2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

$25,000 NL Hold'em VI
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$264,690
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$696,290
Entries
29
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
29
Players Left
1

Big Stacks Battle on the Bubble

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Sam Greenwood opened to 75,000 from the hijack and Albert Daher defended from the big blind.

The flop came 2?4?5? and Daher check-called a 40,000 continuation bet from Greenwood.

Both players checked the K? turn leading to the 5? river. Daher bet 200,000 and Greenwood made the fold.

Player Chips Progress
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
1,010,000
360,000
360,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
725,000
-175,000
-175,000
Run It Once

Tags: Albert DaherSam Greenwood

Level: 19

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Most Pots Encountering Little Resistance

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Albert Daher limped in from the small blind and Daniel Rezaei checked his option.

The flop came J?A?8? and Daher led out for 25,000. Rezaei called, then folded to another bet of 80,000 on the 10? turn.

Rezaei moved all for around 400,000 a few hands later and the rest of the table folded.

Sam Greenwood then raised to 50,000 on the button and Artur Martirosian called in the big blind.

Both players checked the 2?10?K? flop, then Greenwood bet 80,000 on the A? turn. Martirosian gave it some thought before mucking.

"These 15-minute levels were a mistake. It's like bingo," Daher said as the stacks rapidly become shallower.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
900,000
175,000
175,000
Run It Once
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
650,000
100,000
100,000
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
470,000
-80,000
-80,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
300,000
-92,000
-92,000
Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
280,000
-70,000
-70,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
150,000
-80,000
-80,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Albert DaherArtur MartirosianDaniel RezaeiSam Greenwood

Mateos Spikes a Set

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Sam Greenwood opened to 50,000 from the hijack and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 90,000 from the small blind, leaving a single blue 5,000 chip behind. Greenwood made the call.

The flop came 8?3?2? and Mateos bet his last 5,000. Greenwood called.

Adrian Mateos: 8?8?
Sam Greenwood: A?3?

Mateos had the nuts and by the Q? turn Greenwood was drawing dead. The 3? river gave Mateos a full house to best Greenwood's trip threes and secure a full double up.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
725,000
-75,000
-75,000
Run It Once
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
230,000
105,000
105,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Adrian MateosSam Greenwood

Level: 18

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Daher's Prayers Don't Go Answered

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Albert Daher raised to 40,000 in the cutoff, then folded when Sam Greenwood three-bet to 285,000 in the small blind.

Daher again opened to 40,000 the next hand and Greenwood called on the button, as did big blind Artur Martirosian.

The flop came 5?5?5? and Daher continued for 85,000. Greenwood called and Martirosian folded.

Both players checked the 9? turn and Daher tanked for nearly a minute before checking the A? river. Greenwood then bet 160,000.

"I was praying no ace," Daher said with a sigh as he mucked. "I will bet that's ace-queen," he added as Greenwood took the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
800,000
150,000
150,000
Run It Once
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
550,000
-150,000
-150,000
Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
350,000
-170,000
-170,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Albert DaherArtur MartirosianSam Greenwood

Level: 17

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Greenwood Takes from Rezaei

Level 16 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Sam Greenwood opened from under the gun to 35,000 and Daniel Rezaei defended from the big blind.

The flop came 6?5?4? and Rezaei lead out with a 20,000 bet that was called by Greenwood.

Both players checked the A? turn leading to the 8? river. Rezaei bet 80,000 and after about 25 seconds Greenwood made the call.

Greenwood showed Q?Q? which was good enough to take the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
650,000
100,000
100,000
Run It Once
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
550,000
-180,000
-180,000

Tags: Daniel RezaeiSam Greenwood

Daher Steals From Mateos on the Turn

Level 16 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Adrian Mateos raised to 35,000 under the gun and was called by Albert Daher in the hijack, as well as Artur Martirosian in the big blind.

The flop came 4?Q?10? and Mateos bet another 35,000. Daher called, while Martirosian got out of the way.

Mateos checked the 2? turn and Daher fired out 35,000. Mateos spent a minute in the tank before tossing his cards away.

Player Chips Progress
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
700,000
125,000
125,000
Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
520,000
63,000
63,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
125,000
-76,000
-76,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Adrian MateosAlbert DaherArtur Martirosian

End of the Road for Camosci; Bubble Time

Level 16 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Enrico Camosci
Enrico Camosci

Albert Daher opened to 30,000 from the hijack and Daniel Rezaei called from the cutoff. Enrico Camosci moved all in for 160,000 from the button, folding out Daher while receiving a call from Rezaei who covered.

Enrico Camosci: A?Q?
Daniel Rezaei: 10?10?

The board ran out 2?4?7?7?5?. Rezaei's pocket tens held to take down a healthy pot while securing Camosci's elimination.

With six players remaining, it time for the money bubble!

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
730,000
120,000
120,000
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
575,000
-62,000
-62,000
Enrico Camosci it
Enrico Camosci
Busted

Tags: Albert DaherDaniel RezaeiEnrico Camosci