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

08-16-2022 21:20 UTC+2

Kosk Gives Kassouf Silent Treatment

Kirk Brown

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

On a completed board of , Ermos Kosk moved all in for 13,900 and that brought the action to his heads-up opponent, William Kassouf.

Kassouf, known for his theatrics, started talking.

"What you got man? I've got top pair," he asked but didn't get much more than a short answer and a shrug from Kosk.

He then spent a good while looking Kosk up and down, looking back at his hand, then back at Kosk, then the board, on repeat.

Eventually, he nodded his head and folded his hand.

"Come on, show one," he insisted, but no luck from Kosk.

"Yeah you've got it, hit two-pair on the river didn't you?" He continued, but still nothing from Kosk as he slid his cards in and raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ermo Kosk	45,000
William Kassouf	30,100

Tags: Ermo Kosk William Kassouf

08-16-2022 21:20 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulo Rodriguez	196,000 196,000	196,000
Stanislav Urodivchenko	172,000 172,000	172,000
Chino Rheem	156,000 90,000	90,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	76,000 6,000	6,000
Sam Grafton	48,000 26,500	26,500

Noah Boeken	46,200 24,200	24,200

Simon Trumper	33,800 11,300	11,300
Christoph Vogelsang	33,800 33,800	33,800
William Kassouf	33,100 33,100	33,100
Sergio Aido	30,500 -24,500	-24,500
Jack Sinclair	24,200 -24,800	-24,800
Pete Chen	15,000 -13,000	-13,000
Benjamin Spragg	10,000

John Juanda	Busted

Dinner Break

Sandra Barbour

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

Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break and action will resume at 10:37 p.m.

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-16-2022 22:37 UTC+2

Final Two Levels

Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

664 players have returned from dinner break to play the final two levels of the day.

The total field for the two opening flights has now hit 2,200 entries.

08-16-2022 22:55 UTC+2

Friberg Busts to Christensen

Sandra Barbour

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Erik Friberg raised to 3,000 under the gun and Jonas Christensen called from the hijack. Mateusz Moolhuizen three-bet to 13,500 from the cutoff and action folded back to Friberg who four-bet shoved for 65,000. Christensen took a few seconds of reflection before reshoving but Moolhuizen let it go.

Erik Friberg:
Jonas Christensen:

The board ran out and Christensen raked in the pot, sending Friberg to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Christensen	160,000
Erik Friberg	Busted

Tags: Erik Friberg Jonas Christensen Mateusz Moolhuizen

08-16-2022 23:05 UTC+2

Motorov Doubles Through Teliani

Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With 34,000 in the pot on a turn board of , Nohad Teliani bet 12,000 from middle position and was met with an all-in jam from Dmitrii Motorov in the hijack for just under 27,000.

Teliani begrudgingly called, showing for second pair and a gutshot straight draw, while Motorov held for the lead with an overpair.

Teliani couldn't improve on the river, and Motorov doubled up to nearly 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nohad Teliani	138,500
Dmitrii Motorov	88,000

Tags: Dmitrii Motorov Nohad Teliani

08-16-2022 23:08 UTC+2

Some Big Stacks Down the Stretch

Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Ketzer	300,000
Jonathan Darling	250,000 250,000	250,000
Robert Heidorn	225,000 195,000	195,000
Paulo Rodrigues	221,000 221,000	221,000
Troy Quenneville	218,000 218,000	218,000
Stanislav Urodivchenko	200,000 28,000	28,000
Jason Wheeler	197,000 167,000	167,000
Harun Ertural	194,000 64,000	64,000
Natan Chauskin	185,000
Dimitar Yosifov	170,000 170,000	170,000

08-16-2022 23:15 UTC+2

Elharar Doubles Through Roscan

Sandra Barbour

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Rafi Elharar was all in from the big blind for 28,900 against Andrei Roscan who was in middle position.

Rafi Elharar:
Andrei Roscan:

The runout was and Elharar got his double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Roscan	68,500
Rafi Elharar	60,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Gabriel Roscan Rafi Elharar

08-16-2022 23:22 UTC+2

Quenneville Building Another Stack

Mike Patrick

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Troy Quenneville had a large stack for part of day 1a, but busted late in the day. He's back today and building more towers which he hopes to carry into Day 2.

In a recent hand, Quenneville raised to 2,400 in the cutoff and was three-bet on the button to 8,000 by Romain Le Dantec. Quenneville came back with a four-bet to 23,700 and was met with a five-bet jam for 79,000. Quenneville called and was in great shape to bust Le Dantec and add a big chunk to his stack.

Romain Le Dantec:
Troy Quenneville: