€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 3 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event

Day 3 Started

08-13-2022 10:23 UTC+2

Day 3 Seat Draw

Jeff McMillan

TABLE	SEAT	PLAYER	COUNTRY	CHIPS	BIG BLINDS
1	1	Gabriel-Robert Ene	Romania	1,385,000	23
1	2	Raphael Abitbol	France	6,000,000	100
1	3	Naim Amri	France	1,620,000	27
1	4	Martin Grive	Spain	1,050,000	18
1	5	Rafael Navas Robles	Spain	2,200,000	37
1	6	Choi Yun Lam	Hong Kong	1,200,000	20
1	7	Victor Caballero Pinna	Spain	1,265,000	21
1	8	Nadi Nasser	Luxembourg	1,630,000	27

2	1	Robert Mizrachi	USA	1,160,000	19
2	2	Michal Wojtkowiak	Poland	1,565,000	26
2	3	Maurizio Maiorano	Italy	330,000	6
2	4	Sihao Zhang	Luxembourg	2,875,000	48
2	5	Noah Novick	USA	1,355,000	23
2	6	Maciej Gut	Poland	2,360,000	39
2	7	Renat Bohdanov	Ukraine	1,285,000	21
2	8	Ailyran de Souza Lisboa	Brazil	2,200,000	37

3	1	Martin Wendt	Germany	2,630,000	44
3	2	Marius Zidonis	Lithuania	490,000	8
3	3	Rick van Bruggen	Netherlands	1,705,000	28
3	4	Wai Kit Chung	Netherlands	4,080,000	68
3	5	Sergi Panella Navarro	Spain	1,690,000	28
3	6	Patrice Boudet	France	3,080,000	51
3	7	Mathias Duarte	Uruguay	1,145,000	19
3	8	Yi Lin	Argentina	870,000	15

4	1	Rehman Kassam	United Kingdom	925,000	15
4	2	Andrew Wilson	United Kingdom	2,475,000	41
4	3	Javier Campomar	Argentina	2,765,000	46
4	4	Colin Gillion	United Kingdom	1,700,000	28
4	5	Johannes Straver	Netherlands	3,705,000	62
4	6	Ivan Stokes	United Kingdom	3,740,000	62
4	7	Alexandre Pinto	France	1,585,000	26
4	8	Youness Ait Hssain	France	4,020,000	67

5	1	Mustafa Biz	Turkey	2,175,000	36
5	2	Simon Bouaksa	France	3,590,000	60
5	3	Daniel Castilla Sanchez	Spain	1,545,000	26
5	4	Ramon Colillas	Spain	1,335,000	22
5	5	Nikita Luther	India	2,650,000	44
5	6	Cedric Bernard	France	2,500,000	42
5	7	Kyle Ho	Canada	1,650,000	28
5	8	Emil Bise	Switzerland	1,275,000	21

6	1	Hendriekus Soering	Netherlands	2,265,000	38
6	2	Michele Guerrini	Italy	3,095,000	52
6	3	Peter Jorgne	Sweden	800,000	13
6	4	Michael Bartov	Sweden	445,000	7
6	5	Alexandra Laudicina	France	865,000	14
6	6	Manuel Valduga	Italy	1,420,000	24
6	7	Sebastien Bellandi	France	695,000	12
6	8	Ghamri Kheir	France	1,215,000	20

7	1	Nenad Dukic	Croatia	555,000	9
7	2	Dan Borlan	Romania	2,170,000	36
7	3	David Lappin	Ireland	1,100,000	18
7	4	Dobromir Nikov	Bulgaria	1,940,000	32
7	5	Ivan Zhechev	Bulgaria	3,000,000	50
7	6	Rafael Moraes	Brazil	850,000	14
7	7	Jakob Madsen	Denmark	1,285,000	21
7	8	Maher Nouira	Tunisia	2,625,000	44

