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

08-16-2022 13:28 UTC+2

Grecu Gets a Fold

Sandra Barbour

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Ionut-Lucian Colciar opened to 600 under the gun and Virgil Grecu called from the big blind.

The flop came and Grecu checked. Colciar bet 500 and Grecu check-raised to 1,700. Colciar added the remainder.

The turn was the and Grecu threw in a bet of 6,000, that was enough to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut-Lucian Colciar	55,000 55,000	55,000
Virgil Grecu	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Ionut-Lucian Colciar Virgil Grecu

08-16-2022 13:35 UTC+2

Baranyi Working His Way Back

blaisebourgeois

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Paul Ciaca opened to 600 from under the gun and Vincze Baranyi called in early position. Gonzalo Almada three-bet to 1,900 from the cutoff. Ciaca and Baranyi both called and they went three ways to the flop.

The flop came and action checked all the way around.

On the turn, Ciaca put out a small bet of 600 and Baranyi raised to 2,500. Almada folded and, after about 30 seconds, Ciaca folded as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Ciaca	39,000 39,000	39,000
Vincze Baranyi	24,500 24,500	24,500
Gonzalo Almada	21,500 21,500	21,500

Tags: Baranyi Vincze Gonzalo Almada Paul Ciaca

08-16-2022 13:35 UTC+2

Trumper Gets One Through in Five-Way Pot

Mike Patrick

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

After five players went to a flop of , everyone involved checked to see a turn of the .

With approximately 5,000 in the pot, action was again checked through to Simon Trumper in late position. The British legend put out a bet of 1,600, which got through Jack Sinclair in the small blind, Hari Bercovici in early position, and Xavier Carriere and Quentin Thavisouk in late position.

Trumper then proudly showed as his ace-high managed to get through all four opponents to earn the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quentin Thavisouk	38,100 38,100	38,100
Simon Trumper	33,300 3,300	3,300
Hari Bercovici	28,500 28,500	28,500
Xavier Carriere	27,100 27,100	27,100
Jack Sinclair	25,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Hari Bercovici Jack Sinclair Quentin Thavisouk Simon Trumper Xavier Carriere

08-16-2022 13:45 UTC+2

Kamel Check-Raises the River to Victory

Sandra Barbour

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Tamer Kamel opened to 600 under the gun and Oleksandr Zadkov called from one seat over. Virgil Grecu three-bet to 2,700 from mid-position and Kamel stuck around with a call, but Zadkov gave up his hand.

The flop came and Kamel check-called a bet of 4,000 from Grecu.

The turn was the and was checked through to the river. Kamel checked once more but Grecu bet 6,000. Kamel check-raised to 22,000 and Grecu thought for a long while, then chose to let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamer Kamel	46,000 46,000	46,000
Virgil Grecu	12,000 -23,000	-23,000

Tags: Oleksandr Zadkov Tamer Kamel Virgil Grecu

08-16-2022 13:47 UTC+2

Popov Applies Pressure

Kirk Brown

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

On a three-way flop of , action checked around to Slaven Popov on the button who then placed a bet of 2,600 into a pot of 8,500.

Jing Zhang under-the-gun made the call while Ioannis Zachmanidis in the cutoff folded, so the two went to a turn .

"How much do you have left?" Popov asked Zhang after it was checked to him, and Zhang showed he had just under 10,000 behind.

With that, Popov cut out a bet of 10,000 to put Zhang all in, but after mulling about it for a few seconds, Zhang laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Slaven Popov	38,000 38,000	38,000
Ioannis Zachmanidis	23,000 23,000	23,000
Jing Zhang	9,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Jing Zhang Slaven Popov Ioannis Zachmanidis

08-16-2022 13:53 UTC+2

Darling Still Alive After River Shove

blaisebourgeois

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With around 7,000 in the middle on a board, Louis Gabriel checked from middle position over to Jonathon Genovese Darling in the cutoff, who bet 2,700. Gabriel called.

The river brought the and Darling shoved his final 7,600. Gabriel, who had a hair under 16,000 behind, would think about his decision for about 30 seconds before finally laying his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathon Genovese Darling	20,000
Louis Gabriel	15,800 15,800	15,800

Tags: Jonathon Genovese Darling Louis Gabriel

08-16-2022 13:55 UTC+2

Boeken is Blasting

Mike Patrick

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Dutch star Noah Boeken came to play today, as he was recently spotted getting involved in four straight hands.

First, he opened in middle position to 500, receiving calls from William Hani in the small blind and Justin Boyle in the big blind.

After his opponents checked to him, Boeken bet 800 and took the pot down.

The next hand, he raised again to 500 in early position and was three-bet to 1,700 by Daniel Birkmose in the hijack. Action folded back to Boeken, who folded.

Under the gun, Boeken raised to 500 yet again, only receiving a call from Thierry Aqua in the big blind.

The players checked the flop, then Aqua check-called a bet of 600 from Boeken on the turn.

They both checked the river, with Aqua showing for a king-high flush to beat Boeken's .

Boeken's final hand in this stretch came with him in the big blind facing a raise from Osman Aksu on the button to 600 and a call from Aqua in the small blind.

Boeken then squeezed to 3,500 in the big blind, which was met by a four-bet to 12,600 by Aksu. Aqua folded, then Boeken did as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Osman Aksu	48,000 48,000	48,000
Daniel Birkmose	40,500 40,500	40,500
Noah Boeken	25,200 25,200	25,200

Thierry Aqua	25,200 25,200	25,200
Justin Boyle	20,300 20,300	20,300

Tags: Daniel Birkmose Justin Boyle Noah Boeken Osman Aksu Thierry Aqua William Hani

08-16-2022 13:59 UTC+2

Chisu Enjoying Nice Day 1b Start

blaisebourgeois

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

There was a 10,000-chip pot brewing with the board reading and Juan Jose Naharro Ochoa bet 4,200 from the small blind. Danut Chisu made the call from the cutoff.

The completed the board and both players were content to tap the table.

Ochoa confidently tabled , making second pair on the river after missing both his flush and straight draws. However, Chisu turned over for top pair and took down a very healthy pot.