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

08-27-2018 17:15 UTC+1

Escote Takes Out Timoshenko; 24 Remain

Aaron McBride

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 17:22 UTC+1

Redraw of the Last Three Tables

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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	[Removed:564]	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 17:30 UTC+1

Salman Doubles Through Benitez

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Aaron McBride

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 17:31 UTC+1

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

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Aaron McBride

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 17:32 UTC+1

Benitez Doubles Through Sun

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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 17:33 UTC+1

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

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Aaron McBride

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

08-27-2018 17:33 UTC+1

Break With 23 Players Remaining

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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 17:47 UTC+1

Updated Counts After Level 26 (full)

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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
[Removed:564]	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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Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

08-27-2018 17:58 UTC+1

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

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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