€560 Main Event Day 1bc | 2024 EAPT Madrid

02-17-2024 00:57 UTC+2

Gironella Shows Down Quads to Seize the Chip Lead

Ryan Lashmar

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Oscar Gironella opened to 10,000 from udner the gun and Adam Sanchez three-bet to 20,000 from the cutoff. Gironella made the call.

Both players checked the Q♣Q♦2♠ flop leading to the 9♠ turn. Gironella bet 30,000 only for Sanchez to raise to 120,000, committing roughly half his stack in the process. Gironella made the call.

Both players checked on the A♠ river. Sanchez showed K♣10♥ for a bluff while Gironella tabled Q♠Q♥ for quads to score a colossal pot, surpassing Javier Romero for the chip lead in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oscar Gironella	520,000 240,000	240,000
Javier Romero	485,000 33,000	33,000
Adam Sanchez	125,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Adam Sanchez Javier Romero Oscar Gironella

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

02-17-2024 00:45 UTC+2

Gonzalez Catches Miracle Queen

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ivan Gonzalez moved all in for 68,000 from early position and Oliver Gayko reshoved for roughly 150,000, forcing out all other players to leave Gonzalez at risk.

Ivan Gonzalez: A♥Q♦
Oliver Gayko: A♣K♥

Gonzalez was in rough shape but got exactly what he needed with top pair on the Q♠8♠2♠ flop. He remained ahead on the A♦ turn and 7♦ river to secure a full double up on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Gonzalez	149,000 149,000	149,000
Oliver Gayko	83,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Ivan Gonzalez Oliver Gayko

02-17-2024 00:33 UTC+2

Gironella Takes from Bagattini

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Oscar Gironella opened to 8,000 from under the gun and Dario Bagattini called from the small blind.

The flop came 10♣10♦4♥. Bagattini checked, Gironella bet 6,000, Bagattini raised to 13,000 and Gironella called.

Bagattini bet 16,000 on the 10♠ turn and was once again called by his Gironella.

The 10♥ river put quads on the board. Bagattini checked, Gironella reached for chips to make a bet and before he could do so Bagattini immediately folded 5x5x face up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Bagattini	305,000 45,000	45,000

Oscar Gironella	280,000 129,000	129,000

Tags: Dario Bagattini Oscar Gironella

02-17-2024 00:20 UTC+2

Civai Falls to Romero

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Javier Romero had opened from middle position only for David Civai to move all in from the button for just under 100,000. Romero made the call to put Civai at risk.

David Civai: K♠10♦
Javier Romero: Q♥Q♠

Romero was in great shape with pocket-queens and remained ahead on the 6♠3♦2♦ flop. The 5♦ turn did give Civai a flush draw but the 5♥ river was a brick and Civai was sent to the rail three spots shy of making the money while Romero scored yet another knockout.

Evgeniy Bukharkov was also recently eliminated shortly before this hand took place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Romero	452,000 58,000	58,000
David Civai	Busted
Evgeniy Bukharkov	Busted

Tags: David Civai Javier Romero

02-17-2024 00:10 UTC+2

Small Flush Does the Job for Echevarria

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 3♦10♦4♦5♠ and roughly 15,000 already in the middle, Gorka Echevarria bet 7,000 from the big blind only for his opponent on the button to raise to 20,000. Echevarria made the call.

Both players checked the 8♦ river. Echevarria turned over 6♦3♠ for a small flush which was good enough to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gorka Echevarria	245,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Gorka Echevarria

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

02-16-2024 23:10 UTC+2

Dinner Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Players are now on a 45-minute dinner break. The field has been whittled down to just 11 players.

02-16-2024 23:00 UTC+2

Bagattini Flips Igalla to the Rail

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Dario Bagattini opened to 7,000 from the cutoff and Walid Igalla moved all in for just under 80,000. After confirming his opponent's chip count Bagattini made the call with a covering stack to put Igalla at risk.

Walid Igalla: 10♣10♦
Dario Bagattini: A♦J♠

Bagattini pulled ahead with a pair of jacks on the Q♦J♣7♥ flop but the 9♣ turn gave Igalla some outs in the form of a straight draw. The 4♣ river was a brick and Igalla made his exit from the tournament area while Bagattini collected the last of his chips.

Meanwhile at the other table, Jonatan Caluino and Ruben Vara were recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Bagattini	260,000 50,500	50,500

Walid Igalla	Busted
Jonatan Caluino	Busted
Ruben Vara	Busted

Tags: Dario Bagattini Walid Igalla

02-16-2024 22:55 UTC+2

Gironella Flops the Nuts

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Gorka Echevarria opened to 6,000 from middle position and received calls from a player in the hijack, Oscar Gironella in the cutoff and Jonatan Caluino in the big blind.

All four players checked the 8♠6♠3♠ flop leading to the 7♦ turn. Action the nchecked around to Gironella who bet 13,000. Caluino made the call while the other two players got out of the way.

On the 3♠ river Caluino checked and Gironella bet 26,000. Caluino thought for about 45 seconds before making the call.

Gironella tabled A♠J♠ for the nut-flush to take down a decent pot.