€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-29-2023 16:59 UTC+2

Vasylchenko Cracks Aces To Eliminate Manzone

Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Maxime Manzone was all in for 164,500 from the small blind against Oleg Vasylchenko in middle position, who had his opponent covered.

Maxime Manzone: A♦A♣
Oleg Vasylchenko: K♣K♥

Vasylchenko was on the wrong end of the cooler until the flop landed K♦5♠4♦ to give him a set. The 6♦ turn gave Manzone hope with a flush draw, but the 10♣ bricked off on the river and he was eliminated in brutal fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Vasylchenko	330,000 227,500	227,500
Maxime Manzone	Busted

Tags: Maxime Manzone Oleg Vasylchenko

08-29-2023 16:56 UTC+2

Adios to This Group

Matt Hansen

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Seungmin Yu	Busted
Luis Munoz	Busted
Vlada Stojanovic	Busted
Luigi D'Alterio	Busted
Ryotarou Ikeda	Busted
Antonio Dascenzo	Busted
Ashkan Fattahi	Busted
Gaspar Neuman	Busted
Gabriel Schroeder	Busted
Fernando Colazzo	Busted
Ad Schaap	Busted
Benjamin Pollak	Busted
Ricardo Viegas	Busted
Michael Dwyer	Busted
Serge Nadjar	Busted
Alberto Lorenzon	Busted
Dohyun Kim	Busted
Armin Rezaei	Busted
Valmir Reci	Busted
Ettore Esposito	Busted
Stanislav Koleno	Busted
Stefan Fabian	Busted
Giovanni Petroni	Busted
Silvio Giuliano	Busted
Sho Homma	Busted

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08-29-2023 16:48 UTC+2

Vo Eliminates Shahar

Dan O'Hair

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ran Shahar shoved for his last 6,500 from early position and Viet Vo three-bet to 16,000 from the cutoff. Everyone else got out of the way and a showdown was held.

Ran Shahar: J♣9♣
Viet Vo: 10♥10♣

Shahar would need some help, but the 9♠Q♦6♥5♠6♣ runout wasn't enough and Shahar was eliminated about halfway through Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viet Vo	95,000 95,000	95,000
Ran Shahar	Busted

Tags: Ran Shahar Viet Vo

08-29-2023 16:26 UTC+2

Matrai Soars As Benitez Runs Kings Into Aces

Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Francisco Benitez opened to 5,000 from early position and Andras Matrai three-bet jammed a stack of around 25,000 from the button. Morelli Felipe cold-called in the big blind and Benitez took some time before four-bet jamming with Felipe covered. Felipe snap-called for around 140,000.

Morelli Felipe: 7♥7♦
Andras Matrai: A♣A♠
Francisco Benitez: K♠K♣

Matrai was on the right side of the massive preflop cooler and improved to a set on the 2♥A♦Q♥ flop before the board finished out 3♠J♠ to earn him the big pot and send Felipe to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Morelli Felipe	320,000 320,000	320,000
Francisco Benitez	80,000 -61,000	-61,000
Andras Matrai	Busted

Tags: Andras Matrai Francisco Benitez Morelli Felipe

08-29-2023 15:03 UTC+2

Glaser and Grafton Join the Latest Elimination Update

Matt Hansen

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	Busted

Sam Grafton	Busted

Ankit Ahuja	Busted

Vadim Kalev	Busted
Iliodoros Kamatakis	Busted
Rehman Kassam	Busted
Frances Gordillo Ares	Busted
Goran Mandic	Busted
Artan Dedusha	Busted
Vitezslav Cech	Busted
Yunsheng Sun	Busted
Henok Tekle	Busted
Gerard Pique	Busted
David Tous Rosich	Busted
Nick Marchington	Busted
Igor Pihela	Busted
Francesco Delfoco	Busted
Antonio Buonanno	Busted

Gabriele Re	Busted
Valeriano Toledano Moreno	Busted
Ting-Yi Tsai	Busted
Vitor Da Silva	Busted
Mateusz Wozniak	Busted
Fabrice Bigot	Busted
Lucas Seire	Busted

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08-29-2023 14:40 UTC+2

Price Spikes The River to End Gomez's Run

Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ryan Price opened to 4,500 first-to-act and was called by Ka Kwan Lau in the cutoff. Javier Gomez then shoved for his last 25,000 from the big blind and Price also went all in. Lau quickly folded and hands were revealed.

Javier Gomez: J♦J♠
Ryan Price: A♣9♣

Gomez was in good shape with his jacks, and the 6♦4♥3♣ flop and 5♠ turn changed nothing; however, the A♥ paired Price's ace on the river — eliminating Gomez in heart-breaking fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	145,000 107,000	107,000
Ryan Price	120,000 -41,500	-41,500
Javier Gomez	Busted

Tags: Javier Gomez Ka Kwan Lau Ryan Price

08-29-2023 14:34 UTC+2

Etim Booted By Velickovic

Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Terence Etim was all in from the big blind against the bigger-stacked Ivan Velickovic in early position.

Terence Etim: 8♥7♥
Ivan Velickovic: K♣Q♣

Etim flopped a pair and a flush draw and took the lead on the 8♦ turn, but the Q♠ then landed on the river to give Velickovic trips and to make Etim's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Velickovic	130,000 75,000	75,000
Terence Etim	Busted

Tags: Terence Etim Ivan Velickovic

08-29-2023 14:21 UTC+2

Lin Sends Zaks Out

Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Kostya Zaks shoved for his last 20,000 on the button and action folded to Ren Lin in the big blind, who verified the count and then said, "Gamble gamble!" as he stuck in a call.

Kostya Zaks: Q♥8♥
Ren Lin: A♣4♠

Lin held a slight lead, and the 9♣K♥4♣10♣9♦ runout kept him best with his ace — eliminating Zaks in the early stages of Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	208,000 208,000	208,000

Kostya Zaks	Busted

Tags: Kostya Zaks Ren Lin

08-29-2023 13:36 UTC+2

Derwiche Gets a Shove Through; Mendes Felts Reichenstein

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Imad Derwiche raised to 3,500 from middle position and Johnny Mendes called from the big blind. The flop was 10♥8♦7♣ and Mendes checked. Derwiche shoved the rest of his short stack for around 20,000 and Mendes gave it a moment of thought. It was too much and Mendes gave up the pot.

Action was heads up on a nearby table with around 30,000 in the pot and K♦K♥3♣A♦ on the board. Kyle Cheong bet 10,500 from the big blind and Uri Reichenstein called from the cutoff. The river was 7♥ and Cheong slid out 50,000 to cover the rest of Reichenstein's chips. Reichenstein called for the rest of his stack and turned over A♣J♥, but Cheong had A♥Q♥ to take the pot with a pair of aces and a better kicker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Mendes	220,000 -7,000	-7,000
Kyle Cheong	154,000 6,500	6,500
Imad Derwiche	32,000 32,000	32,000
Uri Reichenstein	Busted

Tags: Imad Derwiche Johnny Mendes Kyle Cheong Uri Reichenstein

08-29-2023 12:41 UTC+2

Heidorn Eliminated By Velickovic

Connor Richards

Level 11 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Robert Heidorn was all in for a short stack against Ivan Velickovic.

Robert Heidorn: J♥J♦
Ivan Velickovic: A♦K♠

Velickovic took the lead on the flop of K♦Q♠10♠ and the J♠ on the turn improved him to Broadway. Heidorn had full house outs but was eliminated after the 7♦ bricked off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Velickovic	55,000 14,000	14,000
Robert Heidorn	Busted

Tags: Ivan Velickovic Robert Heidorn