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

08-21-2023 21:00 UTC+1

Queijeiro Makes Set and Doubles Up

Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Antonio Queijeiro moved all in for 19,200 preflop and was called by Robert Sanchez Callol. Players flipped their cards, with Queijeiro at risk.

Antonio Queijeiro: 9♦9♥
Robert Sanchez Callol: A♣K♣

It was a classic poker race. Queijeiro had pocket nines and Callol had ace king.

The board ran out 9♠6♠7♥J♠2♠. Queijeiro further improved his hand to make a set of nines and double up.

"It's better to eat one egg, but not two eggs," said Queijeiro. "It's Spanish philosophy," he explained.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Queijeiro	43,000 43,000	43,000
Robert Sanchez Callol	39,000 39,000	39,000

Tags: Antonio Queijeiro Robert Sanchez Callol

08-21-2023 21:02 UTC+1

Callol Busts Haddouche

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The very next hand on the same table, Robert Sanchez Callol raised from the button and was met with a reshove all in from short stacked Mehdi Haddouche in the big blind. Players flipped their cards, with Haddouche at risk.

Mehdi Haddouche: 7♦3♣
Robert Sanchez Callol: 5♥5♣

Haddouche had shoved on a bluff and Callol made the call with pocket fives.

The board ran out 4♠5♠A♦3♦7♥ and Callol improved his hand when he made a set of fives on the flop. Haddouche was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Sanchez Callol	61,000 22,000	22,000
Mehdi Haddouche	Busted

Tags: Mehdi Haddouche Robert Sanchez Callol

08-21-2023 21:07 UTC+1

Break Time

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

The field is up to 99 players.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

08-21-2023 21:37 UTC+1

Morillo Gets Respect

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Robert-Andrei Burlacu raised to 1,100 from the cutoff and was called by Sebastian Morillo on the button and Ilias Pappas in the small blind.

Action checked to Morillo on the 10♦J♣3♣ flop and only Pappas called.

Both players checked on the J♥ turn and Pappas checked again on the Q♠ river. Morillo bet 2,200 and Pappas folded after a bit of thought — awarding the pot to Morillo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Morillo	38,000 38,000	38,000
Robert-Andrei Burlacu	29,500 29,500	29,500
Ilias Pappas	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Ilias Pappas Robert-Andrei Burlacu Sebastian Morillo

08-21-2023 21:47 UTC+1

Dias Takes Pot With Turn Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Saymon Dias raised to 1,000 from under the gun and Leandro Rodrigues called in the small blind. The big blind also called and three players went to the flop.

The flop came 6♣J♣6♦ and action checked to Dias, who bet 1,000. Rodrigues called and the big blind folded.

The turn came the 5♥. Rodrigues checked and Dias bet 4,000, which Rodrigues called.

The river was the K♣. Rodrigues checked again and Dias went into the tank, taking several minutes before placing out a bet of 6,500. Rodrigues shook his head and made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leandro Rodrigues	45,000 17,000	17,000
Saymon Dias	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Leandro Rodrigues Saymon Dias

08-21-2023 21:48 UTC+1

Shakolin Sends Abbas Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Mohammed Tajeddine Abbas was all in preflop for his last 3,700 from the big blind against Sergei Shakolin, who was in the small blind.

Mohammed Tajeddine Abbas: 9♣7♣
Sergei Shakolin: J♣Q♠

Shakolin held the lead, and the K♦3♠A♠A♥4♣ runout was of no help to Abbas, who was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Shakolin	26,000 26,000	26,000
Mohammed Tajeddine Abbas	Busted

Tags: Mohammed Tajeddine Abbas Sergei Shakolin

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-21-2023 22:03 UTC+1

Amran Makes Two Pair Against Graf's Aces

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Following an early position raise, Philipp Graf and Salah Amran called and three players went to the flop.

The flop ran out 7♣K♦Q♣. The original raiser checked and Graf bet 1,800. Amran made the call and the other player folded.

The turn came the 5♣ and both players checked. The river was the J♥ and Graf led out for 3,200. Amran paused to consider his options before throwing his chips in for the call.

Graf showed A♦A♥ for pocket aces and Amran turned over Q♥J♦ for two pair, queens and jacks, to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salah Amran	60,000 60,000	60,000
Philipp Graf	44,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Philipp Graf Salah Amran

08-21-2023 22:07 UTC+1

Some Counts From The Field

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Dan O'Hair

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Esteban Garcia Vitale	47,000 12,000	12,000
Serz Aoun	34,000 12,000	12,000
Marc Padros Cabello	32,000 6,000	6,000
Dan Heimiller	30,000 30,000	30,000
Henri Benoni	27,000 17,000	17,000
Dennis Bijen	26,000 18,000	18,000
Jan Van Der Stroom	23,000 5,500	5,500
Sergei Shakolin	Busted
Igor Kaufman	Busted

Kamel Boukhalfa	Busted