$25,000 Second Chance Día 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

2024-10-16 14:26 UTC+2

Day 1 of $25,000 Super High Roller Second Chance Kicks Off at 7 PM

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The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus continues today with Day 1 of the $25,000 Super High Roller Second Chance, starting at 7 p.m. local time at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa.

This is the last in the trio of super high rollers at EPT Cyprus. Just yesterday, Mikalai Vaskaboinikau won the $50K Super High Roller, the highest buy-in of the series. He walked away with $601,397 and the trophy after a three-way ICM deal with Artur Martirosian and Adrian Mateos.

2024 EPT Cyprus $50,000 Super High Roller Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	Belarus	$601,397*
2	Artur Martirosian	Russia	$495,815*
3	Adrian Mateos	Spain	$555,758*
4	Roman Hrabec	Czechia	$262,200
5	Alexander Zubov	Russia	$205,200
6	Jamil Wakil	Canada	$159,600

* denotes three-way deal

Earlier this week, PokerStars Ambassador Elias Gutierrez pulled off an epic comeback to win the $25K SHR Warm-up, beating Alexander Zubov heads-up and grabbing his biggest career score of $417,570.

2024 EPT Cyprus $25,000 Super High Roller Warm Up Final Table results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Elias Gutierrez	Spain	$417,570
2	Alexander Zubov	Russia	$273,700
3	Adrian Mateos	Spain	$198,400
4	Dimitar Danchev	Bulgaria	$150,500
5	Artsiom Lasouski	Belarus	$116,300
6	Enrico Camosci	Italy	$89,000
7	Aleksejs Ponakovs	Latvia	$68,400
8	Zhendong Li	China	$54,700

Today's $25,000 SHR Second Chance is a two-day affair and is the biggest buy-in that remains on the 2024 EPT Schedule. It offers unlimited reentries with eight 30-minute levels playing out on Day 1. Those who survive the day will advance to Day 2. Those that don't can still partake in the final day as registration will remain open until the start of play on Day 2.

Players will start with a stack of 250,000 and blinds begin at 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante. Today, there will be only one 15-minute break after Level 4 and no dinner break.

Shot clocks will also be in play from the start of the event, with players being allowed 15 seconds to act on their first decision, then 30 seconds in every subsequent decision in each hand.

A total of six time bank cards will be given to each player at the time they take their seat, then they will receive one additional time bank card at the start of every odd level.

Stay tuned as PokerNews will deliver live updates straight from the tournament floor, keeping you informed on all the action as it unfolds.

2024-10-16 18:16 UTC+2

Angelov Spikes an Ace to Win

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Nivel 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

WIth around 16,000 in the middle on a flop of 6♣Q♠5♣, Vladimir Korzinin bet 5,000 from the big blind and Boris Angelov called from the hijack.

Both players checked the 6♦ turn for the A♣ to fall on the river. Korzinin led out for 7,000 which Angelov quickly called.

Korzinin turned over K♦Q♦ for a pair of queens but was second-best to the A♠2♠ of Angelov for a rivered pair of aces.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Boris Angelov	265,000 15,000	15,000
Vladimir Korzinin	237,000 13,000	13,000

Tags/etiquetas: Boris Angelov Vladimir Korzinin

2024-10-16 18:31 UTC+2

Oya's Aces Leave Pardo Short

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Daniel J O'Hair

Nivel 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Boris Angelov opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and Masashi Oya three-bet to 8,000 on the button. Juan Pardo then cold four-bet to 27,000 from the big blind, which got a fold from Angelov and a call from Oya.

Oya proceeded to call bets from Pardo on every street. First for 8,000 on the K♥6♥2♥ flop, then for 38,000 on the 9♣ turn, and lastly for 100,000 on the 3♠ river.

Pardo turned over A♥K♦ for top pair top kicker, but Oya revealed a slowplayed A♦A♣ and claimed the large pot to jump out to an early chip lead.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Masashi Oya	435,000 185,000	185,000
Boris Angelov	270,000 5,000	5,000
Juan Pardo	61,000 189,000	189,000

Tags/etiquetas: Boris Angelov Juan Pardo Masashi Oya

2024-10-16 19:05 UTC+2

Moene Doubles Through Zouari in Brutal Cooler

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Daniel J O'Hair

Nivel 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Heads up on a completed board of 4♠Q♦5♠8♣9♥ with a bit under 100,000 already in the middle, Jelle Moene checked from the small blind and Jeremie Zouari bet 93,000 from the hijack.

Moene announced he was all in for a bit over 200,000 and Zouari snap-called.

