€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-17-2022 12:12 UTC+1

Former Champion Sorensson Among Early Eliminations

Mike Patrick

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakub Michalak	Busted
Tobias Peters	Busted
Tom Vogelsang	Busted
Sebastian Sorensson	Busted
Nam Le	Busted
Benny Glaser	Busted
Pascal LeFrancois	Busted
David Yan	Busted
Arnaud Enselme	Busted
Pete Chen	Busted
Sirzat Hissou	Busted
Thi Xoa Nguyen	Busted
Erik Seidel	Busted

08-17-2022 12:13 UTC+1

Zagar Doubles Through Arani

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Sandra Barbour

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Mamad Arani raised to 3,500 from middle position and Vid Zagar three-bet jammed for about 36,000 from the button. Action folded back to Arani who made the call.

Vid Zagar:
Mamad Arani:

The runout was and Zagar doubled up with aces and deuces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vid Zagar	74,000 33,500	33,500
Mamad Arani	65,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Mamad Arani Vid Zagar

08-17-2022 12:19 UTC+1

Calderone Gets Straight Value

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Jeff McMillan

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The board read . From early position, Eros Calderone bet 40,000 into a pot of about 45,000.

Pasi Sormunen thought for about a minute before he called. Calderone tabled the for the straight and gathered the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eros Calderone	275,000 130,000	130,000
Pasi Sormunen	157,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Eros Calderone Pasi Sormunen

08-17-2022 12:21 UTC+1

Zaskodny Sends Lazzaretto Out

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Sandra Barbour

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Filippo Lazzaretto raised to 3,000 from mid-position and Lukas Zaskodny three-bet to 10,000 from the button. Lazzaretto four-bet jammed for 28,000 and Zaskodny quickly called.

Filippo Lazzaretto:
Lukas Zaskodny:

The board came and Zaskodny took down the pot, ending Lazzaretto's tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukas Zaskodny	160,000 70,500	70,500
Filippo Lazzaretto	Busted

Tags: Filippo Lazzaretto Lukas Zaskodny

08-17-2022 12:41 UTC+1

Kitai Eliminated

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Sandra Barbour

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Gianfranco Iaculli raised to 3,500 under the gun and Imad Derwiche called from the cutoff. Pierre Merlin three-bet jammed for 15,500 from the button and Davidi Kitai reshoved for about 45,000 from the big blind. Iaculli called but Derwiche let it go.

Pierre Merlin:
Davidi Kitai:
Gianfranco Iaculli:

Merlin hit a favorable flop of . The turn and river completed the board and he won the main pot while Iaculli raked in the side pot and with Kitai being eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianfranco Iaculli	142,000 62,000	62,000
Pierre Merlin	50,000 50,000	50,000
Davidi Kitai	Busted

Tags: Davidi Kitai Gianfranco Iaculli Imad Derwiche Pierre Merlin

08-17-2022 12:42 UTC+1

Greenwood's Stack Growing

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Mike Patrick

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Sam Greenwood raised to 3,500 in middle position and was called in three spots, by Diogo De Melo Cardoso on the button, by Niklas Astedt in the small blind, and by [Removed:510] in the big blind.

The quartet saw a flop of and everyone checked.

On the turn, Astedt led out for 7,000, getting a fold from Trofimov, but Greenwood and Cardoso stuck around.

The river brought the and Astedt now checked. Greenwood however put out a bet of 19,000 which was called by Cardoso, but Astedt now folded.

Greenwood showed , and Cardoso mucked his hand sending the healthy pot to Greenwood, who took another small pot shortly after to build his stack even further.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	165,000 96,000	96,000

[Removed:510]	127,000 48,000	48,000
Diogo De Melo Cardoso	58,000 22,500	22,500
Niklas Astedt	46,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Niklas Astedt Sam Greenwood

08-17-2022 12:42 UTC+1

Antonius Takes From Joubert at Feature Table

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Mike Patrick

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Patrik Antonius raised to 3,500 in early position with and was called by Dimitri Joubert in the big blind with .

On the flop, Joubert checked to Antonius, who bet 2,500.

Joubert called and the fell on the turn, pairing Antonius' jack. Joubert checked again and Antonius bet again, this time for 6,000 with the best hand.

Again Joubert called, and on the river he checked once more.

This time Antonius sized up, going for 22,000. After a brief deliberation, Joubert mucked his hand, sending the pot to Antonius.

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Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Antonius	199,500 10,500	10,500

Dimitri Joubert	181,500 17,500	17,500

Tags: Dimitri Joubert Patrik Antonius

08-17-2022 12:44 UTC+1

First Break of the Day

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Mike Patrick

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The remaining 630 players have been sent on their first 25-minute break of the day.

08-17-2022 12:52 UTC+1

Updated Counts on Break

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuliano Bendinelli	200,000

Eddie Saade	120,000 15,500	15,500
Tigran Harutyunyan	90,000 24,000	24,000
Stefan Schillhabel	75,000 22,500	22,500
Andreas Goeller	65,000 58,500	58,500
Sam Grafton	40,000 105,000	105,000

Jen Shahade	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tobias Schwecht	25,000 44,000	44,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000