€50,000 Single-Day High Roller | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-28-2018 20:41 UTC+2

Leow Taken Out By Pollak

AaronMcBride

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ivan Leow raised from the cutoff, and Benjamin Pollak jammed on him from the big blind. Leow snap-called and was ahead.

Ivan Leow:
Benjamin Pollak:

Board:

Pollak came from behind to hit two pair on the flop. The turn four deuce of diamonds brought a potentially straight draw to the board for a chop but the river was no help for Loew, and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	1,650,000 500,000	500,000
Ivan Leow	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Ivan Leow

08-28-2018 20:49 UTC+2

Pollak Busts Choi and Loeliger; Bubble Bursts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Linus Loeliger moved all in for 212,000 in the cutoff and Stanley Choi moved all in over the top for 240,000 on the button. Benjamin Pollak squeezed both his cards in the big blind and snap-called.

Linus Loeliger:
Stanley Choi:
Benjamin Pollak:

The flop brought no help for Loeliger and Choi yet, but Loeliger picked up a massive sweat on the turn. The on the river failed to improve both Loeliger and Choi, and the bubble burst without any hand-for-hand play needed, while Pollak continued his hot run to take a commanding lead.

All remaining nine players will now redraw to the unofficial final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	2,250,000 600,000	600,000
Stanley Choi	Busted
Linus Loeliger	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Linus Loeliger Stanley Choi

08-28-2018 20:54 UTC+2

Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Jack Salter	United Kingdom	355,000	18
2	Seth Davies	United States	380,000	19
3	Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	Belarus	540,000	27
4	Ryan Riess	United States	810,000	41
5	Matthias Eibinger	Austria	230,000	12
6	Alex Foxen	United States	735,000	37
7	Jan-Eric Schwippert	Germany	345,000	17
8	Benjamin Pollak	France	2,275,000	114
9	Jean-Noel Thorel	France	1,095,000	55

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	2,275,000 25,000	25,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	1,095,000 95,000	95,000
Ryan Riess	810,000 -20,000	-20,000
Alex Foxen	735,000 -70,000	-70,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	540,000 -40,000	-40,000
Seth Davies	380,000 -80,000	-80,000
Jack Salter	355,000 75,000	75,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	345,000 -95,000	-95,000
Matthias Eibinger	230,000 -30,000	-30,000

08-28-2018 20:57 UTC+2

Matthias Eibinger Eliminated in 9th Place (€97,090)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

First to act in the last hand of the level, Matthias Eibinger moved all in for 184,000 and Benjamin Pollak called from a few seats over in late position. Seth Davies on the button moved all in over the top and Pollak asked for a count. The shove of Davies was for 387,000 and Pollak eventually called.

Matthias Eibinger:
Seth Davies:
Benjamin Pollak:

This time it wasn't Pollak with the best of it preflop against two opponents, but he picked up a big sweat on the flop with the spades flush draw. The turn was a blank, as was the river, and Eibinger was eliminated in 9th place for €97,090.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	1,900,000 -375,000	-375,000
Seth Davies	975,000 595,000	595,000
Matthias Eibinger	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Matthias Eibinger Seth Davies

Level: 15

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

08-28-2018 21:06 UTC+2

Salter Doubles Through Foxen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jack Salter moved all in for 370,000 and Alex Foxen isolated with the superior stack from the button to force out Jan-Eric Schwippert and Benjamin Pollak in the blinds.

Jack Salter:
Alex Foxen:

The board came and Saltet doubled, sending Foxen back to just 25 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	800,000 445,000	445,000
Alex Foxen	490,000 -245,000	-245,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Benjamin Pollak Jack Salter Jan Eric Schwippert

08-28-2018 21:14 UTC+2

Thorel Chips Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mikalai Vaskaboinikau raised to 60,000 and Jan-Eric Schwippert moved all in from the button to claim the pot.

Seth Davies won a small pot against Jack Salter and then Benjamin Pollak raised twice to claim the blinds and big blind antes.

Pollak raised to 55,000 once more and was called by Jean-Noel Thorel, Ryan Riess and Alex Foxen in the blinds. On the flop, action checked to Thorel and his bet of 75,000 won the pot, he flashed the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	1,825,000 -75,000	-75,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	1,400,000 305,000	305,000
Seth Davies	985,000 10,000	10,000
Jack Salter	745,000 -55,000	-55,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	400,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Benjamin Pollak Jack Salter Jan Eric Schwippert Jean-Noel Thorel Mikalai Vaskaboinikau Ryan Riess Seth Davies

08-28-2018 21:23 UTC+2

Jan-Eric Schwippert Eliminated in 8th Place (€127,200)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ryan Riess on the button made it 60,000 to go and Jan-Eric Schwippert called in the big blind. After a flop of , Schwippert checked and Riess bet 60,000. Schwippert check-raised all in for what appeared to be 350,000, and the instant call of Riess followed.

Jan-Eric Schwippert:
Ryan Riess:

Riess was ahead with his overpair, but Schwippert had plenty of outs with the flush draw and gutshot. However, it wasn't meant to be for the German, who bricked on the turn and river run out. Schwippert was eliminated in 8th place and takes home €127,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Riess	1,100,000 290,000	290,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	Busted

Tags: Jan Eric Schwippert Ryan Riess

08-28-2018 21:25 UTC+2

Salter Loses Some to Thorel

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jack Salter raised under the gun and called the three-bet of Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind for 150,000. On the flop, Thorel bet 175,000 and Salter folded.