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

08-27-2023 20:40 UTC+1

Labat Makes a Huge Call

Ryan Lashmar

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Antoine Labat opened to 165,000 from early position and Andres Korn defended from the big blind.

The flop came J♠8♥9♦. Korn checked and Labat fired a 125,000 continuation bet. Korn put in a check-raise to 1,400,000, nearly enough to put Labat all in for his remaining stack of 1,530,000.

Labat went deep into the tank for approximately three minutes before another player at the table called the clock. Labat then used all 30 seconds of his allotted time before sticking in the call at the last possible moment to put himself at risk.

Antoine Labat: 10♠10♥
Andres Korn: Q♥9♠

Korn had made a huge bluff with a blocker to the nut-straight and was in bad shape against Labat's pocket-tens. The Q♠ turn improved Korn to two-pair while also giving Labat the straight, which held on the 7♣ river. Labat collected a colossal pot for his efforts while also making a serious dent in Korn's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Labat	3,260,000 40,000	40,000
Andres Korn	1,130,000 180,000	180,000

Tags: Andres Korn Antoine Labat

08-27-2023 20:40 UTC+1

Saminadin Is Good on the River

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Ollie Garland

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The pot had already swelled to over 1,200,000 with three players looking at a board that read Q♣4♣9♦8♣.

The action was checked to Thomas Saminadin, in the cutoff, who bet out for 400,000. Frederic Breton, in the big blind, folded while Goran Mandic, in middle position, called.

The river fell the J♠ which checked through to a showdown. Goran Mandic tabled K♦Q♥ which was no good against the rivered two pair of Saminadin, who showed J♦8♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Goran Mandic	3,500,000 200,000	200,000
Frederic Breton	3,200,000 925,000	925,000
Thomas Saminadin	3,200,000 2,730,000	2,730,000

Tags: Frederic Breton Goran Mandic Thomas Saminadin

08-27-2023 20:43 UTC+1

Domination Rotation as Morelli Turns Pair

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Matt Warburton

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Felipe Morelli shoved all in for 710,000 from middle position. He was called by Raffaele Castro in the big blind. The cards were turned on their backs, with Morelli at risk.

Felipe Morelli: A♦9♠
Raffaele Castro: A♠K♠

Morelli was in bad shape until the board ran out 10♠2♥Q♣9♣6♦. Morelli paired his nine on the turn to win the pot and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felipe Morelli	1,500,000 987,000	987,000
Raffaele Castro	1,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Felipe Morelli Raffaele Castro

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

08-27-2023 20:54 UTC+1

Breton Ends Fonseca Deep Run

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Ollie Garland

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Frederic Breton raised to 225,000 in early position. Jesse Cesar Fonseca, to his direct left, moved all in for 1,200,000. Breton made the call.

Jesse Cesar Fonseca: 8♠8♥
Frederic Breton: Q♥Q♠

Fonseca was in rough shape against the queens of Brenton. The board ran out 9♠A♦7♦4♣5♠ and Fonseca was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Breton	5,400,000 2,200,000	2,200,000
Jesse Cesar Fonseca	Busted

Tags: Frederic Breton Jesse Cesar Fonseca

08-27-2023 21:03 UTC+1

Lybaert Cracks Cowboys

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Alex Montgomery opened to 160,000 from early position and Bart Lybaert three-bet to 440,000 from middle position. Montgomery four-bet shoved for 1,600,000 and Lybaert snap-called to put Montgomery at risk.

Alex Montgomery: K♥K♠
Bart Lybaert: A♥K♣

Montgomery was in great shape to receive a double up but was suddenly drawing to one out on the A♠Q♦Q♠ flop. The case king never came on the 6♥4♣ run out and Montgomery was sent to the rail in brutal fashion while Lybaert scooped in a significant pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	4,075,000 2,370,000	2,370,000

Alex Montgomery	Busted

Tags: Alex Montgomery Bart Lybaert

08-27-2023 21:13 UTC+1

Set Over Set, Flush Draw Hits, Millions of Chips Change Hands

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Matt Warburton

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Thomas Saminadin raised to 160,000 from the hijack and was called by the button, Sal Al Fakih in the small blind and Frederic Breton called in the big blind.

The flop came 8♦3♦6♠. Action checked to Saminadin, who bet 250,000. Al Fakih called and Breton reraised to 700,000. Saminadin then moved all in for 2,790,000. Al Fakih called with a shorter stack and Breton called to make it a three way all in worth millions of chips. Players flipped their cards.

