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

08-27-2018 18:32 UTC+2

Benitez Doubles Through Sun

Christian Zetzsche

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

Francisco Benitez raised and faced a three-bet by Liwei Sun to 500,000, Benitez shoved and Sun called.

Benitez had the best of it preflop with as Sun only held , and the board came to let Benitez double once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Benitez	1,770,000 895,000	895,000
Liwei Sun	650,000 -850,000	-850,000

Tags: Francisco Benitez Liwei Sun

08-27-2018 18:31 UTC+2

Jan van der Stroom Eliminated in 24th Place (€12,600)

AaronMcBride

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

The action folded around to Jan van der Stroom on the button, and he moved his short stack into the middle. Marian Virlanuta was in the small blind and called before the big blind player folded.

Jan van der Stroom:
Marian Virlanuta:

Board:

Van der Stroom had picked up a premium hand at the worst possible time as he ran into pocket aces. Virlanuta had no sweat on the board and shook the Dutchman's hand as he departed in 24th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Virlanuta	4,030,000 -270,000	-270,000
Jan van der Stroom	Busted

Tags: Jan van der Stroom Marian Virlanuta

08-27-2018 18:30 UTC+2

Salman Doubles Through Benitez

AaronMcBride

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

Start-of-day chipleader Huesnue Salman has just found a double through Francisco Benitez as the final three tables started to play once more.

Benitez raised to 115,000 from middle position and saw Salman moved all in for around 900,000 from the cutoff, which Benitez called after the rest of the players folded.

Huesnue Salman:
Francisco Benitez:

Board:

Salman hit one of his overcards on the flop when he paired his ace and held as the board completed to switch chip stacks with Benitez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huesnue Salman	1,900,000 450,000	450,000

Francisco Benitez	875,000 -825,000	-825,000

Tags: Francisco Benitez Huesnue Salman

08-27-2018 18:22 UTC+2

Redraw of the Last Three Tables

Christian Zetzsche

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

Seat	Table 1	Country	Table 2	Country	Table 3	Country
1	Jack Salter	United Kingdom	Marton Czuczor	Hungary	Sergey Aristov	Russia
2	Leonardo Patacconi	Italy	Ignacio Barcenas Romera	Spain	Oleh Okhotskyi	Ukraine
3	Francisco Benitez	Uruguay	Sergi Escote	Spain	Brian Kaufman	Uruguay
4	Liwei Sun	Italy	Jans Arends	Netherlands	Carlos Fernandes Lourenco	Portugal
5	Huesnue Salman	Belgium	Tolga Can Kiyak	Germany	Carlo Savinelli	Italy
6	Bernardo Dias	Brazil	Matthias Tikerpe	Estonia	Tuomo Niskanen	Finland
7	Jan van der Stroom	Netherlands	Milad Oghabian	Netherlands	Guoliang Wei	China
8	Marian Virlanuta	Romania	Dumitru Pora	Romania	[Removed:289]	Israel

08-27-2018 18:15 UTC+2

Escote Takes Out Timoshenko; 24 Remain

AaronMcBride

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

Yevgeniy Timoshenko was first to act on his six-handed table and moved all in for his last 320,000. The action folded around to Sergi Escote in the big blind, and he called.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko:
Sergi Escote:

Board:

Escote was ahead preflop and hit a pair on the river to seal the pot and Timoshenko's elimination in 25th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergi Escote	2,700,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	Busted

Tags: Sergi Escote Yevgeniy Timoshenko

08-27-2018 18:09 UTC+2

Arends Eliminates Compatriot Peters as well as Aziz Alves

AaronMcBride

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

Jans Arends 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 Arends was given all of Peters' chips and was rebuilding his new stack.

Just a few minutes later, Arends 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
Jans Arends	3,200,000 300,000	300,000
Tobias Peters	Busted
Renan Aziz Alves	Busted

Tags: Jans Arends Renan Aziz Alves Tobias Peters

08-27-2018 18:02 UTC+2

Hawkins Doubles Tikerpe; Busts to Salter

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 17:54 UTC+2

Brink Runs Into Salter's Aces

AaronMcBride

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 17:51 UTC+2

Czuczor Knocks Out Viola

AaronMcBride

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.