€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Aug 26, 2023

Nyberg Gets Respect

Ryan Lashmar

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Louis Nyberg opened to 300,000 from middle position and received calls from Avihai Smadga in the small blind and Petros Karadimos in the big blind.

The flop came Q♣9♣5♠ and action checked around to Nyberg who made a continuation bet of 300,000. Smadga got out of the way while Karadimos made the call.

Karadimos checked the A♥ turn and Nyberg fired a second barrel, this time for 1,500,000 which was enough to force a fold from his opponent.

Meanwhile, Santiago Plante and Vitor Peixoto Moreira have been recently eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Avihai Smadga Louis Nyberg Petros Karadimos Santiago Plante Vitor Peixoto Moreira

Aug 26, 2023

Barsegyan Above Ten Million

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Matt Hansen

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Action was heads up with over 1,000,000 in the middle and A♣9♣6♣ on the flop when Haitao Luan got it all in for over 2,000,000. Eduard Barsegyan had called from the next seat over and the cards were already turned up.

Haitao Luan: A♥9♥
Eduard Barsegyan: A♦J♣

The board finished up with K♠ and 7♣ to give Barsegyan a river flush to knock out Luan.

Tags: Eduard Barsegyan Haitao Luan

Aug 26, 2023

Nguyen Pressures Tordai

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

With the board reading 9♦4♠9♥6♣ and about 1,000,000 in the middle, Tommy Nguyen bet 1,000,000 from the big blind and received a call from Peter Tordai.

The river came the 7♣. Nguyen fired again, this time for 3,500,000, and after about 30 seconds of thought, Tordai opted to fold.

Tags: Peter Tordai Tommy Nguyen

Aug 26, 2023

A Few Recent Eliminations

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Matt Hansen

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Aug 26, 2023

Lafontaine Leaves Ampelikiotis Short

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Josh Noy

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Theodoros Ampelikiotis moved all in on the button covering both blinds and was called by Luc Lafontaine in the big.

Luc Lafontaine: 6♥6♦
Theodoros Ampelikiotis: A♠2♣

Lafontaine found a pocket pair to take the lead, which he maintained on the 5♥Q♣8♠6♠4♣ runout to double his stack while leaving Ampelikiotis short.

Tags: Luc Lafontaine Theodoros Ampelikiotis

Aug 26, 2023

Nyberg Scores Double Knockout

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Josh Noy

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Theodoros Ampelikiotis moved his stack of 1,725,000 into the middle from middle position and was quickly called by Louis Nyberg to his left. Mykyta Andrusiak then announced all in from the small blind for 2,725,000 and Nyberg called that bet as well.

Theodoros Ampelikiotis: K♥Q♣
Mykyta Andrusiak: A♦K♣
Louis Nyberg: A♥10♦

Andrusaik was in great shape to begin the hand, but the 5♦8♣10♦ flop left Nyberg in the lead. The 4♦ turn brought Andrusiak the nut flush draw, but the 2♠ river was a blank.

Nyberg took down a massive pot, eliminating both Ampelikiotis and Andrusiak in the process.

Tags: Louis Nyberg Mykyta Andrusiak Theodoros Ampelikiotis

Aug 26, 2023

Kurko Finds a Double

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 31 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Kimmo Kurko found himself all in and at risk preflop for approximately 2,000,000 versus Stefan Fabian.

Kimmo Kurko: A♦J♥
Stefan Fabian: A♣3♣

The board ran out 7♦8♦6♥2♥J♣, securing the double up for Kurko while making a small dent in Fabian's stack.

Tags: Kimmo Kurko Stefan Fabian

Level: 32

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

Aug 26, 2023

Smadga Still Climbing

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Josh Noy

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Tommy Nguyen raised to 425,000 on the button and was promptly three-bet by Avihai Smadga to 1,150,000. Nguyen made the call and action slowed down on the 2♣7♠4♣ flop.

Both players checked through to the J♦ turn and 3♥ river, with one last round of checks completing the action.

Smadga showed A♥Q♦ to take down another pot as Nguyen mucked his hand.

Tags: Avihai Smadga Tommy Nguyen

Aug 26, 2023

Patience for Paparo Pays Premium

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Matt Hansen

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Louis Nyberg raised and called when Domenico Paparo three-bet shoved with 1,750,000. The rest of the table was out of the way and action was heads up with Paparo at risk.

Domenico Paparo: A♠A♦
Louis Nyberg: K♥5♦

The board ran out 8♠2♣10♣3♥10♦ and the pocket aces held for Paparo to score the important double.

Tags: Domenico Paparo Louis Nyberg