€1,100 EPT National Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-21-2019 17:18 UTC+1

"I'll Take a Nine"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Mark Roovers opened to 1,900 and Liani Albano jammed for what appeared to be 22,000. Roovers gave it some consideration and called with the . Albano was ahead with and the flop opened some chop opportunities.

"I'll take a nine," Roovers said in table chat. After the turn, which gave him a flush draw, he was still asking for a nine, but didn't mind the river either to settle for a split pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Roovers	36,000

Tags: Mark Roovers Liani Albano

08-21-2019 17:24 UTC+1

Turn Bet Takes It for Malec

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Sandra Barbour

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sebastian Malec raised to 2,200 from the hijack and the player in the big blind called.'

A flop reading was dealt and checked around to the turn. The big blind checked once more and Malec threw in a bet of 3,100 that was enough to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Malec	42,000

Tags: Sebastian Malec

08-21-2019 17:26 UTC+1

Registration for Day 1a Closed

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With the start of level nine, the registration for Day 1a has closed and the screens show 1,240 entries of which 765 players remain. All those that busted may opt to fire a second entry for today as Day 1b kicks off at 7 p.m. local time.

08-21-2019 17:32 UTC+1

Recent Day 1a Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rens Feenstra	Busted
Cathal Shine	Busted
Viorel Gavrila	Busted
Francesco Delfoco	Busted
Ricardo Tannoury	Busted
Jakub Michalak	Busted
Siddarth Kapoor	Busted
Isabel Baltazar	Busted
Katie Lindsay	Busted
Florian Ribouchon	Busted
Roope Tarmi	Busted
[Removed:520]	Busted
Andrei Nodea	Busted
Sonny Franco	Busted

08-21-2019 17:37 UTC+1

Triple Up for Chen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Stoyan Obreshkov raised and Pete Chen in the cutoff jammed for the last 6,500. The button called as did Obreshkov, and the two remaining active players checked down the board.

Chen announced a full house and turned over the with a big smile on the face. The button mucked and Obreshkov's also went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stoyan Obreshkov	31,000 31,000	31,000
Pete Chen	21,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Pete Chen Stoyan Obreshkov

08-21-2019 17:40 UTC+1

Le Triples Up

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Sandra Barbour

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The player in mid-position opened to 2,300 and Christian Le three-bet shoved for 7,800 from the hijack. The player in the small blind four-bet to 15,000 and the big blind reshoved for 24,000. The player in mid-position folded and the player in the small blind added the remainder to call.

Christian Le:
Player in the small Blind:
Player in the big blind:

The runout was and Le rivered a straight to triple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Le	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Christian Le

08-21-2019 17:42 UTC+1

Updated Counts

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Sandra Barbour

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Balazs Biri	140,000 100,000	100,000
Thierry Foy	110,000 35,000	35,000
Mikael Hokkanen	92,000 92,000	92,000
Asker Aloev	90,000 42,000	42,000
Michel Leibgorin	73,000 23,000	23,000
Tsugunari Toma	72,000 72,000	72,000
Julien Duhamel	70,000 70,000	70,000
Pete Chen	55,000 34,000	34,000
Sergio Da Silva	50,000 1,000	1,000
Walter Treccarichi	50,000 10,000	10,000
Serge Candin	43,000 43,000	43,000
Maria Lampropulos	39,000 39,000	39,000
Gaelle Baumann	30,000 30,000	30,000
Niculina Grasu	24,000 24,000	24,000
Artur Rudziankov	Busted
Michal Lubas	Busted
[Removed:158]	Busted
Harcharan Dogra Dogra	Busted

08-21-2019 17:48 UTC+1

Fisz Eliminated by Sey

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Pawel Brzeski raised and bowed out to the three-bet by Hassan Sey and the four-bet shove of Elias Fisz for more than 20,000. Sey quickly called and the cards were on their backs.

Elias Fisz:
Hassan Sey:

On a board of , Sey hit a full house and Brzeski mentioned in table chat he had folded pocket nines preflop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Sey	70,000 70,000	70,000
Pawel Brzeski	31,000 12,000	12,000
Elias Fisz	Busted

Tags: Elias Fisz Hassan Sey Pawel Brzeski

08-21-2019 17:51 UTC+1

A Double for Lheureux

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Gaetan Lheureux ended up all in and at risk for 24,500 and vaulted out of his chair a few minutes before the end of the level when he was called by Miguel Martinez. Lheureux was ahead with versus and the board kept him in contention.