
2
Diogo Coelho
Portugal
1,995,000
79
3
Shankui Li
China
1,725,000
69
4
Andras Nemeth
Hungary
1,550,000
62
5
Stoyan Madanzhiev
Bulgaria
1,370,000
54
6
Lars Kamphues
Austria
1,335,000
53
7
Niklas Astedt
Sweden
1,200,000
48
8
Adrian Cazacu
Romania
1,000,000
40
9
Jelle Moene
Netherlands
915,000
36
10
Sebastian Malec
Poland
910,000
36
The remaining payouts the players are playing for are as follows:-
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$865,700
10-11
$77,000
2
$540,700
12-13
$64,200
3
$386,200
14-15
$53,500
4
$297,000
16-17
$46,500
5
$228,500
18-20
$40,400
6
$175,800
21-23
$35,200
7
$135,200
24
$30,600
8
$110,900
9
$92,400
The players will return to 50-minute levels at Level 23, with blinds of 10,000/25,000, with a 25,000 big blind ante, and play will continue until a champion is crowned.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of what is sure to be a thrilling day of top quality poker, as we will see who will capture the coveted EPT High Roller trophy.
