2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

$5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k8
Prize
$1,042,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,300
Prize Pool
$6,402,000
Entries
1,320
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
819
Players Left
275

Astedt Turns Higher Straight to Double Up

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Niklas ?stedt
Niklas ?stedt

Niklas Astedt raised to 900 from middle position and picked up a call from Chinguun Bolor-Erdene before Aziz Efe reraised to 3,400 from the button. Both Astedt and Bolor-Erdene called the raise.

The flop came 9?10?8?. Astedt bet, Bolor-Erdene folded and Efe raised to 13,500. Astedt then moved all in and Efe quickly called with the bigger stack as players flipped their cards.

Niklas Astedt: K?J?
Aziz Efe: Q?J?

Astedt had a straight draw but Efe already had a made straight. The turn came the Q? and the river the 2?.

Groans and cheers rang out from the table on the turn as Astedt, one of the poker world's biggest winners, made the better straight to double up his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
38,000
38,000
38,000
Aziz Efe tr
Aziz Efe
16,000
16,000
16,000

Tags: Aziz EfeChinguun Bolor-ErdeneNiklas Astedt