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

Aug 23, 2023

Souvay Paid For Turn Shove

Matthew Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Gurgen Arsenyan raised from under the gun and was called by Francisco Agullo, Eric Souvay and Jeroen Welling.

The flop came 8♣3♣A♥. Action checked to Souvay, who made it 5,200 to go. Only Welling made the call.

The turn was the J♠ and Souvay pushed all in. Welling made the call with slightly more chips behind. Souvay showed A♣5♣ for a pair of aces with a flush draw and Welling showed J♣6♣ for a pair of jacks with a lower flush draw.

The river came the 4♠ and Souvay held with his ace high to win the pot.

Tags: Eric Souvay Francisco Agullo Gurgen Arsenyan Jeroen Welling

Aug 23, 2023

Samuel Sends Stone Out With a Set

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Erich Tedeschi limped from early position Jacob Stone raised to 2,600 from middle postion. Samuel Ju called from middle position and Tedeschi called as well.

The flop came 2♥J♣7♥ and action was checked to Stone, who bet 2,200. Tedeschi folded, but Stone then check-raised to 7,500. Ju called.

The 4♦ fell on the turn and Stone continued for a 9,000 bet. Ju raised all in for just under 30,000 and Stone called all in for less.

Samuel Stone: A♣J♥
Samuel Ju: 7♦7♣

Ju had Stone drawing dead with his set of sevens and a meaningless 4♦ completed the board — eliminating Stone from contention late in the evening.

Tags: Erich Tedeschi Jacob Stone Samuel Ju

Aug 23, 2023

State of Play at Break Time

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Matthew Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players are heading for a 20-minute break.

At the time of writing, there have been 829 entries to flight 1F of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event and there are 598 players remaining.

The waiting list has nearly cleared, with only four players in line. Late registration is still open and will be until the start of Level 11.

Aug 23, 2023

Qualify for the PokerStars Summer Series on PokerStars PA

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

If you're looking to play a big live tournament in Pennsylvania without putting up the four-figure buy-in, there are plenty of opportunities to qualify into tournaments on PokerStars Pennsylvania. PokerStars PA is currently running Summer Series Qualfiers and awarding seats to the first-ever PokerStars Summer Series at Live! Philadelphia later this month.

The PokerStars Summer Series features $1 million in guarantees and will take place Aug. 24-Sept. 10. In the final week of August, there will be plenty of opportunities for players to satellite into the $300,000 guaranteed $1,100 NLH event and the $500,000 guaranteed $2,200 NLH event.

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Aug 23, 2023

Eriksson Chips Up After Eliminating Bernard

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Matthew Warburton

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

Lars Eriksson raised from under the gun and was called by Kevin Ferrer. Cedric Bernard pushed all in from the hijack and Eriksson isolated with a shove of his own. Ferrer folded and two players flipped their cards, with Bernard at risk.

Cedric Bernard: J♦8♠
Lars Eriksson: A♠K♣

The board ran out 2♥9♥2♣5♣3♥. Neither player improved and so Eriksson held with ace high to win the pot. Bernard was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Cedric Bernard Kevin Ferrer Lars Eriksson

Aug 23, 2023

Avelino Shoves on Calzoni

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Dan O'Hair

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

Matteo Calzoni opened to 2,200 from middle position and was called by Peterson Machado in the cutoff. Breno Avelino then three-bet to 7,000 from the small blind and both Calzoni and Machado called.

Avelino downbet for 4,000 on the 4♦6♠J♦ flop and only Calzoni called.

Both players checked on the 9♣ turn; however, Avelino announced he was all in after the Q♣ completed the board. Calzoni folded after a bit of thought and Avelino took down the pot without a showdown.

Tags: Breno Avelino Matteo Calzoni Peterson Machado

Aug 23, 2023

Lunde Outkicks Yaghmai to Double Up

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Matthew Warburton

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

Martin Lunde shoved all in from under the gun with around 10 big blinds. He was called by Nariman Yaghmai, who had him covered. Players flipped their cards.

Martin Lunde: A♥K♥
Nariman Yaghmai: A♠Q♣

The board ran out 3♥4♥5♣A♦J♦. Both players paired their ace and Lunde's king kicker played to give him the pot and the double up. Yaghmai was left short stacked.

Tags: Martin Lunde Nariman Yaghmai

Aug 23, 2023

Miranda's Ladies Send Marinelli Out

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Dan O'Hair

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

Manuel Miranda opened from early position and action folded to Dario Marinelli in the hijack, who shoved for his last 8,100. It was folded back to Miranda, who called to put Marinelli at risk.

Dario Marinelli: A♥J♠
Manuel Miranda: Q♠Q♦

The 3♥5♠7♥J♦9♦ runout improved Marinelli to a pair of jacks, but they weren't enough against Miranda's queens and Marinelli was eliminated.

Tags: Dario Marinelli Manuel Miranda

Aug 23, 2023

Ogita Whiffs Draws and Busts to Bjorbaek

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Matthew Warburton

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

Daisuke Ogita raised to 2,500 from late position and Eirik Bjorbaek reraised to 5,500 from the button. Ogita called and two players went to the flop.

The dealer turned 6♥4♥J♥. Ogita checked and Bjorbaek bet 3,500, which Ogita called.

The turn came the 7♣. Ogita checked and Bjorbaek moved all in for 21,000. Ogita made the call and the cards were turned on their backs.

Ogita had 8♠7♥ for a pair of sevens with a flush draw and backdoor straight draw. Bjorbaek showed Q♣Q♠ for a pocket pair of queens.

The river came the J♦ and Ogita whiffed his draws. Bjorbaek held to win the pot and Ogita was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Daisuke Ogita Eirik Bjorbaek