€10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-30-2018 00:08 UTC+2

"Disaster" for Katz

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

On the turn of , Panagiotis Sotiriadis bet 18,500 into a pot of 30,000 and Cary Katz called. The fell on the river and Sotiriadis bet 40,000, which Katz called.

Sotiriadis rolled over for a full house and Katz sighed "disaster, I had a straight." In table chat he later mentioned to have had .

Player	Chips	Progress
Panagiotis Sotiriadis	308,000 28,000	28,000
Cary Katz	50,000 -170,000	-170,000

Tags: Cary Katz Panagiotis Sotiriadis

08-30-2018 00:16 UTC+2

More for Dowling and Tsang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Chris Downling bet 60,000 out of the big blind with the turn showing and Laszlo Bujtas called on the button. The fell on the river and Dowling bet 100,000. Bujtas had fewer chips than that behind and folded.

Over on table three, Felix Stephensen, Cord Garcia and Anson Tsang invested 15,000 each. They checked it down until the turn and action checked to Garcia on the river. He bet 25,000 and Tsang was the only caller. Garcia mucked and Tsang claimed the pot without having to show his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Dowling	570,000 67,000	67,000

Cord Garcia	240,000 -90,000	-90,000
Anson Tsang	235,000 45,000	45,000
Laszlo Bujtas	90,000 -40,000	-40,000
Felix Stephensen	80,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Anson Tsang Cord Garcia Felix Stephensen Laszlo Bujtas

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 0

08-30-2018 00:22 UTC+2

Petersen Doubles Bujtas; Busts Katz

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

In the last hand of the previous level, Alexander Petersen hit bottom two pair with the on the flop and had Laszlo Bujtas all in and at risk. Bujtas had for middle set and the turn and river brought no miracle.

As soon as the blinds went up, Petersen min-raised to 12,000 and Katz got his remaining few chips in, Petersen snap-called.

Cary Katz:
Alexander Petersen:

"Oh my god, that's horrible," Katz said as soon as he saw the cards of Petersen. He found no help on a board of and joined the rail in the final level of Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Petersen	320,000 14,000	14,000
Laszlo Bujtas	190,000 100,000	100,000
Cary Katz	Busted

Tags: Alexander Petersen Cary Katz Laszlo Bujtas

08-30-2018 00:32 UTC+2

Shak Folds to Timoshenko

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 15,000 and Dan Shak defended the big blind. They checked the flop and the turn. On the river, Shak bet 20,000 and Timoshenko raised to 60,000. Shak gave it some thought and folded the face up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Shak	245,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	170,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Dan Shak Yevgeniy Timoshenko

08-30-2018 00:42 UTC+2

Bujtas Scores Big Double Through Sotiriadis

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Laszlo Bujtas made it 14,000 to go on the button and Panagiotis Sotiriadis three-bet out of the small blind to 50,000. Bujtas four-bet the pot to 150,000 and Sotiriadis eventually called. Bujtas made sure that he was not all in yet and they headed to a flop of .

Sotiriadis checked and Bujtas moved all in, which sent the Greek into the think tank as he asked for a count. The jam for Bujtas was for 49,500 and Sotiriadis called after more than three minutes of consideration.

Laszlo Bujtas:
Panagiotis Sotiriadis:

The turn locked up the double, the river was a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laszlo Bujtas	404,000 214,000	214,000
Panagiotis Sotiriadis	52,500 -255,500	-255,500

Tags: Laszlo Bujtas Panagiotis Sotiriadis

08-30-2018 00:50 UTC+2

Sotiriadis Doubled Through Kozlov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

The cards of Martin Kozlov were already in the muck and Panagiotis Sotiriadis doubled with thanks to hitting two pair on a board of . Kozlov held and lost one third of his stack.

Over on table three, Cord Garcia has taken a toll to his stack as of lately while Anson Tsang chipped up significantly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anson Tsang	330,000 95,000	95,000
Cord Garcia	130,000 -110,000	-110,000
Panagiotis Sotiriadis	110,000 57,500	57,500
Martin Kozlov	95,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Anson Tsang Cord Garcia Martin Kozlov Panagiotis Sotiriadis

08-30-2018 00:53 UTC+2

Shak Sends Satubayev to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Alex Lindop raised and Shyngis Satubayev three-bet the pot for 58,000 out of the blinds. Lindop moved all in for 115,000 and Satubayev glanced at the tournament info screen several times before folding.

Soon after, Dan Shak raised to 15,000 and Satubayev moved all in, Shak quickly called.

Shyngis Satubayev:
Dan Shak:

The board came and Satubayev was eliminated towards the end of Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Shak	345,000 100,000	100,000
Alex Lindop	170,000 50,000	50,000
Shyngis Satubayev	Busted

Tags: Alex Lindop Dan Shak Shyngis Satubayev

08-30-2018 01:02 UTC+2

Kozlov Doubles in Last Hand

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

Felix Stephensen doubled over on table three when flopping a set of queens and Martin Kozlov did so on table one.

Murad Akhundov opened to 16,000 in the cutoff and Kozlov raised the pot on the button. Akhundov moved all in and Kozlov called for 82,000.

Martin Kozlov:
Murad Akhundov:

The board came and Kozlov doubled just before bagging and tagging.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kozlov	170,000 75,000	75,000
Felix Stephensen	150,000 70,000	70,000
Murad Akhundov	120,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Felix Stephensen Martin Kozlov Murad Akhundov

08-30-2018 01:05 UTC+2

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

The remaining 17 players have bagged up and will return as of 12.30 p.m. local time to play down to a champion. A recap of today's action is to follow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Dowling	509,000 -61,000	-61,000

Alexander Petersen	417,000 97,000	97,000
Laszlo Bujtas	393,000 -11,000	-11,000
Dan Shak	387,000 42,000	42,000
Anson Tsang	349,000 19,000	19,000
Seamus Cahill	329,000 -56,000	-56,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	190,000 20,000	20,000
Niko Soininen	175,000 -40,000	-40,000
Martin Kozlov	173,000 3,000	3,000
Felix Stephensen	172,000 22,000	22,000
Ville Mattila	153,000 13,000	13,000
Panagiotis Sotiriadis	149,000 39,000	39,000
Alex Lindop	142,000 -28,000	-28,000
Samuli Sipila	138,000 -32,000	-32,000
Murad Akhundov	122,000 2,000	2,000
Cord Garcia	104,000 -26,000	-26,000
Hon Cheong Lee	98,000 -12,000	-12,000