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

08-20-2022 23:23 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Felts Kisacikoglu, Nearing 500,000

blaisebourgeois

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Motoyoshi Okamura opened from early position to 6,000 and Orpen Kisacikoglu three-bet to 18,000 from the button, Steve O'Dwyer four-bet from the big blind and Kisacikoglu shoved for around 120,000. O'Dwyer snap-called.

Orpen Kisacikoglu:
Steve O'Dwyer:

O'Dwyer had Kisacikoglu crushed with aces against tens, also taking away any flush potential as he held the same suits.

The flop came to give Kisacikoglu some backdoor straight potential but the turn had him drawing dead.

The completed the board and O'Dwyer took his chip stack to just under 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	460,000 195,000	195,000

Motoyoshi Okamura	125,000 25,000	25,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted

Tags: Motoyoshi Okamura Orpen Kisacikoglu Steve O'Dwyer

08-20-2022 23:44 UTC+2

Mateos Felts Yotsushika

blaisebourgeois

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Kazuhiko Yotsushika opened from the cutoff for 5,500 and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 16,000 from the button. Yotsushika called.

The flop came and Mateos continued for 12,000. Yotsushika min-raised to 24,000 and Mateos made the call.

The turn brought the and Yotsushika shoved for around 140,000 and Mateos snap-called.

Kazuhiko Yotsushika:
Adrian Mateos:

Mateos turned a pair of kings and had Yotsushika needing an ace and an ace only.

The river was the and Yotsushika hit the rail while Mateos shot up to almost a half a million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	475,000 213,000	213,000

Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Kazuhiko Yotsushika

08-21-2022 01:22 UTC+2

O’Dwyer Bags a Huge Stack After Day 1 of the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em II

Andrew Knowles

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

It was a short opening day in the €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em II here at the 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour but there was still no shortage of action. A total of 40 entries were recorded through ten 30-minute levels and 12 players have bagged up chips with Steve O’Dwyer leading the way.

Of the 40 participants, a massive prize pool of €960,400 was collected but will sure to be even more with late registration and rebuys still available until the start of Day 2.

Top Ten Chip Counts

PLAYER	COUNTRY	CHIPS	BIG BLINDS
Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland	679,000	135
Eelis Parssinen	Finland	597,000	119
Juan Pardo	Spain	566,000	113
Adrian Mateos	Spain	480,000	96
Sergio Aido	Spain	437,000	87
Nick Petrangelo	United States	340,000	68
Timothy Adams	Canada	251,000	50
Sam Greenwood	Canada	218,000	43
Artur Martirosian	Russia	202,000	40

O’Dwyer climbed the leaderboard early on but caught fire later in the evening when he picked up aces against the pocket tens of Orpen Kisacikoglu to send him to the rail. O’Dwyer is no stranger to these high roller fields with close to 32 million dollars in lifetime earnings and a recent sixth place here in the €25,000 No Limit Hold'em for €117,260. He will be looking to better that result when he puts his 679,000 stack to work in tomorrow’s finale.

Finland’s Eelis Parssinen came in late to the day but soared up the leaderboard to bag an impressive 597,000 for second place. Parssinen is not a regular to the high rollers but found a recent score here with a fourth-place finish in the €10,200 Pot Limit Omaha for €112,780.

Juan Pardo comes back tomorrow in third place with 566,000 after hitting quad threes early on to eliminate two players and sky rocket his stack. Adrian Mateos and Sergio Aido round out the top five as they hope to take down this EPT title.

Many notables joined the action throughout the day but those who could not find a bag included Erik Seidel, Seth Davies, Juha Helppi, and Patrik Antonius, who will all have another chance to jump back in the action tomorrow.

The cards will go back in the air at 12:30 p.m. local time with the blinds resuming at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante and action will play down till a winner is crowned.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back on-site tomorrow as EPT Barcelona concludes here in Catalonia.