€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-26-2019 14:28 UTC+1

More Recent Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Franco	Busted
Patrice Brandt	Busted
Francois Evard	Busted
Jan Ziegler	Busted
Pascal Hartmann	Busted
Alejandro Sterling	Busted
[Removed:150]	Busted
Bahadir Hatipoglu	Busted
Andrei Konopelko	Busted
Siddhanth Shakti Kapoor	Busted
Stefan Toma	Busted

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

08-26-2019 14:34 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Reza Fatehi	72,000 10,000	10,000
Luis Velador	55,000 16,000	16,000
Jon Turner	50,000 20,000	20,000

Georgios Vrakas	48,000 25,500	25,500
Keith Johnson	45,000 15,000	15,000
Clement Richez	43,000 13,000	13,000
Vadzim Lipauka	42,000 6,000	6,000
Leonard Maue	40,000
Griffin Benger	37,000 7,000	7,000
Usman Siddique	32,000
Ran Azor	32,000
Kristen Bicknell	30,000
Morten Mortensen	27,000
Corbin White	23,000 10,000	10,000
Antoine Labat	20,000
Vincent Gabel	20,000 11,000	11,000
Vlado Banicevic	15,000 22,000	22,000
Armin Rezaei	13,000
Shannon Shorr	8,000 23,500	23,500

Reichenstein Off to a Good Start

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Uri Reichenstein has very fond memories of the Salon Gaudi as he finished runner-up to Sebastian Malec in the 2016 EPT Barcelona Main Event in one of the most epic final hands of an EPT Main Event. Reichenstein is also off to a great start on Day 1a right now and slowly but surely approaches double the starting stack.

In a recent hand against Heinz Schlueter, he bet the river for 4,000 when it checked to him and Schlueter reluctantly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Heinz Schlueter	55,000
Uri Reichenstein	52,000

Tags: Heinz Schlueter Uri Reichenstein

08-26-2019 14:42 UTC+1

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	30,000 30,000	30,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar	30,000 30,000	30,000
Gedimidas Uselis	30,000
Diogo Veiga	30,000 30,000	30,000
Paul-François Tedeschi	30,000 30,000	30,000

08-26-2019 14:44 UTC+1

Gassian Wins One; Loses One

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

"You like to play with me?" Johan Guilbert asked when he had raised and faced a three-bet to 1,400. Guilbert called and the flop brought , which both players checked. Gassian bet the turn for 1,100 and Guilbert folded with the words "okay, one one."

One hand later, Jorma Nuutinen on the button raised and Gassian three-bet to 1,600, Nuutinen called. On a flop, Gassian checked and a bet of 1,200 won the pot for Nuutinen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cathal Shine	52,000
Jyri Merivirta	50,000 17,000	17,000
David Gassian	48,000
Johan Guilbert	38,000
Jorma Nuutinen	20,000
[Removed:510]	14,000

Tags: Johan Guilbert Jorma Nuutinen David Gassian

08-26-2019 14:46 UTC+1

Small Pot for Bicknell

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Ettore Ricci raised to 800 from the cutoff position and it was called by Kristen Bicknell in the small blind and the big blind player.

The flop was checked and a came on the turn. Kristen opened to 1,100 and it was enough to win the pot without more resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristen Bicknell	38,000 8,000	8,000
Ettore Ricci	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Ettore Ricci Kristen Bicknell

08-26-2019 14:50 UTC+1

Kollmann Doubles Through Schaap

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

On a flop of , Erich Kollmann checked from under the gun and Adrian Schaap made it 1,700 to go. Kollmann raised and didn't put in enough chips for a valid raise at first, which then prompted the shove of Schaap.

Kollmann callled with and Schaap was caught bluffing with the .

Two blanks later, Kollmann had secured the double and Schaap said in table chat that he thougt it was a missclick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erich Kollmann	48,000 18,000	18,000
Adrian Schaap	25,000

Tags: Adrian Schaap Erich Kollmann

08-26-2019 14:54 UTC+1

Kruse Forces a Fold from d'Auteuil

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

The flop showed in a head's up hand when Philippe d'Auteuil checked from the big blind and faced a bet worth 1,500 from Fedor Kruse situated in the cutoff. D'Auteuil gave it some thoughts and decided to raise it to 3,500. Kruse called.

The fell on the turn and this time d'Auteuil check-called for 4,800 to see a on the river. Kruse asked for the amount of d'Auteuil's stack and after the latter confirmed it was 14,300, Kruse fired a few 5,000-chip in the middle to put d'Auteuil at risk. The Canadian player let it go and Kruse took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Kruse	47,000 47,000	47,000
Philippe d'Auteuil	14,300 21,700	21,700

Tags: Fedor Kruse Philippe D'Auteuil

08-26-2019 15:03 UTC+1

Karakashi Busts Machado

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

At least three players have already been eliminated for the second time on Day 1a and won't be allowed to take part in the action anymore including [Removed:150], Jacob Daniels and Manuel Machado.

The latter was spotted on his way out when his for top pair on the flop was no good, as Denis Karakashi held for a turned set of kings on a .