€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

09-03-2023 00:54 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	Busted

Paulius Plausinaitis	Busted
Fabiano Kovalski	Busted
Selahaddin Bedir	Busted
Victor Pertile	Busted
Jacques Der Megreditchian	Busted
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Cedric Schwaederle	Busted
Luciano Macchiarelli	Busted
Saar Wilf	Busted

Plausinaitis Runs Queens Into Palma's Aces

Matt Warburton

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Paulius Plausinaitis was all in preflop in middle position and was called by Nicholas Palma, who had the bigger stack as players flipped their cards.

Paulius Plausinaitis: Q♦Q♥
Nicholas Palma: A♣A♠

The board ran out 8♠K♣8♣K♠10♠. Plausinaitis had pocket queens, but Palma had pocket aces to win the pot. Plausinaitis was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Palma	470,000 140,000	140,000
Paulius Plausinaitis	Busted

Tags: Nicholas Palma Paulius Plausinaitis

09-03-2023 00:31 UTC+2

Pertile Falls to Benitez

Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Victor Pertile found himself all in and at risk preflop against Francisco Benitez.

Victor Pertile: A♥8♥
Francisco Benitez:A♦J♠

Benitez was in good shape with a dominating ace and remained ahead on the 5♦2♣10♦Q♣6♣ runout to secure Pertile's elimination and take down a healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Benitez	665,000 30,000	30,000
Victor Pertile	Busted

Tags: Francisco Benitez Victor Pertile

09-03-2023 00:11 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Eliminated By Panka

Ollie Garland

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer raised to 24,000 under the gun. Dominik Panka three-bet to 60,000, to his direct left. O'Dwyer responded by four-betting jamming for approximately 280,000 and Panka called.

Steve O'Dwyer: A♥Q♠
Dominik Panka: A♣K♠

The board ran out 6♠2♦6♥9♣J♠. O'Dwyer's dominated hand remained that way and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Panka	760,000 450,000	450,000

Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Tags: Dominik Panka Steve O'Dwyer

09-03-2023 00:00 UTC+2

Joyce Cracks Aces and Busts Macchiarelli

Matt Warburton

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was on the river on a board of 2♠3♦8♥6♠7♣. Luciano Macchiarelli was all in against Toby Joyce, who had him covered. Players flipped their cards.

Luciano Macchiarelli: A♥A♠
Toby Joyce: 8♣8♠

Macchiarelli had a pocket pair of aces, but Joyce had flopped a set of eights. He held to win the pot and Macchiarelli was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Joyce	520,000 317,000	317,000
Luciano Macchiarelli	Busted

Tags: Luciano Macchiarelli Toby Joyce

09-02-2023 23:56 UTC+2

Shevliakov Reduces the Field by One

Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Saar Wilf found himself all in and at risk preflop against Aleksandr Shevliakov.

Saar Wilf: JxJx
Aleksandr Shevliakov: A♠Q♦

The board ran out A♣6♥3♦4♠10♦. Shevliakov's top pair was good for the winner and he took down a sizable pot, sending Wilf to the rail in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Shevliakov	540,000 85,000	85,000
Saar Wilf	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Shevliakov Saar Wilf

09-02-2023 23:55 UTC+2

Players to Bust Since the Bubble Burst

Ollie Garland

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrice Bigot	Busted
Ignacio Sagra	Busted
Viet Van Vo	Busted
Orhan Ates	Busted
Gabriel Haeffner	Busted
Vadzim Lipauka	Busted
Yiannis Liperis	Busted
Sirzat Hissou	Busted
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted
Gabriel Cunha	Busted
Teun Herman Mulder	Busted
Nikita Kalinin	Busted
Javey Timmer	Busted
Biao Ding	Busted
Tsugunari Toma	Busted
Apoorva Goel	Busted
Denise Moffatt Pratt	Busted
Alexander Keating	Busted
Tomi Brouk	Busted
Daewoong Song	Busted
Maks Sifrer	Busted

09-02-2023 23:43 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Maks Sifrer	Busted
Tomi Brouk	Busted
Denise Pratt	Busted
Apoorva Goel	Busted
Tsugunari Toma	Busted
Biao Ding	Busted
Javey Timmer	Busted
Nikita Kalinin	Busted
Teun Mulder	Busted
Gabriel Cunha	Busted
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted
Sirzat Hissou	Busted

Haeffner Hits the Flop, Lofberg Spikes the River

Ryan Lashmar

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Gabriel Haeffner moved all in from the cutoff for his last 87,000 and was called by Simon Lofberg from the button to put Haeffner at risk.

Gabriel Haeffner: K♦J♠
Simon Lofberg: A♣4♣

Haeffner pulled ahead with second pair on the Q♣J♣5♥ flop and remained ahead on the Q♥ turn. The 2♣ river gave Lofberg an ace-high flush to eliminate Haeffner and take down a decent pot in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Lofberg	390,000 80,000	80,000
Gabriel Haeffner	Busted

Tags: Gabriel Haeffner Simon Lofberg

09-02-2023 23:34 UTC+2

Lipauka Busts to Lofberg

Matt Warburton

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Vadzim Lipauka raised to 40,000 from under the gun, leaving only a few thousand behind. Klas Lofberg moved all in from the big blind with the bigger stack. Lipauka used all of his time bank cards before finally making the call. Players turned over their cards.

Vadzim Lipauka: K♦5♦
Klas Lofberg: K♠K♥

The board ran out 3♠Q♦A♣7♠8♠. Lipauka held with his pocket kings and was eliminated from the tournament.