€10,300 EPT High Roller | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-21-2022 15:55 UTC+2

Salas Gets a Small Double

Connor Richards

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Ehsan Amiri opened to 175,000 in early position and Damian Salas three-bet jammed a stack of 235,000 from the button. Amiri called for just a little more.

"Can't fold, huh?" laughed Salas.

Damian Salas:
Ehsan Amiri:

The flop came to give Amiri a flush, but the on the turn then gave Salas the nut flush before the on the river bricked off to earn him the double through the chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	9,300,000 -350,000	-350,000

Damian Salas	500,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Damian Salas Ehsan Amiri

08-21-2022 16:10 UTC+2

Amiri's Chip Lead Shrinks More

Mike Patrick

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The Ehsan Amiri show appears to be on a brief hiatus as he's lost a few recent pots that have seen him drop almost a quarter of his stack.

In a limped blind versus blind pot, on the flop, Amiri checked his small blind, while Daewoong Song checked the big.

On the turn however, Amiri began firing, putting out a bet of 100,000, which Song called.

The river brought the and Amiri now tossed out a bet of 325,000, which Song also called.

Amiri instantly mucked his hand and the chips were pushed to his neighbor as his stack slid below 8,000,000 for the first time in a while.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	7,800,000 -1,500,000	-1,500,000

Daewoong Song	3,350,000 870,000	870,000

Tags: Daewoong Song Ehsan Amiri

08-21-2022 16:14 UTC+2

Schillhabel Calls With Queen-High

Connor Richards

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Ehsan Amiri opened to 160,000 on the button and Stefan Schillhabel defended out of the big blind.

Schillhabel checked on the flop of and Amiri bet 100,000. Schillhabel called. Schillhabel checked again on the turn and Amiri checked back.

The river brought the and Schillhabel checked a third time. Amiri took a moment and bet 275,000. Schillhabel gave it some thought and called.

Like a previous hand, Amiri mucked in defeat without showing, while Schillhabel showed for just queen-high to go with the pair of nines on the board as he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	7,400,000 -400,000	-400,000

Stefan Schillhabel	3,600,000 1,040,000	1,040,000

Tags: Ehsan Amiri Stefan Schillhabel

08-21-2022 16:21 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	7,200,000 -200,000	-200,000

Laszlo Molnar	4,240,000 250,000	250,000
Daewoong Song	3,300,000 -50,000	-50,000
Stefan Schillhabel	3,250,000 -350,000	-350,000
Johannes Straver	3,000,000 250,000	250,000
Rui Ferreira	2,860,000 -60,000	-60,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	1,700,000 -320,000	-320,000
Damian Salas	450,000 -50,000	-50,000

Damian Salas Eliminated in 8th Place (€115,780)

Connor Richards

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Action folded to Damian Salas in middle position and he put on his sunglasses before open-jamming a stack of 470,000. Ehsan Amiri peeled his cards from the big blind and made the call.

Damian Salas:
Ehsan Amiri:

Salas couldn't improve to stay alive as the board ran out to send the 2020 WSOP Main Event champion to the rail. Salas, whose poker accolades include EPT Online and SCOOP championships, takes home €115,780 for his deep run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	7,700,000 500,000	500,000

Damian Salas	Busted

Tags: Damian Salas Ehsan Amiri

08-21-2022 16:36 UTC+2

Break Time

Connor Richards

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The remaining seven players have been sent on another 15-minute break.

08-21-2022 16:36 UTC+2

Amiri Rebuilding

Mike Patrick

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

After Laszlo Molnar raised under the gun to 160,000 and Rui Ferreira three-bet to 400,000, Ehsan Amiri cold-called on the button.

Molnar folded and the other two saw the flop heads-up.

It came and Ferreira bet 200,000. That was met with a raise to 600,000 by Amiri, and Ferreira quickly folded.

Not long after that, after calling Kyriakos Papadopoulos' early position open to 160,000 in the cutoff, he bet 275,000 after Kyriakos checked to him on a board, getting a fold from his opponent.

With the wins, Amiri is now back over the nine million chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	9,380,000 -170,000	-170,000

Laszlo Molnar	4,285,000 45,000	45,000
Rui Ferreira	2,400,000 -460,000	-460,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	1,400,000 -300,000	-300,000

Tags: Ehsan Amiri Kyriakos Papadopoulos'Laszlo Molnar Rui Ferreira

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

08-21-2022 16:52 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ehsan Amiri	9,550,000 170,000	170,000

Laszlo Molnar	4,075,000 -210,000	-210,000
Stefan Schillhabel	3,870,000 620,000	620,000
Daewoong Song	3,120,000 -180,000	-180,000
Johannes Straver	2,850,000 -150,000	-150,000
Rui Ferreira	2,300,000 -100,000	-100,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	735,000 -665,000	-665,000