Sal Al Fakih: 6♥6♣
Thomas Saminadin: K♦J♦
Frederic Breton: 3♠3♣

Breton had a set of threes and Al Fakih had a set of sixes. He screamed out in joy. Saminadin had a flush draw. The turn came the 7♦ and the river the 4♣.

Saminadin hit his flush on the turn to win the pot and chip up to 5,700,000. Al Fakih was eliminated from the tournament and Breton was left with around 2,500,000. It was a game changing pot, one that left Al Fakih unhappy and Saminadin counting what was now one of the biggest stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Saminadin	5,700,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Frederic Breton	2,500,000 2,900,000	2,900,000
Sal Al Fakih	Busted

Tags: Frederic Breton Sal Al Fakih Thomas Saminadin

08-27-2023 21:14 UTC+1

Three Table Redraw

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Ollie Garland

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The 24 remaining players are currently going through a three-table redraw.

08-27-2023 21:36 UTC+1

Final Three Table Redraw (full)

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Ollie Garland

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Jimmy Guerrero	France	3,505,000	35
1	2	Ting-Yi Tsai	Taiwan	900,000	9
1	3	Clement Bonnant	France	750,000	8
1	4	Conor Beresford	United Kingdom	2,800,000	28
1	5	Samuel Polack	Finland	1,200,000	12
1	6	Jose Gonzalez Sanchez	Spain	800,000	8
1	7	Frederic Breton	Canada	4,740,000	47
1	8	Rodrigo Noceda	Mexico	700,000	7

2	1	Antony Marchetti	France	1,650,000	17
2	2	Yunsheng Sun	China	840,000	8
2	3	Carlo Savinelli	Italy	2,275,000	23
2	4	Mikko Ylamaki	Finland	2,000,000	20
2	5	Chun Jun Beum	South Korea	1,300,000	13
2	6	Giuseppe Calio	United States	900,000	9
2	7	Imad Derwiche	France	1,300,000	13
2	8	Bart Lybaert	Belgium	2,200,000	22

3	1	Edilson Marques	Brazil	1,200,000	12
3	2	Thomas Saminadin	France	5,750,000	58
3	3	Candido Cappiello	Italy	5,400,000	54
3	4	Goran Mandic	Croatia	2,675,000	27
3	5	Oscar Chang	Netherlands	1,985,000	20
3	6	Antoine Labat	France	3,815,000	38
3	7	Raffaele Castro	Italy	1,850,000	19
3	8	[Removed:421]	Switzerland	1,725,000	17

Player	Chips	Progress
Candido Cappiello	5,400,000 300,000	300,000
Frederic Breton	4,740,000 2,240,000	2,240,000
Antoine Labat	3,815,000 555,000	555,000
Jimmy Guerrero	3,505,000 205,000	205,000
Conor Beresford	2,800,000 1,650,000	1,650,000

Goran Mandic	2,675,000 825,000	825,000
Carlo Savinelli	2,275,000 1,725,000	1,725,000
Bart Lybaert	2,200,000 1,875,000	1,875,000

Mikko Ylamaki	2,000,000 800,000	800,000
Oscar Chang	1,985,000 1,770,000	1,770,000
Raffaele Castro	1,850,000 550,000	550,000
[Removed:421]	1,725,000 425,000	425,000
Antony Marchetti	1,650,000 450,000	450,000
Chun Jun Beum	1,300,000 725,000	725,000
Imad Derwiche	1,300,000 220,000	220,000
Samuel Polack	1,200,000 225,000	225,000
Edilson Marques	1,200,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Ting-Yi Tsai	900,000 30,000	30,000
Giuseppe Calio	900,000 670,000	670,000
Yunsheng Sun	840,000 440,000	440,000
Jose Gonzalez Sanchez	800,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Clement Bonnant	750,000 750,000	750,000
Rodrigo Noceda	700,000 514,000	514,000
Thomas Saminadin	575,000 5,125,000	5,125,000

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08-27-2023 21:38 UTC+1

Samuel Polack Eliminated in 24th Place (€15,860)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Conor Beresford moved all in from the small blind and Samuel Polack called off for less to put himself at risk.

Samuel Polack: A♥4♠
Conor Beresford: K♠J♥

The board ran out 4♣6♦Q♦J♦5♣. Beresford's turned pair of jacks was good for the winner and Polack was sent to the rail while Beresford collected the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Beresford	7,600,000 4,800,000	4,800,000

Samuel Polack	Busted

Tags: Conor Beresford Samuel Polack