€2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-26-2023 13:58 UTC+1

Kim Doesn't Take the Bait

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With the pot standing at 5,200, two players reached a flop of 9♥10♠7♦.

Cezar Costa Neto, in the hijack, bet out for 2,000. Soojo Kim, on the button, made the call.

The Q♥ turned and Neto chose to check-call a bet of 3,500 from Kim.

The Q♠ paired the board and Neto checked again. Kim checked back and Neto was obliged to show first; he tabled K♦Q♣ for trips. Kim had correctly checked back and conceded the pot to Neto.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cezar Costa Neto	39,000 39,000	39,000
Soojo Kim	37,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Cezar Costa Neto Soojo Kim

08-26-2023 14:09 UTC+1

Cai Double Barrells

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Ruoqin Cai raised from the cutoff to 1,800, finding one caller in Giovanni Petroni, in the big blind.

Petroni check-called a bet of 1,800 from Cai on a flop of 5♠A♣3♣.

The K♦ saw Petroni check again. Cai bet once more, this time for 3,000, forcing the fold from Petroni.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Petroni	28,000 28,000	28,000
Ruoqin Cai	23,400 23,400	23,400

Tags: Giovanni Petroni Ruoqin Cai

08-26-2023 14:10 UTC+1

Lie Left Short After Franco Makes Flush

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Viorel Gabriel Gavrila open raised to 1,700 from late position and Diogo Franco reraised to 5,500. Aylar Lie called on the button and Gavrilla also called.

Four players went to the flop, which came Q♠6♥Q♥. Action checked to Lie, who made it 4,200 to go. Only Franco called. The turn was the A♣ and both players checked.

The river was the 10♥. Franco checked and Lie flicked out four blue chips to make it 20,000. Franco made the call. He showed K♥7♥ for a rivered flush to win the pot and leave Lie short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diogo Franco	68,000 68,000	68,000
Aylar Lie	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Aylar Lie Diogo Franco Viorel Gabriel Gavrila

08-26-2023 14:20 UTC+1

Liperis Extracts Value

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Ollie Garland

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The pot stood at 10,500 with two players looking at a board delt J♣5♦K♦2♦.

Yiannis Liperis, in the big blind, checked and Jose Jaraiz Lopez, who was under the gun, checked back.

The river fell the 9♠ and Liperis took the lead for 2,600. Lopez didn't take too long before making the call, only to be delivered the bad news as Liperis tabled A♣K♠ prompting Lopez to muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yiannis Liperis	83,500 83,500	83,500
Jose Jaraiz Lopez	30,300 30,300	30,300

Tags: Jose Jaraiz Lopez Yiannis Liperis

08-26-2023 14:22 UTC+1

Amiel Takes All Gao's Chips With Pocket Kings

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action folded around to Mike Gao, who raised to 9,200 from middle position. Alexandre Amiel called on the button and all other players folded. Players flipped their cards, with Gao at risk.

Mike Gao: 7♦7♠
Alexandre Amiel: K♣K♠

The board ran out 2♠8♣5♠2♣8♥. Amiel held with his pocket kings to take all of Gao's chips shortly before break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Amiel	74,000 74,000	74,000
Mike Gao	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Amiel Mike Gao

08-26-2023 14:26 UTC+1

Players Heading for 25-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players are heading for a 25-minute break. There are now 1,293 entries and 883 players remaining.

08-26-2023 14:36 UTC+1

Lost and Found: Poker Player Tries for 43 Days to Locate Missing Cat - What Happened?

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Zach Gruneberg, a poker player from Pennsylvania with more than $2.2 million in lifetime tournament earnings, recently lost one of his cats, who escaped from his home while he was out in Las Vegas. What ensued was a frantic search-and-rescue effort that spanned a month and a half.

More specifically, it was a 43-day affair “through hell and back” according to Gruneberg, a five-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring winner, including back-to-back wins in the WSOP PA Online Series at the end of July.
Gruneberg, who is nine years clean and sober, is on Twitter as @HustlerGrune where it states he is both an anime addict and cat dad. One of those cats is a sleek gray feline named “Nook.”

“Nook is the only cat I've had since he was a kitten,” Gruneberg told PokerNews. “He is a super friendly high energy guy that loves to jump up into high places and play more so than any of my other cats.”

So, what’s the story behind Nook’s disappearance?

Manole Picks Up Aces; Busts Zheleznyak Blind Versus Blind

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded around to Ruslan Zheleznyak, who shoved all in from the small blind. Mihai Manole called in the big blind and had Zheleznyak covered.

Ruslan Zheleznyak: K♥Q♣
Mihai Manole: A♠A♥

The board ran out 9♦K♣4♠7♠3♣. Zheleznyak paired his king on the flop, but Manole held with his pocket aces to scoop the pot and bust Zheleznyak.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Manole	41,000 20,000	20,000
Ruslan Zheleznyak	Busted

Tags: Mihai Manole Ruslan Zhelezniak

08-26-2023 15:15 UTC+1

Haiche Takes it Down With River Raise

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Emad Zarghami raised to 2,200 from middle position and picked up calls from Kalle Parkkinen, [Removed:482] in late position and Mohamed Samri in the big blind.

The flop came 9♦7♠6♦. Action checked to Haiche, who bet out for 4,200. Samri called and so did Parkkinen. The turn came the Q♠ and all three players checked.

The river was the 3♦. Samri bet 8,200, around a third of his stack. Haiche then moved all in and Samri chucked his hand into the muck to give Haiche the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:482]	52,000
Mohamed Samri	13,000

Tags: Emad Zarghami Kalle Parkkinen Mohamed Samri