€2,200 EPT National High Roller | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-27-2018 19:20 UTC+2

[Removed:290] Does it Again

AaronMcBride

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The action folded to [Removed:289] in the small blind, and he moved all in for 375,000. Sergey Aristov was once again his opponent and made the call from the big blind.

[Removed:289]:
Sergey Aristov:

Board:

[Removed:290] had Aristov dominated, but the latter picked up a flush draw on the flop. [Removed:290] paired his king on the turn, and the river was safe for him to secure another double up.

[Removed:290] has now been able to turn his single 25k chip into 850,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:289]	850,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Sergey Aristov

08-27-2018 19:20 UTC+2

Sun Above a Million

Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Liwei Sun pushed all in from early position for 470,000 and Marian Virlanuta called on the button.

Liwei Sun:
Marian Virlanuta:

The flop favored Sun, and he kept the lead on the turn and river to double back up to more than a million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Virlanuta	3,480,000 -550,000	-550,000
Liwei Sun	1,050,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Liwei Sun Marian Virlanuta

08-27-2018 19:15 UTC+2

Barcenas Romera Wins Flip Against Can Kiyak

Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tolga Can Kiyak faced the shove of Ignacio Barcenas Romera for 780,000 and the German opted to call to put his opponent at risk.

Ignacio Barcenas Romera:
Tolga Can Kiyak:

On the flop the Spaniard stood up from his seat. When he was about to depart, the struck on the turn and Barcenas Romera locked up the double, making the river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ignacio Barcenas	1,700,000 770,000	770,000
Tolga Can Kiyak	1,350,000 -750,000	-750,000

Tags: Ignacio Barcenas Tolga Can Kiyak

08-27-2018 19:11 UTC+2

[Removed:290] on a Comeback

AaronMcBride

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

[Removed:290] has been able to turn his 150,000 into 450,000 after the break after getting all his chips into the middle against Sergey Aristov.

[Removed:289] moved all in, and Aristov raised to 300,000 which got the rest of the table to fold.

[Removed:289]:
Sergey Aristov:

Board:

[Removed:290] flopped a straight and held as the board completed to keep his tournament life intact.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:289]	450,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Sergey Aristov

08-27-2018 19:04 UTC+2

Salter Takes the Lead

Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On the tail end of a big pot between Jack Salter and Leonardo Patacconi, the completed board showed and Salter bet 855,000 into a pot of more than 1.5 million. Patacconi gave it some thought and eventually called, then mucked when he was shown the .

Preflop, Salter had raised to 125,000 and Patacconi three-bet to 400,000, which Salter called. Both checked the flop and then Salter bet the turn for 375,000 and fired the river.

"You would have lost more if I had raised preflop," Salter added while dragging in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	5,100,000 1,620,000	1,620,000
Leonardo Patacconi	1,950,000 -1,600,000	-1,600,000

Tags: Jack Salter Leonardo Patacconi

08-27-2018 18:58 UTC+2

Matthias Tikerpe Eliminated in 23rd Place (€15,100)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Matthias Tikerpe moved all in for 470,000 and Milad Oghabian from one seat over asked for a count, then reshoved to isolate successfully.

Matthias Tikerpe:
Milad Oghabian:

Both suits were covered by Oghabian with the superior pocket pair, and the board of provided no help for the Estonian, who departed in 23rd place for €15,100.

Player	Chips	Progress
Milad Oghabian	1,950,000 585,000	585,000
Matthias Tikerpe	Busted

Tags: Matthias Tikerpe Milad Oghabian

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

08-27-2018 18:47 UTC+2

Updated Counts After Level 26 (full)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marton Czuczor	4,200,000 100,000	100,000
Marian Virlanuta	4,030,000
Sergi Escote	3,640,000 940,000	940,000
Leonardo Patacconi	3,550,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Jack Salter	3,480,000 880,000	880,000
Tuomo Niskanen	3,155,000 355,000	355,000
Jans Arends	3,100,000 -100,000	-100,000
Oleh Okhotskyi	2,385,000 1,485,000	1,485,000
Tolga Can Kiyak	2,100,000 100,000	100,000
Huesnue Salman	2,050,000 150,000	150,000

Francisco Benitez	1,770,000
Carlo Savinelli	1,750,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Guoliang Wei	1,650,000 700,000	700,000
Milad Oghabian	1,365,000 465,000	465,000
Dumitru Pora	1,350,000 1,044,000	1,044,000
Sergey Aristov	1,250,000 750,000	750,000
Carlos Fernandes Lourenco	1,115,000 -635,000	-635,000
Bernardo Dias	960,000 -50,000	-50,000
Ignacio Barcenas	930,000 440,000	440,000
Liwei Sun	650,000
Brian Kaufman	600,000 25,000	25,000
Matthias Tikerpe	470,000 -430,000	-430,000
[Removed:289]	150,000 -1,150,000	-1,150,000

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08-27-2018 18:33 UTC+2

Break With 23 Players Remaining

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The remaining 23 players have been sent on a 20-minute break.

08-27-2018 18:33 UTC+2

Savinelli Doubles as [Removed:290] Left With One Single Chip

AaronMcBride

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

After the action folded around to Carlo Savinelli in the cutoff, he moved all in. Two folds later and [Removed:289] was the only player left with a decision to make. He thought for a while and had the clocked called on him. Once the tournament director informed him he had 30 seconds left to act, he sheepishly made the call.

Carlo Savinelli:
[Removed:289]:

Board:

Savinelli had [Removed:290]'s hand dominated, and the board kept it that way to secure Savinelli a full double up.

After the chip counts were confirmed [Removed:290] was left with just one single green 25k chip, enough for one small blind, which he immediately put to use in the next hand.

Brian Kaufman raised, and Guoliang Wei moved all in from the button before Kaufman folded. Wei then had a showdown with [Removed:290] for the side pot. Wei tabled , and [Removed:290] showed . The board came down to give [Removed:290] a full house and his 25,000 stack was increased to 150,000 as the players went on break.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:289]	150,000 -1,150,000	-1,150,000

Tags: Brian Kaufman Carlo Savinelli Carlos Fernandes Lourenco