€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 6 Started
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 6 Started
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Oshri Lahmani | Israel | 3,070,000 | 38 |
1 | 2 | Daniyar Aubakirov | Kazakhstan | 5,845,000 | 73 |
1 | 3 | Markku Koplimaa | Estonia | 1,460,000 | 18 |
1 | 4 | Jose Rodriguez Zurita | Mexico | 1,895,000 | 24 |
1 | 5 | Carl Shaw | United Kingdom | 6,680,000 | 84 |
1 | 6 | Mohamad El Rais | Switzerland | 2,150,000 | 27 |
1 | 7 | Ezequiel Waigel | Argentina | 5,130,000 | 64 |
1 | 8 | Robin Ylitalo | Sweden | 4,785,000 | 60 |
2 | 1 | Van Marcus | Australia | 2,470,000 | 31 |
2 | 2 | Mircea Flutur | Romania | 1,100,000 | 14 |
2 | 3 | Joao Sydenstricker | Brazil | 3,565,000 | 45 |
2 | 4 | Santiago Plante | Canada | 1,240,000 | 16 |
2 | 5 | Andre Akkari | Brazil | 685,000 | 9 |
2 | 6 | Simon Wiciak | France | 15,705,000 | 196 |
2 | 7 | Curtis Knight | Canada | 6,045,000 | 76 |
2 | 8 | Mihai Niste | Romania | 1,840,000 | 23 |
The penultimate day of the €5,300 Main Event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona stop is upon us with 16 players remaining from a sizable field of 2,120 players. Leading the way into the second to last day is France's Simon Wiciak, who will start Day 6 with nearly 200 blinds on his quest for a maiden EPT title and the €1,488,000 top prize.
Other big starts ahead of the start of Day 6 include Britain's Carl Shaw and Canada's Curtis Knight, while behind them sit medium stacks Daniyar Aubakirov, Ezequiel Waigel and 2013 EPT London champion Robin Ylitalo.
Day 5 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Simon Wiciak | France | 15,705,000 | 196 |
2 | Carl Shaw | United Kingdom | 6,680,000 | 84 |
3 | Curtis Knight | Canada | 6,045,000 | 76 |
4 | Daniyar Aubakirov | Kazakhstan | 5,845,000 | 73 |
5 | Ezequiel Waigel | Argentina | 5,130,000 | 64 |
6 | Robin Ylitalo | Sweden | 4,785,000 | 60 |
7 | Joao Sydenstricker | Brazil | 3,565,000 | 45 |
8 | Oshri Lahmani | Israel | 3,070,000 | 38 |
9 | Van Marcus | Australia | 2,470,000 | 31 |
10 | Mohamad El Rais | Switzerland | 2,150,000 | 27 |
The shortest stack, PokerStars Ambassador Andre Akkari, received a new lease on life on Day 5 when he hit a runner-runner straight to stay alive as he looks for a first EPT title. Other players still in contention include Van Marcus, Mohamad El Rais and Day 3 chip leader Santiago Plante.
Day 6 action will kick off at noon local time and will play down to the final six players. Action will begin with 13 minutes left on level 28 with blinds at 40,000/80,000 and an 80,000 big blind ante. The tournament will also be streamed on YouTube and Twitch on the PokerStars channel.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is here on-site in Barcelona and ready to provide updates as the EPT Barcelona Main Event winds down. Check out the EPT Barcelona live reporting hub in the meantime.
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The remaining 16 players have taken their seats and unbagged their chips, and Day 6 is now underway.
There are 14 minutes remaining on Level 28.
On the first hand of Day 6, Oshri Lahmani opened to 160,000 in the cutoff before Markku Koplimaa moved all in from the small blind.
The dealer initially miscounted Koplimaa's stack and Lahmani went to muck his hand until a recount confirmed the amount of 1,460,000. Lahmani then thought about the decision for an additional few seconds and mucked again.
"It's early in the morning," Robin Ylitalo consoled the dealer, who apologized to the table.
A few hands later, Lahmani raised again to 160,000 and Mohamad El Rais defended his big blind. The flop came 3♠Q♦4♠ and Lahmani won the pot with a bet of 180,000, getting on the board for the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Oshri Lahmani |
3,100,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Mohamad El Rais |
1,800,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Markku Koplimaa |
1,600,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Andre Akkari open-jammed for 685,000 from under the gun and Simon Wiciak called from the next seat with 7♠7♦. Curtis Knight then three-bet to 1,850,000 from the next seat to bring a fold from Wiciak.
Andre Akkari: Q♠Q♥
Curtis Knight: 10♠10♣
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Akkari was in great shape to triple up and the flop of 8♥Q♦2♠ improved him to a set before the runout of 4♠K♦ confirmed the triple for the PokerStars Ambassador in the first hand of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Simon Wiciak |
15,000,000
-705,000
|
-705,000 |
Curtis Knight |
4,200,000
-1,845,000
|
-1,845,000 |
Andre Akkari |
2,255,000
1,570,000
|
1,570,000 |
|
Action folded to Mohamad El Rais who limped in from the small blind. Ezequiel Waigel then raised to 240,000 and El Rais called.
The flop came 9♣8♠7♥ and Waigel continued for 185,000. El Rais again called to see the Q♠ turn, where Waigel fired out another 435,000.
El Rais spent a moment starring down his opponent before sliding his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ezequiel Waigel |
5,300,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Mohamad El Rais |
1,600,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
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