2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Merijn Van Rooij opened with a raise to 1,000 from middle position and was called by Mercedes Osti in the hijack and Viktor Katzenberger in the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and action checked through. The players checked again on the
turn, but on the
river, Katzenberger led for 3,000.
Van Rooij called for about a quarter of his remaining stack and Osti folded.
Katzenberger showed ![]()
for trip aces and Van Rooij folded, shrinking his Dutch opponent's stack to just over 10,000.
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flop, Faraz Jaka had 1,500 over the betting line in the cutoff, and Yazan Mdanat raised to 5,300 in the hijack. Jaka then moved all in, and Mdanat quickly put in a chip to call for his remaining stack of roughly 20,000.
Yazan Mdanat: ![]()
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Mdanat was currently ahead, although Jaka was the equity favorite with his array of outs. The
turn changed absolutely nothing, but the
spiked the river to give Jaka Broadway and the pot.
"Good game, man," Jaka offered to his opponent.
"Good game, man," Mdanat replied. "Ahh, that was painful," he continued as he made his exit, while Jaka added to his growing stack.
Sergio Coutinho opened to 1,300 from early position and Kitty Kuo called from the button. Christophe Panetti three-bet to 4,200 from the small blind and Coutinho folded but Kuo added the remainder to call.
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, Panetti check-called a bet of 3,000 from Kuo.
The turn brought the
and Panetti checked again. Kuo continued with another bet of 6,700 and Panetti peeked at his cards then gave it some thought, before chosing to give up his hand.
These players will each have the opportunity to re-enter once either today or in Tuesday's Day 1b.
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flop, Valentin Shmagun was in early position and ended up getting the rest of his chips in against Guiseppe Moio in the small blind.
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Shmagun's kings were in rough shape against the flopped trips, and the
and
completed the board to send him to the rail.
Naoufel Smires opened to 1,300 under the gun and Faraz Jaka three-bet to 5,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Smires who added the remainder.
The flop came ![]()
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and was checked through to the
turn. Smires threw in a bet of 5,600 that Jaka called.
The
filled up the river and Smires checked. Jaka moved all for about 62,000 and Smires with about 46,000 behind, thought for a long while, but proceeded to let it go.
Eldos Davlet opened in middle position and Kurt Radinger jammed for 10,600 in the hijack. Francisco Pena called in the cutoff, and everyone else folded.
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Radinger needed to improve against the cowboys, but the board ran out ![]()
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to send him to the rail.
With approximately 4,000 in the pot on a flop of ![]()
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, Majid Bozakraft checked in the big blind to Felipe Ramos in the hijack. The Brazilian star checked as well to see the
on the turn.
Bozakraft checked again, and this time Ramos bet 1,800. Bozakraft called, then checked once more on the
river.
Ramos checked back and Bozakraft showed ![]()
for a flopped top pair which turned into a rivered straight for the winner.