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

08-23-2023 16:04 UTC+2

Desset Heating Up

Ben Weiss

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Constantin Visan raised it in the hijack to 1,600. He was called by Sebastian Hoyos in the cutoff, before Andrej Desset reraised to 5,200 on the button. Hoyos folded, Visan made the call and it was heads up to the flop.

It came K♥4♦3♥, and both players checked.

Visan again checked the J♠ turn, but Desset turned up the aggression with a 7,200 bet, which was called.

The 8♠ hit on the river, and Visan checked for a third straight street. Desset made it 11,100, which was enough to get a quick fold out of the Romanian and scoop a large pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrej Desset	71,000 71,000	71,000
Constantin Visan	43,000 43,000	43,000
Sebastian Hoyos	15,200 4,200	4,200

Tags: Andrej Desset Constantin Visan Sebastian Hoyos

08-23-2023 16:01 UTC+2

El Ghers Shoves On Salim

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Dodi Yacine El Ghers opened to 1,600 in the cutoff and Pojan Salim three-bet to 4,700 on the button. El Ghers took some time before four-bet jamming a stack of around 40,000. Salim folded to hang onto 35,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dodi Yacine El Ghers	45,000 45,000	45,000
Pojan Salim	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Pojan Salim Dodi Yacine El Ghers

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

08-23-2023 15:35 UTC+2

PN Podcast: New Host Joins the Show; Guest Lukas "RobinPoker" Robinson Giving Away $10K WPT Seat

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 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 those stories and more on the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast!

08-23-2023 15:25 UTC+2

Break Time

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players are now on their second 25-minute break of the day.

The Day 1e field has grown to 1,265 entrants, with 977 remaining.

08-23-2023 15:24 UTC+2

Haugland Takes Aim on River

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Ben Weiss

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Sebastian Hoyos raised to 1,200 in middle position. Both Arlid Haugland in the small blind and Sandro Sinopoli in the big blind called.

The flop came 6♥6♦5♣, and all three players checked.

Haugland then checked the 5♥ turn, before Sinopoli bet out 2,500. Hoyos folded and the Norwegian made the call.

Haugland led out on the 9♠ river for 11,100, which was enough to get Sinopoli to fold and take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandro Sinopoli	51,100 51,100	51,100
Arlid Haugland	31,900 31,900	31,900
Sebastian Hoyos	19,400 19,400	19,400

Tags: Arlid Haugland Sandro Sinopoli Sebastian Hoyos

08-23-2023 15:24 UTC+2

Lapuente Refuses to Back Down

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a blind versus blind confrontation, there was 4,600 in the middle with two players looking at a board that read 7♦3♠Q♣.

Esteban Lapuente, in the small blind, bet out 2,000. Quentin Laugt in the big blind raised to 5,500, to which Lapuente called.

Lapuente played in flow on the 7♥. Laugt bet 6,000 and Lapuente called.

The 9♣ river checked to a showdown. Lapuente tabled A♦10♣ for just ace-high; good enough to see Laugt's cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Esteban Lapuente	70,000 70,000	70,000
Quentin Laugt	30,200 30,200	30,200

Tags: Esteban Ismailov Quentin Laugt

08-23-2023 15:22 UTC+2

Naarstad Check-Jams Turn

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Connor Richards

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Andreas Cajochen opened to 1,300 from middle position and Thomas Naarstad called in the cutoff before Rehman Kassam three-bet to 5,200 from the button. Cajochen folded and Naarstad called.

Naarstad checked on the flop of 8♣3♣A♥ and Kassam continued for 3,500. Naarstad called. Naarstad checked again on the 6♠ turn and Kassam sized up to 8,000. Naarstad check-raised all in and Kassam quickly folded to hang onto his remaining 17,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Cajochen	37,000
Thomas Naarstad	35,000
Rehman Kassam	17,000

Tags: Andreas Cajochen Rehman Kassam Thomas Naarstad

08-23-2023 15:09 UTC+2

Weinberg Wins the Battle of the Blinds

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Cedric Weinberg limped in from the small blind and Abel Martinez checked his option in the big.

Heads up to a flop that came A♠K♠4♣. Weinberg took the lead for 600 and Martinez made the call.

The Q♥ turned and Weinberg continued for an additional 1,400. Martinez was undeterred.

The 10♣ fell on the river and Weinberg bet 7,000, enough to put Martinez all in. Martinez remained in the tank for some time before calling off the bet for his tournament life.

Weinberg tabled J♣3♦ for the nut straight while Martinez was sent to the rail as he held A♣7♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Weinberg	36,000 36,000	36,000
Abel Martinez	Busted

Tags: Abel Martinez Cedric Weinberg

08-23-2023 15:07 UTC+2

"It's Never Easy"

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Liviu Scutaru found himself all in and at risk preflop for approximately 15,000 versus Farouk Ahmed.

Liviu Scutaru: A♦K♦
Farouk Ahmed: A♥8♥

Scutaru was in great shape to double up with a dominating ace but the 6♦9♥5♥ gave Ahmed many more outs in the form of a flush draw. The 10♦ turn and 10♠ river were blanks and Scutaru secured an important double up.

"It's never easy, is it?" joked one of Scutaru's tablemates as he scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Farouk Ahmed	34,000 34,000	34,000
Liviu Scutaru	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Farouk Ahmed Scutaru Razvan