Elias Gutierrez Wins Second High Roller Title at EPT Cyprus

Within the scorching warmth of Cyprus, PokerStars Ambassador Elias Gutierrez stayed cool to say his second excessive curler title of the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Cyprus.

Earlier within the week, on the Advantage Royal Diamond Resort On line casino & Spa, Gutierrez banked $417,570 for profitable the $25,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Heat Up. Just a few days later, he emerged victorious within the $25,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler Second Likelihood, pocketing $390,200 and one other Spadie trophy.

The six-figure windfall takes the net specialist’s sequence earnings to over $800,000 and boosted his lifetime earnings over the $1 million milestone, reaching the highest 25 on Spain’s all-time cash checklist.

The Spaniard navigated via a subject of 50 entries to take house the lion’s share of the $1,200,500 prize pool and overcame Teun Mulder in a really brief heads-up duel that spanned only one degree.

$25,000 Second Likelihood Outcomes

Winner’s Response

Gutierrez advised PokerNews that the final heads-up was much more tough, primarily as a result of he needed to win a lot and was near the title.

“My first win was tougher. The heads-up was very up and down. I began with an enormous chip lead heads-up, however my opponent turned it round, and I suffered mentally as a result of I actually needed to win.”

The Spanish skilled spoke about how he ready for this heads-up in comparison with the final one, having been in nearly the identical state of affairs relating to stack sizes.

“Right this moment, I entered [heads-up] higher. I attempted to chill out and assume clearly about what I used to be doing and what was happening. I went again to the sport much more mentally ready.”

Remaining Day’s Motion

After taking part in via eight ranges on Day 1, the twenty-five survivors have been joined by twelve extra late registrants. Those that fell in need of making the cash included PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton, whom Kayhan Mokri eradicated within the second degree of the day.

Boris Angelov, Martin Zamani, and Steve O’Dwyer have been eradicated earlier than the cash, in addition to Day 1 chip chief Albert Daher, who chilly four-bet ace-queen proper into the cowboys of Gutierrez, leading to Daher busting one place away from the ultimate desk. 


With solely seven locations paid, Roman Hrabec earned the unlucky title as bubble boy after being compelled all-in from the massive blind with eight-six suited. He couldn’t discover a miracle and misplaced to Mulder’s set, making him the final participant to go away with no payout.

Instantly after the bubble burst, Simone Andrian‘s pocket queens acquired cracked by Mulder’s ace-ten, knocking him out in seventh place. Not lengthy after, the 2 brief stacks, Ognyan Dimov and Mokri, busted in sixth and fifth, respectively.


Samuel Mullur got here into the ultimate desk with a commanding chip lead, which he held onto till the cash bubble burst. However some unlucky runouts resulted in him jamming his short-stack into the center with ace-three and working into Gutierrez’s ace-jack. There was no assist for Mullur, and his match led to fourth place, simply shy of a podium end.

With the blinds rising and the common stack shrinking, it didn’t take lengthy for the subsequent elimination. Hassan Nashar, who had been probably the most chatty and lively participant all through the match, discovered himself in an ideal spot to retake the chip lead after getting his stack within the center manner forward in opposition to Gutierrez. Nonetheless, a brutal flip gave Gutierrez a wheel, sending Nashar out in third place.

When heads-up play started, Gutierrez held an enormous five-to-one chip lead over Mulder, much like his heads-up battle days in the past. That one become an emotional rollercoaster for him, however this time, he wrapped it up nearly instantaneously. On the ultimate hand, Gutierrez shoved the river with prime pair and acquired paid off by Mulder’s second pair, thus crowning Gutierrez the $25K Tremendous Excessive Curler Second Likelihood champion.