€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-30-2023 12:48 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:421]	Busted
Youssafi Khalil	Busted
Rafi Elharar	Busted
Damir Savio	Busted
Frederic Van der Mersch	Busted
Jeffrey Reardon	Busted
Eduard Ventura	Busted
Jerome Lopez	Busted
Andrii Andrieiev	Busted
Scott Margereson	Busted
Eros Calderone	Busted
Pete Chen	Busted
Spyridon Akriotis	Busted
Steve Enriquez	Busted
William Hani	Busted
Gianluca Grimaldi	Busted
Nicola Bordignon	Busted
Camilla Reventlow	Busted
Yann Perron	Busted
Stephen Woodhead	Busted
Daniel Rueda	Busted

Rocha Spikes a Jack

Connor Richards

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Nicholas Palma opened to 10,000 in middle position and Mark Vronskii called in the cutoff before Lucas Silva Rocha three-bet jammed for around 40,000 in the big blind. Palma folded and Vronskii called with a bigger stack.

Lucas Silva Rocha: A♥J♣
Mark Vronskii: A♠K♦

"Oh, not like this!" Palma cried.

The flop of 8♦7♣7♦ didn't change much but Rocha pushed his jack toward the board right before the dealer put down the J♠ to give him the lead.

John Juanda tried to help Vronskii by pushing his king toward the board but it didn't help as the 4♥ river confirmed a double for Rocha.

"Ouch," Juanda said quietly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicholas Palma	230,000 122,000	122,000
Lucas Silva Rocha	90,000 30,000	30,000
Mark Vronskii	80,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: John Juanda Lucas Silva Lucas Silva Rocha Mark Vronskii Nicholas Palma

08-30-2023 12:42 UTC+2

Zurita Dispatches One to the Rail

Matt Hansen

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was heads up with 29,000 in the middle and 6♦3♠9♠ on the flop when Mauricio Salazar Sanchez shoved his last 24,000. Jose Rodriguez Zurita called to put him at risk and the cards were turned up.

Mauricio Salazar Sanchez: 10♠8♥
Jose Rodriguez Zurita: 6♥5♥

The board finished up with Q♦Q♠ and Zurita held on with a pair of sixes to send Sanchez to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Rodriguez Zurita	373,000 -7,000	-7,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	Busted

Tags: Mauricio Salazar Sanchez Jose Rodriguez Zurita

08-30-2023 12:39 UTC+2

Fatal Blind Versus Blind Situation For Suarez

Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

All the players folded to Ka Kwan Lau in the small blind, who decided to limp. In the big blind, Anton Suarez didn't want Lau to see the flop so easily, so he raised to 17,000. But it seemed like Lau had a hand, as he re-raised to 55,000. Suarez counted his stack, then moved all in for 230,000 chips. Lau snap-called.

Anton Suarez: 7♥7♠
Ka Kwan Lau: 9♣9♠

Both players in the blinds had a pair, but Lau was in the lead. And he maintained his lead on 10♥A♠Q♦10♦4♣.

As he had a bigger stack than Suarez, his opponent was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	650,000 220,000	220,000
Anton Suarez	Busted

Tags: Anton Suarez Ka Kwan Lau

08-30-2023 12:31 UTC+2

Malaurie Runs Queens Into Kings

Connor Richards

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Christophe Malaurie was all in for around 140,000 from middle position against the bigger-stacked Jose Rodriguez Zurita in the big blind.

Christophe Malaurie: Q♣Q♠
Jose Rodriguez Zurita: K♣K♥

Malaurie had run his queens into kings and was eliminated after getting no help from the runout of 2♣A♣2♦10♣6♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Rodriguez Zurita	380,000 138,000	138,000
Christophe Malaurie	Busted

Tags: Christophe Malaurie Jose Rodriguez Jose Rodriguez Zurita

08-30-2023 12:26 UTC+2

A Few Early Eliminations

Matt Hansen

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roelof Pepping	Busted
Romain Dours	Busted
Sebastian Schulze	Busted
Selahaddin Bedir	Busted
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted
Diego Dos Santos	Busted
Jose Angulo	Busted
Sebestyen Csoti	Busted
Peter Jorgne	Busted
Renat Bohdanov	Busted

08-30-2023 12:18 UTC+2

Early Elimination For Smadga

Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

6th of the ESPT Main Event for €136,850 a few days ago, Avihai Smadga had a single blind left at the beginning of the day. So at the start of Day 3, he moved all in from under the gun. Milos Lazic raised in middle position, and the €100,000 Super High Roller champion Kayhan Mokri called in the big blind.

On the flop 7♥2♣5♣, Lazic made a continuation bet of 10,000, and Mokri check-called. But he folded after Lazic fired a second barrel of 22,000 on the turn 2♠.

Avihai Smadga: K♠6♦
Milos Lazic: K♥Q♦

Smadga needed a six and a six only. But the 8♣ came on the river, and he was eliminated.