€10,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-22-2018 17:31 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	105,000 55,000	55,000

Kitty Kuo	103,000 53,000	53,000
Benjamin Pollak	55,000 5,000	5,000
Liv Boeree	52,000 2,000	2,000

Joao Vieira	52,000 2,000	2,000

David Peters	51,000 1,000	1,000

Daniel Tang	50,000 50,000	50,000
Dan Smith	46,000 -4,000	-4,000

Stephen Chidwick	41,000 -9,000	-9,000

Martin Jacobson	39,000 -11,000	-11,000

Kyle Keranen	33,000 -17,000	-17,000
Dietrich Fast	29,000 -21,000	-21,000
Igor Kurganov	16,000 -34,000	-34,000

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Christian Zetzsche

08-22-2018 17:42 UTC+2

Romero Doubles Through Pique

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

On a turn Gerard Pique check-raised to 17,000 after a bet from opponent James Romero. Romero then re-raised all in for 44,700.

Pique used up two of his time banks before calling.

James Romero:
Gerard Pique:

The river was the and Romero doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Romero	94,000 66,000	66,000
Gerard Piqué	33,000 -82,000	-82,000

Tags: Gerard Pique James Romero

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-22-2018 17:55 UTC+2

Antonius Joins the Mix

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Ivan Deyra and Patrik Antonius joined, while Timur Margolin has been eliminated, Adrian Mateos re-entered.

Antonius took a seat on a very active table that included Shakhabiddin Muradov, Kenny Hallaert, Denys Shafikov and Thomas Muehloecker.

In the first hand, Antonius raised to 1,400 and Hallaert three-bet to 5,000 in the cutoff, which the Finn called. On the flop, Antonius checked and a bet of 4,000 by Hallaert won the pot.

One hand later, Muradov made it 1,500 to go and Hallaert called, as did Antonius in the big blind. The flop came and Muradov's bet of 2,500 claimed the pot right there.

Shafikov bet the flop the next hand for 2,000 and Muehloecker in the big blind check-called. They checked through the turn and and Muehloecker showed , Shafikov won the pot with .

Last but not least, Igor Kurganov raised to 1,200 and Muehloecker in the small blind three-bet to 3,900. That ended all further action, as Muradov in the big blind and Kurganov quickly released their cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	110,000 5,000	5,000

Denys Shafikov	90,000 34,000	34,000
Thomas Muehloecker	85,000
Shakhabiddin Muradov	72,000 22,000	22,000
Ivan Deyra	50,000 50,000	50,000
Adrian Mateos	50,000 50,000	50,000

Patrik Antonius	44,000 -6,000	-6,000

Srikanth Koneru	40,000 -10,000	-10,000
Pavel Plesuv	35,000 -15,000	-15,000
Igor Kurganov	7,600 -8,400	-8,400
Timur Margolin	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Denys Shafikov Igor Kurganov Ivan Deyra Kenny Hallaert Patrik Antonius Shakhabiddin Muradov Thomas Muehloecker Timur Margolin

08-22-2018 18:10 UTC+2

Mandic Squeezes a Profit; Boeree Takes From Heath

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Jans Arends raised to 1,500 and was called by Martin Jacobson and Alex Foxen in the cutoff. Goran Mandic in the big blind three-bet to 6,500 and that won the pot without further resistance.

Soon after at the same table, the flop showed and Ben Heath check-raised in the cutoff to 7,400 and Liv Boeree on the button called. The appeared on the turn and Heath checked, Boeree bet 8,000 and that ended the hand right there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Goran Mandic	60,000 15,000	15,000
Liv Boeree	59,000 7,000	7,000

Ben Heath	40,000 -10,000	-10,000
Martin Jacobson	34,000 -5,000	-5,000

Jans Arends	28,000 -5,000	-5,000
Alex Foxen	17,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Ben Heath Goran Mandic Jans Arends Liv Boeree Martin Jacobson

08-22-2018 18:18 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	90,000 15,000	15,000
Imad Derwiche	87,000 27,000	27,000
Chi Zhang	85,000 29,000	29,000
Louis Nyberg	75,000 -15,000	-15,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	75,000 48,000	48,000
Mustapha Kanit	65,000 -45,000	-45,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	60,000 12,000	12,000

Ryan Riess	51,000 -25,000	-25,000

Kristen Bicknell	45,000 -4,000	-4,000

Shannon Shorr	30,000 -18,000	-18,000

Daniel Tang	29,000 -21,000	-21,000
Michael Soyza	12,000 -37,800	-37,800
Srikanth Koneru	Busted
Igor Kurganov	Busted

08-22-2018 18:24 UTC+2

Piqué Eliminated by Romero

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Gerard Piqué was the first player to bust and re-enter, and he has subsequently become the first player to bust on his second bullet. On the three-way flop of , Piqué checked out of the big blind and James Romero bet 1,000 from the under-the-gun position. Piotr Nurzynski called on the button and Piqué called, too.

The on the turn was checked by all three players and Piqué then moved all in for around 16,000 on the river. Romero used one time bank and called, Nurzynski folded.

Pique tabled and Romero had that beat with to send the Spanish football star to the rail.