€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-29-2019 18:04 UTC+1

Benger Takes From Cai

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Zhen Cai raised first to act and was called by Griffin Benger in the big blind. On a flop, Benger check-called a bet worth 20,000 and did so again for 22,000 on the turn. The fell on the river and both checked.

Benger tabled and Cai mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Griffin Benger	1,150,000 413,000	413,000
Zhen Cai	700,000 864,000	864,000

Tags: Griffin Benger Zhen Cai

08-29-2019 18:07 UTC+1

Payjump Waiting After Singh Bust

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Yori Epskamp

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With two players to go until the next pay jump, it was Ramandeep Singh Gujral who became the first who had to settle for the current payout of €17,160. Singh first lost all but 20k of his stack to the pocket kings of Jonas ten Cate, before losing his final chips with ace-ten versus king-ten in the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas ten Cate	500,000 268,000	268,000
Ramandeep Singh Gujral	Busted

Tags: Jonas Ten Cate Ramandeep Singh Gujral

08-29-2019 18:08 UTC+1

Wilson Doubles Through Kamel

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Hassan Kamel and Andrew Wilson clashed preflop with the latter at risk for 507,000.

Andrew Wilson:
Hassan Kamel:

Kamel picked up some outs on the flop, but his request for spades was denied on the turn and river run out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Wilson	1,050,000 90,000	90,000
Hassan Kamel	450,000 628,000	628,000

Tags: Andrew Wilson Hassan Kamel

08-29-2019 18:08 UTC+1

Dinner Break

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Sandra Barbour

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 72 players are now on a 75-minute dinner break and action will resume at approximately 8:24 p.m.

08-29-2019 18:36 UTC+1

PSPC 2020: Great timing by Christoph Walkenhorst

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Platinum Pass Winner Christoph Walkenhorst

Life, like poker, is sometimes all about good timing and knowing when to make your move. For Christoph Walkenhorst, a 35-year-old social worker from Germany, that move was made a little over a month ago.

“I hadn’t played online poker for some years, but in my home game my friends kept talking about online poker,” Walkenhorst tells PokerStars Blog the morning after he won one of the first Platinum Passes to the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC) 2020 (more on that in a moment).

“I told my friends that I have two kids, and therefore no time to play an eight-hour tournament online. And that’s when they told me about the Chase Your Dream freerolls.”

The Chase Your Dream competition began with online freerolls, and anyone who went deep enough was then invited to send in audition tape. The prize, they all thought, was the chance to come to EPT Barcelona and play in an invite-only tournament versus pros and celebrities, with a shot at winning €10,000.

That was all true. But there was a whole lot more at stake too.

Click here to read the full article by Jack Stanton over at the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: Christoph Walkenhorst EPT Barcelona PSPC

08-29-2019 18:45 UTC+1

Dinner Break Counts on Day 3 (full)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Brandstrom	2,433,000 33,000	33,000

Johnny Nedved	2,300,000 50,000	50,000
Shannon Shorr	2,230,000 70,000	70,000
Rui Sousa	2,200,000 1,365,000	1,365,000
Alexander Ivarsson	1,701,000 321,000	321,000
Johan Storakers	1,691,000 109,000	109,000
Michal Schuh	1,614,000 174,000	174,000
Sahil Chuttani	1,500,000 50,000	50,000
Isaac Haxton	1,455,000 55,000	55,000
Ben Farrell	1,400,000 400,000	400,000
Kelvin Kerber	1,240,000 790,000	790,000
Griffin Benger	1,200,000 50,000	50,000
Adam Jonsson	1,166,000 34,000	34,000
Timothy Adams	1,164,000 186,000	186,000
Kimmo Kurko	1,157,000 276,000	276,000
Harry Lodge	1,100,000 188,000	188,000
Ut Tam Vo	1,085,000 25,000	25,000
Sergi Reixach	1,016,000 200,000	200,000
Aymon Hata	1,000,000 510,000	510,000
Leandro Bustillo	992,000 289,000	289,000
Andrew Wilson	987,000 63,000	63,000
Giovani Torre	970,000 157,000	157,000
[Removed:551]	963,000 5,000	5,000
Balakrishna Patur	958,000 165,000	165,000
Simon Mattsson	930,000 120,000	120,000

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Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

08-29-2019 19:33 UTC+1

Liu Doubles Through Storakers

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Sandra Barbour

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jiayuan Liu was all in from the big blind for 184,000 against Johan Storakers who was in the hijack.

Jiayuan Liu:
Johan Storakers:

Liu hit a good flop of . The turn and river filled up the board and Liu doubled up with kings and fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Storakers	1,500,000 191,000	191,000
Jiayuan Liu	408,000 208,000	208,000

Tags: Jiayuan Liu Johan Storakers

08-29-2019 19:39 UTC+1

Fortunate Double for Hooper

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Yori Epskamp

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Kelvin Kerber raised to 35,000 from middle position, Michael Hooper three-bet shoved 401,000 from the small blind and Kerber snapped him off.

Michael Hooper:
Kelvin Kerber:

The flop paired Hooper's inferior kicker and the board ran out for him to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelvin Kerber	855,000 385,000	385,000
Michael Hooper	834,000 417,000	417,000

Tags: Kelvin Kerber Michael Hooper

08-29-2019 19:39 UTC+1

Moron Chavero Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Ignacio Moron Chavero faced a raise to 35,000 by Balakrishna Reddy Patur and three-bet to 90,000 on the button. Patur clicked it back and Moron Chavero called all in for 119,000.

Ignacio Moron Chavero:
Balakrishna Reddy Patur: