2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€550 CEP champion Fabien Lecardonnel will not be adding to the €110,000 score he made last week as he just busted the first starting day of the EPT National High Roller. It was George Wolff who put Lecardonnel to the test for his last 17,000 on a ![]()
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board in a big blind versus button clash.
Lecardonnel ended up calling with ![]()
after minutes of thought, only to be shown the bad news by Wolff who tabled ![]()
to eliminate the Frenchman.
Photos by Neil Stoddart / PokerStars.
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board was on the table and there was over 20,000 in the middle when Jon Turner checked from the big blind. Kian Bing Chan bet 9,000 from the cutoff and it was on Turner again. He three-bet all in when he put his last 28,300 in front of him and he was called by Chan.
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The river was the
which awarded the pot to Chan after he hit a flush on the river.
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flop was already on the table and small blind Fiodor Martino checked his option. Zhong Chen fired a bet of 1,000 and he was called by Martino.
The turn was the
and Martino checked again but with a different plan in mind. Chen continued with a bet of 1,200 but Martino raised to 4,700.
That was too much for Chen as he laid his hand down after looking at it for the last time.
The following players all ran out of steam on their first bullet during the early hours of the day. They'll have to wait until Day 1b kicks off later tonight at 7 p.m. in order to fire their second and last bullet allowed in this tournament.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Anas Belatik raised from the cutoff to 700 and he was called by both players in the blinds. Joao Vieira sat in the small blind and he checked after the ![]()
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flop was dealt and so did Leonardo Armino in the big blind. Belatik slowed down after showing preflop aggression and checked behind.
The turn was the
and Vieira checked again. Armino fired a bet of 1,200 which was enough to make the initial raiser and Vieira fold.
More and more players are flocking to Casino Barcelona to take their seat in the EPT National High Roller. The field is already up to over 800 entries on Day 1a with late registration open up until level 8.
Among the latest to take a seat are Orpen Kisacikoglu, Joris Ruijs, Jean-Noel Thorel, and Ludovic Geilich.