€100,000 EPT Super High Roller Day 2 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-15-2022 20:46 UTC+2

Phua Picks Up Aces to Double

David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Paul Phua raised to 50,000 from the hijack before Daniel Dvoress reraised to 200,000 in the small blind. Phua then shoved all in for 320,000 and Dvoress called.

Paul Phua:
Daniel Dvoress:

The board ran out and Phua's aces held up to rocket him to a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	720,000	-365,000
Paul Phua	650,000	335,000

Tags: Paul Phua Daniel Dvoress

Level: 15

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

08-15-2022 20:20 UTC+2

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	2,150,000	50,000
Erik Seidel	1,770,000	-10,000
Kevin Paque	1,555,000	155,000
Nick Petrangelo	1,395,000	-25,000
Daniel Dvoress	1,085,000	-75,000
Ben Heath	1,060,000	-40,000
Mikita Badziakouski	1,040,000	140,000
Seth Davies	905,000	166,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	790,000	407,000
Teun Mulder	755,000	15,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	715,000	15,000
Timothy Adams	670,000	161,000
Pedro Garagnani	665,000	15,000
Sam Greenwood	660,000	-160,000
Henrik Hecklen	655,000	477,000
Lucas Greenwood	430,000	74,000
Paul Phua	315,000	-235,000
David Peters	185,000	-15,000
Santhosh Suvarna	180,000	20,000

08-15-2022 19:30 UTC+2

Dinner Break

David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The remaining 19 players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Play should resume around 8:40 p.m. local time.

08-15-2022 19:29 UTC+2

Watson Scores Massive Double Up To Gain Chip Lead

Andrew Knowles

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

As most of the players had already left for dinner break, Mike Watson and Ben Heath were still involved in a big hand. The pot was roughly 600,000 on a board showing .

Heath moved all in, covering the 650,000 stack of Watson. Without much thought, Watson flicked in a chip for his tournament life and Heath rolled over for trips, but was no good when Watson revealed for a better kicker. Watson scooped in the massive pot to put him over the two million mark and new chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	2,100,000	200,000
Ben Heath	1,100,000	-1,050,000

Tags: Ben Heath Mike Watson

08-15-2022 19:29 UTC+2

Suvarna, Peters Survive Before Dinner

David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Santhosh Suvarna shoved his last 53,000 in the middle and was called by both Mike Watson and Pedro Garagnani in the blinds.

The flop came and Garagnani quickly folded after Watson bet. Watson showed but was trailing the of Suvarna.

The board ran out and Suvarna tripled up.

At the same time at another table, David Peters was all in for 90,000 from the big blind against Erik Seidel on the button.

David Peters:
Erik Seidel:

The board came and Peters finished with two pair, aces and nines, to double up as players headed off on dinner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Watson	1,900,000	700,000
Erik Seidel	1,780,000	30,000
Pedro Garagnani	650,000	190,000
David Peters	200,000	100,000
Santhosh Suvarna	160,000	-165,000

Tags: David Peters Erik Seidel Mike Watson Pedro Garagnani Santhosh Suvarna

08-15-2022 19:17 UTC+2

Kisacikoglu Next to Fall

David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Orpen Kisacikoglu raised to 40,000 from early position, then called for his last 400,000 when Ben Heath on the button raised all in.

Orpen Kisacikoglu:
Ben Heath:

The board ran out and Kisacikoglu couldn't overcome Heath's queens and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	2,150,000	300,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted

Tags: Ben Heath Orpen Kisacikoglu

08-15-2022 19:13 UTC+2

Paque Finds Tens Again; Vogelsang Hits The Rail

Andrew Knowles

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

A few hands earlier Kevin Paque busted Artur Martirosian with tens against threes and he was at it again when he raised to 40,000 from the hijack and Christoph Vogelsang moved all in from the button for 311,000, which Paque quickly called.

Christoph Vogelsang:
Kevin Paque:

The same scenario that just took place happened again. The board ran out and the tens for Paque held once more to send Vogelsang to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Paque	1,400,000	160,000
Christoph Vogelsang	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Christoph Vogelsang Kevin Paque

08-15-2022 19:09 UTC+2

Seidel Emerges From Massive Three-Way Pot

David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Erik Seidel bet 50,000 in the cutoff on a flop of and was called by both David Peters and Mikita Badziakouski in the blinds.

The turn came the and Peters and Badziakouski again checked to Seidel, who fired out 240,000. Both opponents called once more as the river came the .

Action checked to Seidel and he went all in for 408,000. Peters used several time banks before calling, while Badziakouski folded.

Seidel turned over for a set and Peters mucked to leave himself on a severe short stack, while Seidel is now contending for the tournament chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	1,750,000	1,141,000
Mikita Badziakouski	900,000	-270,000
David Peters	100,000	-790,000

Tags: David Peters Erik Seidel Mikita Badziakouski

08-15-2022 18:54 UTC+2

Paque Busts Martirosian

David Salituro

Level 14 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Artur Martirosian was all in for around 275,000 from the small blind and up against big blind Kevin Paque.

Artur Martirosian:
Kevin Paque:

The flop came . "Close," Martirosian said.

The turn brought the , giving Martirosian a straight draw. "Close," he repeated, but he wouldn't get any help on the river and hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Paque	1,240,000	330,000
Artur Martirosian	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Kevin Paque