€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day 1f Completed
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Day: 1f
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1f
2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€7,102,080
Entries
7,398
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Entries
936
Players Left
141
Diego Bags Day 1f Lead in €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Play has concluded for Day 1f of Event #1: €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event here at Casino Barcelona during the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona with Marcos Diego emerging as the chip leader after bagging 767,000 in chips through 18 levels of play. In a distant second is Aristidis Theodoridis with 595,000 and rounding out the top three is Bulgarian poker pro Petar Kalev, who ended with 518,000.
Kalev is a regular in Europen Poker Tour events and had his largest cash to date after getting seventh place in the EPT Prague Main Event last year for €164,750. Kalev steadily built his stack throughout the day and is well-positioned to make another deep run.
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 1f Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcos Diego | Spain | 767,000 |
| 2 | Aristidis Theodoridis | Greece | 595,000 |
| 3 | Petar Kalev | Bulgaria | 518,000 |
| 4 | Dorin Omilescu | Romania | 512,000 |
| 5 | Vincent Pahon | Switzerland | 504,000 |
| 6 | Lukas Hafner | Austria | 495,000 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Suprani | France | 487,000 |
| 8 | John Farrell | Ireland | 486,000 |
| 9 | Quentin Laugt | France | 470,000 |
| 10 | Anh Do | Czech Republic | 454,000 |
Play began on Day 1f with 335 entrants, and by the time late registration ended, that number had swelled to 936. As with all starting flights, play concluded for the day after the field was reduced to 15% of the total entrants (141 players). The Day 2 bubble burst in dramatic fashion after Jeongwoo Lee rivered a Broadway straight against Mykola Serhiienko. All the remaining players have secured a min-cash for making it to Day 2, and the amount won (so far) will depend on the total number of entrants across all starting flights.
Team PokerStars Pro Irene Albarran also earned a Day 2 berth. The poker coach and Twitch streamer, who often goes by "Frogy", bagged up a respectable 146,000 and will be looking to secure her largest live-tournament cash to date.
Among the less fortunate were Michael Wang, William Kassouf, Stephen Song, Dan Heimiller, Ren Lin, and Dara O'Kearney -- all of whom busted out before the end of the day.
Any players who didn't make it to Day 2 still have two more flights available on Thursday, August 23 starting with Day 1g at 11 a.m. local time. Day 1h, which is the eighth and final flight, will begin at 6 p.m. All the surviving players from all starting flights will convene for Day 2 on Friday, August 25 at noon.
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End of Day 1f Chip Counts (full)
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
767,000 | |
|
595,000 | 595,000 |
|
518,000 | 518,000 |
|
512,000 | 512,000 |
|
504,000 | 504,000 |
|
495,000 | 275,000 |
|
|
487,000 | 487,000 |
|
486,000 | 486,000 |
|
470,000 | 470,000 |
|
454,000 | 454,000 |
|
448,000 | 448,000 |
|
|
439,000 | 439,000 |
|
438,000 | 438,000 |
|
415,000 | 415,000 |
|
409,000 | 381,000 |
|
390,000 | 310,000 |
|
389,000 | 49,000 |
|
384,000 | |
|
382,000 | 382,000 |
|
381,000 | 1,000 |
|
379,000 | 379,000 |
|
372,000 | 372,000 |
|
369,000 | 369,000 |
|
|
363,000 | 363,000 |
|
340,000 | 340,000 |
Day 1F Concludes
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Day 1F of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event has now reached its conclusion. Out of 936 entries, 141 players made it through. Standby for the end of day recap on PokerNews.
Lee Busts Serhiienko to Burst The Day 2 Bubble
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Mykola Serhiienko shoved for his remaining 36,000 from early position and action folded around to Jeongwoo Lee in the big blind, who called to put Serhiienko at risk.
Mykola Serhiienko: A♦Q♣
Jeongwoo Lee: A♣K♠
The Q♠9♣J♣ flop looked as though the bubble would continue, as Serhiienko improved to a pair of queens. However, the 6♣ turn gave Lee additional outs to a superior flush, and the 10♠ river improved Lee to Broadway to end Day 1f and burst the Day 2 bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
384,000 | 384,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Bubble Time
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With just 142 players remaining and 141 making it to Day 2, hand-for-hand play has begun until the Day 2 bubble has burst.
Xu Busted Before Bubble
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Action folded around to Aiguo Xu in the small blind, who moved all in with around 15 big blinds. Guilebaldo Flores Manzo called in the big blind and had Xu covered as players flipped their cards.
Aiguo Xu: A♣6♠
Guilebaldo Flores Manzo: 10♣10♥
Manzo had the best of it with pocket tens. The board ran out K♣3♥K♠10♠9♦. The turn further improved Monzo's hand, giving him a full house, tens full of kings. Xu was eliminated from the tournament just a few shy of the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
380,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Arsenyan Doubles Through De Sousa
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Gurgen Arsenyan shoved for his last 74,000 first-to-act and action folded to Ruben De Sousa in the cutoff, who also went all in for more. Everyone else folded and hands were revealed.
Gurgen Arsenyan: A♣A♠
Ruben De Sousa: K♦K♣
It was a classic Hold'em cooler for De Sousa, and the 4♣3♥6♣7♥A♦ runout kept Arsenyan best with a set of aces for the double up as the Day 2 bubble approaches.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000 | 355,000 |
|
170,000 | 121,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Short Stack Gonzalez Survives as Bubble Fast Approaches
Level 17
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Rodolfo Gonzalez shoved all in from early position for 16,000, a little over two big blinds. Action folded to Ting-Yi Tsai, who made a pot odds call in the big blind. Players flipped their cards.
Rodolfo Gonzalez: A♦10♣
Ting-Yi Tsai: Q♣2♠
The board ran out A♠J♦5♦3♠3♥. Gonzalez paired his ace on the flop and held to win the pot. He doubled up and survived to see another hand as the bubble fast approached.
There are 154 players remaining and 141 will make it through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
195,000 | 195,000 |
|
|
41,000 | 41,000 |