€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-19-2022 22:34 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Barbero	261,000 17,000	17,000
Ramon Colillas	167,000 104,500	104,500
Arnold Oosterbaan	150,000 100,500	100,500
Anton Wigg	118,000 3,000	3,000

Morten Klein	107,500 53,000	53,000
Kenny Hallaert	96,000 26,000	26,000

Jorryt Van Hoof	85,900 33,100	33,100
David Yan	76,500 25,000	25,000
Jessica Teusl	64,000 1,200	1,200
Davidi Kitai	63,000 20,200	20,200

Julien Sitbon	48,000 23,300	23,300
Juha Helppi	27,000 46,000	46,000

Brouk Reads Hand Correctly to Double

Connor Richards

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 100 ante

Dzhavad Abdolvand moved all in from the small blind and Tomi Brouk called off with his stack of around 26,000 in the big blind.

"Wait, let me make sure I have what I think I do," he said after calling the all in.

Tomi Brouk:
Dzhavad Abdolvand:

"A classic race!" quipped Sam Grafton from the eight seat.

Brouk's queens stayed ahead as the board ran out to earn him the double.

"He's got more equity, though, because there's always a chance you misread your hand!" laughed Grafton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomi Brouk	55,000 14,700	14,700
Dzhavad Abdolvand	25,000 5,500	5,500

Tags: Dzhavad Abdolvand Sam Grafton Tomi Brouk

08-19-2022 22:48 UTC+1

Orpaz Doubles Up Ferreira

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Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 100 ante

Tom Orpaz has been chatty and playing loose and fast all day, building a sizeable stack along the way. He finally had to give a chunk of it away recently as he got over 70,000 chips in the middle on the button against Rui Ferreira in early position on a flop of

Rui Ferreira:
Tom Orpaz:

The board completed with the and to double up Ferreira and take about a third of Orpaz's stack away from him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Orpaz	150,400 82,600	82,600
Rui Ferreira	132,000 132,000	132,000

Tags: Rui Ferreira Tom Orpaz

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-19-2022 23:03 UTC+1

Schwederle Busted by Bogdanov

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Andrija Robovic opened from under the gun and Cedric Schwederle three-bet shoved a stack of around 15,000 as the next player to act. Yulian Bogdanov then flat-called in middle position and Robovic tanked before showing and folding.

Cedric Schwederle:
Yulian Bogdanov:

Schwederle was dominated and hit the rail after the board of failed to improve his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	210,000
Andrija Robovic	35,000 8,100	8,100
Cedric Schwederle	Busted

Tags: Andrija Robovic Cedric Schwederle Yulian Bogdanov

08-19-2022 23:06 UTC+1

Notable Eliminations

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Mike Patrick

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The following players have busted twice after using their reentry and have been completed eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Pena	Busted
Andras Nemeth	Busted
Joao Vieira	Busted
Vladimir Korzinin	Busted
Alexander Ivarsson	Busted
Will Kassouf	Busted

08-19-2022 23:20 UTC+1

Updated Notable Chip Counts

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Mike Patrick

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Salas	158,000 99,800	99,800
Francisco Benitez	150,000 10,000	10,000
Vanessa Kade	135,000 10,000	10,000
Adrian Mateos	71,000 20,000	20,000

Kitty Kuo	67,000 41,800	41,800
Luc Greenwood	38,000 4,000	4,000
Felipe Ramos	37,400 15,900	15,900
Stephen Chidwick	35,500 22,300	22,300
Jessica Teusl	34,000 30,000	30,000
Sam Greenwood	34,000 10,000	10,000

Sam Grafton	25,000 14,700	14,700

08-19-2022 23:25 UTC+1

Mattsson Takes from Jaka, Then Donates to Antonius

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Simon Mattsson and Faraz Jaka were in a blind versus blind confrontation on a board reading . Mattsson bet 3,100 and Jaka called.

The turn brought the and Mattsson bet 13,000. Jaka again called. On the river came the and Mattsson checked. Jaka checked back. Mattsson tabled for a flopped two pair and Jaka mucked.

The next hand, Mattsson opened on the button and Patrik Antonius defended his big blind.

Antonius checked on the flop of and Mattsson bet 1,800. Antonius called. Antonius checked again on the turn and Mattsson sized up to 5,500. The Finn again called.

Antonius checked a third time on the river and his opponent checked back. Antonius showed for a pair of aces and Mattsson mucked.

Around the same time, Jack Sinclair was seen leaving the room after being eliminated at another table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Mattsson	90,000 77,400	77,400
Patrik Antonius	75,000 43,000	43,000

Faraz Jaka	20,000 5,000	5,000

Jack Sinclair	Busted

Tags: Faraz Jaka Patrik Antonius Simon Mattsson

08-19-2022 23:31 UTC+1

A Few of the Biggest Stacks in the Room

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Mike Patrick

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Amsellem	550,000 130,000	130,000

Ehsan Amiri	329,000 4,000	4,000

Tom Orpaz	329,000 178,600	178,600
Andre Machado	311,000 311,000	311,000
Nacho Barbero	309,000 48,000	48,000
Andre Akkari	293,000 111,500	111,500

Orpen Kisacikoglu	264,000 9,500	9,500
Alexander Zubov	262,000 262,000	262,000
Eelis Parssinen	234,000 29,000	29,000
Rahman Kassam	228,000 228,000	228,000
Yuliyan Kolev	224,000 224,000	224,000
Klas Lofberg	210,000 210,000	210,000

08-19-2022 23:47 UTC+1

Plesuv Three-Bets Sweeney — Twice

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ronan Sweeney opened in late position before Pavel Plesuv three-bet to 7,000 on the button. Sweeney called.

Sweeney checked on the flop of and Plesuv bet 5,500. Sweeney check-raised to 15,000 and Plesuv took a few moments before three-bet raising all in for around 45,000.