€560 Main Event Day 1de | 2024 EAPT Madrid

02-17-2024 21:14 UTC+2

Tebege Takes from Abdella

Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of J♥9♦5♦ and roughly 11,000 already in the middle, Samuel Tebege checked from the big blind and Ahmed Abdella bet 6,000 from the cutoff. Tebege check-raised to 12,000 and Abdella called.

On the 8♥ turn Tebege bet 15,000 and this time Abdella opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Tebege	270,000 224,500	224,500
Ahmed Abdella	266,000 -59,300	-59,300

Tags: Ahmed Abdella Samuel Tebege

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

02-17-2024 20:47 UTC+2

Break Time

Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break. The field has grown to 101 entrants of which 56 players remain.

Late registration will close at the end of the break.

02-17-2024 20:45 UTC+2

Celdran Takes from Zahn

Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Fernando Celdran opened to 4,000 from the button and received a call from Jimmy Zahn in the big blind.

The flop came K♣J♥5♥ and Zahn check-called a 2,500 continuation bet from Celdran.

Both players checked the J♦ turn leading to the A♥ river. Zahn bet 7,200 only for Celdran to raise it to 20,500. Zahn made the fold and Celdran continued to add chips to his already massive stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Celdran	274,000 83,000	83,000

Jimmy Zhan	78,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Fernando Celdran Jimmy Zahn

02-17-2024 20:23 UTC+2

Abdella Building a Monster Stack

Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Hatim Saber opened to 3,200 from the button and was called by Ahmed Abdella in the big blind.

The flop came 7♣5♥2♥. Abdella checked, Saber bet 3,000, Abdella check-raised to 9,500 and Saber called.

Abdella bet 14,000 on the 3♠ turn and this time Saber opted to fold.

Abdella had already done a great job building a stack before this hand and is currently the chip leader by a wide margin over the rest of the field.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Sergi Perez was recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Abdella	325,300 325,300	325,300
Hatim Saber	95,200 -16,800	-16,800
Sergi Perez	Busted

Tags: Ahmed Abdella Hatim Saber

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

02-17-2024 20:04 UTC+2

Ledesma Turns the Goods

Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Manuel Ledesma opened to 2,400 from early position and received calls from players on the button and small blind as well as Toni Perez in the big blind.

The flop came A♣9♣6♦. Perez checked, Ledesma fired a 6,000 continuation bet, the button called, the small blind folded and Perez called.

Ledesma bet again when checked to on the K♣ turn, this time for 13,000. The button got out of the way while Perez made the call.

Both players checked the 2♠ river. Perez tabled A♠J♦ for top pair but Ledesma showed down K♦9♦ for a turned two pair to take down a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Ledesma	103,000 53,700	53,700
Toni Perez	41,300 3,100	3,100

Tags: Manuel Ledesma Toni Perez

02-17-2024 19:55 UTC+2

Celdran Scores a Double Knockout

Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Three players saw a final board of 10♦4♥8♣6♦K♦. One player in the hijack was already all in from a previous street, the main pot was worth roughly 30,000 and the side pot was worth 11,000.

A player in middle position bet 25,000 and Fernando Celdran moved all in from the cutoff, covering his opponent who had roughly 45,000 behind.

The middle position player went deep into the tank for several minutes until the clock was called. Finally he made the call and was also at risk.

The hijack could only show Qx9x for queen-high. The middle position player had 8♦8♥ for a set of eights but Celdran turned over J♦9♦ for a flush to eliminate both players and drag in a pot worth over 150 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Celdran	191,000 191,000	191,000

Tags: Fernando Celdran

Level: 8

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

02-17-2024 19:28 UTC+2

Saber Makes the Right Call

Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Hatim Saber opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and was called by a player in the big blind.

Both players checked the 9♠6♠5♥ flop leading to the 4♣ turn. The big blind bet 2,000 and Saber called.

On the A♥ river the big blind checked and Saber bet 4,500. The big blind put in a check-raise to 14,000 and Saber made the call.

The big blind showed 10♠4♠ for bottom pair turned into a bluff. Saber turned over A♦10♦ for top pair to take down a decent pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hatim Saber	112,000 112,000	112,000

Tags: Hatim Saber