Alexsandr Pak Leads WPT Cyprus Day 1a, Tony Dunst & Romulo Dorea Find a Bag

The World Poker Tour (WPT) $3,500 buy-in, $2 million GTD WPT Cyprus Championship kicked off on Wednesday with the primary of three beginning flights. Day 1a attracted 283 entrants after eight one-hour ranges of play, 127 of them put chips in a bag to outlive the evening.

Alexsandr Pak led the best way with 379,000 whereas Furkan Yavuz was scorching on his heels with 358,500. Among the many notables to advance have been WPT International Ambassador Romulo Dorea (228,000), WPT Prime Cyprus champ Omar Lakhdari (169,000), and WPT Prime Paris winner Hugues Girard (139,000).

Prime 10 Day 1a Chip Counts

PlayerChips Aleksandr Pak379,000 Furkan Yavuz358,500 Sherif Derias307,500 Mihai Trofim306,500 Xin Yuan258,500 Konstantin Generalov234,000 Romulo Dorea228,000 Volkan Karacocuk224,000 Yehven Pavlenko218,000 Servet Cakir217,500

One other participant to outlive Day 1a, albeit with a shorter stack of 47,500, was WPT commentator Tony Dunst, who gained a pleasant pot early in Stage 1 (100/200/200). In accordance with WPT reporter BJ Nemeth, on a flop of Ok♠Ok♦10♦, Guo Liang Wei checked from the small blind after which known as after Dunst wager 400 from the massive.

Wei proceeded to check-call a wager of 1,500 on the 9♦ flip earlier than checking the 6♦ river. With 4 diamonds on board, Dunst opted to test behind along with his Ok♥Q♠ for journey kings, and it was nonetheless good as Wei solely had the ten♠6♠.

After all, not everybody was lucky sufficient to make it by way of Day 1a. Amongst these to fall have been Adam Zeyn, Elliott Campbell, George Fedorca, Yaser Sakrya, WPT International qualifier Linda Nguyen, and the controversial Will Kassouf, who misplaced a giant chunk of his stack on this hand captured by PokerNews:

As for Nguyen, she sniffed out a giant bluff early to get off to a superb begin, however in accordance with the WPT Dwell Updates, in Stage 7 (500/1,000/1,000) she discovered herself all in from the button for roughly 60,000 holding the A♥10♦ on a board studying 10♥9♠3♠4♥.

Sadly for her, Pak had the ten♣9♣ for 2 pair and held when the 8♠ bricked on the river. Pak eradicated Nguyen from the event on his option to bagging the Day 1a chip lead.

WPT International qualifier Linda Nguyen.

The WPT Cyprus Championship, which runs by way of August 18, is the keystone occasion on the schedule for the $5 Million GTD Pageant on the Chamada Status Lodge & On line casino. Right here’s a have a look at the remaining schedule:

2025 WPT Cyprus Remaining Schedule

*DateTimeEventGTDDetails* Thu 14 Aug12:00 pm$3,200 + 300 No Restrict Maintain’em – WPT Championship Day 1B$2,000,000 Assured Prize Pool50k stack, 60 min clock, 10 LVLS late reg Thu 14 Aug3:00 pm$1,000 + 100 Pot Restrict Omaha – Bounty Occasion$60,000 Assured Prize Pool20k stack, 20 min clock, 8 LVLS late reg Thu 14 Aug11:00 pm$600 + 60 Satellite tv for pc to WPT Championship Day 1C8 seats GTD10k stack, 15 min clock, 6 LVLS late reg Fri 15 Aug12:00 pm$3,200 + 300 No Restrict Maintain’em – WPT Championship Day 1C$2,000,000 Assured Prize Pool50k stack, 60 min clock, 10 LVLS late reg Fri 15 Aug4:00 pm$1,000 + 100 No Restrict Maintain’em – Bounty ITM$100,000 Assured Prize Pool20k stack, 20 min clock, 8 LVLS late reg Fri 15 Aug11.59 pm$750 + 75 No Restrict Maintain’em – Pace Up$50,000 Assured Prize Pool20k stack, 10 min clock, 8 LVLS late reg Sat 16 Aug12:00 pm$3,200 + 300 WPT Championship Day 2$2,000,000 Assured Prize Pool60 min clock Sat 16 – Mon 18 Aug5:00 pm$1,000 + 100 No Restrict Maintain’em – Thriller Bounty Occasion$100,000 Assured Prize Pool20k stack, 20 min clock, 8 LVLS late reg Sat 16 Aug11:00 pm$1,000 + 100 Satellite tv for pc to Chamada Tremendous Excessive Roller5 seats GTD15k stack, 15 min clock, 6 LVLS late reg Solar 17 Aug12:00 pmWPT Championship Day 3$2,000,000 Assured Prize Pool60 min clock Solar 17 – Mon 18 Aug3:00 pm$7,500 + 500 No Restrict Maintain’em – Chamada Tremendous Excessive Curler$300,000 Assured Prize Pool100k stack, 30 min clock, 10 LVLS late reg Solar 17 Aug8.00 pm$2,000 + 200 No Restrict Maintain’em – Final Likelihood$150,000 Assured Prize Pool30k stack, 30 min clock, 8 LVLS late reg Mon 18 Aug12:00 pmWPT Championship Ultimate Desk$2,000,000 Assured Prize Pool60 min clock Mon 18 Aug3.00 pm$7,500 + 500 Chamada Tremendous Excessive Curler Ultimate Day$300,000 Assured Prize Pool30 min clock Mon 18 Aug5:00 pm$1,000 + 100 Thriller Ultimate Desk Solely$75,000 Assured Prize Pool20k stack, 20 min clock, 8 LVLS late reg

Day 1b will get underway at Midday native time on Thursday with Day 1c to observe on Friday. Late registrations will stay open till after the primary break (~2:15 p.m. native time) on Saturday’s Day 2. Gamers will begin with 50,000 stack, taking part in 60-minute ranges. PokerNews is on-site to supply content material, social media, and interviews, so make sure to test again steadily for all the newest from the WPT Cyprus!

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