€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona

08-22-2016 20:05 UTC+2

Hogh Builds Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Andreas Hogh faced a raise to 1,200 by Jamo Neuvonen in the cutoff and called in the big blind to see a flop of . Hogh checked, Neuvonen continued for 900 and Hogh called.

On the turn, both players checked. The river completed the board and Hogh bet 2,500. Neuvonen called, then mucked when he was shown .

While Hogh moved to more than two times the starting stack, he is not the biggest stack at the table with Charlie Carrel to his left on even more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Carrel	85,000 34,000	34,000

Andreas Hogh	65,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Andreas Hogh Charlie Carrel Jamo Neuvonen

08-22-2016 20:11 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Linde	115,000 60,000	60,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	100,000 100,000	100,000
Michael Addamo	80,000 15,000	15,000
Andreas Hoivold	76,000 46,000	46,000

Shaun Deeb	70,000 70,000	70,000

Bernd Vogelhuber	65,000 65,000	65,000
Jorma Nuutinen	65,000 65,000	65,000
Pratyush Buddiga	55,000 15,000	15,000
Natasha Barbour	48,000 48,000	48,000
Matt Stout	42,000 -3,000	-3,000
Davidi Kitai	35,000 23,000	23,000

Oleksii Khoroshenin	32,000 32,000	32,000

Ronald Keijzer	30,000 19,000	19,000
Jeffrey Hakim	29,000 29,000	29,000
Shander de Vries	Busted
Mateusz Moolhuizen	Busted

Charlie Carrel and Andreas Hogh are having a good time over at table 37, chatting it up and laughing a lot. When Carrel opened from the cutoff, Hogh and Carrel already smiled about the potential spot that could arise. Hogh settled on a call, as did the small blind.

The flop was and the small blind checked. Carrel continued with 2,000 while staring at Hogh, who stared back. Both players couldn't hold back their smiles, even though a potential big pot was brewing. Hogh ended up calling and the small blind folded.

On the turn, Carrel took a little while before betting 8,000. That was enough to bring the game faces out on both players, and the smiles evaporated soon. Hogh took about a minute before sliding in a call.

The river was the and Carrel had no intention of slowing down. He cut out a bet of 20,000 and flicked it forward. Hogh and Carrel kept staring at each other, and after a minute Hogh tossed in the call.

Carrel quickly flashed for just ace high, leaving Hogh to scoop up the big pot with

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Hogh	120,000 55,000	55,000
Charlie Carrel	40,000 -45,000	-45,000

Tags: Andreas Hogh Charlie Carrel

08-22-2016 20:18 UTC+2

Dinner Break

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Players are going on a 75-minute dinner break. The action will resume at approximately 9.30 p.m. local time.

Here is some eye-candy to enjoy while you wait.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 100

08-22-2016 21:37 UTC+2

Tuna Sends Retter to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

In a preflop raising war, Moritz Retter ended up all in and at risk for around 12,000 chips with the . Akin Tuna looked him up with and paired his king on a board of to eliminate Retter and add to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akin Tuna	63,000 38,000	38,000
Moritz Retter	Busted

Tags: Akin Tuna Moritz Retter

08-22-2016 21:41 UTC+2

Strelitz Doubles; Still Below Starting Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

After a raise to 1,500 by Mikko Turtiainen in early position, short stack Daniel Strelitz moved all in from the cutoff. The action folded back to Turtiainen and he asked for a count, to which Strelitz replied "around 13,000." Turtiainen then called and both players turned over pocket pairs.

Strelitz:
Turtiainan:

The board ran out and the American doubled up for 13,100, but remains below the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Strelitz	28,000 -17,000	-17,000

Tags: Daniel Strelitz Mikko Turtiainen

08-22-2016 21:50 UTC+2

Day 1a Casualties at a Glance

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Among the more familiar faces to have joined the rail throughout the six levels of Day 1a were also the EPT regulars Max Silver, Alex Kravchenko, Roman Korenev, and the former EPT champions Jean Montury as well as Kevin MacPhee.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Lavallee	Busted
Martin Mulsow	Busted
Max Silver	Busted
Rasmus Agerskov	Busted
Paul Newey	Busted
Alex Kravchenko	Busted
Faraz Jaka	Busted
Henrik Tollefsen	Busted
Georgios Karakousis	Busted
Ye Zhang	Busted
Roman Korenev	Busted
Jean Montury	Busted

Senh Ung	Busted
Juha Helppi	Busted
Sylvain Loosli	Busted
Kevin MacPhee	Busted

Barny Boatman	Busted

Nicolas Yunis	Busted
Christopher Kruk	Busted
Francisco Benitez	Busted
Dario Sammartino	Busted

Nick Petrangelo	Busted
[Removed:17]	Busted
Daniel Reijmer	Busted
Stephen Chidwick	Busted

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Tags: Alex Kravchenko Jean Montury Kevin MacPhee Max Silver Roman Korenev

08-22-2016 21:55 UTC+2

Moorman Is Looking for Another Deep Run

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

British poker pro Chris Moorman finished 3rd in the record-breaking and 3,447-entry strong €1,100 Estrellas 7 Barcelona Main Event earlier today for a payday of €241,300 and the Brit walked into the tournament area of the EPT Main Event after the dinner break to register for Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moorman	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Chris Moorman

08-22-2016 22:05 UTC+2

Chip Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Krasnoselskii	140,000 10,000	10,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	120,000 70,000	70,000
Pascal Hartmann	100,000 100,000	100,000
Joao Vieira	85,000 33,000	33,000

Martin Kozlov	85,000 6,000	6,000
Jack Salter	80,000 42,000	42,000
Kimmo Kurko	65,000 10,000	10,000
Carter Swidler	40,000 40,000	40,000
Adrian Mateos	35,000 -15,000	-15,000

Keven Stammen	35,000 35,000	35,000
Alexandros Kolonias	30,000 30,000	30,000
Craig Varnell	25,000 12,000	12,000

Anthony Zinno	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

Jason Mercier	20,000 -6,000	-6,000

Joseph Cheong	16,000 -34,000	-34,000

Alexandru Papazian	16,000 -12,000	-12,000