The 2024 World Poker Tour (WPT )Cyprus festival has concluded with Romanian player Tudor Purice winning the Championship after defeating a field of 1,202 players and Georgia’s Aleks Apryan heads-up to win his career-best top prize of $183,270. Purice also received a seat worth $10,400 to the 2024 WPT World Championship.
The 2024 WPT Cyprus $1,100 buy-in Championship Main Event drew a staggering field of 1,202 entries across three starting flights, building up a massive guaranteed prize pool of $1,165,940. The $1 million prize pool was split among the top 153 finishers.
Only 149 players advanced to Day 2. After an intense 11-hour action, 9 players remained at the poker table, beginning the final table. Here is the final table recap of the 2024 WPT Cyprus Championship.
The 2024 WPT Cyprus Championship Final Table Recap and Standings
The final table featured players from six different countries. Ukraine’s Yurii Senchylo began the final table as the chip leader, with Tudor Purice holding the second largest chip stack. The short-stack players were exited early, starting with Umit Sad in 9th place ($17,400) after his pocket jacks couldn’t improve against Emile Abi-Daher’s A-8.
Samuel Klocker with A-Q went in only to be beaten by Aleksandr Denishev’s A-K. Klocker was eliminated in 8th place and earned $22,200 for the deep run.
Tudor Purice scored the first knockout at the final table when he busted Ioan Abrudan (7th – $28,500). Short stack Abrudan needed a double up to stay alive, so he moved all in with A-9, and Tudor Purice made the call with Q-5. The board ran out 9-8-6-Q-4, and Purice won the hand with his top pair.
Eduard Bagrov then knocked out Aleksandr Denishev in 6th place ($37,000), narrowing the table to five.
Nine hands later, Purice eliminated Emile Abi-Daher in 5th place for $48,500. Abi-Daher was short-stacked and was forced to move all in with 7-3.Purice with K-8 called, moving on to the showdown. The board came out A-5-2-10-K ending Abi-Daher’s tournament life.
The next elimination was brutal as we saw pocket eights beating pocket aces. Eduard Bagrov was left with 2 BBs, and he moved all in with pocket aces. Purice with pocket eights made the call.
The flop came out K-J-9, and the turn card was 4, but the river card changed the game as we see 8 on the river, giving Purice a set and ending the deep run of Bagrov (4th – $64,000).
Yurii Senchylo with pocket kings shoved all in against Purice’s A-Q. Everything was fine for Senchylo till the flop, but the turn card turned out to be an Ace and the 8 river couldn’t save Senchylo’s kings. The start of the final table chip leader existed in 3rd place for $86,000.
On the first hand of heads-up play, Tudor Purice shoved all in with 5♥︎4♦ Aleksandre Apryan called it with the last of his chip stack Q♦10♦. The flop came out at A♦8♠︎5♦, with Apryan having a flush draw, but Purice made a pair of five. The turn 3♣︎ and the river 2♥︎, sending Apryan out in 2nd place for $115,250. With this victory, Tudor Purice’s live career earnings now exceed $500k.
| Rank | Player | Prize |
| 1st | Tudor Purice | $183,270 |
| 2nd | Aleksandre Apryan | $115,250 |
| 3rd | Yurii Senchylo | $86,000 |
| 4th | Eduard Bagrov | $64,000 |
| 5th | Emile Abi-Daher | $48,500 |
| 6th | Aleksandr Denishev | $37,000 |
| 7th | Ioan Abrudan | $28,500 |
| 8th | Samuel Klocker | $22,200 |
| 9th | Umit Sadi | $17,400 |
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