Dimov Headlines Early High-Stakes Winners From 2024 European Poker Tour Cyprus Series

The 2024 European Poker Tour Cyprus competition kicked off late final week, and already there have been 4 high-stakes tournaments which have wrapped up within the first six days of motion. The occasions, which featured an assortment of buy-ins between $10,200 and $25,000, paid out greater than $3.6 million in collective prize cash.

This collection runs from Oct. 9-20 at Benefit Royal Diamond Resort & Spa (pictured above) and can characteristic a complete of 10 occasions with five-figure buy-ins. Under is a better take a look at the outcomes from the primary 4.

EPT Cyprus $10,200 No-Restrict Maintain’em Thriller Bounty

The primary high-stakes occasion of the collection was a $10,200 buy-in thriller bounty no-limit maintain’em affair. With 75 entries, there was a complete of $727,500 in prize cash to be awarded.

The highest 20 finishers earned a share of the principle prize pool, with Marcelo Bonanata securing the most important chunk because the eventual champion. The Uruguayan was awarded $156,800 and 420 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors for the win, which was the primary recorded dwell victory on his match resume.

Two-time bracelet winner Aleksejs Ponakovs completed second for $141,500. This was the primary of a number of early final-table finishes for the Latvian professional, so keep tuned for extra on him later.

Different massive names that ran deep included Yulian Bogdanov (sixth), two-time bracelet winner Santhosh Suvarna (fifth), and Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection Europe $25,000 pot-limit Omaha champion Tom Vogelsang (4th).

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors

1
Marcelo Bonanata
$156,800
420

2
Aleksejs Ponakovs
$141,500
350

3
Vladimir Korzinin
$78,300
280

4
Tom Vogelsang
$87,700
210

5
Santhosh Suvarna
$34,600
175

6
Yulian Bogdanov
$96,500
140

7
Manuel Fritz
$24,700
105

8
Alexander Zubov
$31,300
70

9
Valeriy Fokin
$11,000
35

EPT Cyprus $12,300 No-Restrict Maintain’em Bounty

The subsequent occasion additionally awarded bounty payouts, however these have been of the non-mystery selection. The $12,300 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion noticed 54 entries made earlier than registration closed, which constructed a prize pool of $635,040.

It took only a single day to play all the way down to a champion, with Armenia’s Aren Bezhanyan taking down $247,840. This was the most important dwell rating but for Bezhanyan, surpassing the $107,567 he earned for a win in a $2,583 buy-in on the Excessive Curler Summer season Competition at Sochi On line casino & Resort this summer time.

Biao Ding completed third on this occasion for $85,700. The rising high-stakes star now has greater than $11 million in profession cashes after this newest rating.

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors

1
Aren Bezhanyan
$247,840
300

2
Alexandr Chernikov
$112,400
250

3
Biao Ding
$85,700
200

4
Casimir Seire
$75,400
150

5
Boris Kolev
$51,700
125

6
Aliaksei Boika
$31,500
100

7
Atanas Malinov
$24,500
75

9
Vicente Delgado
$6,000
25

EPT Cyprus $20,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em

Two-time bracelet winner and 2015 EPT Deauville primary occasion champion Ognyan Dimov emerged victorious from a area of 47 entries within the $20,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion, securing $253,876 after closing out the win.

Whereas Dimov secured the title, an obvious heads-up deal resulted in runner-up Kayhan Mokri strolling away with the most important payout for the occasion ($260,800). Mokri is now sitting in a hundredth place within the 2024 POY race standings offered by International Poker. The Norwegian has gained two titles and made 5 last tables up to now this yr, together with efficiently defending his title within the €100,000 buy-in at EPT Barcelona after profitable that very same match in 2023.

Ponakovs completed third for $139,900, whereas current Tremendous Excessive Curler Bowl IX runner-up Juan Pardo positioned fourth for $103,800. Ren Lin recorded his sixteenth last desk of the yr by surviving to the ultimate six. He earned $63,200 and 120 POY factors for this newest robust displaying. Lin now has 4,776 in whole factors, good for twelfth on the POY leaderboard.

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors

1
Ognyan Dimov
$253,876
360

2
Kayhan Mokri
$260,800
300

3
Aleksejs Ponakovs
$139,900
240

4
Juan Pardo
$103,800
180

5
Markkos Ladev
$81,200
150

6
Ren Lin
$63,200
120

EPT Cyprus $25,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em

There have been 57 entries made within the first of three $25,000 buy-in occasions at this collection, leading to a prize pool of $1,368,570.

The highest prize swelled to $417,570, with Elias Gutierrez being the participant to safe the trophy and that sum. The Switzerland resident now has greater than $1.1 million in recorded scores after including this career-best rating to his tally.

The highest eight finishers earned a share of the prize pool, together with a number of high POY contenders. Aleksejs Ponakovs recorded his third final-table end of the collection, putting seventh for $68,400. He has now cashed for $349,800 and 695 factors up to now at this cease. That brings his final-table whole for the yr to 11, with 4,547 factors accrued alongside the best way. Because of this, he’s now the 14th-ranked contender within the POY standings.

Enrico Camosci, recent off of an enormous displaying on the WSOP Europe completed sixth for $89,000. With one title and 9 final-table showings in 2024, Camosci has climbed to twenty sixth within the POY rankings (3,913 factors).

Adrian Mateos additionally cashed, incomes $198,400 because the third-place finisher. The four-time bracelet winner from Spain has now made 18 last tables in 2024, with three titles gained. The Spanish celebrity has accrued 9,064 POY factors and practically $9.9 million in POY earnings alongside the best way, making him the primary participant within the POY race. He now has a 764-point lead over second-ranked David Coleman.

Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors

1
Elias Gutierrez
$417,570
420

2
Alexander Zubov
$273,700
350

3
Adrian Mateos
$198,400
280

4
Dimitar Danchev
$150,500
210

5
Artsion Lasouski
$116,300
175

6
Enrico Camosci
$89,000
140

7
Aleksejs Ponakovs
$68,400
105

8
Zhendong Li
$54,700
70

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