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GT Live 8: Final Day
ilushan 19 June, 02:12

It's a final day of our poker festival in Kaya Artemis & Resort & obviously the time has come for the final tables.

At 11:00 IPT Championship started. The beginning was brutal for yesterday's leaders - Yair Yakov Ohayon busted in 11th place, Egor Gerasimchuk finished 10th, Kfir Yamin's hopes to win were crushed when he went out in 9th. Soon there were 5 players remaining - Russia was represented by Alexander Ovechkin & Alex Kravchuk was the sole Ukrainian representative. Unfortunately for them they were not able to put a serious fight for the title & $30,000 first prize. Kravchuk busted in 5th, Ovechkin finished 4th.

The 3-handed battle featured two time IPT Championship finalist Shlomi Shimoni (Israel), Salim Boukrouma (France) and future winner Moshe Gaon (Israel).

A bit later it was time to finish GT Live Main Event. This event was halted at 8 AM with 6 players remaining. There were not so many players from Israel in this event, but somehow they completely dominated the final hours of play on Saturday. Nikolay Prokhorsky went out on the bubble simultaneously with the other player (they chopped the 15th prize) and then Russians took all places from 14th to 11th. Last Russian standing Igor Leshkov finished 9th.

An overall victory was secured by Shay Rabinovich who outplayed Itzhak Mizrachi heads-up. Ilon Boujenah finished 6th.

Russian-speaking players felt the taste of the revenge only in the last hyper turbo event - it was finally won by Nikolay Prokhorsky who broke his unlucky streak.

Saturday Madness in Artemis
ilushan 18 June, 03:23

Saturday is traditionally the most tense day at GT Live events! IPT Championship was stopped after 10 levels with 12 players remaining. Two chip leaders are Alexander Ovechkin (Russia) & Yair Yakov Ohayon (Israel), both frontrunners have more than 900,000. The winner of GT Live Main Event in November Egor Gerasimchuk has the 3rd stack, and Kfir Yamin from Israel who is definitely the loudest player in the building is a close fourth.

At 20:00 $1,000 GT Live Main Event started. 29 players qualified through the flights during first few days of the festival, and 74 participants entered by paying a full buy-in. The prizepool exceeded the guaranteed $75,000...first prize is $20,000.

At 3 AM there were 26 players, and they'll play til the early morning hours. Believe it or not, Alexander Ovechkin is one of the leaders in that one also. Also in the mix there is Ilon Boujenah, probably the most well-known guest of our event, who final tabled Partouche Poker tour back in 2011.

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Best Venue
  • Kaya Artemis Hotel
  • All-inclusive: complimentary food and alcohol 24/7
  • Splendid weather and the best sandy beach in Cyprus
  • Parties and hookah
Best Game Experience
  • Low rake
  • No taxes or hidden fees
  • Friendly atmosphere
Best Management
  • Many payment methods for buy-ins
  • The most beautiful dealers
  • Our guests are our priority
Check out the highlights
from our previous festivals

Tournaments

Start # Tournament Buy-in Stack Levels (min)
Wednesday, June 14
23:00 1 Super Satellite to IPT Championship $100 10,000 10
00:00 2 Midnight Hyper Turbo KO ($100 Bounties) $300 12,000 10
Thursday, June 15
13:00 3a IPT Championship · Day 1A · $100,000 GTD $550 25,000 40
18:00 4 Super Satellite to IPT Championship $100 10,000 15
20:00 5a Flight A for GT Live Main Event · $75,000 GTD $200 10,000 15
23:00 6 6-max Nightly Turbo KO ($100 Bounties) $300 15,000 15
Friday, June 16
13:00 3b IPT Championship · Day 1B · $100,000 GTD $550 25,000 40
18:00 5b Flight B for GT Live Main Event · $75,000 GTD $200 10,000 15
20:00 7 6-Max Deepstack $1000 20,000 40
21:00 8 Promo Girls Special · $1,000 GTD $50 5,000 15
23:00 9 Nightly Hyper Turbo KO ($100 Bounties) $300 12,000 10
Saturday, June 17
12:00 3 IPT Championship · Day 2 · $100,000 GTD $550 25,000 40
15:00 5c Flight C for GT Live Main Event · $75,000 GTD $200 10,000 15
18:00 10 Super Satellite to GT Live Main Event $200 15,000 15
20:00 5 GT Live Main Event Flights Combined · $75,000 GTD $1000 50,000 40
23:00 11 Nightly Hyper Turbo KO ($100 Bounties) $300 12,000 10
Sunday, June 18
11:00 3 IPT Championship · Final · $100,000 GTD      –      – 40
15:00 12 Last Chance Turbo $300 15,000 15
18:00 13 Hyper Turbo KO ($100 Bounties) $300 12,000 10

Re-entry in all tournaments is allowed through 8-14 levels, depending on the structure and starting stack. 3% of all prize pools will be withheld for the staff. 7% of the prize pools will be withheld for entry fees at highroller, hyperturbo and bounty tournaments, 9% of the prize pools at all other tournaments.

Entertainment

Thursday, June 15
11:30Darts Tournament
22:00Table tennis tournament
Friday, June 16
11:00Soccer
Saturday, June 17
14:00Bikini contest
Sunday, June 18
12:00Beach volleyball
13:00Jumping from the pier competition

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