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

08-22-2023 13:39 UTC+1

Cai Cracks Kings

Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Ruoqin Cai limped in from early position and Luka Bojovic raised it to 2,200 from the small blind. Cai made the call leaving players heads up.

The flop came A♦9♣3♣. Bojovic bet 1,200 and Cai made the call.

Both players checked through the 9♠ turn and 3♠ river.

Bojovic revealed K♣K♥ while Cai tabled A♣8♣ for a flopped top pair to take the pot down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruoqin Cai	49,000 49,000	49,000
Luka Bojovic	22,400 22,400	22,400

Tags: Luka Bojovic Ruoqin Cai

08-22-2023 13:44 UTC+1

Dan's Slowplay Pays Off

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Ben Weiss

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Matteo Delfanti opened in middle position to 900. Adrian Dan in the big blind was the only caller.

Dan checked the A♣J♦5♥ flop, and called Delfanti's subsequent bet of 1,200.

The action slowed on the turn, with both players checking the 9♦.

After the river came the 3♦, Dan bet 3,300. Delfanti thought for a few seconds before making the call. Dan tabled J♣5♣ for two pair, causing Delfanti to muck his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matteo Delfanti	48,000 48,000	48,000
Adrian Dan	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Adrian Dan Matteo Delfanti

08-22-2023 13:50 UTC+1

Field Continues to Grow

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Josh Noy

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The number of Day 1c entries has grown over 750 as action continues in Level 4.

08-22-2023 14:02 UTC+1

Max Pressure from Meray

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jose Luis Carrasco Valverde opened to 800 from the button and Alexis Thomas Jacquemot three-bet to 2,200 from the small blind. Mehdi El Meray then put in a four-bet to 5,400, forcing Valverde out of the pot while Jacquemot made the call.

The flop came 10♥5♣3♥. Jacquemot checked, Meray bet 2,100 and Jacquemot made the call.

Meray bet again when checked to on the 6♦ turn, this time for 8,000. After briefly thinking over the decision, Jacquemot patted the table before folding J♣J♦ face up. Meray showed the A♣9♦ for a stone cold bluff to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi El Meray	38,500 38,500	38,500
Jose Luis Carrasco Valverde	30,500 30,500	30,500
Alexis Jacquemot	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Alexis Thomas Jacquemot Jose Luis Carrasco Valverde Mehdi El Meray

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

08-22-2023 14:09 UTC+1

Polstra Building Momentum

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Ben Weiss

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Straight after successfully getting a shove through in the previous hand, Kevin Polstra was straight back in the action.

Polstra was in the cutoff facing a 1,200 raise from Vlachos Andreas in middle position. After a little thought, Polstra made it 5,000, sending Andreas into the tank.

The Greek eventually sent his cards to the muck, with Polstra winning without seeing a flop and taking down his second consecutive pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Polstra	33,400 33,400	33,400
Andreas Vlachos	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Kevin Polstra Vlachos Andreas

08-22-2023 14:29 UTC+1

Da Silva Fades a Plethora of Outs

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Paulo Roberto Alves Da Silva moved all in for his last 7,600 from the hijack and was called by Miguel Fernandez Monton who had a covering stack.

Paulo Roberto Alves Da Silva: A♥8♥
Miguel Fernandez Monton: K♣J♣

Da Silva was ahead with his ace but needed to fade a ton of outs from Monton on the 10♥5♣3♣ flop. Monton bricked on the 5♠ turn and 6♠ river and Da Silva dragged in a key double up.