2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q2
Prize
€767,750
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€5,141,000
Entries
530
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
530
Players Left
16

Manzanares Gets a Double from Lijo

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Raul Manzanares open-jammed a stack of around 70,000 from early position and Lander Lijo flat-called from the small blind to get the hand heads-up.

Raul Manzanares: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Lander Lijo: {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

Manzanares had the fellow Spaniard dominated and took a big lead when the flop came {7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{4-Clubs} to give him a flush draw. The board then ran out {a-Spades}{8-Diamonds} to improve Manzanares to a pair of aces and he doubled up with his jack kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Lander Lijo es
Lander Lijo
535,000
63,000
63,000
Raul Manzanares es
Raul Manzanares
150,000
85,500
85,500

Tags: Lander LijoRaul Manzanares

Machado Eliminates Bedell

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Andre Machado
Andre Machado

Tom-Aksel Bedell found himself all in and dominated preflop against Andre Machado.

Tom-Aksel Bedell: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Andre Machado: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board came {4-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, bringing no help to Bedell and eliminating him about ten places away from the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Machado pt
Andre Machado
495,000
175,000
175,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
Busted

Tags: Andre MachadoTom-Aksel Bedell

Schillhabel Calls Amiri Down

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ehsan Amiri, who with his big chip lead has started bullying the table, opened to 16,000 from the cutoff and Stefan Schillhabel defended out of the big blind.

Schillhabel checked on the flop of {k-Clubs}{8-Spades}{j-Clubs} and Amiri bet 20,000. Schillhabel called. Schillhabel checked again on the {k-Diamonds} turn and Amiri fired a bet of 30,000. Schillhabel called.

Schillhabel checked once more on the {4-Hearts} river and Amiri fired a third barrel with a bet of 45,000. Schillhabel moved a bit in his chair and called. Amiri showed {a-Clubs}{9-Spades} for ace-high and Schillhabel tabled {j-Hearts}{7-Spades} to take the pot with his pair of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Ehsan Amiri au
Ehsan Amiri
1,100,000
-83,000
-83,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Stefan Schillhabel de
Stefan Schillhabel
780,000
615,000
615,000

Tags: Ehsan AmiriStefan Schillhabel

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

PN Pod: Phil Galfond Gives "Galfond Challenge" Update; He's Ready for High Stakes Duel

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
PN Podcast
PN Podcast

In the latest edition of the PokerNews Podcast, Sarah Herring, Chad Holloway, and Jesse Fullen welcome guest Phil Galfond to the show. The poker legend gives more details on his summer match against the poker dealer who stepped up to play him at some high-stakes online pot-limit Omaha (PLO) action, shares an update on the status of "The Galfond Challenge," and talks about the possibility of playing on PokerGO's High Stakes Duel, maybe against Phil Hellmuth or a PLO edition. He also talks about his recently-released PLO course.

Speaking of Hellmuth, the crew discusses Scott Seiver backing out of High Stakes Duel III and Jason Koon stepping up to fill his spot, as well as recap all the big stories coming out of the record-breaking PokerStars and Barcelona© Casino European Poker Tour including Michael Addamo claiming his first-ever EPT title and Giada Fang shipping a $30K Platinum Pass.

They also highlight Bobby Tieu's victory in the bestbet Jacksonville Summer Heater Event #1: $400 NLH, and launch the brand new PokerNews Bad Beat Hotline where listeners can call in (+1 702-625-0166) and share their bad beats, which may be featured on a future episode of the show.

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

Sammartino Soaring

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Dario Sammartino
Dario Sammartino

With approximately 50,000 in the middle on a turn board of {4-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{a-Hearts}, Dario Sammartino check-called a bet of 16,000 from Alexandros Kolonias on the button.

On the {8-Hearts} river, Sammartino led out from the big blind for 35,000, which after using the allotted 30 seconds, Kolonias folded, sending a pot to Sammartino that puts his stack over 800,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
820,000
405,000
405,000
$25K Fantasy
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
370,000
346,500
346,500

Tags: Alexandros KoloniasDario Sammartino

Derwiche's Big Slick Outflopped by Labat's Eight-Five

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Antoine Labat open-shoved a stack of 200,000 from the button and Imad Derwiche called off in the small blind with a stack of about 150,000.

Imad Derwiche: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Antoine Labat: {8-Spades}{5-Spades}

Derwiche was ahead with ace-king, that is until the flop came {8-Hearts}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds} to send him out of his chair before the board then finished {8-Clubs}{3-Hearts} to improve Labat to a boat and for the fellow Frenchman to be eliminated a few players away from the money.

"Ay yai yai," Derwiche moaned after taking the beat.

Player Chips Progress
Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
360,000
98,000
98,000
Imad Derwiche fr
Imad Derwiche
Busted

Tags: Antoine LabatImad Derwiche

Brooks Survives All In, Kolonias Builds Up

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Earlier, Alexandros Kolonias left Patrick Brooks short when his rivered set of sixes won a large pot against Brooks' two pair.

In a recent pot, Brooks was all in with Kolonias having the chance to finish the job.

Kolonias opened to 18,000 in the hijack and was three-bet to 53,000 by Adria Colomina Guitart in the cutoff. Brooks then committed his last 20,000 chips from the small blind and Kolonias called the three-bet to build a side pot.

The flop came {q-Hearts}{10-Spades}{6-Clubs} and after Kolonias checked, Guitart bet 31,000, which Kolonias called.

The turn was the {7-Spades} and both players checked.

On the {2-Clubs} river, Kolonias slid forward a stack of 100,000 and Guitart folded.

Kolonias took the side pot with {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}, but Brooks took the main pot to survive with {9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
650,000
280,000
280,000
Adria Colomina Guitart es
Adria Colomina Guitart
405,000
156,000
156,000
Patrick Brooks gb
Patrick Brooks
55,000
-41,000
-41,000
Run It Once

Tags: Adria Colomina GuitartAlexandros KoloniasPatrick Brooks