Daniel Montagnolli raised to 12,000, receiving calls from both the blinds.
The 8♥4♠J♠ flop checked through to the 3♥ turn. Kirill Aleksandrov, in the small blind, led out for 24,000, the big blind folded, and Montagnolli called.
The 10♠ river saw a lengthy tank from Aleksandrov before he moved all in for around 115,000. Montagnolli snap-folded.
Marcelo Manfredini raised to 12,000 in early position and Alessandro Siena called in the cutoff. Big blind Roman Timergazin then jammed all in for 59,000.
Manfredini got out of the way but Siena called with the covering stack.
Roman Timergazin: J♥J♦
Alessandro Siena: Q♠J♠
The 10♦10♣3♣7♦9♥ runout remained clean for Timergazin, and he doubled up to 23 big blinds.
With the news that the Power Path is now a permanent addition to PokerStars, and that players can receive a $0.50 Step 1 Power Path ticket every single day as part of the new PokerStars Rewards program, there's never been a better time to have a look at how the Power Path can reward you and where it can take you.
Both live and online events have featured in the Power Path since its launch last summer, with Special Edition Gold Passes sending lucky players to the NAPT and Las Vegas Grand Prix last December.
This month, we look at the various Passes on offer, including both Gold and Silver Passes for the NAPT festival in Las Vegas, the Women's Winter Festival and the European Poker Tour stop in Prague.
The 1,374 entries have created a prize pool of $2,610,600.
All 206 players who have made Day 2 have guaranteed themselves a min-cash of $3,260, while the eventual champion after today's marathon session will walk away with the staggering sum of $423,250.
With 2 minutes left on the clock in Level 16, blinds are at 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante. Cards are in the air and play has commenced for the day.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa continues today with Day 2 of the $2,200 Eureka High Roller. Across yesterday’s two starting flights, a total of 1,374 entrants tried their luck on the felt, generating a prize pool of $2,610,600. Today, just 206 remain as we play down to a champion.
Having secured the chip lead on Day 1a, Mircea Flutur has also secured the overall chip lead with a stack of 739,000. Of the remaining contenders, Flutur’s calculated aggression throughout yesterday’s flight allowed him to be the only player in the field to eclipse the 700,000 chip mark.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Count:
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Mircea Flutur
Romania
739,000
148
2
Andreas Frohli
Austria
691,000
138
3
Mateusz Szymanski
Poland
684,000
137
4
Fintan Hand
Ireland
644,000
129
5
Hassan Nashar
Gambia
642,000
128
6
Stoyan Obreshkov
Bulgaria
608,000
122
7
Ran Ilani
Israel
576,000
115
8
Alessandro Pichierri
Italy
562,000
112
9
Mukhtor Nasiradinov
Russia
532,000
106
10
Nichan Khorchidian
Lebanon
487,000
97
A late-night heater saw PokerStars Team Pro Member, Fintan Hand, bag the fourth biggest stack in the room with 644,000; first, he eliminated Brandon Sheils when Hand four-bet bluffed ace-three into Sheil's ace-queen. Hand hit a three to win the big pot, after which he held with aces against Ryan Mandara's nines only a few hands later.
Fintan Hand
Other members of PokerStars Team Pro to join Hand include Ramon Colillas (246,000) and Kenny Hallaert (107,000), alongside EPT Main Event winners Lucien Cohen (378,000) and Arsenii Karmatckii (142,000).
Play will recommence in Level 16 with blinds at 2,000/5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000. The action will play down until just one player remains.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the Eureka Poker Tour High Roller here at EPT Cyprus, so stay tuned.
