Level: 4
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€4,172,160
Entries
2,173
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Entries
1,500
Players Left
225
First Break
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Players are on their first 25-minute break of Day 1 after the first three levels of play.
Bronkhorst Chips Up With Aggression
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Iosif Sfetsas opened from under the gun and Kevin Abecassis flat-called in the cutoff before Jan Bronkhorst three-bet to 3,500 on the button. Only Abecassis called.
Abecassis checked on the flop of 
and Bronkhorst continued with a bet of 2,500. Abecassis laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
28,000 | |
|
21,200 | -6,800 |
No Bluffing from Kassouf
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Will Kassouf was on the button in a multi-way pot on a board reading 
. The action checked to Kassouf and he fired a bet of 3,000. One by one his opponents folded until the action got to Panagiotis Oikonomou in middle position.
"Top pair, top kicker and backdoor flush draw," Kassouf said in his trademark table talk. "Of course I've got it. You show your best card, I'll show my best card."
"Is he allowed to talk at the table?" laughed Tolly Sakellariou.
Oikonomou eventually folded and flashed the 
, leading Kassouf to show the 
to reveal he did indeed have top pair.
"No bluffing," said Kassouf. "Maybe on Day 2, but not on Day 1."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
28,000 | 28,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Liu Crashes Into Boat of Nagatake
Level 2
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Yoshiaki Nagatake opened to 800 and Xuan Liu three-bet to 2,500 from a few seats over. Nagatake called to see a flop heads-up.
Nagatake checked on the flop of 
and Liu bet 2,000. Nagatake called. Nagatake checked again on the 
turn and Liu bet 5,000. Nagatake again called.
Nagatake checked again on the 
river and Liu unloaded the clip by moving all in. Nagatake snap-called and tabled 
for a flopped full house, while Liu showed 
to be eliminated in the second level of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | 55,000 |
|
Busted |
New Notables
Level 2
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Ricci Takes from Saxena
Level 2
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Andrea Ricci opened to 600 in early position and Mayank Saxena defended his big blind.
Saxena checked on the flop of 
and Ricci continued with a bet of 400. Saxena called. Saxena checked again on the turn and Ricci fired for 1,000. His opponent again called.
Saxena checked again on the 
river and Ricci checked back.
"King-high," Saxena announced before showing 
, which was no good against the 
of Ricci.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
More Names in the Field
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |