$2,200 EAPT Grand Final
Day 3 Started
2024 EAPT Grand Final
$2,200 EAPT Grand Final
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2024 EAPT Grand Final
Buy-in
$2,200
Prize Pool
$3,004,800
Entries
1,565
Level
36
Blinds
2,000,000 / 4,000,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
16
Players Left
1
Just 16 players remain from a field of 1,565 entrants heading into the third final day of the Eurasion Poker Tour (EAPT) Grand Final here at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa.
Boris Kolev and Almas Umarov find themselves at the top of the counts with 32,400,000 and 32,800,000 respectively. Umarov has already found success on the EAPT state, with his previous best tournament score of $61,000 coming from a third place finish in the EAPT Astana Main Event in 2017. Umarov will need an eight-place finish or better to surpass that score.
Perhaps more than any other player left in the field, Boris Kolev has momentum on his side. Just a few months ago he captured his second WSOP bracelet along with $424,550, a score that brought his lifetime tournament earnings past $3,000,000.
Full Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Almas Umarov | Kazakhstan | 32,800,000 | 55 |
| 2 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 32,400,000 | 54 |
| 3 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russian Federation | 26,800,000 | 45 |
| 4 | Artsiom Lasouski | Belarus | 25,800,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Ueberton Cristian De Aquino | Brazil | 24,100,000 | 40 |
| 6 | Nikola Marcetic | Serbia | 20,300,000 | 34 |
| 7 | Vahid Motaghi | Iran | 18,000,000 | 30 |
| 8 | Dmitrii Levin | Russian Federation | 17,400,000 | 29 |
| 9 | Iurii Brechalov | Russian Federation | 17,000,000 | 28 |
| 10 | Szymon Bala | Poland | 16,200,000 | 27 |
| 11 | Adrian Strobel | Germany | 15,000,000 | 25 |
| 12 | Gabriel Akiki | Lebanon | 14,800,000 | 25 |
| 13 | Christopher Puetz | Germany | 14,000,000 | 23 |
| 14 | Amirreza Roudsari | Iran | 11,900,000 | 20 |
| 15 | Maksim Isaev | Russian Federation | 9,700,000 | 16 |
| 16 | Recep Aydemir | Turkey | 7,900,000 | 13 |
Rounding out the top three is Andrey Pateychuk who starts the day with 26,800,000. With over $5,500,000 in career tournament earnings that include wins at both the European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour, Pateychuk may be the most adept player left in the field when it comes to navigating large tournament fields. His most recent six-figure score came from a 17th place finish in last year's WSOP Main Event for $430,200.
The day will begin at noon local time with blinds at 300,000/600,000 and a 600,000 big blind ante. As always, be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action from this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned.
Level: 28
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
Level 28
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the Grand Final.
Level 28
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Andrey Pateychuk opened to 1,200,000 from the button and Dmitrii Levin three-bet to 4,500,000 from the small blind, committing a bit more than half his stack. Pateychuk four-bet shoved and Levin called to put himself at risk.
Dmitrii Levin: 8?8? 
Andrey Pateychuk: A?10?
Levin drilled a set on the 8?2?Q? flop. Pateychuk picked up a gutshot straight draw on the J? turn but the 10? river was a brick and Levin secured a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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19,400,000 | |
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17,500,000 | |
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Level 28
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Almas Umarov opened to 1,200,000 from under the gun and Christopher Puetz called from middle position.
The flop came Q?Q?5? and Umarov check-called a 1,000,000 bet from Puetz.
Both players then checked the 2? turn and Q? river. Umarov had A?K? while Puetz tabled 8?8? for the winner to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,700,000 | |
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18,500,000 | |
Level 28
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Adrian Strobel opened to 1,200,000 from under the gun only for Andrey Pateychuk to three-bet to 3,000,000 from the hijack. Strobel moved all in for 15,500,000 and Pateychuk called with a covering stack to put Strobel at risk.
Adrian Strobel: K?K?
Andrey Pateychuk: J?J?
Strobel was in great shape with the higher pocket pair and remained ahead on the Q?10?7?10?2? runout to score a full double up through Pateychuk, who was left with just over five big blinds after starting the day with the third-largest stack just 40 minutes ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,500,000
17,500,000
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17,500,000 |
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3,100,000
-14,400,000
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-14,400,000 |
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Level: 29
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
Level 29
: 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Amirreza Roudsari opened to 1,200,000 from middle position only for Gabriel Akiki to three-bet shove for 9,300,000 from the hijack. Dmitrii Levin re-shoved for 17,900,000 from the button, folding out all other players to leave Akiki at risk.
Gabriel Akiki: K?J?
Dmitrii Levin: K?K?
Akiki couldn't crack Levin's cowboys on the 8?9?5?Q?3? runout and made his exit from the tournament area while Levin continued to climb up the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,500,000
11,100,000
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11,100,000 |
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7,900,000
-4,000,000
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-4,000,000 |
|
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7,500,000
4,400,000
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4,400,000 |
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Busted | |
Level 29
: 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Almas Umarov opened to 1,600,000 from the hijack and Szymon Bala called from the cutoff.
The flop came 9?4?2? and Umarov fired a 1,500,000 continuation bet that was called by Bala.
Umarov slowed down with a check on the 4? turn and Bala bet 2,100,000. Umarov moved all in, covering Bala who had just over 10,000,000 behind. Bala made the call and was at risk.
Szymon Bala: A?A?
Almas Umarov: A?2?
Bala was in great shape after slow-playing his aces but still needed to fade a two or a diamond from Umarov to avoid elimination. The 3? river was a brick and Bala scored a full double up through the start of day chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,400,000
17,200,000
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17,200,000 |
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23,500,000
-15,200,000
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-15,200,000 |
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