€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1b | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-28-2023 16:04 UTC+1

Lee Forces Fold

Tyler Foran

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Dalibor Mijic raised 1,000 in early middle position and Djamal Boutaleb called on the button before Hun Lee three-bet 4,600 from the small blind. Mijic stuck around with a call, while Boutaleb mucked his hand.

The dealer spread a flop of 10♥8♥6♣, and Lee continued for 3,700. Mijic took a few seconds and tossed in a call.

When the 2♦ fell on the turn, both players checked to see the J♦ river. Lee dropped a bet of 15,400 which was almost all of his chips, leaving just 800 behind, Mijic took about 30 seconds before pitching his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Djamal Boutaleb	56,200 56,200	56,200
Dalibor Mijic	36,900 36,900	36,900
Hun Lee	34,800 34,800	34,800

08-28-2023 16:02 UTC+1

Wantman Gets Paid by Kiselev

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Daniil Kiselev and Matthew Wantman built a pot of around 15,000 heading to the turn on a board of 3♦K♠Q♥5♦. Kiselev, in the small blind, then bet 6,300 and Wantman called.

The river came the K♣ and Kiselev slowed down and checked. Wantman then fired out 15,000 and Kiselev called after tanking for a moment.

Wantman turned over K♥10♥ for trip kings and Kiselev mucked to surrender the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Wantman	55,000 14,000	14,000
Daniil Kiselev	10,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Daniil Kiselev Matthew Wantman

08-28-2023 15:56 UTC+1

Di Meglio Shoves On De Medeiros

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Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Mathieu Di Meglio opened to 1,100 on the button and Marcelo De Medeiros three-bet to 4,000 in the small blind. Di Meglio responded by four-bet jamming for around 20,000 and De Medeiros folded.

Di Meglio is after another big EPT score after taking down the €3,000 Mystery Bounty at 2022 EPT Prague for €243,186.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Di Meglio	25,000 5,000	5,000
Marcelo De Medeiros	23,000

Tags: Marcelo De Medeiros Mathieu Di Meglio

08-28-2023 15:56 UTC+1

Venneri Nearly Triples up; Barbero Busts in Three-Way Clash

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Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Christopher Dowling opened to 1,200 from the cutoff and was called by Antonino Venneri on the button and Nacho Barbero in the big blind.

Action checked to Venneri on the 6♣A♣9♥ flop and he bet 3,000. Barbero then shoved for his last 8,700 and Dowling called cold. Venneri also went all in for around 15,000 and Dowling called having both players covered.

Nacho Barbero: A♦5♠
Antonino Venneri: K♣10♣
Christopher Dowling: A♥K♦

Dowling held the lead with Big Slick and maintained it on the 9♦ turn; however, the 4♣ river gave Venneri a winning flush for the triple up and elimination of Barbero.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonino Venneri	42,000 2,000	2,000
Christopher Dowling	22,000 22,000	22,000
Nacho Barbero	Busted

Tags: Antonino Venneri Christopher Dowling Nacho Barbero

08-28-2023 15:54 UTC+1

Chiriac Bluffs Into a Monster

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

George Chiriac raised to 1,200 from the hijack before Lauri Saaskilahti three-bet to 3,000 on the button. Chiriac then put in a four-bet to 7,000 and Saaskilahti called.

The flop came 6♣2♦5♠ and Chiriac led out for 4,800. Saaskilahti called to the 2♥ turn, where Chiriac fired out another 12,500.

Saaskilahti spent some time counting out his remaining stack before he called. The river came the J♦ and Chiriac then moved all in.

Saaskilahti snap-called for his last 24,000 and turned over 6♠6♥ for a full house. Chiriac could only show A♥Q♥ for a failed bluff as Saaskilahti earned the massive double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauri Saaskilahti	85,000
George Chiriac	3,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: George Chiriac Lauri Saaskilahti

08-28-2023 15:47 UTC+1

Dardon Snaps the River

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Tyler Foran

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Osmin Dardon opened 1,000 in early position and only Alexander Wahl came along from the big blind.

The 10♠9♠6♥ flop received checks from both players, and the 2♠ fell on the turn.

Wahl led for 1,100 and Daron made the call.

The 5♦ completed the board on the river, and Wahl fired 1,700. Wahl's chips had hardly hit the felt when Dardon announced call. Wahl tabled 8♥5♥, making a pair of fives before Dardon showed top pair, tabling J♦10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Osmin Dardon	38,000 38,000	38,000
Alexander Wahl	25,400 25,400	25,400

Tags: Osmin Dardon Alexander Wahl

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

08-28-2023 15:28 UTC+1

Can’t Make it to Spain? Try the Mini EPT Barcelona Online Instead

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

If you can't get the time off to fly down to Spain for the EPT Barcelona, don't worry. PokerStars is running a Mini EPT Barcelona online.
This fun and affordable online series runs parallel to the live EPT Barcelona, with 25 online tournaments held over eight days.
The first events kick off on August 27, starting with Event #1: $11 Deep Stack, 3 Re-entry. Before then, players can get in on the action with online satellite events on PokerStars.
In addition to big prize pools throughout the series, winning Event #25 — or its sister Event #24: $5.50 Mini EPT Barcelona Main Event - L — will net you a ticket for the $1,050 WCOOP Main Event. This also comes with a Gold Power Pass package worth $10,300 that will cover your travel, accommodation, and tournament buy-in for EPT Cyprus.

Check out the details on PokerNews!

08-28-2023 15:22 UTC+1

Second Break

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Dan O'Hair

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players are now on another 20-minute break.

The Day 1b field is up to 1,039 players and climbing.

08-28-2023 15:20 UTC+1

Pre-Break Chip Update

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ran Shahar	75,000 20,000	20,000
Philip Joyce	65,000 15,000	15,000
Julien Sitbon	60,000 30,000	30,000
Ivan Velickovic	60,000 5,000	5,000
Nuri Hadioglu	55,000 55,000	55,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	50,000 9,000	9,000
Jason Wheeler	45,000 12,000	12,000
Peter Jorgne	45,000 30,000	30,000
Matthew Wantman	41,000 16,000	16,000
Mathias Duarte	40,000 14,000	14,000
Viorel Gavrila	40,000 30,000	30,000
Dean Hutchison	35,000
Cosmin-Aurel Rusu	35,000
Gary Fisher	30,000 5,000	5,000
William Kassouf	25,000 300	300
Ran Koller	21,000 6,500	6,500
Lawrence Brandt	20,000 10,000	10,000

Jimmy Guerrero	16,500 13,500	13,500
Anthony Zinno	15,000 7,500	7,500
Tyler Patterson	12,500 17,500	17,500
Ian Bradley	Busted
Kevin Rabichow	Busted

Conor Beresford	Busted
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Michael Mitrione	Busted

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