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

08-26-2019 18:42 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Griffin Benger	66,000 29,000	29,000
Johan Guilbert	61,000 31,000	31,000
Ema Zajmovic	53,000 20,000	20,000
Nacho Barbero	32,000 2,000	2,000
Steve O'Dwyer	30,000 30,000	30,000

Danny Tang	26,000
Tony Dunst	24,500 -5,500	-5,500
Maria Konnikova	17,000 -3,000	-3,000

Kristen Bicknell	7,500 -12,500	-12,500
Ben Heath	3,500 -5,500	-5,500
Philippe d'Auteuil	Busted

Makavy Eliminated by Fatehi

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

The cards were already on their backs as Ali Reza Fatehi had pushed forward a big pile of chips and Noam Makavy ended up all in.

Noam Makavy:
Ali Reza Fatehi:

The flop gave Fatehi a gutshot and he added a flush draw to his outs on the turn. The river was the and Makavy quickly headed out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Reza Fatehi	80,000 20,000	20,000
Noam Makavy	Busted

Tags: Ali Reza Fatehi Noam Makavy

08-26-2019 18:28 UTC+2

Kitai Chips Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Davidi Kitai made it 1,700 to go from under the gun on a four-way flop and forced two folds including Conor Beresford on the button. Just the small blind check-called and did so again for 4,500 on the turn.

A third barrel by Kitai on the river was worth 10,000 and this time went through without resistance.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	68,000 31,000	31,000

Conor Beresford	45,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Conor Beresford Davidi Kitai

08-26-2019 18:23 UTC+2

Updated Counts and Bustouts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego Falcone	140,000 106,000	106,000
Yong Wang	130,000
Hafthor Hlynsson	68,000 68,000	68,000
Luke Schwartz	60,000
Antoine Labat	43,000 23,000	23,000
Luigi Shehadeh	26,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	22,000
Morten Mortensen	22,000 -23,000	-23,000
Keith Lehr	Busted
Saar Wilf	Busted
Dimitar Yosifov	Busted
Manuel Bardon	Busted
Leonard Maue	Busted
Niklas Astedt	Busted
Jorma Nuutinen	Busted
Eric Sfez	Busted
Tomas Jozonis	Busted
Erik Friberg	Busted
Wayne Zhang	Busted
Maria Lampropulos	Busted

08-26-2019 18:22 UTC+2

Senoussi Grabs Chips from Baumann

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

The board already read when Gaelle Baumann checked from the cutoff before calling a the bet of 3,600 from Ibrahim Senoussi on the button.

The completed the board on the river and Baumann checked once more. Senoussi sent a bet for 6,900 and Baumann chose to fold her cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	52,000 5,000	5,000
Ibrahim Senoussi	48,000

Tags: Gaelle Baumann

08-26-2019 18:17 UTC+2

Grzegorzek Forces a Fold from Rocha

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Jakub Grzegorzek raised under the gun to 1,100 and Alex Rocha, next to him, decided to three-bet to 3,500. It came back to Grzegorzek who called.

The dealer brought a flop and Grzegorzek check-called Rocha's bet for 3,000.

Things heated on the turn. Grzegorzek checked again and Rocha sent 7,500 in the middle. Grzegorzek thought about his move for a minute and pushed all in, putting Rocha at risk for his tournament. The latter tanked and ended up folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakub Grzegorzek	57,000
Alex Rocha	18,000

Tags: Alex Rocha

08-26-2019 18:12 UTC+2

Saderne Takes One From Martini

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Julien Martini raised to 1,200 and it was called by Jeremy Saderne one seat over.

A flop felt and Martini continued for 1,300, called by Saderne. The came on the turn and the same action happened, this time for 3,100.

The two French players checked on the river and Martini tabled while Saderne showed to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	28,000 -31,000	-31,000
Jeremy Saderne	22,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Jeremy Saderne Julien Martini

08-26-2019 18:06 UTC+2

Ladva and Bernardini Eliminated with Tens

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Ottomar Ladva saw his hopes on the first bullet vanish when he ran with into and found no help on a board of .

One table over, Gianluca Bernardini got his stack of around 20,000 in preflop with and Felipe Salgado called with the . The board came and the kings held up.

Salgado was about to send another player to the rail when he opened to 1,100 and called the shove of Roberto Morra for 7,700, but his came up second-best to on a run out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Salgado	90,000 90,000	90,000
Roberto Morra	16,000 16,000	16,000
Ottomar Ladva	Busted
Gianluca Bernardini	Busted

Tags: Felipe Salgado Gianluca Bernardini Ottomar Ladva Roberto Morra

08-26-2019 17:53 UTC+2

Pons Mendes Chips Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Maxime Chilaud bet the flop for 400 and Ben Barkay called from one seat over. On the turn, Chilaud checked and folded when facing a bet of 1,700 by Barkay.

One hand later, Carlos Pons Mendes raised to 1,200 and picked up calls by Barkay and Kalidou Sow in the blinds. The flop was checked to Pons Mendes and he bet 2,500. Only Barkay called and checked again the turn, but folded when facing a bet of 9,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kalidou Sow	70,000 47,000	47,000
Carlos Pons Mendes	57,000 22,000	22,000
Ben Barkay	46,000 16,500	16,500
Lachezar Petkov	42,000
Lander Lijo	34,000 4,000	4,000
Maxime Chilaud	16,000 -21,000	-21,000

Tags: Kalidou Sow Maxime Chilaud Carlos Pons Mendes

08-26-2019 17:49 UTC+2

New Round of Chip Counts

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Billard	93,000 13,000	13,000
Aladin Reskallah	56,000 8,000	8,000
Corbin White	55,000 32,000	32,000
Heinz Schlueter	53,000 -2,000	-2,000
Uri Reichenstein	44,000 -8,000	-8,000
Davidi Kitai	37,000 37,000	37,000

Alexandre Amiel	33,000 5,000	5,000
Tony Dunst	30,000
Adrien Delmas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Johan Guilbert	30,000 -33,000	-33,000
Ivan Deyra	27,000 27,000	27,000
Andrea Buonocore	25,000 25,000	25,000
Kristen Bicknell	20,000 -18,000	-18,000
Maria Konnikova	20,000 -13,000	-13,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	20,000 -21,000	-21,000
Ben Heath	9,000 -21,000	-21,000
Thomas Muehloecker	7,000 -21,000	-21,000
Niklas Astedt	6,000 -27,000	-27,000
Adrian Mateos	Busted