Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€6,060,480
Entries
6,313
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 1,500,000
Ante
1,500,000
Entries
1,596
Players Left
239
Break Time
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
The remaining 274 players are now on a 15-minute break and will return shortly to play down to 239.
Big Blind Special
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
On a heads-up turn board of 
Dorian Melchers in the big blind checked to under-the-gun player Pierre Mounic, who then proceeded to bet 16,000. Melchers called and the two went to the river 
.
Both players opted to check and Melchers confidently flipped over his 
for a pair of nines. Mounic shook his head and showed 
before he threw them into the muck, awarding Melchers the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000 | |
|
170,000 | 75,000 |
Silva Wins Three-Bet Pot
Level 16
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Joshua Frazer James opened the action from under the gun to 10,500. Next to act was Leonardo Brito Silva who three-bet to 30,000. The rest of the table folded and James made the call.
The flop came 
, James checked over to Silva who continued for 30,000. After little thought, James mucked his hand and another pot was sent to one of the chip leaders with less than 60 players left till the remaining players will bag for Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000 | |
|
174,000 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Kovalski Emerges from Cooler De Classico
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Marc Monllao and Fabiano Kovalski got it all in preflop in a classic cooler: Monllao's 
versus Kovalski's 
, with Monllao at risk.
Although Monllao was a huge favorite, the board runout of 
gave Kovalski a bigger full house, eliminating Monllao in brutal fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | |
|
Busted |
Cifuentes Scores The Knockout
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
In a pot of 22,000 on a flop of 
, Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreira Filho checked from the big blind and Guillermo Gordo Cifuentes bet 6,500 from early position. Filho check-raised to 15,000 and Cifuentes quickly moved all in for roughly 130,000. Filho called for his remaining 40,000 and the hands were tabled.
Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreira Filho: 
Guillermo Gordo Cifuentes: 
Cifuentes got it in ahead against the worse kicker of Filho. The board ran out 
and , which scored the knockout for Cifuentes and sent Filho to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000 | 200,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Pichierri Gets Called Down
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Marle Spragg opened to 6,500 from early position, was then called by Alessandro Pichierri in middle position and Jonathan Bitton in late position.
The flop was 
and Spragg checked to Pichierri, who bet 7,000 which was called around. The turn brought the 
to pair the board and again Spragg checked to Pichierri who continued for 20,000. Bitton called and Spragg got out of the way.
On the river both players checked the and Pichierri showed 
for a pair of fours with an ace but then Bitton tabled for two pair to win the substantial pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 360,000 |
|
|
310,000 | |
|
48,000 | -7,000 |
Houghland Finds Bullets Against Cowboys
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
All the chips went in preflop as Steven Houghland moved all in for 36,500 from middle position and Faustus Korn moved all in as well next to act with only 2,000 more. The rest of the table got out of the way and the hands were shown.
Steven Houghland:
Faustus Korn:
It was the ultimate cooler for Korn as he ran his cowboys into the aces of Houghland. The board ran out 
and the aces held for Houghland. Korn was left with less than one big blind and would bust a couple of hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | |
|
Busted |