Moene turned over J♦10♦ for the nut straight and Zouari said, "Wow," as he turned over 7♣6♣ for a lower straight before surrendering the majority of his stack.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Jelle Moene	515,000 285,000	285,000
Jérémie Zouari	65,000 230,000	230,000

Tags/etiquetas: Jelle Moene Jeremie Zouari

2024-10-16 19:47 UTC+2

Malinov Takes From Delgado

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Nivel 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Vicente Delgado raised to 6,000 under the gun with only Atanas Malinov calling from the hijack.

Delgado opted to check-call a bet of 5,000 from Malinov on the A♥10♥8♦ flop.

Delgado checked again when the 7♥ fell on the turn and Malinov bet 20,000. Delgado check-raised to 60,000 which Malinov called.

When the 8♠ came on the river, Delgado fired 60,000 into the middle. Malinov thought it over for a few moments before raising to 150,000. Delgado quickly folded and surrendered the pot to Malinov.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Atanas Malinov	355,000 125,000	125,000
Vicente Delgado	155,000 135,000	135,000

Tags/etiquetas: Atanas Malinov Vincente Delgado

2024-10-16 20:51 UTC+2

Nashar Blind-Raises

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Nivel 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Hassan Nashar raised blind under the gun to 20,000. When it folded to Kayhan Mokri, he shoved for 96,000 from the cutoff. Vicente Delgado moved all in himself for around 140,000 and the action was back on Nashar. Nashar didn't take long to make the call to put both players at risk.

Kayhan Mokri: 8♦8♥ All in
Vicente Delgado: K♦J♣ All in
Hassan Nashar : 3♥3♣

Mokri had a chance to triple up if his eights held up. The board ran out 7♣2♣6♠A♦9♦ to give Mokri the winner. He tripled up, while Delgado busted to the treys of Nashar.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Kayhan Mokri	300,000 210,000	210,000
Hassan Nashar	140,000 22,000	22,000
Vicente Delgado	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Hassan Nashar Kayhan Mokri Vicente Delgado

2024-10-16 21:41 UTC+2

[Removed:555] Shoves on Hrabec

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Nivel 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On a flop of 8♣2♠5♣, Roman Hrabec checked from the small blind and faced a bet of 16,000 from [Removed:554] out of the big blind. Hrabec check-raised to 40,000 and [Removed:555] called.

Hrabec chose to check when the K♠ dropped on the turn and [Removed:555] bet 65,000. Hrabec called.

Hrabec led out with a small bet of 18,000 upon seeing the 10♦ river. [Removed:555] paused briefly before raising enough to put Hrabec all in. Hrabec had around 100,000 left in his stack and instantly slid his cards to the dealer, and [Removed:555] won the pot.

Juan Pardo was seen exiting the tournament area at another table after he was unable to spin up his short stack,

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
[Removed:554]	575,000 135,000	135,000
Roman Hrabec	100,000 150,000	150,000
Juan Pardo	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Roman Hrabec

2024-10-16 21:54 UTC+2

Gutierrez Flushes Nashar Out

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Daniel J O'Hair

Nivel 7 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Elias Gutierrez, Vladimir Korzinin, and Hassan Nashar were in for 38,000 each heading to the flop, which came 2♠3♥2♥.

Gutierrez checked from under the gun and Korzinin checked from the hijack to Nashar, who bet a bit over 100,000 on the button. Gutierrez announced he was all in, which got a quick fold from Korznin and a snap-call from Nashar for approximately 300,000 total.

Hassan Nashar: 9♦9♣ All in
Elias Gutierrez: A♥7♥

Nashar held the lead with his overpair, but needed to fade a lot of outs against Gutierrez's ace and flush draw.

The 6♥ turn filled Gutierrez's flush draw to vault him into the lead and the J♥ river bricked out for Nashar, who was eliminated but immediately bought back in.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Elias Gutierrez	730,000 480,000	480,000

Vladimir Korzinin	395,000 145,000	145,000
Hassan Nashar	250,000 240,000	240,000

Tags/etiquetas: Elias Gutierrez Hassan Nashar Vladimir Korzinin

2024-10-16 22:29 UTC+2

Mulder Eliminates Gonzales

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Nivel 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kayhan Mokri raised to 10,000 from early position. He was called by Mustafa Biz in the cutoff and Kamal Gonzalez on the button before Teun Mulder squeezed to 50,000 from the small blind. Mokri called, Biz folded, then Gonzalez jammed for 140,000. Mulder shoved himself for roughly 400,000 and Mokri folded.

