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

08-23-2023 15:47 UTC+1

Tordai Doubles Through Reyes

Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Peter Tordai opened from the hijack and Giovanny Reyes three-bet in the small blind. Action folded back to Tordai, who four-bet jammed a stack of around 20,000. Reyes gave it some thought and called with a bigger stack.

Peter Tordai: A♠Q♥
Giovanny Reyes: A♦4♦

Tordai had his opponent dominated and took a massive lead on the flop of J♥Q♣9♠ before the runout of A♣J♦ confirmed his double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanny Reyes	115,000 115,000	115,000
Peter Tordai	40,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Peter Tordai Giovanny Reyes

08-23-2023 15:54 UTC+1

Eisele Gets What he Needs

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Frederic Van Der Mersch opened to 2,000 from early position and Gerald Eisele moved all in for just under 10,000 from middle position. Van Der Mersch made the call with a covering stack.

Gerald Eisele: A♣10♦
Frederic Van Der Mersch: A♦Q♣

Eisele was in dire straits against the bigger ace, but that all changed on the 10♠3♣5♣ flop, giving Eisele top pair and leaving Van Der Mersch drawing to three outs. The rest of the board ran out A♥K♦ giving Eisele two pair to score the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Van Der Mersch	29,000 29,000	29,000
Gerald Eisele	20,500 20,500	20,500

Tags: Frederic Van Der Mersch Gerald Eisele

08-23-2023 15:54 UTC+1

Docherty Takes It on the Turn

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Ollie Garland

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The pot stood at 5,500 with two players looking at a board that read 3♥Q♣K♠.

In the big blind was Arni Gunnarsson who checked the action over to David Docherty in middle position. Docherty bet out 2,300 and Gunnarsson made the call.

The 4♦ turned and Gunnarsson checked again. Docherty barrelled once more, this time for 4,100. Gunnarsson elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	32,000 2,000	2,000
Arni Gunnarsson	25,000

Tags: David Docherty Arni Gunnarsson

08-23-2023 16:03 UTC+1

Osha Eliminates Erriques

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Ollie Garland

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Paolo Erriques open jammed from under the gun for his last 13,100. Manuel Osha in the cutoff called the bet and the hand went to a showdown.

Paolo Erriques: A♥10♣
Manuel Osha: 9♣9♥

The board ran out 2♥Q♠8♦2♦K♣. There was no danger for Osha's nines and he eliminated Erriques.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Osha	69,600 69,600	69,600
Paolo Erriques	Busted

Tags: Manuel Osha Paolo Erriques

08-23-2023 16:07 UTC+1

Flush For Schwaederle

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was a three-way all in at Table 66 between Cedric Schwaederle, Dodi Yacine El Ghers and Roberto Lanero. Lanero was the shortest stack and Schwaederle was the next shortest with 30,900.

Roberto Lanero: 9♦9♠
Cedric Schwaederle: K♠10♠
Dodi Yacine El Ghers: A♥Q♦

Lanero's nines were still ahead after the flop of 2♠4♥6♠, but the Q♠ had him and El Ghers drawing dead as Schwaederle had made a flush. Lanero was eliminated while a big side pot went to Schwaederle.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Schwaederle	70,000 70,000	70,000
Dodi Yacine El Ghers	22,000 23,000	23,000
Roberto Lanero	Busted

Tags: Dodi Yacine El Ghers Roberto Lanero Cedric Schwaederle

08-23-2023 16:08 UTC+1

Verhaegen Flying Just Before Break

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Ben Weiss

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Middle position opened to 2,000 and got two callers - Miftar Ramadani in the highjack and Wim Verhaegen in the big blind.

The flop of K♥Q♦8♥ was checked by Verhaegen and middle position, before Ramadani made it 3,500. Middle position folded but Verhaegen made the call.

Both players checked the turn, which came out 9♣.

It was the same story on the 6♦ river as well. Verhaegen tabled Q♥7♠ and won the hand, with Ramadani thinking before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wim Verhaegen	101,100

Miftar Ramadani	19,000

Tags: Wim Verhaegen Miftar Ramadani

08-23-2023 16:08 UTC+1

Tran Doubles Through Colillas

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Do Chung Tran moved all in from the button for approximately 30,000 and Ramon Colillas called from the small blind with a covering stack.

Do Chung Tran: A♦10♠
Ramon Colillas: 6♣6♥

The board ran out A♠5♠7♥2♥3♠ allowing Tran to collect a full double up with top pair while Colillas was left short-stacked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Do Chung Tran	61,500 61,500	61,500
Ramon Colillas	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Do Chung Tran Ramon Colilas

08-23-2023 16:14 UTC+1

Break Time

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Ollie Garland

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With 1,388 entries so far on Day 1e, the remaining 818 players have been sent on another 25-minute break.

08-23-2023 16:15 UTC+1

Lost and Found: Poker Player Tries for 43 Days to Locate Missing Cat - What Happened?

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Chad Holloway

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Zach Gruneberg, a poker player from Pennsylvania with more than $2.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings, recently lost one of his cats, who escaped from his home while he was out in Las Vegas. What ensured was a frantic search-and-rescue effort that spanned a month and a half.

More specifically, it was a 43-day affair “through hell and back” according to Gruneberg, a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner, including back-to-back wins in the WSOP PA Online Series at the end of July.

Gruneberg, who is nine years clean and sober, is on Twitter as @HustlerGrune where it states he is both an anime addict and cat dad. One of those cats is a sleek gray feline named “Nook.”

“Nook is the only cat I've had since he was a kitten,” Gruneberg told PokerNews. “He is a super friendly high energy guy that loves to jump up into high places and play more so than any of my other cats.”

So, what’s the story behind Nook’s disappearance?