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

08-26-2023 18:35 UTC+1

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Avihai Smadga	12,900,000 2,950,000	2,950,000

Louis Nyberg	7,450,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Petros Karadimos	3,175,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Vitor Peixoto Moreira	Busted
Santiago Plante	Busted

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

08-26-2023 18:39 UTC+1

Barsegyan Above Ten Million

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduard Barsegyan	10,200,000 2,750,000	2,750,000
Haitao Luan	Busted

Tags: Eduard Barsegyan Haitao Luan

08-26-2023 18:51 UTC+1

Nguyen Pressures Tordai

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Nguyen	9,700,000 5,600,000	5,600,000
Peter Tordai	5,250,000 3,800,000	3,800,000

Tags: Peter Tordai Tommy Nguyen

08-26-2023 18:51 UTC+1

A Few Recent Eliminations

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Matt Hansen

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Sanchez Callol	Busted
Sergi Miralles	Busted
Andrej Desset	Busted
Juan Bastida	Busted
Dalibor Mijic	Busted

08-26-2023 18:54 UTC+1

Lafontaine Leaves Ampelikiotis Short

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luc Lafontaine	2,350,000 1,050,000	1,050,000
Theodoros Ampelikiotis	1,725,000 1,915,000	1,915,000

Tags: Luc Lafontaine Theodoros Ampelikiotis

08-26-2023 19:06 UTC+1

Nyberg Scores Double Knockout

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Nyberg	12,200,000 4,750,000	4,750,000
Mykyta Andrusiak	Busted
Theodoros Ampelikiotis	Busted

Tags: Louis Nyberg Mykyta Andrusiak Theodoros Ampelikiotis

08-26-2023 19:12 UTC+1

Kurko Finds a Double

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Fabian	9,700,000 5,050,000	5,050,000
Kimmo Kurko	4,500,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Kimmo Kurko Stefan Fabian

Level: 32

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

08-26-2023 19:26 UTC+1

Smadga Still Climbing

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Avihai Smadga	17,800,000 4,900,000	4,900,000

Tommy Nguyen	5,650,000 4,050,000	4,050,000

Tags: Avihai Smadga Tommy Nguyen

08-26-2023 19:27 UTC+1

Patience for Paparo Pays Premium

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

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.