€560 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2024 EAPT Madrid
€560 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2024 EAPT Madrid
Buy-in
€560
Prize Pool
€180,000
Entries
305
Level
31
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
46
Players Left
9
Celdran Leads the Final Nine After Day Two of EAPT Madrid €560 Main Event
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
After eight action-packed hours of play Day 2 of the EAPT Madrid €560 Main Event has reached a conclusion here at Casino Gran Via. The final table of nine players are all who remain out of a field of 305 entrants. Those nine players will all have their sights set on the top prize €35,475 as well as the €5,000 packages that will be awarded to the top four finishers. Those packages will include a trip to Cyprus for the Mediterranean Poker Party in May as well as an entry to the €2,000 EAPT Grand finale.
Fernando Celdran was unstoppable today, knocking out many players and bagging the chip lead with 3,710,000 chips worth 148 big blinds going into Day 3. Celdran has more than triple the chips of all his opponents except his closest competitor Marius Moldoveanu who bagged 2,655,000. Javier Romero rounds out the top three with 1,080,000.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Celdran | Spain | 3,710,000 | 148 |
| 2 | Marius Moldoveanu | Romania | 2,655,000 | 106 |
| 3 | Javier Romero | Spain | 1,080,000 | 43 |
| 4 | Ionut Dragomir | Romania | 1,035,000 | 41 |
| 5 | Chadi Akremi | Tunisia | 1,015,000 | 41 |
| 6 | Kai Fuong | Germany | 825,000 | 33 |
| 7 | Manuel Ledesma | Spain | 815,000 | 33 |
| 8 | Antonio Puntas | Spain | 600,000 | 24 |
| 9 | Constantin Scrob | Romania | 495,000 | 20 |
Manuel Ledesma also remains in contention with 815,000 chips going into the final table. Ledesma making the final table is particularly noteworthy given that just three weeks ago he was crowned the winner of the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event and took home €58,000 for his efforts. Ledesma began the day as a middling stack but chipped up quickly after cracking the pocket queens of Alexey Neofitov in an early highlight. Ledesma would later be on the right side of an aces versus kings cooler and would ride that momentum all the way to the final table.
Celdran began the day with the second-largest stack and wasted no time chipping up further after picking off a massive bluff from Matthew Gray. Celdran never let his foot off the gas pedal from there, eliminating the likes of Jimmy Zhan (21st - €1,475), Ahmed Abdella (18th - €1,675), Jaime (17th - €1,925) and Raul Martinez (15th - €2,225) in the later stages of the day. Finally Celdran would score the final knockout of the night in a massive cooler that saw Ricardo Stara's flopped top set go down in flames against Celdran's flopped nut-straight on the final table bubble.
Other notables who made Day 2 but fell before the final table include Oscar Gironella (33rd - €1,000), start of day chip leader Dario Bagattini (23rd - €1,475), Day 1c chip leader Mykyta Andrusiak (21st - €1,475) Fernando Santa Maria (20th - €1,675) and Samuel Tebege (14th - €2,225).
The final day will take place tomorrow, February 19 at 2:00 p.m. local time with 12 minutes left on Level 21 and blinds at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. From that point on the levels will increase for every 20 hands played.
As always stay tuned to PokerNews as we cover all the action until a new EAPT champion is crowned.
End of Night Chip Counts (full)
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,710,000 | |
|
||
|
2,655,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
1,080,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
1,035,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
1,015,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
||
|
815,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
795,000
-190,000
|
-190,000 |
|
600,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
|
495,000 | |
Day 2 Concludes
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
The action has come to a close for Day 2 of the EAPT Madrid Main Event. Stay tuned for full updated chip counts of the final table and a recap of the night's action that will be up shortly.
Ricardo Stara Eliminated in 10th Place (€3,000)
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
With three players seeing a flop of 8♦6♦4♥ and roughly 200,000 in the middle, Fernando Celdran checked from the big blind and Ricardo Stara bet 70,000 from under the gun. Constantin Scrob folded in the cutoff and Celdran put in a check-raise to 145,000. Stara made the call.
Celdran bet 165,000 on the K♠ turn and once again Stara made the call.
On the 3♠ river Celdran moved all in, covering Stara who had roughly 750,000 behind. Stara called to put himself at risk.
Stara had flopped a monster with 8♠8♣ for top set but Celdran had flopped 7♣5♣ for the nut-straight to send Stara to the rail on the final table bubble in horrific fashion and scoop the final pot of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,710,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
495,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
Busted | |
Nacho Cuesta Eliminated in 11th Place (€3,000)
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
In a preflop confrontation Nacho Cuesta was all in for roughly 475,000 and up against Ricardo Stara who slightly covered Cuesta.
Nacho Cuesta: A♥Q♥
Ricardo Stara: 8♠8♥
The K♦2♥6♥ flop gave Cuesta plenty of outs with any ace, queen or heart giving him the winning hand. The 4♣ turn and 5♣ river were bricks and Cuesta was eliminated two spots shy of the final table while Stara collected close to another full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,210,000
590,000
|
590,000 |
|
Busted |
Cuesta Spikes a Set
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Nacho Cuesta moved all in for 225,000 from the hijack and Kai Fuong called with a covering stack from the cutoff to put Cuesta at risk.
Nacho Cuesta: 10♣10♥
Kai Fuong: K♣K♠
Cuesta was in bad shape against the bigger pocket pair but made a set on the 10♦6♣3♦ flop leaving Fuong drawing to just two outs. No king appeared on the 3♥ turn or 9♦ river and Cuesta secured a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
985,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
|
510,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Stara Outflips Puntas
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Ricardo Stara moved all in for 285,000 from middle positio nand was called by Antoinio Puntas in the small blind who held a covering stack.
Ricardo Stara: A♣K♠
Antonio Puntas: 8♦8♣
Stara got the better of the A♦7♣2♣ flop and remained ahead when the rest of the board ran out 4♥10♦ to score a full double up at the expense of Puntas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
775,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
620,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
Luigi Eliminated in 12th Place (€2,600)
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Luigi moved all in from the button for roughly 350,000 and received a call from Manuel Ledesma who covered.
Luigi: A♣4♦
Manuel Ledesma: A♠A♦
Ledesma's aces held on the 2♦7♠7♦9♦5♠ runout and he took down a nice pot while Luigi was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
875,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000