€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day 1d Completed
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day 1d Completed

Day 1d of the €1,100 PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event, taking place at Casino Barcelona, has now reached its conclusion with 69 players making it through the flight to Day 2 and into the money.
After nearly 19 levels of play, Pavlos Xanthopoulos emerged as the chip leader with 799,000. Xanthopoulos was the player who burst the bubble when he picked off Younes Hammouchi's river-bluff at the end of the day.
In second place was Juhani Rantala with 541,000 chips and in third was Sam Tropez with 537,000.
Other notable players to finish the flight with decent counts included the UK’s Carl Shaw, Antoine Saout of France, and Team PokerStars Pro Arlie Shaban.
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pavlos Xanthopoulos | Greece | 799,000 |
| 2 | Juhani Rantala | Finland | 541,000 |
| 3 | Sam Tropez | Netherlands | 537,000 |
| 4 | Ankit Ahuja | India | 498,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Herrera | Spain | 445,000 |
| 6 | Ramon Lampert | Switzerland | 388,000 |
| 7 | Jean Dijoux | France | 368,000 |
| 8 | Ahmed Mouwafi | Morocco | 368,000 |
| 9 | Francisco Garrido Cruz | Spain | 365,000 |
| 10 | Simon Langer | Germany | 339,000 |
A total of 459 entries were made to Day 1d, which dwarfed entry numbers of the previous night’s turbo flight. Of those, 15 percent made it through.
A total of 1,928 players have now entered across four starting flights; there are still four more to go before Day 2 begins on August 25. Players who haven’t yet made it to Day 2 still have multiple chances left, with two entries available per flight.
Last year’s Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event reached a record-breaking total of 6,313 entries. Flights in this year’s event are expected to get even busier as the days go on, so there’s every chance those numbers will be breached and new records set.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as reporters continue to bring you updates on the action straight from the tournament floor and follow the event all the way down to a winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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799,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
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|
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541,000
541,000
|
541,000 |
|
|
537,000
537,000
|
537,000 |
|
|
498,000
498,000
|
498,000 |
|
|
445,000 | |
|
|
388,000
388,000
|
388,000 |
|
|
368,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
368,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
|
365,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
339,000
339,000
|
339,000 |
|
|
322,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
311,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
303,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
|
278,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
271,000
271,000
|
271,000 |
|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
245,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
|
235,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
230,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
229,000
149,000
|
149,000 |
|
|
219,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
|
219,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
|
218,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
|
216,000
216,000
|
216,000 |
|
|
214,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
The final 69 players are now bagging and tagging for the day.
Stay tuned for a recap of Day 1d.

Pavlos Xanthopoulos was heads-up from early position against Younes Hammouchi in the big blind on a board of 7♠7♥3♣4♥. Hammouchi checked to Xanthopoulos, who bet 33,000. Hammouchi then check-raised to 89,000 and Xanthopoulos called.
The 2♠ completed the board and Hammouchi announced he was all in for 123,000 total. Xanthopoulos went deep into the tank as many of the remaining players surrounded the table.
After several minutes, Xanthopoulos committed a call and Hammouchi nodded his head in acknowledgment as he turned over K♦9♣ for a stone bluff. Xanthopoulos revealed 6♠6♣ for sevens-up to scoop the pot and burst the Day 2 bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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800,000
800,000
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800,000 |
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Busted | |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
There are now just 70 players remaining and 69 players will make it through. The tournament directors have announced that dealers should freeze the action in the event of an all in and call. It's officially bubble time.
Francisco Rosauro opened the action with a raise to 10,000. Gaspar Neuman reraised to 26,000 and Patrick Faraut threw his last 16,000 in the middle. Rosauro also called Neuman's raise.
The flop came 10♣6♠4♣. Rosauro checked, Neuman bet 18,000 and Rosauro moved all in. Neuman folded.
Rosauro showed A♣3♣ for the ace high flush draw. Faraut showed 10♦6♦ for two pair.
The turn came the 10♥ to give Faraut a full house and the river was the J♣. Faraut won the pot to triple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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177,000
23,000
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23,000 |
|
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75,000
75,000
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75,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Daniel Rezaei opened to 10,000 from early position and was called by Jean Dijoux on the button.
Both players checked on the 6♥7♦A♥ flop and then Rezaei bet 30,000 on the 10♦ turn. Dijoux called.
Rezaei bet 38,000 on the 8♠ river and Dijoux announced he was all in, which was enough to put Rezaei all in for his last 115,000.
Rezaei went deep into the tank before letting his hand go and Dijoux collected the pot without showing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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360,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
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115,000
115,000
|
115,000 |