€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-15-2022 21:19 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	Busted
Kelvin Kerber	Busted
Dominik Panka	Busted
Pablo Brito Silva	Busted
Raphael Abitbol	Busted
Tom Vogelsang	Busted
Erik Friberg	Busted
Artur Martirosian	Busted
Ognyan Dimov	Busted
Christian Dressler	Busted
Xuan Liu	Busted
Johan Guilbert	Busted
Thi Xoa Nguyen	Busted
Sam Grafton	Busted

Salter's Set Takes From Hallaert

Brandon Bloom

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

With roughly 35,000 in the pot on a board, Jack Salter was in middle position and facing a bet of 16,500 from Kenny Hallaert in the cutoff. Salter called.

The completed the board and Salter checked. Hallaert briefly thought about his decision before tapping the felt to check as well.

Salter tabled for a flopped set and took the pot as his Belgian opponent sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	100,000	100,000
Kenny Hallaert	58,000	27,600

Tags: Jack Salter Kenny Hallaert

08-15-2022 21:12 UTC+2

Koerts Busts Kulev

Mike Patrick

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

Lars Koerts raised to 1,800 under the gun and was met by an all-in three-bet from Alex Kulev in middle position for approximately 12,000.

Action folded back to Koerts, who called to put Kulev at risk.

Alex Kulev:
Lars Koerts:

The board came bringing no help to Kulev, sending him to the exit for the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lars Koerts	50,400	50,400
Alex Kulev	Busted

Tags: Alex Kulev Lars Koerts

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

08-15-2022 21:00 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Faraz Jaka	89,500	5,500
Adrian Mateos	60,000	45,900
Kitty Kuo	56,000	5,400
Felipe Ramos	55,000	-7,000
Mustapha Kanit	52,000	30,400
Ana Marquez	26,000	-7,000
Patrick Bruel	14,000	-26,500

Giner Eliminates Abitbol

Mike Patrick

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With 8,500 in the pot on a turn board of , David Giner checked in early position to Raphael Abitol in late position who bet 6,000.

Giner then check-raised all in for approximately 29,000 effective.

Abitol gave his decision a couple of minutes of though before sliding his stack forward to call.

Raphael Abitol:
David Giner:

Abitol was drawing dead with his top pair, top kicker against Giner's set of eights, with the irrelevant falling on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Giner	96,000	96,000
Raphael Abitbol	Busted

Tags: David Giner Raphael Abitol

08-15-2022 20:56 UTC+2

Nemeth Cracks Aces with Ace-King

Brandon Bloom

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

After an open to 1,600 from a middle position player, Jean Junior Guimaraes three-bet to 4,100 on the button, and Andras Nemeth four-bet to 10,500 in the big blind. Action folded back to Guimaraes who moved in the rest of his chips, and Nemeth quickly called.

Jean Junior Guimaraes:
Andras Nemeth:

Guimaraes was the big favorite to double and just needed to fade running cards after the dealer fanned the flop. The turn provided a sweat, however, and the spiked the river to give Nemeth the pot with a flush on the unlikely runout, while Guimaraes made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	95,000	95,000
Jean Junior Guimaraes	Busted

Tags: Andras Nemeth Jean Junior Guimaraes

08-15-2022 20:45 UTC+2

Oulmekki Takes From Short-Stacked Kanit

Mike Patrick

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With approximately 4,000 in the pot on a completed board of , Mustapha Kanit checked his big blind to Selim Oulmekki, who flicked forward a single T-1,000 chip.

Kanit flicked in one of his own to call and saw his opponent turn over for two pair, aces and queens. Kanit mucked his hand as his stack dwindled to just over 20,000 chips.