Level: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 0
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Already Six Re-Entries
Level 5
: 300/600, 0 ante
The field is growing further also thanks to to the additions of Norbert Szecsi and Wai Leong Chan, while six players have already re-entered for their second bullet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Benmetir Chips Up Further
Level 5
: 300/600, 0 ante
Mohamed Benih Benmetir was involved in a four-way pot to the 
and invested 2,200 chips along with Jan Suchanek, Pim van Holsteyn and Seamus Cahill on the button. The 
turn was checked to Cahill and his bet of 10,000 was called by Benmetir only.
The 
fell on the river and Benmetir bet 30,000. Cahill gave it some thought and folded, he was shown the 
for a flush by the Frenchman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
50,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
48,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
|
37,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Some Pictures From Day 1 of the PLO High Roller
Petersen Left Short; Triples
Level 5
: 300/600, 0 ante
Alexander Petersen was left short and with a mountain to climb after Niklas Astedt spiked the running clubs with 
to hit the nut flush.
Astedt then limped in first to act, as did Dany Chidiac and Jan Suchanek in the small blind. Petersen moved all in for the remainder of his short stack and Astedt raised to 10,800, Chidiac called and Suchanek folded.
"That's exactly what I wanted, now you can maybe give a little back," Petersen said to Astedt.
The flop brought 
and Astedt bet 8,000, Chidiac called. On the 
turn, Astedt bet 15,500 and Chidiac min-raised to 31,000, which forced a Swede.
Alexander Petersen: 
Dany Chidiac: 
The 
river was a blank and Petersen more than tripled with his two pair.
In the meanwhile, Fraser MacIntyre has been eliminated by Ming Juen Teoh and will likely re-enter soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
115,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
67,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
11,200
-36,800
|
-36,800 |
|
Busted |
Small Pot for Szecsci
Level 5
: 300/600, 0 ante
On the three-way flop of 
, Andre Filipe Veiga Araujo Dos Santos bet 1,500 in the cutoff and Norbert Szecsi called on the button, Bogdan Capitan folded in the big blind. The 
turn and 
river were checked and Veiga flashed 
, which Szecsi had beat with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
49,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
The 2017 Champion and Runner Up Join
Level 6
: 400/800, 0 ante
Alexander Petersen eventually ran out of chips, while Sam Greenwood, Lance Cordell Garcia, Konstantinos Bouloutsos, Pedro Zagalo and Sylvain Loosli all entered for the first time. Loosli and Zagalo cut a deal in heads-up in 2017 and it was Loosli that walked home with the trophy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Zagalo Doubles Through Teoh
Level 6
: 400/800, 0 ante
Soon after sitting down, Pedro Zagalo got his stack in for 41,100 after a flop of 
and Ming Juen Teoh looked him up.
Pedro Zagalo: 
Ming Juen Teoh: 
Zagalo had aces and the superior flush draw, and he held onto the lead on the turn and 
river run out to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
55,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
Assorted Counts
Level 6
: 400/800, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
133,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
||
|
125,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
110,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
108,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
90,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
52,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
52,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
47,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
40,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
24,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
17,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
Busted | |