€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-30-2019 17:28 UTC+1

Field Up to 400 Players; 305 Remain

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhong Chen	50,000
Patrik Antonius	50,000

Tsugunari Toma	50,000
Gakuto "Gackt" Oshiro	50,000
Sonny Franco	50,000
Teun Mulder	50,000 1,000	1,000
Freddy Deeb	Busted
Alan Lau	Busted
Sam Higgs	Busted
Igor Yaroshevskyy	Busted
Ryan Riess	Busted
Sergey Sergeev	Busted

08-30-2019 17:34 UTC+1

No Chops Here!

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Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Mauro Francolini got his last chips in on a flop against Roberto Fernandez. Both players held the same hand - ace-queen - but Francolini was behind with against the of Fernandez.

The turn was the but the river completed Fernandez's flush and sent Francolini to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mauro Francolini	55,000
Roberto Fernandez	Busted

Tags: Mauro Francolini Roberto Fernandez

08-30-2019 17:43 UTC+1

Unlucky River for Chen

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

There was a raise to 1,800 from early position and Pete Chen and Mustapha Kanit came along from the blinds. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn.

Chen led out for 3,100 which got Kanit to fold but the preflop raiser called. The river was the and Chen fired out another 3,300. His opponent raised to 13,000 and Chen responded with a re-raise to 28,000. The two players quickly got all of the chips in the middle in what was likely a chop.

Unfortunately for Chen, he turned the straight with while his opponent caught up on the river with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Chen	74,500 74,500	74,500

Tags: Pete Chen Mustapha Kanit

08-30-2019 17:44 UTC+1

Lehr Beats Kassouf At His Own Game

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Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Will Kassouf has been engaged in a running battle with Keith Lehr at his table since he sat down, even going so far as to try and bet whether Kassouf would still be in the tournament come 6:30 p.m.

It is currently 6:40 p.m. and the pair are still seated at the same table; no mean feat when the tournament is still growing like it is, with just over 400 entries so far on Day 1.

Kassouf opened to 2,000 at 400/800 and Keith Lehr three-bet to 4,400. It folded back to Kassouf who called.

"If you got it, you got it," said Kassouf as the flop came . He checked to Lehr who continued for 7,200.

After some standard talk from Kassouf, he folded.

"Go on," said Kassouf. "You can show queens."

Lehr did not have queens.

"Nine-high like a boss," said Lehr, and the table fell about laughing as he tabled and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Lehr	80,000
Will Kassouf	20,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Keith Lehr Will Kassouf

08-30-2019 17:45 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauren Roberts	130,000 40,000	40,000
Sergio Aido	89,400 39,400	39,400
Mustapha Kanit	76,000 26,000	26,000
Martin Jacobson	72,600 34,100	34,100
Maria Konnikova	68,000 25,000	25,000

Alex Foxen	60,000 35,000	35,000
Kitty Kuo	55,500 5,500	5,500
Johan Guilbert	50,000
Chino Rheem	40,600 9,400	9,400
Philippe D'Auteuil	35,600

08-30-2019 18:01 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukas Zaskodny	115,000 65,000	65,000
Joao Simao	100,000 50,000	50,000
Quan Zhou	95,000 60,000	60,000
Adrien Delmas	80,000 30,000	30,000
Francisco Benitez	62,000 12,000	12,000
Alberto Stegeman	42,000 1,000	1,000
Norbert Szecsi	35,000 15,000	15,000
Fredrik Andersson	34,000 21,000	21,000
Adrian Mateos	32,000 23,000	23,000

Andrei Konopelko	32,000 18,000	18,000
Juha Helppi	31,000 19,000	19,000
Nick Marchington	19,000 30,000	30,000
Jasper Meijer van Putten	10,000 40,000	40,000

Justin Ligeri	Busted

08-30-2019 18:12 UTC+1

Reeves Shoves on Adams

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Timothy Adams raised it up in middle position and Lucas Reeves defended from the big blind. The flop came and Reeves checked to Adams who bet 2,400. Reeves check-raised to 5,300 and Adams called.

The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Reeves made an overbet shove for 37,500 and Adams asked for a count. After using one of his time banks, Adams elected to fold.

"I think it would be disrespectful if I called," Adams said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Adams	74,000 1,000	1,000
Lucas Reeves	51,000

Tags: Timothy Adams Lucas Reeves

08-30-2019 18:13 UTC+1

Dinner Break

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Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

The players in the €10,300 High Roller are heading on a 75-minute dinner break.

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

08-30-2019 19:52 UTC+1

Watson Hits the Turn

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Adam Lamers

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Uri Reichenstein raised it up from middle position and Mike Watson defended his big blind. The flop fell and Watson checked to Reichenstein who bet 1,800. Watson called and the landed on the turn.

Watson checked again and Reichenstein fired out another bet of 6,500. Watson still called and the completed the board. Watson checked for the third time and Reichenstein wisely checked it back. Watson turned over and Reichenstein mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	148,800 81,800	81,800
Mike Watson	69,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Uri Reichenstein Mike Watson