€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-21-2023 22:20 UTC+1

Zaskodny Strikes on the River

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Ben Weiss

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jeremias Mendoza made a call in the small blind and Lukas Zaskodny checked to go heads up to the flop.

It came down A♠A♣4♠, to which Mendoza lead out for 1,200. Zaskodny made the call.

The turn was the Q♥, and Mendoza fired again, this time 2,600. Once again, Zaskodny called.

Mendoza triple barreled the A♥ river, but this time only made it 1,200. Zaskodny didn't take too long to reraise to 7,500 and Mendoza took even less time to fold, giving the Czech the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukas Zaskodny	77,000 32,500	32,500
Jeremias Mendoza	56,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Jeremias Mendoza Lukas Zaskodny

08-21-2023 22:23 UTC+1

Garcia Gets Aggressive on the River

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Ollie Garland

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The pot stood at approximately 16,000 as the full board read Q♥Q♠4♥4♠5♦.

In the big blind was Alexandra Belykh who bet out for 10,000. Jorge Garcia, in the cutoff, responded with a raise to 22,800. After some time in the tank, Belykh elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Garcia	110,000 110,000	110,000
Alexandra Belykh	62,000 62,000	62,000

Tags: Alexandra Belykh Jorge Garcia

08-21-2023 22:30 UTC+1

Suckout Boosts Lehoussine As Fountoukidis Doubles

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Karim Lehoussine open-jammed a stack of 17,000 from under the gun and the hijack called before Kimon Fountoukidis three-bet jammed a stack of around 40,000 from the cutoff. The hijack called with a bigger stack.

Karim Lehoussine: 9♣9♥
Kimon Fountoukidis: A♦K♠
Hijack: Q♦Q♣

The flop landed 8♥9♠6♠ to give Lehoussine a big lead with a set and the K♠ on the turn gave Fountoukidis the lead for the side pot before the 4♠ river bricked off as Lehoussine tripled and Fountoukidis stayed afloat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kimon Fountoukidis	50,000
Karim Lehoussine	40,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Karim Lehoussine Kimon Fountoukidis

08-21-2023 22:37 UTC+1

Silva Sends Stan to the Rail

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Ollie Garland

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The player in the hijack limped in, the cutoff raised to 2,900 and Jorge Silva called in the small blind. Cornel Stan moved all in from the big blind for 15,500. The hijack and cutoff folded while Silva elected to call.

Cornel Stan: 8♣8♥
Jorge Silva: A♥10♦

The board ran out 3♦7♣10♥K♥K♦. Silva pulled ahead in this flip to take down the pot and eliminate Stan in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Silva	86,000 26,000	26,000
Cornel Stan	Busted

Tags: Cornel Stan Jorge Silva

08-21-2023 22:38 UTC+1

Hasenberger Takes from Carrasco

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Philipp Hasenburger opened to 2,400 from under the gun and Alex Baena I Carrasco made the call from the button.

Hasenburger checked the A♠K♥6♦ flop and Carrasco bet 2,300 in position, receiving a call from Hasenburger.

Both players checked through the Q♣ turn and A♥ river.

Hasenberger tabled K♣10♣ for two pair, aces and kings and Carrasco promptly mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Carrasco	156,000 156,000	156,000
Philipp Hasenburger	82,500 7,500	7,500

Tags: Alex Baena I Carrasco Philipp Hasenburger

08-21-2023 22:48 UTC+1

Jalba Forces a Fold with Second Barrel

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Benedikt Wenzel opened to 2,500 from middle position and Eusebiu-Nicolae Jalba three-bet to 7,400 from the cutoff. Wenzel made the call.

The flop came A♦3♥K♠ and Wenzel check-called a bet of 5,500 from Jalba.

Jalba fired again when checked to on the A♥ turn, this time for 6,200 which was enough to force a fold from his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eusebiu-Nicolae Jalba	88,000 88,000	88,000
Benedikt Wenzel	65,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Benedikt Wenzel Eusebiu-Nicolae Jalba

08-21-2023 22:48 UTC+1

Another Break As Late Reg Closes

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players have been sent on a 20-minute break with the clocks showing 134 players remaining. Late registration has closed with the completion of Level 10.

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

08-21-2023 23:20 UTC+1

Vaverka Coolers Naves

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Osvaldo Naves was all in and at risk against Jan Vaverka on a board that read Q♦4♠3♠10♣

Osvaldo Naves: Q♣10♠
Jan Vaverka: Q♠Q♥

Naves was drawing dead despite having top two pair as Vaverka had a set. The J♥ then bricked off on the river to mark Naves's elimination as the table broke.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Vaverka	75,000 75,000	75,000
Osvaldo Naves	Busted

Tags: Jan Vaverka Osvaldo Naves

08-21-2023 23:25 UTC+1

Mendoza Gets the Maximum

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Ollie Garland

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Samuel Fournier raised from middle position to 3,000, Jeremias Mendoza called in the hijack and the big blind elected to defend.

The flop came Q♦8♦10♣. The action was checked to Mendoza who took the lead for 5,500. Only Fournier decided to continue.

The 4♠ saw a repeat of the action, this time Mendoza betting out 13,000.

The 2♥ river saw Fournier check again. Mendoza emptied the clip with a bet of 20,000. After several minutes in the tank, Fournier made the call only to be shown the bad news as Mendoza tabled A♥Q♥ for the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremias Mendoza	100,000 44,000	44,000
Samuel Fournier	58,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Jeremias Mendoza Samuel Fournier