2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
After a first player had open-shoved 60,500 on the button, Adria Diaz reshoved all in for 105,000 from the small blind. Michael Wang snap-called in the big blind to put both players at risk.
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The first round of "wow's" across the table was still echoing when the dealer spread out the first three community cards. The
was waiting in the window, prompting even more "wow's" from the table.
However, behind the
lurked Wang's only out, the
, to swing him right back in the lead. It delivered the biggest "wow" of them all, and the remaining
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and
kept him in the lead. Wang eliminated both players and the bracelet winner soared to 410,000 in chips.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
The players are on their final 20-minute break of the night. After the break, play will continue down until 280 are left.
In what was presumably a four-bet pot, Ludovic Geilich bet 28,000 from under the gun in a pot of over 100k already. The board read ![]()
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and his opponent opted to fold, which moved the Scotsman up to 360,000 near the final break of the day.
The official number of entrants for Day 1b has been adjusted to 851, which brings the total number of players in the 2018 EPT National in Barcelona at 4,356, the second-largest National field ever and slightly below last year's record field of 4,557.
Michael Sklenicka has busted late on Day 1c and will not be one of the 280 players to cash from this flight. Down to 43,500 in chips, Sklenicka open-shoved from early position and John Ventre reshoved from late position.
Michael Sklenicka: ![]()
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John Ventre: ![]()
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brought no help to Sklenicka but the
on the turn added some extra outs.
"Five," begged Sklenicka, but the dealer slapped the
on the felt instead to eliminate the Czech.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Ionut-Flavius Voinea three-bet all in for around 38,000 with the ![]()
and Michael Wang called after brief consideration with the ![]()
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and Voinea was eliminated, while Wang jumped to more than two times the average.