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

08-16-2022 18:25 UTC+2

Rehman Only Gets One Street After Flopping Set of Aces

blaisebourgeois

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With about 3,800 in the pot, the flop came and Saeed Rehman checked from middle position over to Boyan Asenov in the cutoff, who bet 2,600. Rehman called.

On the turn, both players were content to tap the table.

The completed the board and Rehman checked over to Asenov, who checked back, much to Rehman's disappointment.

Rehman tabled for an aces-over-nines full house and requested that Asenov show his hand. Asenov smiled and declined.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saeed Rehman	86,000	86,000
Boyan Asenov	29,000	29,000

Tags: Boyan Asenov Saeed Rehman

08-16-2022 18:24 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlo Savinelli	103,500	103,500
Bixi Yao	86,000	86,000
Maria Ho	44,400	14,400
Mike Watson	44,100	44,100
Jen Shahade	43,000	13,000
Johnny Lodden	30,000	30,000
Pete Chen	28,000	-2,000
Jorryt Van Hoof	22,000	22,000
Benjamin Spragg	10,000	-3,000

Amsellem Falls to Taheri

Sandra Barbour

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ralf Penzkofer raised to 1,300 from early position and Anthony Amsellem three-bet to 4,000 from one seat over. Afshin Taheri called from the small blind but Penzkofer folded.

The dealer spread a flop of and Taheri check-called a bet of 5,500 but Amsellem.

The turn was the and Taheri checked again. Amsellem moved all in for about 21,000 and Taheri snap-called.

Anthony Amsellem:
Afshin Taheri:

Amsellem only had a gutshot but Taheri had a set of sixes. The filled up the board and Taheri raked in the pot, sending his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Afshin Taheri	64,000
Anthony Amsellem	Busted

Tags: Afshin Taheri Anthony Amsellem

08-16-2022 18:01 UTC+2

Luther Shoves on Yildiz

Kirk Brown

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a heads-up flop of , Emrah Yildiz on the button bet 10,000 into a pot of around 12,000.

But then his opponent in the big blind, Nikita Luther, check-raised all in for 29,600, putting the pressure back on Yildiz.

After a few minutes in the tank, Luther called the clock, but when the floor came over they determined that it had not quite been long enough so Yildiz was given more time. But shortly afterwards, he flashed a king and folded his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emrah Yildiz	55,000	55,000
Nikita Luther	50,000	21,000

Tags: Emrah Yildiz Nikita Luther

08-16-2022 17:55 UTC+2

Some Updated Counts

Sandra Barbour

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Gicovanu	76,000	76,000
Pedro Salgado	76,000	20,000
Erwann Pecheux	71,000	71,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	70,000	70,000
Jack Sinclair	49,000	15,200
Will Kassouf	25,500	25,500
Benjamin Spragg	13,000	-21,300

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-16-2022 17:47 UTC+2

Barnardini Folds to Vallinas Shove After Three-Minute Tank

blaisebourgeois

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With the board reading , and roughly 35,000 in the pot, Jon Ander Vallinas moved all in for 24,500.

Gianluca Bernardini then went into the tank for nearly three minutes before begrudgingly folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Ander Vallinas	60,000	2,000
Gianluca Bernardini	30,000	30,000

Tags: Gianluca Bernardini Jon Ander Vallinas

08-16-2022 17:44 UTC+2

Galindo Runs into Crawley's Set

Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With a completed board of and just under 10,000 in the pot, James Crawley bet 9,000, sending Humberto Galindo and his short stack into the tank.

Galindo only had just over 20,000 remaining in his stack so the bet represented almost half his remaining stack.

Ultimately he called and saw Crawley roll over for a turned set of eights.

Galindo mucked his hand and will now have to navigate a stack of just over 10,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Crawley	72,000	72,000
Humberto Galindo	11,300	11,300

Tags: James Crawley

08-16-2022 17:36 UTC+2

Irvine Almost Back to Starting Stack After Eliminating Zhou

blaisebourgeois

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Billy Irvine opened to 1,100 in early position and Zhenglong Zhou shoved all in for 10,400 from the small blind. After Irvine asked for a count, he said "Okay" and put in the chips.

Zhenglong Zhou:
Billy Irvine:

Irvine and Zhou went to a classic flip, with Irvine only having about 6,000 behind himself.

The board ran out and a dejected Zhou hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Irvine	27,000
Zhenglong Zhou	Busted

Tags: Billy Irvine Zhenglong Zhou

08-16-2022 17:35 UTC+2

Biz Doubles Through Chiva

Sandra Barbour

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

We missed the preflop action but arrived in time to see Mustafa Biz all-in for about 33,000 from middle position against Gabriel Chiva who was on the cutoff.

Mustafa Biz:
Gabriel Chiva: