€10,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

08-27-2016 00:20 UTC+2

Lungu Doubles; Radoja does Too

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Hand 1

Radu Lungu shoved for his last 15,200 and Mark Radoja called with the only to see the Romanian turn over . The board ran out .

Hand 2

Jan-Eric Schwippert opened to 4,000 and Radoja shoved for around 25,000, Schwippert called. It was the for Schwippert and the for Radoja, who found help on a board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan-Eric Schwippert	200,000 200,000	200,000
Mark Radoja	52,000 52,000	52,000
Radu Lungu	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Jan-Eric Schwippert Mark Radoja Radu Lungu

08-27-2016 00:12 UTC+2

Some Eliminations From the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Ali Reza Fatehi, Pierre Neuville and defending champion Mustapha Kanit must all wait until next time for their shot at winning a High Roller (or in Kanit's case, another) as they all busted on their second bullets. The others all have the option of entering for a second time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	Busted
Leo Yan Ho Cheng	Busted
Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Pierre Neuville	Busted
Vitaly Lunkin	Busted
Yury Gulyy	Busted
Stephen Chidwick	Busted
Dimitar Danchev	Busted

Mustapha Kanit	Busted

Ali Reza Fatehi	Busted

08-27-2016 00:02 UTC+2

#JustFedorThings

Yori Epskamp

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Fedor Holz - EPT 13 Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller Winner

Fedor Holz opened on the button to 3,800. In the small blind, Nicolas Cardyn slid a humongous stack of blue 5,000-chips over the line, covering both Holz and the big blind. Holz snap-called it off for his tournament life.

Fedor Holz:
Nicolas Cardyn:

The dealer fanned out and Holz flopped the nut flush, drawing laughs from the table. The turn did deliver Cardyn a potential four-outer, but the river bricked and gave Holz the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Cardyn	120,000 120,000	120,000
Fedor Holz	65,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Nicolas Cardyn

Level: 10

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

08-26-2016 23:33 UTC+2

Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Walid Bou Habib	255,000
Andrei Chernokoz	235,000
Alen Bilic	170,000 -5,000	-5,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	140,000
Connor Drinan	100,000 100,000	100,000
Cate Hall	70,000 27,000	27,000
Pratyush Buddiga	70,000
Paul Newey	20,000 -75,000	-75,000

08-26-2016 23:27 UTC+2

Charlie Carrel Eliminated By Sebastian Veghinas

Yori Epskamp

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On a board of , Charlie Carrel had moved all in for 18,300, which was more than the size of the pot. Behind him, Sebastian Veghinas thought for a bit, then moved all in for a whopping 54,800.

It brought the action to the third player in the hand, Sirfan Hissou, who appeared to have a huge hand for the situation. He shook his hand, removed his sunglasses, stared intensely at Veghinas, then tried to chat him up to get a read.

"I beat aces," he says to Veghinas.

The dealer quickly informed no talking of any kind was allowed, as it was a multi-way pot. Veghinas, not the one to back down from a verbal war, and Hissou remained silent for the remainder of the hand. The German counted out the calling chips, thought for a while longer, then folded face-up with a pained expression on his face.

"Whoa, I want that one!", Carrel laughed, as he tried to reach for the mucked hand.

Charlie Carrel:
Sebastian Veghinas:

Silently, Hissou witnessed how the dealer burned and turned the , followed by the river, which would've kept his hand in front on showdown. As it was, Veghinas now raked in the pot and Carrel was eliminated.

"I'm winning this tournament. Write that down," Veghinas confidently remarked afterwards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Veghinas	90,000 26,000	26,000
Sirfan Hissou	70,000 70,000	70,000
Charlie Carrel	Busted

Tags: Charlie Carrel Sebastian Veghinas Sirfan Hissou

08-26-2016 23:20 UTC+2

Harrison Gimbel Wins Against Gianluca Speranza

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Harrison Gimbel raised to 2,500 under the gun and Gianluca Speranza called in the hijack as well as Kitty Kuo in the big blind. The flop came . Kuo checked and Gimbel continued for 3,600. Speranza called and Kuo folded.

The turn was the and Gimbel checked to his opponent who bet 7,600. Gimbel called.

On the river which was the Gimbel checked and Speranza thought for a long time before electing to check behind. Gimbel showed and Speranza shook his head as he slammed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harrison Gimbel	81,000 1,000	1,000

Gianluca Speranza	30,000

Tags: Harrison Gimbel Gianluca Speranza

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

08-26-2016 22:36 UTC+2

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Players are going on their final break of the day and will return shortly before 11 p.m. local time.

08-26-2016 22:35 UTC+2

Natasha Barbour Loses a Little One

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

The player in the cutoff raised to 2,000 and Natasha Barbour called on the button. The flop came and her opponent checked. Barbour bet 2,500 and her opponent called.

The turn was the and her opponent led this time for 3,000. Barbour raised to 8,000 and her opponent called.

The river was the and both players checked. Her opponent turned over and Barbour buried her face in her hands, shaking her head seemingly in disbelief as she mucked her hand face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Natasha Barbour	88,000

Tags: natasha barbour