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

08-24-2023 15:36 UTC+1

Mosca Continues to Climb

David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Enrico Mosca bet 3,200 from the button on a flop of 5♥7♣3♠ and Janos Jeszek called in the big blind.

The turn came the Q♥ and Mosca grabbed a stack of chips from his massive pile and slammed them in the middle. Jeszek, with around 20,000 remaining, snap-folded.

Mosca took the pot and is now approaching 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enrico Mosca	190,000 95,000	95,000
Janos Jeszek	20,000

Tags: Enrico Mosca Janos Jeszek

08-24-2023 15:44 UTC+1

State Goes for It All

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Ollie Garland

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The pot stood at approximately 22,500 with two players looking at a board that read J♣3♥K♦9♣8♠.

Alan Goasdoue, in the big blind, checked the action to Adrian State, who was under the gun. State moved all in for his remaining 20,000 and Goasdoue went into the tank, before eventually making the call.

State tabled A♦K♠ which was out in front of the QxJx of Goasdoue. State received the full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian State	42,500 12,500	12,500
Alan Goasdoue	22,000

Tags: Alan Goasdoue Adrian State

08-24-2023 15:47 UTC+1

Gorgolas Checks Down With Jacks

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Connor Richards

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Vardan Zakaryan opened in middle position and Javier Gorgolas three-bet to 7,000 from the cutoff. Zakaryan called.

Both players checked on the 3♠A♦8♠ flop and the same action took place on the 8♣ turn. Both players checked again on the 10♣ river and Gorgolas showed J♣J♦ to win the pot with a pair of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vardan Zakaryan	55,000
Javier Gorgolas	50,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Vardan Zakaryan Javier Gorgolas

08-24-2023 15:49 UTC+1

Sargsyan Chips Up Before Break

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Ben Weiss

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The action was joined on the 6♠K♣Q♣ flop, where Robert Kaggerud bet to 2,500 after Aram Sargsyan had checked. The Armenian then raised it up to 6,000 and was called.

Sargsyan fired 10,000 on the 7♦ turn, which, after some thought, was enough to force Kaggerud off his hand just before the break.

It put the Norwegian well below the starting stack, while Sargsyan chipped up to around the tournament average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aram Sargsyan	58,000 58,000	58,000
Robert Kaggerud	22,800 22,800	22,800

Tags: Aram Sargsyan Robert Kaggerud

08-24-2023 15:51 UTC+1

Hernandez Shows the Winner in Multiway Pot

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Kader Silia raised to 2,500 from early position before Christian Hernandez three-bet to 7,500 in middle position. Table big stack Alfred Holzer called in the small blind, as did Silia.

All three players checked the A♣J♣3♣ flop before Silia bet 8,500 on the 5♣ turn. Only Hernandez called as Holzer got out of the way.

The 6♦ river was checked through and Hernandez showed 10♣10♥ for a flush to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alfred Holzer	195,000
Christian Hernandez	95,000
Kader Silia	35,000

Tags: Alfred Holzer Christian Hernandez Kader Silia

08-24-2023 15:51 UTC+1

Time For Break; Last Chance For Entry to Day 1g

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The remaining 925 players on Day 1g are now on a 20-minute break.

Late registration will close once action resumes.

08-24-2023 16:00 UTC+1

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

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 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!

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

08-24-2023 16:20 UTC+1

Stranak Couldn't Get There Against Ratajczyk

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Ollie Garland

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The pot stood at approximately 30,000 with three players looking at a board that read A♦9♥Q♠3♥.

Both Lukasz Ratajczyk in the small blind and Quoc-Phong Tran in the big blind checked the action over to Samuel Stranak, who was under the gun. Stranak moved all in for his last 22,000. Ratajczyk called and Tran folded.

Samuel Stranak: J♥8♥
Lukasz Ratajczyk: A♣9♣

The river fell the 2♣; no good for Stranak and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukasz Ratajczyk	202,000 202,000	202,000
Quoc-Phong Tran	115,000 115,000	115,000
Samuel Stranak	Busted

Tags: Lukasz Ratajczyk Samuel Stranak

08-24-2023 16:22 UTC+1

Duta Dusted By Zakaryan

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Dimitrie Duta was all in and at risk from the cutoff against Vardan Zakaryan in the small blind.

Dimitrie Duta: A♣8♦
Vardan Zakaryan: 10♠10♥

Zakaryan took a big lead as the flop landed J♣Q♥10♦ to give him a set and Duta couldn't make Broadway as the board finished out 4♦7♠ to mark his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vardan Zakaryan	65,000 10,000	10,000
Dimitrie Duta	Busted

Tags: Dimitrie Duta Vardan Zakaryan