8	1	Tom Channir	Germany	2,210,000	37
8	2	Rachid El Yaacoubi	France	1,190,000	20
8	3	Lander Lijo	Spain	1,825,000	30
8	4	Miltiadis Kyriakides	Greece	3,810,000	64
8	5	Andras Nemeth	Hungary	2,640,000	44
8	6	Ahmad Rehaime	Canada	3,900,000	65
8	7	Marcin Jaworski	Poland	640,000	11
8	8	Wojciech Szczytkowski	Poland	1,345,000	22

9	1	Luciano Macchiarelli	Argentina	1,055,000	18
9	2	Andrew Hedley	United Kingdom	620,000	10
9	3	Kin-Hang Man	Netherlands	1,370,000	23
9	4	Javier Fernandez	Spain	1,940,000	32
9	5	Mathias Siljander	Finland	2,945,000	49
9	6	Samir Benabdelaziz	France	5,175,000	86
9	7	Wuai-Cheng Tsang	France	2,400,000	40
9	8	Adel Naoun	France	975,000	16

10	1	Ricardo Caridade	Brazil	1,395,000	23
10	2	Gabriel Martini Nobrega	Brazil	5,030,000	84
10	3	Maksim Petrov	Estonia	1,305,000	22
10	4	Johann Zeitoun	France	1,760,000	29
10	5	Jack Sinclair	Austria	2,580,000	43
10	6	Raul van Boxtel	Netherlands	1,470,000	25
10	7	Nicola Karl	Germany	1,265,000	21
10	8	Aleksandr Merzhvinskii	Russia	960,000	16

11	1	Rembert Net	Netherlands	810,000	14
11	2	Ugnius Simelionis	Lithuania	3,500,000	58
11	3	Mohamed Aissaoui	France	660,000	11
11	4	Arne Coulier	Belgium	2,540,000	42
11	5	Przemyslaw Sliwinski	Spain	1,850,000	31
11	6	Brandon Mifsud	Hungary	640,000	11
11	7	David Docherty	United Kingdom	2,690,000	45
11	8	Riccardo Fabbri	Italy	2,070,000	35

12	1	Yoan Asparuhov	Bulgaria	825,000	14
12	2	Oleksii Koiev	Ukraine	1,765,000	29
12	3	Casey Kastle	Slovenia	1,310,000	22
12	4	Birger Larsen	Norway	2,250,000	38
12	5	Bjorn Bruns	Germany	4,840,000	81
12	6	Jorge Diego Garcia	Spain	2,125,000	35
12	7	Alessio Ianniciello	Italy	2,035,000	34
12	8	Dennis Berglin	Sweden	2,060,000	34

08-13-2022 10:23 UTC+2

Abitbol Leads Final 96 Players Into Day 3 of the ESPT Main Event

Jeff McMillan

Day 3 of the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event at the 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour gets underway today with 96 players remaining out of a massive record-breaking field of 6,313 as the remaining players battle further down and aim for their share of the €6,060,480 prizepool to ultimately position themselves for the top prize of €600,000.

At the top of the heap to start Day 3 and in the best position to make a deep run is France's Raphael Abitbol who has a stack of 6,745,000 which is some distance in first place. Samir Benabdelaziz (5,170,000) and Gabriel Martini Nobrega (5,030,000) are the only other two players holding over the 5 million mark to start the day as they look to position themselves for a deeper run as well.

Bjorn Burns (4,850,000) and Wai Kit Chung (4,080,000) round of the top five chip counts.

€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts

Position	Player	County	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Raphael Abitbol	France	6,000,000	100
2	Samir Benabdelaziz	France	5,175,000	86
3	Gabriel Martini Nobrega	Brazil	5,030,000	84
4	Bjorn Bruns	Germany	4,840,000	81
5	Wai Kit Chung	Netherlands	4,080,000	68
6	Youness Ait Hssain	France	4,020,000	67
7	Ahmad Rehaime	Canada	3,900,000	65
8	Miltiadis Kyriakides	Greece	3,810,000	64
9	Ivan Stokes	United Kingdom	3,740,000	62
10	Johannes Straver	Netherlands	3,705,000	62

There are quite a few big-name players still around for Day 3. Robert Mizrachi (1,160,000) is one of the most well-known players in the entire event as has found his way to Day 3.

PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas (1,335,000) has made making deep runs in massive fields his forte in recent years and here he is again in the very late stages of a gargantuan field.

India's Nikita Luther (2,650,000) is still alive, as is Hungarian high roller Andras Nemeth (2,640,000) and Jack Sinclair (2,580,000).

Action will begin on Day 3 at noon local time on Level 27 with blinds of 30,000/60,000/60,000. There will be breaks every two levels and a dinner break to be announced. The length of the day will be up to the discretion of the tournament director as it will depend on how fast players are eliminated before it is determined how many bag up and head to Day 4 tomorrow.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand at Casino Barcelona to bring you the coverage of the Day 3 action in the ESPT Main Event.

Tags: Ahmad Rehaime Andras Nemeth Bjorn Bruns Bjorn Burns Gabriel Martini Nobrega Ivan Stokes Jack Sinclair Johannes Straver Kit Chung Wai Miltiadis Kyriakides Nikita Luther Ramon Colillas Raphael Abitbol Robert Mizrachi Samir Benabdelaziz Youness Ait Hssain

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

08-13-2022 12:03 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

Jeff McMillan

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Day 3 of the ESPT Main Event is now underway as the cards are in the air for the first hand of the day.

08-13-2022 12:13 UTC+2

Coulier Out-Kicks Docherty

Jeff McMillan

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action was picked up on the turn with the board reading . Into a pot of around 515,000, Arne Coulier bet 365,000 from the cutoff. David Docherty called in the big blind.

The river came the . Both players decided to check after a some thought. Docherty showed the but quickly flipped it over when he saw Coulier's as the pot was pushed toward the Belgian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arne Coulier	3,140,000	600,000
David Docherty	2,150,000	-540,000

Tags: Arne Coulier David Docherty

08-13-2022 12:13 UTC+2

Garcia Chips Up Early With Trips

Lewis Powell

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Jorge Diego Garcia came into the day in the middle of the pack.

Garcia bet 400,000 into a pot of approximately 1,400,000 from the small blind on the . His opponent was Ukrainian Oleksii Koiev was was in middle position and quickly called. It was bad news for Koiev as Garcia turned over for trip queens with the ace kicker. Koiev couldn't beat that and was left with just ten big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Diego Garcia	3,200,000	1,075,000
Oleksii Koiev	580,000	-1,185,000

Tags: Jorge Diego Garcia Oleksii Koiev

08-13-2022 12:25 UTC+2

Aissaoui An Early Victim

Jeff McMillan

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Mohamed Aissaoui was all in with his short stack holding while Riccardo Fabbri had .

The flop was bad news for Aissaoui as it came to pair Fabbri. The turn was and the river was the and Aissaoui became one of the first eliminations of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Riccardo Fabbri	2,730,000	660,000
Mohamed Aissaoui	Busted

08-13-2022 12:27 UTC+2

Novick Shoves Flop

Lewis Powell

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Noah Novick limped on the button before Renat Bohdanov raised to 220,000 from the big blind. Novick called.

The flop came and Bohdanov continued for 60,000. Novick then moved all-in for 1,400,000. Bohdanov went deep into the tank before the clock was called. He had 30 seconds to make his decision but eventually folded before the clock ran out conceding the pot to Novick.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Novick	2,000,000	645,000
Renat Bohdanov	800,000	-485,000

Tags: Noah Novick Renat Bohdanov

08-13-2022 12:32 UTC+2

Kheir Slays Jorgne

Jeff McMillan

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Hendriekus Soering raised to 125,000 under the gun, Peter Jorgne three-bet to 450,000 from middle position. Ghamri Kheir then jammed all in from the big blind. Soering thought for a while before folding and Jorgne called.

Peter Jorgne:
Ghamri Kheir: