€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 1f | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-11-2022 22:59 UTC+1

Assorted Stacks Around the Room

Blaise Bourgeois

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Noja	382,000 382,000	382,000
Nicola Benedetto	360,000 360,000	360,000
Hertsel Levy	330,000 330,000	330,000
Juha Helppi	310,000 310,000	310,000
Gecui Tudor Cristian	307,000 307,000	307,000
Morten Hvam	305,000 305,000	305,000
Ghamri Kheir	278,000 278,000	278,000
Dawid Kuliberda	260,000 97,000	97,000
Yann Nasser	230,000 230,000	230,000
Catalin Rusu	224,000 224,000	224,000
Sefora Pop	220,000 160,000	160,000
Cihan Bicik	212,000 117,000	117,000
Alexander Kobbeltvedt	209,000 122,400	122,400
Ionut Alexandru Moldovan	208,000 71,600	71,600
Oliver Huber	207,000 207,000	207,000
Mohammed Zormati	205,000 171,100	171,100
Dan Serban Borlan	205,000 205,000	205,000
Ali Rahmouni	204,000 204,000	204,000
Sirwan Hissou	201,000 201,000	201,000
Albert Grane Bosch	198,000 198,000	198,000
Arya Tasbihi	197,000 197,000	197,000
Hassan Alie Nashar	185,000 185,000	185,000
Sergiu Covrig	182,000 182,000	182,000
[Removed:511]	180,000 180,000	180,000
George Chiriac	176,000 116,000	116,000

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08-11-2022 23:13 UTC+1

Rusu Runs Queens Into Aces

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Blaise Bourgeois

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After Andre Filipe Moreira Marques opened for 10,000 from under the gun, Mirko Mirovic three-bet to 30,000 from early position. Catalin Rusu, in middle position, shoved for about 130,000. It folded around and, after Marques let his cards go, Mirovic snapped.

Mirko Mirovic:
Catalin Rusu:

Rusu was beside himself as he found himself way behind Mirovic's aces.

The board ran out and Mirovic earned himself a huge double up to nearly a quarter of a million chips.

The Romanian had gone to the last break with a whopping 224,000 and now finds himself with less than 20,000 chips 20 minutes later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mirko Mirovic	242,000 242,000	242,000
Catalin Rusu	19,000 205,000	205,000

Tags: Andre Filipe Moreira Marques Catalin Rusu Mirko Mirovic

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

08-11-2022 23:29 UTC+1

Buhaiov Rivers Hamouche to Move Over 200,000

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Blaise Bourgeois

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Romain Hamouche open-jammed for about 70,000 from the cutoff and Nazar Buhaiov went over the top from the button. The blinds folded and the two put their cards on their backs.

Romain Hamouche:
Nazar Buhaiov:

The flop came and even though Hamouche was ahead with a pair of jacks, Buhaiov was still a 54% favorite to win the hand.

The arrived on the turn, making Hamouche a two-to-one favorite to double up.

However, the came on the river, eliminating Hamouche and taking the Ukrainian over the 200,000-chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nazar Buhaiov	202,000 202,000	202,000
Romain Hamouche	Busted

Tags: Nazar Buhaiov Romain Hamouche

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

08-11-2022 23:52 UTC+1

Marques Sniffs Out Benitah's Bluff, Earns Big Double Up

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Blaise Bourgeois

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Pedro Marques opened to 12,000 from middle position and Samuel Benitah, from the button, three-bet to 26,000. Marques called.

The flop came and Marques checked over to Benitah, who continued for 20,000. Marques called.

On the turn, Benitah put his entire stack of blues in the middle, forcing Marques to make a decision over his remaining 119,000 chips.

Marques would need more than three minutes to make the decision, even apologizing to the table about two minutes in. Eventually, he made the call for his tournament life.

Pedro Marques:
Samuel Benitah:

Marques' pocket jacks were far ahead of Benitah, who needed a lot of help on the river.

However, the river brought the and Marques earned a full double, knocking Benitah down to 89,000 in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Marques	241,000 241,000	241,000

Samuel Benitah	89,000

Tags: Pedro Marques Samuel Benitah

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

08-12-2022 00:20 UTC+1

Bubble

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Blaise Bourgeois

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Players are one elimination from the bubble after the first hand of hand-for-hand play saw two players eliminated.

08-12-2022 00:48 UTC+1

Lococo One of Two Players Eliminated on the Stone Bubble

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Blaise Bourgeois

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With an enormous pot up for grabs, Alejandro Lococo found himself all in for his tournament life during the third hand of hand-for-hand play.

After saving a 100 chip for the flop, which came , Papo MC needed a whole lot of help in order to survive.

Alejandro Lococo:
Andrea Cortellazzi:

A glimmer of hope did arrive with the coming on the turn, which got a chuckle and an eyebrow raise from the Argentinian.

However, the completed the board and Lococo was eliminated despite firing in the Main Event eight times over the past three days.

There were four other all ins on the stone bubble, with Frederic Moutoussamy also eliminated on the bubble as his pocket aces fell to king-six suited, which made a flush on the river.

Despite the magic number being 163 players for the day, only 162 will make the money as the rules state players must make Day 2 to cash.