2024 EAPT Georgia
There were already around 40,000 chips in the middle on a board of 3♥A♣3♦A♠7♣ when Giorgi Kakhaberidze had checked it over to Dmitry Gorbachev, who then fired a bet of 11,000. Kakhaberidze thought for a while but eventually made the call.
Gorbachev rolled over A♥9♥ for a full house, and Kakhaberidze could only muck his hand.
Konstantin Solovev had opened to 2,100 and Lior Faribai three-bet to 4,200. When it got back to Solovev, he just called.
A flop of 9♦5♥7♣ saw Solovev check, and Faribai bet 11,000. Solovev looked at the board, then at this stack, and decided to let his hand go.
Level: 7
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Players are on a 10-minute break.
Back in May, Ali Ayub became the first-ever EAPT UK Main Event champion to bag a cool £67,400.
The local hero outlasted 858 players and, after agreeing to an ICM chip-chop, beat Ionut Dumitrana heads-up to take the crown.
The DTD regular and commentator was a popular victor, and the winning moment came when Ayub shoved with an open-ended straight draw and flush draw. Dumitrana made the call with a pair of threes.
Ayub had two over cards with the five-four of clubs and had 20 outs to take down the championship. He hit the eight of clubs for a flush to lift the light-up EAPT trophy.
2024 EAPT UK Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ali Ayub | United Kingdom | £67,400* |
| 2 | Ionut Dumitrana | United Kingdom | £59,600* |
| 3 | Jason Riley | United Kingdom | £33,500 |
| 4 | Yanwen Li | United Kingdom | £23,250 |
| 5 | David Langsdale | United Kingdom | £16,500 |
| 6 | Longmao Fan | United Kingdom | £11,000 |
| 7 | Trevor Pearson | United Kingdom | £8,000 |
| 8 | Yinchuan Liu | China | £6,000 |
| 9 | Ben Clark | United Kingdom | £5,000 |
* Denotes heads-up ICM chop
There was a raise from early position then Vazha Kometiani three-bet from the cutoff to 5,700. Givi Jugeli cold-called out of the small blind, and early position folded.
The flop came down Q♦Q♥6♦ and Jugeli wasted no time in shoving for 11,500. Kometiani looked down at his cards once more before he tossed into the muck, and the pot was pushed in Jugeli's direction.
Tatiana Morgoeva opened to 1,600 from middle position and Vasyl Duravkin three-bet the button to 4,300. When it got back to Morgoeva, she called.
On the K♠2♣Q♣ flop, Morgoeva check-called a bet of 3,000 from Duravkin.
An 8♣ dropped on the turn and after Morgoeva checked for a second time, Duravkin sized up to 10,000. Morgoeva folded.
Nikita Demeshko opened to 2,000 from under the gun and Jack Sinclair three-bet from middle position to 6,000. Avtandili Magradze then four-bet shoved for around 35,000, which got everybody else at the table to fold.