$25,000 NL Hold'em II
Day 1 Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$25,000 NL Hold'em II
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$696,290
Entries
29
Level
19
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
30,000
Entries
29
Players Left
1
Level 19
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Today's $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event, running at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel Casino & Spa as part of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus, has now reached its conclusion and a winner has been crowned.
A total of 29 entries were made to the event, which generated a prize pool of $696,290. Of those entries, five players made the money.
Artur Martirosian and Paulius Plausinaitis were the last two players left standing. Martirosian came into the heads-up battle with a significant chip lead, but Plausinaitis soon doubled up to bring it even. He then managed to make a flush to claim most of Martirosian's chips and leave him short, moments later winning the match.
Martirosian took second place for $170,600 and Plausinaitis was crowned champion to walk away with the trophy and $264,690.
EPT Cyprus $25,000 N0-Limit Hold-em Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paulius Plausinaitis | Lithuania | $264,690 |
| 2 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | $170,600 |
| 3 | Leon Sturm | Germany | $113,100 |
| 4 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | $81,800 |
| 5 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | $66,100 |
Final Table Recap
There wasn't too much difference in stack sizes as nine players reached the final table, although Alex Kulev was out in front and Martirosian sat in second place.
Ren Lin was short stacked and became the first to exit. He got his ace queen in against Maher Nouira with king queen. Nouira found his pair of kings and Lin was sent to the rail.
Nouira couldn't build on that momentum, losing a chunk of chips before getting the rest in against Kyle Cheong and losing out to Cheong's trip aces to bust in eighth.
Short stacked Aleksejs Ponakovs found a double up but then moments later lost a flip against Martirosian to bust out in seventh. By this point, Martirosian had built a stack of nearly one million and had took the lead.
It was time for the bubble and Cheong, who had a decent stack at the start of the final table, ran into Mikalai Vaskaboinikau's pocket kings to bust out just shy of the money.
A little over ten minutes later, Vaskaboinikau's run came to an end. He ran his ace queen into Martirosian's ace king to bust in fifth place. Martirosian further extended his lead.
By this point, Kulev found himself short and made a reshove against Plausinaitis. Kulev lost the flip and was eliminated in fourth place.
Leon Sturm had laddered up to third but was then firmly in the danger zone and well behind the other two players. He did manage to find a double up before busting in third to Martirosian, which brought Martirosian up to two million chips as play went heads-up.
Martirosian had a significant chip lead against Plausinaitis as heads-up ensued, but Plausinaitis got paid for his rivered flush to double up and bring the stacks back to even. After a bit of back and forth, Plausinaitis got his pocket nines in against Martirosian's pocket threes and held to leave Martirosian short.
The tables had turned and all that was left was for Plausinaitis to seal the deal. He did so with a simple shove holding ace six and was called by Martirosian holding king jack. Plausinaitis found an ace and it was all over.
Plausinaitis won the tournament, the trophy, and the top prize of $264,690.
That concludes the PokerNews coverage of the second $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. Stay tuned for much more to come at the EPT Cyprus, including the EPT Main Event.
Level 19
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Paulius Plausinaitis shoved all in from the button and Artur Martirosian called in the big blind. Players flipped their cards, with Martirosian at risk.
Artur Martirosian: K?J?
Paulius Plausinaitis: A?6?
The board ran out 3?8?4?A?2?. Plausinaitis paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and the tournament.
Martirosian finished in second place for $170,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,900,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 19
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Paulius Plausinaitis shoved from the button and Artur Martirosian called in the blind. Players flipped their cards, with Martirosian at risk.
Artur Martirosian: 2?2?
Paulius Plausinaitis: A?2?
The board ran out 8?3?8?8?K?. Martirosian held with his pocket deuces to win the pot and double up his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
|
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540,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
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Level 19
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Artur Martirosian completed the button and Paulius Plausinaitis raised from the blind. Martirosian moved all in and Plausinaitis made the call as the player at risk. The cards were turned.
Paulius Plausinaitis: 9?9?
Artur Martirosian: 3?3?
The board ran out 8?6?4?J?A?. Neither player improved on the board and Plausinaitis held with his pocket nines to win the pot and leave Martirosian with less than ten big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,650,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
250,000
-1,350,000
|
-1,350,000 |
|
|
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Level 19
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Paulius Plausinaitis raised to 60,000 from the button and Artur Martirosian called.
The flop came 7?A?5?. Artur Martirosian checked and Plausinaitis bet 75,000, which Martirosian called.
The turn was the 10? and both players checked. The river came the K?. Martirosian checked and Plausinaitis bet 200,000. Martirosian then moved all in for around 1,100,000. Plausinaitis used several time bank cards before eventually finding the fold.
Martirosian won the pot and took back the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
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1,300,000
-200,000
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-200,000 |
Level 19
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Action was on the river on a board of 5?10?6?6?A?. Artur Martirosian led for 150,000 and Paulius Plausinaitis moved all in for 695,000. Martirosian made the call.
Plausinaitis showed K?7? for the king high flush and Martirosian mucked his hand. Plausinaitis doubled up to bring chip stacks close to even.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
-745,000
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-745,000 |
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|
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Level 19
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Heads-up play has now begun between Artur Martirosian and Paulius Plausinaitis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
755,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Players have agreed to reduce the break time from 15 to 5 minutes. Play will resume shortly.