Kamal Gonzalez: 6♦5♦ All in
Teun Mulder: K♦Q♠

Mulder was ahead with king-high, but the 3♥7♣8♠ flop gave Gonzales a straight draw to go with his pair outs. The 8♣ turn and 8♥ river didn't change anything and Gonzalez was sent to the rail on one of the last hands of the day.

Jugador	Fichas	Progreso
Teun Mulder	610,000 90,000	90,000
Kayhan Mokri	520,000 220,000	220,000
Mustafa Biz	222,000 28,000	28,000
Kamal Gonzalez	Eliminado

Tags/etiquetas: Kamal Gonzalez Kayhan Mokri Mustafa Biz Teun Mulder

2024-10-16 23:22 UTC+2

Daher Tops Day 1 of $25k Second Chance

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Daniel J O'Hair

Nivel 8 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A brief Day 1 in the $25,000 Second Chance saw 31 players make their way to the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa to participate in the final $25k event of the 2024 European Poker Tour Cyprus. Although the action lasted a mere four hours, several players had busted and many reentered to bring the total number of entries to 38 — a number that is expected to grow as late-registration will remain open until the start of Day 2.

By the time the final hand was dealt, Albert Daher had secured the chip lead of the remaining 25 players after bagging up 885,000. Not too far behind him is PokerStars Team Pro Elias Gutierrez, who won the $25,000 SHR Warm Up just a few days ago, with 808,000. Rounding out the top three is Hassan Nashar, who fired three bullets before finding his footing en route to bagging 805,000.

Daher is a regular in EPT High Roller events and has already won three of them over the past several years. His most recent high roller victory happened last year in Cyprus, wherein he overcame an 29-entry field and defeated Mikita Badziakouski heads-up to take down the $264,690 first-place prize.

Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Name	Country	Chips	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Albert Daher	Lebanon	885,000	148
2	Elias Gutierrez	Spain	808,000	135
3	Hassan Nashar	Senegal	805,000	134
4	[Removed:554]	Netherlands	624,000	104
5	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	616,000	103
6	Vladimir Korzinin	Estonia	587,000	98
7	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	541,000	90
8	Danilo Velasevic	Croatia	500,000	83
9	Aleksejs Ponakovs	Latvia	454,000	76
10	Vicente Delgado	Spain	430,000	72

Action of the Day

Masashi Oya was among the 17 players who took their seats at the start of the day and hopped out to an early lead after slowplaying aces against Juan Pardo, who held ace-king on a king-high board. Oya largely stayed out of big pots for the rest of the evening, but still managed to end with an roughly average stack worth 356,000.

Another big hand in the first levels saw Jelle Moene taking over the lead after being on the right end of a brutal cooler in a straight versus straight confrontation against Jérémie Zouari. By the time the first and only break was held, Moene held a comfortable chip lead over the field.

However, that would change at the hands of Nashar, who entered shortly after break. Nashar immediately became a driver of action by playing most of his hands in an aggressive and often wild style that involved using very large sizings in relation to the blinds. In at least one hand, Nashar opted to play his cards without looking at them.

While Gutierrez managed to benefit from Nashar's erratic play, first by doubling through him and later by eliminating him, Nashar quickly reentered and sent Moene down the chip counts by winning a flip against him with pocket tens. Despite the hit, Moene still managed to end with 336,000.

It was about this time that Daher also began his ascent up the leaderboard — largely due to putting a beat on Simone Andrian after getting all in preflop with ace-five against Andrian's ace-king. Daher drilled a five on the river to score him the massive pot and continued to chip up from that point onwards.

Other notables who quietly made an appearance and will be back for Day 2 tomorrow include Duco ten Haven (115,000), Leonard Maue (174,000), Steve O'Dwyer (200,000), and Recep Aydemir (244,000).

Day 2 is set to begin on Thursday, October 17 at 12:30 p.m. local time and play down to a winner. Action will resume on Level 9, which features 3,000/6,000 blinds with a 6,000 big-blind ante. Fifteen-minute breaks will be held after every four levels and a 75-minute dinner break is scheduled at the completion of Level 20.

With more last-minute entrants expected to join the fray, there is still plenty of action yet to come as more big-money players go to war on the green felt. Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you ongoing coverage right up until the next high roller champion is crowned!

Tags/etiquetas: Albert Daher Aleksejs Ponakovs Big Blinds Danilo Velasevic Duco ten Haven Juan Pardo Recep Aydemir Simone Andrian Steve O'Dwyer Vicente Delgado Vladimir Korzinin

2024 EPT Cyprus $50,000 Super High Roller Final Table Results

2024 EPT Cyprus $25,000 Super High Roller Warm Up Final Table results

Top Ten Chip Counts

Action of the Day

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