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

08-27-2018 16:22 UTC+1

Five Tables Remain

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

After a period of slow action without any all in and call every 30 seconds, the pace has picked up again and Natalie Teh, Fuad Serhan and Zorlucan Er have all been eliminated.

Er turned a set with the only for Tolga Can Kiyak to improve to a straight with the very same card, holding the on a board of .

As a result, there are only 39 players remaining spread over five tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tolga Can Kiyak	2,000,000 825,000	825,000
Fuad Serhan	Busted
Natalie Teh	Busted
Zorlucan Er	Busted

Tags: Fuad Serhan Natalie Teh Zorlucan Er Tolga Can Kiyak

08-27-2018 16:25 UTC+1

Brink Still In It

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Down to just 145,000, Frederik Brink moved all in for 145,000 and [Removed:564] called on the button.

Frederik Brink:
[Removed:564]:

The board came and former EPT Madrid Main Event champion Brink remained in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:564]	1,350,000 275,000	275,000
Frederik Brink	390,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Frederik Brink

08-27-2018 16:39 UTC+1

Salter Eliminates Team PokerStars Pro Konnikova

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Aaron McBride

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Maria Konnikova has just seen her deep run the EPT National High Roller come to an end after Jack Salter's holding dominated her hand.

Salter informed us of the action as he stacked up his new 3.3m stack. Salter raised to 85,000 from early position and Konnikova three-bet to 260,000 in the next seat. With the action back on Salter, he moved all in, and Konnikova put her tournament life on the line and called.

Jack Salter:
Maria Konnikova:

Board:

Konnikova couldn't get the help she needed from the board and departed for her first PokerStars EPT cash here in Barcelona.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	3,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Maria Konnikova	Busted

Tags: Maria Konnikova Jack Salter

08-27-2018 16:40 UTC+1

The Field is Shrinking

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heinz Schlueter pushed all in for very few big blinds over the top of an open raise by [Removed:289] and Liwei Sun reshoved out of the big blind. [Removed:290] gave it some thought and folded.

Heinz Schlueter:
Liwei Sun:

The board came and Schlueter became one of the latest casualties, along with the other notables below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liwei Sun	1,500,000 600,000	600,000
[Removed:289]	1,300,000 1,155,000	1,155,000
Fabiano Kovalski	Busted
Heinz Schlueter	Busted
Sergio Alonso Camunas	Busted
Imad Derwiche	Busted
Roman Emelyanov	Busted
Luigi Serricchio	Busted

Tags: Heinz Schlueter Liwei Sun

08-27-2018 16:43 UTC+1

Hegele Takes a Hit; Busts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Huesnue Salman was all in and at risk preflop for 685,000 with the and Robin Hegele looked him up with the . The board came and Hegele was with 255,000.

Those chips went in right after and [Removed:564] looked him up.

Robin Hegele:
[Removed:564]:

The board came and Hegele was eliminated in 31st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:564]	1,600,000 250,000	250,000
Huesnue Salman	1,450,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Robin Hegele	Busted

Tags: Huesnue Salman Robin Hegele

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

08-27-2018 16:51 UTC+1

Czuczor Knocks Out Viola

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Aaron McBride

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

Andres Viola got all his chips into the middle preflop after he found pocket tens on the button. Unfortunately for him Marton Czuczor held pocket jacks in the small blind and was happy to put Viola at risk.

The board was no help for Viola, and he was the next player to make their way to the cash desk as Czuczor moved over the 4m mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marton Czuczor	4,100,000 2,315,000	2,315,000
Andres Viola	Busted

Tags: Andres Viola Marton Czuczor

08-27-2018 16:54 UTC+1

Brink Runs Into Salter's Aces

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Aaron McBride

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

Short stack Frederik Brink was happy to get his last 350,000 into the middle with , but it was Jack Salter who held that he was up against and needing a lot of help to secure an unlikely double up.

The flop gave Brink a small piece of hope, but when the and hit the turn and river, he was up and out of his seat to claim his prize money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	3,700,000 400,000	400,000
Frederik Brink	Busted

Tags: Frederik Brink Jack Salter

08-27-2018 17:02 UTC+1

Hawkins Doubles Tikerpe; Busts to Salter

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Matthias Tikerpe pushed for 435,000 and Maurice Hawkins reshoved on the button to put Tikerpe at risk.

Matthias Tikerpe:
Maurice Hawkins:

"Give me a seven," Hawkins demanded and that turned into a "fuck" when he saw the flop. The turn and river kept Tikerpe in the lead and he doubled.

Soon after, Hawkins was all in for five big blinds with and Jack Salter looked him up with . Salter paired up on the flop of a board , and that sent Hawkins to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	2,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Matthias Tikerpe	900,000 300,000	300,000
Maurice Hawkins	Busted

Tags: Jack Salter Matthias Tikerpe Maurice Hawkins

08-27-2018 17:09 UTC+1

[Removed:565] Eliminates Compatriot Peters as well as Aziz Alves

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Aaron McBride

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

[Removed:564] has just eliminated his Dutch compatriot Tobias Peters after hitting a straight with .

Peters' hand was already in the muck and walking away from the table as [Removed:565] was given all of Peters' chips and was rebuilding his new stack.

Just a few minutes later, [Removed:565] scored another elimination after Renan Aziz Alves was unable to survive against the Dutchman when he got all his chips into the middle.
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Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:564]	3,200,000 300,000	300,000
Tobias Peters	Busted
Renan Aziz Alves	Busted

Tags: Renan Aziz Alves Tobias Peters