€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em I Day 1 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-10-2022 15:30 UTC+2

Antonius Raises River

Brandon Bloom

Level 6 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Patrik Antonius opened to 1,000 from under the gun and Sirzat Hissou defended the big blind.

The flop fell , Hissou check-called for 1,000, and both players checked the turn.

The completed the board and Hissou led out for 3,500. Antonius then raised to 10,500, and Hissou folded to concede the pot to the Finn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Antonius	58,000	8,000
Sirzat Hissou	45,000	-5,000

Tags: Patrik Antonius Sirzat Hissou

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

08-10-2022 15:23 UTC+2

An Orbit With Addamo

Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Michael Addamo has proven to be one of the top crushers on the poker high roller scene, so PokerNews spent an orbit with the Australian.

Hand #1 (Big Blind): Sven Andersson opened to 800 on the button and Mikita Badziakouski flat-called in the small blind. Addamo three-bet to 4,500 and both opponents folded to win Addamo the pot.

Hand #2: (Small Blind): Artur Martirosian raised to 900 in early position and Addamo folded when the action folded around.

Hand #3: (Button): Andersson opened to 900 from the hijack and Addamo flat-called on the button, while Motoyoshi Okamura also came along from the big blind. Okamura checked on the flop of and Andersson continued for 800. Addamo folded.

Hand #4: (Cutoff): The action folded around to Addamo and he also folded.

Hand #5 (Hijack): The action again folded to Addamo and he followed suit.

Hand #6: (Late Position): Addamo raised to 800 when the action folded around and the rest of the table folded to earn Addamo the pot without a fight.

Hand #7 (UTG): Addamo folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Motoyoshi Okamura	83,000	41,000
Artur Martirosian	60,000	-20,000
Daniel Dvoress	55,000	9,000
Sven Andersson	52,000	-3,000
Pascal Lefrancois	45,000	-15,000
Michael Addamo	25,000	-2,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Michael Addamo Mikita Badziakouski Motoyoshi Okamura Sven Andersson

08-10-2022 15:14 UTC+2

Adammo Takes One From Badziakouski

Brandon Bloom

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Mikita Badziakouski opened to 900 from under the gun and Michael Addamo three-bet to 2,700 one seat over. Action folded back to Badziakouski who called.

The dealer spread the flop and Badziakouski check-called for 2,100, only to check-fold to Addamo's bet of 5,000 on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	43,000	-5,000
Michael Addamo	27,000	6,000

Tags: Michael Addamo Mikita Badziakouski

08-10-2022 15:05 UTC+2

A Few New Entries

Brandon Bloom

Level 5 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Antonius	50,000	50,000
Mike Watson	50,000	50,000
Simon Mattsson	50,000	50,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-10-2022 14:52 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts on Break

Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Benitez	98,000
Juan Pardo	88,000	4,000
Tom Orpaz	85,000	-43,000
Artur Martirosian	80,000	-5,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	76,000	1,000
Ramiro Petrone	73,000	23,000
Kahle Burns	68,000	3,000
Dimitar Danchev	66,000	-3,000
David Yan	63,000	15,000
Pascal Lefrancois	60,000	10,000
Sven Andersson	55,000	5,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	55,000	5,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	54,000	5,000
Nick Petrangelo	51,000	1,000
Sirzat Hissou	50,000
Timothy Adams	50,000
Mikita Badziakouski	48,000	-2,000
Damian Salas	48,000	-2,000
Daniel Dvoress	46,000	-4,000
Erik Seidel	45,000	45,000
Joris Ruijs	45,000	-8,000
Motoyoshi Okamura	42,000	-8,000
Kelvin Kerber	42,000	14,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	40,000	-5,000
Stephen Chidwick	38,000	-1,000

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08-10-2022 14:41 UTC+2

Break Time

Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Players are on their first 15-minute break of Day 1 of €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em.

08-10-2022 14:36 UTC+2

Kisacikoglu Takes from Heath

Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Ben Heath opened to 800 from middle position and Kahle Burns flat-called on the button, while Orpen Kisacikoglu also called from the small blind.

Kisacikoglu checked on the flop of and Heath continued with a bet of 800. Burns folded, while Kisacikoglu check-raised to 5,800. Heath called.

Kisacikoglu bet 10,000 on the turn and Heath called. Kisacikoglu then bet 22,100 on the river and Heath used through three time extensions before making the call.

Kisacikoglu showed for a flopped straight and four-fifths of a straight flush and Heath mucked.

"Above-average flop," commented Joris Ruijs to the left of Kisacikoglu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	75,000	26,000
Kahle Burns	65,000	9,000
Ben Heath	30,000	-14,000

Tags: Ben Heath Joris Ruijs Kahle Burns Orpen Kisacikoglu

08-10-2022 14:32 UTC+2

Benitez Finds Call Against Adams

Brandon Bloom

Level 4 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Francisco Benitez won the €10,200 Mystery Bounty just yesterday and is already off to a hot start today with nearly twice the starting stack.

In a bloated pot on a completed board, Timothy Adams bet 22,000 in the cutoff, leaving himself just a single T-100 chip behind. Benitez deliberated for some time and used a few time extensions before ultimately putting in the chips.

Adams mucked his cards face down in defeat, and Benitez also left his cards a mystery as he didn't even need to table a hand to collect the pot. Adams lost his last chip on the next hand and re-entered shortly after to receive a fresh starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Benitez	98,000	40,000
Timothy Adams	50,000	1,000

Tags: Francisco Benitez Timothy Adams