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2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau was all in from the button against Kyle Cheong preflop, with Vaskaboinikau at risk as players flipped their cards.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau: A?K?
Kyle Cheong: 4?4?
The board ran out K?J?5?10?6?. Vaskaboinikau paired his king on the flop. He held against Cheong's pocket fours to win the pot and doubled up his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau |
280,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Kyle Cheong |
230,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Maher Nouira moved all in from the hijack for 42,500. Artur Martirosian, in the big blind, made the call.
Maher Nouira: J?J?
Artur Martirosian: A?9?
The board ran out 2?K?8?10?A?. Martirosian rivered an ace to pull ahead of the pocket jacks, sending Nouira to the rail.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Artur Martirosian |
242,500
97,500
|
97,500 |
|
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Maher Nouira | Busted |
Alex Kulev raised to 10,000 and Adrian Mateos called in the big blind.
The flop came 10?K?9?. Mateos checked and Kulev bet 18,000, which Mateos called.
The turn was the 4?. Mateos checked again and Kulev bet 60,000. Mateos then check-raised all in for the rest of Kulev's stack, 198,000 total. Kulev went into the tank before making the call and players flipped their cards.
Alex Kulev: K?J?
Adrian Mateos: 7?4?
Mateos had a pair of fours and flush draw and Kulev had a pair of kings. The river was the 3? and Kulev held to win the pot and double up his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Kulev |
400,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
Adrian Mateos |
120,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
Ren Lin raised to 9,000 from the cutoff. Maher Nouira called in the big blind.
Nouira check-called a bet of 9,000 from Lin on a flop of J?A?4?.
The Q? turn checked through to the 6? on the river. Nouira checked again and Lin bet out 24,500. Nouira used one time bank before electing to call. Lin tabled A?9? to take down this pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ren Lin |
140,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Maher Nouira |
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Sergi Reixach open shoved from late position with a short stack and was called by Aleksejs Ponakovs in the big blind. Players flipped their cards, with Reixach at risk.
Sergi Reixach: K?9?
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A?9?
The flop came Q?4?Q?6?10?. Ponakovs held with the queens on board and his ace high to win the pot. Reixach was eliminated from the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aleksejs Ponakovs |
235,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Sergi Reixach | Busted |
The pot stood at 34,500 with two players looking at a board that read 2?2?4?A?.
Adrian Mateos, in the cutoff, bet out 40,000. Leon Sturm, on the button, made the call.
The 6? river saw Mateos empty the clip, putting Sturm all in for his last 143,500. Sturm snap-called.
Leon Sturm: 4?4?
Adrian Mateos: 10?8?
Sturm's set won him a huge pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Leon Sturm |
401,500
196,500
|
196,500 |
Adrian Mateos |
370,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
Alex Kulev raised to 7,000 from the hijack. Kyle Cheong three-bet to 21,000 on the button and Kulev called.
Kulev checked at the sight of the Q?J?A? flop. Cheong bet out 9,000 and Kulev responded with a raise to 45,000. Cheong took his time before choosing to fold.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alex Kulev |
215,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Kyle Cheong |
215,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adrian Mateos | 600,000 | |
|
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Kyle Cheong |
425,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Leon Sturm | 205,000 | |
Aleksejs Ponakovs | 195,000 | |
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau |
180,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Artur Martirosian |
145,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
||
Yassin Mahmoud |
125,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Alex Kulev |
115,000
71,500
|
71,500 |
Jules Dickerson |
102,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Sergi Reixach |
55,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |