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

08-15-2022 14:54 UTC+2

River Bet Takes it for Janardhan

Sandra Barbour

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Bharath Janardhan opened to 800 from the cutoff and Baard Dahl called from the button along with Petri Paakkonen in the big blind.

Players saw a flop of that was checked around to the turn. Paakkonen bet 1,000 and Jonardhan called but Dahl let it go.

The filled up the board and this time, Paakkonen checked.

"Is it a trap check?" asked Janardhan before throwing in a bet of 3,000 a few seconds later.

Paakkonen went into the tank for a few seconds then chose to let it go.

"I will show one," Janardhan continued, turning over the .

"Come on! You trapped me!" mumbled Paakkonen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bharath Janardhan	40,000 40,000	40,000
Petri Paakkonen	36,500 36,500	36,500

Tags: Baard Dahl Bharath Janardhan Petri Paakkonen

08-15-2022 14:55 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Reichenstein	42,000 -12,000	-12,000
Sofia Lovgren	42,000 4,800	4,800
Kitty Kuo	39,000 1,500	1,500
Damian Salas	37,000 7,000	7,000
Ana Marquez	27,000 -3,100	-3,100
Jason Wheeler	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Ramiro Petrone	22,000 -8,000	-8,000
Francisco Benitez	15,000 -15,000	-15,000

Mateos Gets a Fold

Sandra Barbour

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Adrian Mateos opened to 700 from the cutoff and Michel Dattani called from the button.

On a flop of , Mateos check-called a bet of 1,000 from Dattani.

The turn was the and was checked through to the river. Mateos threw in a bet of 2,600, that was enough to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Mateos	35,000 35,000	35,000

Michel Dattani	33,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Michel Dattani

08-15-2022 15:08 UTC+2

Aido Gets a Bit Healthier

Mike Patrick

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Sergio Aido was among three players that saw a river and a completed board of .

Bahador Azad checked from the big blind, and Aido bet 1,600 into the 5,200 chip pot from the hijack.

Eugenio Peralta folded on the button, and after some brief thought, Azad folded as well, sending the pot to Aido, whose stack has dwindled to start the day, but gets a bit of life with this win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bahador Azad	30,100 30,100	30,100
Eugenio Peralta	24,800 24,800	24,800
Sergio Aido	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Bahador Azad Eugenio Peralta Sergio Aido

08-15-2022 15:14 UTC+2

Im's Set Takes From Petrone

Brandon Bloom

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

With roughly 10,000 in the pot on a completed board, Jung Ho Im got his last 5,000 in and Ramiro Petrone called.

Im showed for a set to take the pot against Petrone's two pair, securing the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jung Ho Im	20,000
Ramiro Petrone	12,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Jung Ho Im Ramiro Petrone

08-15-2022 15:16 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Panka	55,700 55,700	55,700

Jon Kyte	49,000 -11,400	-11,400
Jack Sinclair	46,800 46,800	46,800
Michael Wang	40,000 40,000	40,000
Dimitar Danchev	37,200 7,200	7,200

Antoine Labat	36,500 6,500	6,500
Samantha Abernathy	33,300 33,300	33,300
Julien Martini	31,500 1,500	1,500
Boris Kolev	26,600 26,600	26,600
Gaelle Baumann	24,500 24,500	24,500
Merijn van Rooij	10,400 -19,600	-19,600

Additional Counts

Sandra Barbour

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Jedlicka	48,000 48,000	48,000
Faraz Jaka	48,000 48,000	48,000
Kennie Eriksson	46,000 46,000	46,000
Sofia Lovgren	45,000 3,000	3,000
Manig Loeser	39,000 8,500	8,500

Igor Saia	37,000 -13,000	-13,000
Xuan Liu	33,000 5,000	5,000
Michael Brinkenhoff	19,000 19,000	19,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-15-2022 15:32 UTC+2

Shmagun Doubles With Aces

Brandon Bloom

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Before the blinds went up, Igor D`Ursel already had 2,500 over the betting line in the hijack, Andrea Gambino had 2,500 over the line on the button, and Valentin Shmagun had moved in his 19,900 chips in middle position. D`Ursel called and Gambino folded.

Valentin Shmagun:
Igor D`Ursel:

D`Ursel ran his big slick into the rockets, and although the flop provided a Broadway draw, the and completed the board to confirm Shmagun's double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentin Shmagun	43,000 43,000	43,000
Andrea Gambino	18,000 18,000	18,000
Igor D`Ursel	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Andrea Gambino Igor D`Ursel Valentin Shmagun

08-15-2022 15:38 UTC+2

Tens Are Good for Strahl

Sandra Barbour

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Carl Strahl opened to 1,000 under the gun and Jan Bronkhorst called from the button along with Frederik Brink in the big blind.

The dealer spread a flop of that was checked through to Bronkhorst who bet 1,100. Brink folded but Strahl check-called.

The turn came the and Strahl check-called another bet of 2,500 from Bronkhorst.

The completed the board, and this time, both players opted to check. Strahl revealed for kings and tens and his Bronkhorst threw his hand in the muck.