2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

$2,200 Eureka High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q6
Prize
$338,460
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$2,772,480
Entries
1,444
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
216
Players Left
1

Wheeler Gets Pressured By Markov

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Jason Wheeler
Jason Wheeler

Jason Wheeler raised to 65,000 from the small blind. Anton Markov called in the big blind.

Wheeler continued for 55,000 on the 2?10?7? flop. Anton Markov spent some time in the tank before moving all in, putting Wheeler to the test for his extra 220,000 behind the line.

Wheeler thought for some time before electing to make a frustrated fold.

Player Chips Progress
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Anton Markov
935,000
220,000
220,000
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Jason Wheeler
220,000
-470,000
-470,000

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Demirkol Tanks With the Second Nuts

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Cecile Ticherfatine
Cecile Ticherfatine

The pot stood at approximately 185,000 with two players looking at a full board that read 7?10?J?Q?9?.

Mehmet Demirkol, in the big blind, checked the action over to Cecile Ticherfatine, who was under the gun. Ticherfatine placed a sizeable bet of 200,000 and Demirkol went into the tank.

Demirkol thought for so long the clock was called. Within the remaining seconds of his countdown, he flicked in a singular chip. Ticherfatine tabled K?Q? with confidence, and was somewhat annoyed to see Demirkol held K?J?.

Both players chopped this pot with a king-high straight. "What were you thinking about?" Ticherfatine asked as she took back her initial bet.

Player Chips Progress
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Cecile Ticherfatine
500,000
110,000
110,000
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Mehmet Demirkol
455,000
-165,000
-165,000

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Lococo Sent to the Rail

Level 21 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Alejandro Lococo
Alejandro Lococo

PokerNews caught up with the action as the cards were being swept into the muck. With the full board reading A?K?10?8?10?, Alejandro Lococo, in the cutoff, was all in and at risk against Alessio Isaia, who was under the gun.

Alejandro Lococo: 10?7?
Alessio Isaia: K?10?

Lococo's trips fell to the full house of Isaia and he was sent to the rail, having come into Day 2 second in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Alessio Isaia
830,000
470,000
470,000
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Alejandro Lococo
Busted

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Foggin Gets Tricky

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Marc Foggin
Marc Foggin

The pot stood at approximately 72,000 with two players looking at a board that read K?K?9?.

Marc Foggin, in the small blind, checked the action to Eugenio Peralta, in the cutoff. Peralta bet 20,000 and Foggin check-raised to 55,000. Peralta called.

The K? turn saw Foggin slow down. Peralta bet out 55,000 and Foggin check-raised, again, to 115,000. Peralta elected to see a river.

The 4? saw Foggin move all in for 257,000. Peralta made a frustrated fold.

Player Chips Progress
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Marc Foggin
669,000
143,000
143,000
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Eugenio Peralta
301,000
152,000
152,000

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Lococo Sends Chaoui to the Rail

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Mehdi Chaoui
Mehdi Chaoui

PokerNews caught the action as Mehdi Chaoui could be seen making his way to the payout desk; the recipient of his chips was PokerStars Team Pro member Alejandro Lococo.

Chaoui took his seat at Table 8 this afternoon to find out Lococo would be to his direct left. After some friendly rivalry for the start of the first level, Lococo would soon the the beneficiary of Chaoui's entire stack, as he chips up to over 800,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Alejandro Lococo
865,000
200,000
200,000
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Mehdi Chaoui
Busted

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$449,905 Announced as First-Place Prize

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
EPT Cyprus
EPT Cyprus

The 216 remaining players began Day 2 in the money, all locking up the $3,350 min-cash.

It has also been announced that $449,905, while the top nine finishers will secure themselves at least $41,575.

PlacePrizePlacePrizePlacePrize
1$449,90510-11$32,00040-55$7,775
2$280,60012-13$26,67556-71$6,725
3$200,27514-15$22,22572-96$5,875
4$153,95016-17$18,52596-119$5,100
5$118,30018-20$15,675120-143$4,425
6$90,87521-23$13,625144-183$3,850
7$69,92524-27$11,850184-216$3,350
8$54,07528-31$10,275  
9$41,57532-39$8,950  

216 Players Advance to Day 2 in the $2,200 Eureka High Roller

Wooram Cho
Wooram Cho

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.

Over a total of two starting flights hosted yesterday, an impressive 1,444 entries were recorded, contributing a massive $2,772,480 to the prize pool. Of those, 216 players will be returning to the felt today to battle it out as both starting flights merge for the first time. While official payouts are yet to be confirmed, all players to have progressed to Day 2 are in the money.

Returning to the felt as the overall chip leader is Maximilian Silz who managed to accumulate an impressive 1,134,000 on Day 1a yesterday. Silz��s chip lead is emphasised as he is the first player to eclipse the one million chip mark.

Coming into the day second in chips is Alejandro Lococo who managed to amass his plentiful stack of 665,000 late last night on Day 1b. Lococo is the only member of the PokerStars Team Pro that managed to find a bag in this event, so there��s no doubt all eyes will be on the ambassador.

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Maximilian SilzGermany1,134,000142
2Alejandro LococoArgentina665,00083
3Pascal HartmannGermany610,00076
4Wooram ChoSouth Korea599,00075
5Anton WiggSweden548,00069
6Marc FogginUnited Kingdom526,00066
7Konstantin VoroninRussia525,00066
8Sergey BaranksiBelarus520,00065
9Hwany LeeSouth Korea510,00064
10Aleksandr DenisovRussia509,00064

Some other notable names to bag chips and move on to Day 2 were PSPC Champion Aliaksandr Shylko (96,000), 2018 EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion Piotr Nurzynski (99,000), 2013 EPT Barcelona Main Event Champion Tom Middleton and 2010 EPT Copenhagen Main Event Champion Anton Wigg (548,000).

Day 2 will restart at 12 p.m. local time today and will play down until just one player remains. Play resumes with 5 minutes on the clock of Level 17.

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.

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