€25,000 Single-Day High Roller | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-31-2018 01:44 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias Eibinger	3,600,000 -100,000	-100,000
Wai Leong Chan	1,600,000
Andras Nemeth	1,600,000 200,000	200,000
Chin Wei Lim	1,300,000 -200,000	-200,000
Byron Kaverman	1,300,000 200,000	200,000

Level: 21

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

08-31-2018 01:57 UTC+2

Chin Wei Lim Eliminated in 5th Place (€175,600)

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The action folded to Andras Nemeth in the small blind, and he completed. Chin Wei Lim was in the big blind, and after he checked his cards and thought for ten seconds, he moved all in, which Nemeth snap-called.

Andras Nemeth:
Chin Wei Lim:

Board:

Nemeth had a monster with pocket kings, and the flop fell in his favor. Lim picked up the nut flush draw on the tun but missed on the river to fall in 5th place for €175,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	2,900,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Chin Wei Lim	Busted

Tags: Andras Nemeth Chin Wei Lim

08-31-2018 02:01 UTC+2

Kaverman Doubles Through Eibinger

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The action folded to Matthias Eibinger in the small blind, and he moved all in on Byron Kaverman in the big blind. Kaverman made the call and saw he was ahead.

Matthias Eibinger:
Byron Kaverman:

Board:

Kaverman hit top pair on the river to seal his double up as Matthias Eibinger surrendered his chip lead for the first time since the money bubble burst.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias Eibinger	2,400,000 -1,200,000	-1,200,000
Byron Kaverman	2,200,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Byron Kaverman Matthias Eibinger

08-31-2018 02:13 UTC+2

Chan Shoves On Kaverman

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Byron Kaverman raised to 250,000 on the button and faced an all in bet after Wai Leong Chan shoved for 1.7m. Kaverman got confirmation of the amount and thought for 15 seconds before he let his hand go.

Tags: Byron Kaverman Wai Leong Chan

08-31-2018 02:28 UTC+2

Chan Wins Four Million Chip Pot; Kaverman Left on One Big Blind

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Byron Kaverman raised to 1.2m from the cutoff, and Wai Leong Chan moved all in for 2.4 from the small which Kaverman called.

Wai Leong Chan:
Byron Kaverman:

Board:

Chan hit a set on the flop to have Kaverman drawing dead and won a pot worth 4.7m.

Kaverman was left with just 105,000 and was all in blind in the next hand and secured a double to 260,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Leong Chan	4,700,000 3,100,000	3,100,000
Byron Kaverman	260,000 -1,940,000	-1,940,000

Tags: Byron Kaverman Wai Leong Chan

Level: 22

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

08-31-2018 02:33 UTC+2

Byron Kaverman Eliminated in 4th Place (€217,820)

AaronMcBride

Level 22 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Byron Kaverman raised to 300,000 from the cutoff and left himself with just 50,000 behind. Wai Leong Chan raised to 700,000 on the button and the blinds folded, before Kaverman called.

Byron Kaverman:
Wai Leong Chan:

Board:

Chan hit top pair on the flop, but the turn brought the fourth diamond to give Kaverman chop outs, but the river nine of clubs was no help to him, and Chan eliminated Kaverman in 4th place for €217,820.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Leong Chan	4,400,000 -300,000	-300,000
Byron Kaverman	Busted

Tags: Byron Kaverman Wai Leong Chan

08-31-2018 02:44 UTC+2

Chan Mucks After Nemeth River Call

AaronMcBride

Level 22 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The board was down , and Wai Leong Chan bet 360,000 from the small blind which Andras Nemeth called in the big bind. When the river card came down, Chan continued and bet for 975,000. Nemeth needed time to think and used a time bank card while contemplating his options. After a minute passed, he made the call and Chan instantly mucked and surrendered the pot to Nemeth who took the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	5,100,000 1,600,000	1,600,000
Wai Leong Chan	3,300,000 -1,100,000	-1,100,000

Tags: Andras Nemeth Wai Leong Chan

08-31-2018 02:50 UTC+2

Matthias Eibinger Eliminated in 3rd Place (€278,280)

AaronMcBride

Level 22 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Matthias Eibinger moved all in for around 1.3m from the button and was called by Wai Leong Chan in the small blind.

Matthias Eibinger:
Wai Leong Chan:

Board:

Chan hit a pair of queens on the flop with Eibinger now heading to spike an ace or nine to survive. The turn card was no help to him, and the river queen of hearts gave Chan trips and a lock on the pot to eliminate former chip leader Eibinger in 3rd place for €278,280.

It's a second bronze medal of the week for Eibinger after he took the third place spot in the €100,000 Super High Roller event for €759,680.