€50,000 Single-Day High Roller I | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-14-2022 02:54 UTC+2

David Yan Eliminated in 4th Place (€314,830)

David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Kahle Burns raised all in from the button and big blind David Yan used two time banks before calling for his last 700,000.

David Yan:
Kahle Burns:

Yan had made the right call as he was ahead, but the flop gave Burns a pair of fours. The board ran out and Yan was eliminated.

"Good game. Unlucky David," Burns told Yan as he made his way to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kahle Burns	3,500,000 800,000	800,000
David Yan	Busted

Tags: David Yan Kahle Burns

Level: 22

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

08-14-2022 02:42 UTC+2

Conan Doubles Through Watson

David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Arthur Conan got his last 315,000 in the middle from the small blind against Mike Watson in the cutoff.

Arthur Conan:
Mike Watson:

The flop gave Watson the nut flush draw, while the turn also gave him a straight draw. The river wasn't the help he needed and Conan stayed alive with his pair of eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	1,550,000 -250,000	-250,000

Arthur Conan	650,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Mike Watson Arthur Conan

08-14-2022 02:41 UTC+2

Pascal Lefrancois Eliminated in 5th Place (€243,280)

David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Pascal Lefrancois raised to 375,000 from the hijack and Kahle Burns reraised enough to put him all in from the small blind. Lefrancois called for his last 400,000

Pascal Lefrancois:
Kahle Burns:

Burns picked up a flush draw on the flop, while Lefrancois had his own flush draw as the turn came the . Neither player connected with the river and Burns won the pot with his king kicker to send Lefrancois to the rail in fifth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kahle Burns	2,700,000 850,000	850,000
Pascal Lefrancois	Busted

Tags: Kahle Burns Pascal Lefrancois

08-14-2022 02:27 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Shortly after doubling up, Mike Watson won another big pot off Kahle Burns with a set of queens when Burns called his bet of 125,000 on the river.

The two players are now nearly tied atop the chip leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kahle Burns	1,850,000 -200,000	-200,000
Mike Watson	1,800,000 395,000	395,000

David Yan	1,050,000
Pascal Lefrancois	760,000 -60,000	-60,000
Arthur Conan	520,000

08-14-2022 02:24 UTC+2

Watson Holds On to Double Through Yan

David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Action folded to David Yan in the small blind who raised enough to put Mike Watson all in. Watson shrugged and called for his last 710,000.

Mike Watson:
David Yan:

The board ran out and Watson finished with a straight to double up.

"Were you confident," Kahle Burns asked Watson after the hand.

"No," Watson replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	1,405,000 610,000	610,000

David Yan	1,050,000 -650,000	-650,000

Tags: Mike Watson David Yan

08-14-2022 02:20 UTC+2

Aleksejs Ponakovs Eliminated in 6th Place (€186,040)

David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Kahle Burns shoved all in from early position as action folded around to Aleksejs Ponakovs on the button. He used three time bank cards before announcing a call for his last 710,000 as the rest of the table got out of the way.

Aleksejs Ponakovs:
Kahle Burns:

Burns jumped into the lead on the flop with a pair of aces and Ponakovs didn't hit any miracles on the turn or river, sending the one-time chip leader to the rail in sixth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kahle Burns	2,050,000 675,000	675,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	Busted

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Kahle Burns

Level: 21

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

08-14-2022 02:08 UTC+2

Lefrancois' Flop Raise Gets It Done

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of , Arthur Conan bet 55,000 from the button. Pascal Lefrancois in the big blind used a time bank before raising to 150,000.

Now it was Conan's time to tank as he used up two time banks, counting down his chip stack before deciding to fold.

The next hand, action folded to Lefrancois in the small blind and he moved forward a stack of green 25,000 chips for a raise to 500,000. David Yan in the big blind quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Lefrancois	820,000 170,000	170,000
Arthur Conan	520,000 -420,000	-420,000

Tags: Arthur Conan Pascal Lefrancois

08-14-2022 02:01 UTC+2

Burns Raises the River

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

David Yan raised to 80,000 in the hijack and was called by Kahle Burns from the button.

Both players checked the flop before Yan led out for 200,000 on the turn. Burns stared down Yan for a moment before calling.

The river came the and Yan bet another 100,000. Burns used two time banks before raising to 280,000. Yan quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Yan	1,700,000 30,000	30,000
Kahle Burns	1,375,000 465,000	465,000

Tags: Kahle Burns David Yan