2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k8
Prize
€676,230
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€7,102,080
Total Entries
7,398
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
353
Players Left
53
Players Left 1 / 7,398
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Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

PN Podcast: New Host Joins the Show; Guest Lukas "RobinPoker" Robinson

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

On the latest PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Connor Richards welcome Matt Hansen as a new co-host of the show. Matt has been doing a lot of work behind the scenes for PokerNews, and now we're putting a microphone in front of him to draw on his deep knowledge of the industry and get some of his hot takes.

That included his thoughts on the WSOP Paradise schedule, a poker player's yacht burning in the Mediterranean, and Ben Mintz returning to BarStool after Dave Portnoy bought back the company.

Chad then chats with this week's guest, Lukas "RobinPoker" Robinson, the new PokerNews Online Poker Ambassador. He talks about playing 1,000 hours of poker in 100 days, playing the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event alongside his father, and how listeners can have a chance at a $10,000 seat in December's World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn thanks to a special promotion in conjunction with WPT Global.

Listen to the New PokerNews Podcast Here!

Ayehu Loses Some, Then Wins it Back

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Brhanu Kndeneh Ayehu
Brhanu Kndeneh Ayehu

With about 3,500 in the pot and the board reading 6744. Remi Parpillon checked from the big blind and Brhanu Kndeneh Ayehu bet 1,000 from the button. Parpillon responded with a check-raise to 4,200 and after some brief consideration Ayehu made the fold. Perpillon showed 105 for a semi-bluff as he took down the pot. Ayehu told his opponent he had folded ace-seven before congratulating him on hand.

Action was picked up on the very next hand at the same table, midway through a preflop raising war between Nikita Novikovs from middle position and Ayehu from the cutoff. Novikovs had put in a raise to 6,000 only for Ayehu to raise again to 14,000.

"You really have a hand right after getting bullied?" Novikovs asked his opponent. After about a minute he made the fold and Ayehu revealed AA for the best possible hand as he took down a decent pot without having to see a flop.

Tags: Brhanu Kndeneh AyehuNikita NovikovsRemi Perpillon

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

Dascenzo Bets & Takes It

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Three players limped in before Antonio Dascenzo raised to 2,800 from the cutoff. All three players called.

Action checked to Dascenzo on the flop of 322 and he continued for 6,100. All three of his opponents folded.

Tags: Antonio Dascenzo

Graells Puts the Pressure On

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Duran Yildirim raised under the gun to 1,600. Gheorghe Marius Murgoci on the button responded with a three-bet to 4,000. Ricardo Graells in the small blind opted to cold four-bet to 10,000 and both Yildirim and Murgoci elected to fold.

After some table talk and speculation from fellow players, Graells jokingly announced to the table "Always Aces."

Tags: Duran YildirimGheorghe Marius MurgociRicardo Graells

No Kicker? No Problem for Kudriashov

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Dmytro Rukin opened to 1,500 from the button and received calls from Aleksandr Kudriashov from the small blind and Jose Jaraiz Lopez from the big blind.

Action checked back around to Rukin, who made a continuation bet of 1,500 on the AK5 flop. Both Kudriashov and Lopez made the call.

All three players checked the 8 turn leading to the 7 river. Kudriashov checked and Lopez bet 3,500. Dmytro folded while Kudriashov made the call, tabling A6 for top-pair with a weak kicker. Lopez slid his cards into the muck and Kudriashov took down a decent pot.

Queens Full For Murgoci

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The cutoff was all in and at risk for around 14,000 against Gheorghe Marius Murgoci on the button, who had his opponent slightly covered.

Cutoff: 99
Gheorghe Marius Murgoci: QQ

Murgoci had the better pair and improved to a full house as the board ran out 7K2Q7 to eliminate his opponent get himself back to starting stack.

Sanna Coolers Vakaliuk

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Two players remained in the hand as the full board read 310QAA.

Michele Sanna in the hijack checked the action to Andrii Vakaliuk on the button. Andrii bet out for 8,600, leaving himself approximately 1,000 chips behind. Sanna raised enough to put Vakaliuk at risk, to which he made a quick call.

Andrii Vakaliuk: 33
Michele Sanna: A10

Vakaliuk's flopped set had become a full house by the river. However, he was sent to the rail by the better full house of Sanna.

Tags: Andrii VakaliukMichele Sanna

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600