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

Aug 28, 2023

Gomes Gets Three Streets with Aces

Tyler Foran

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Danilo Gomes raised 600 in early position and was called by Raffaele Battaglioni on his left and Matias Tagliani in the cutoff.

The dealer spread a flop of 8♦6♠2♣, and Gomes continued for 1,000. Only Battaglioni called.

The 6♦ paired the board on the turn and Gomes fired another shell of 2,500 and Battaglioni stuck around, putting in a call.

When the 8♠ completed the board, Gomes continued with aggression putting 3,500 across the line. Battaglioni took only a few seconds before making the call. Gomes tabled A♦A♣ and Battaglioni mucked his hand.

Tags: Danilo Gomes Matias Tagliani Raffaele Battaglioni

Aug 28, 2023

Kozenkai Puts in a Big Shove on Sagra

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 2♥7♠10♦, Ignacio Sagra bet 2,200 from under the gun and Bjorn Kozenkai called in early position.

Both players checked the 3♠ turn and Sagra also checked the 3♥ turn. Kozenaki then moved the rest of his stack forward, a stack of around 17,000.

Sagra, with nearly the same amount remaining, lifted his cards off the felt and took one last peek at them before throwing them back to the dealer.

Tags: Bjorn Kozenkai Ignacio Sagra

Aug 28, 2023

Faces Recognized In The Field

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Aug 28, 2023

Sim Runs into Sterner's Straight

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Ludvig Sterner opened to 500 on the button and found one caller in Jae Kyung Sim in the big blind.

Sim check-called a 900 bet from Sterner on the 9♥5♦K♦ flop and then Sim led out for 1,200 on the Q♦ turn. Sterner called.

The 4♠ completed the board and Sim bet 2,500. Sterner called and Sim revealed K♠5♥ for flopped two pair. They were no good, however, against Sterner's J♠10♦ for a turned straight and Sim dragged the pot.

Tags: Jae Kyung Sim Ludvig Sterner

Aug 28, 2023

Kyte Takes From O'Dwyer

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Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jon Kyte opened to 700 from the small blind and Steve O'Dwyer called in the big blind.

Kyte continued for 1,100 on the flop of J♥Q♠A♠ and O'Dwyer quickly folded.

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Jon Kyte

Aug 28, 2023

Zuczkowski Shoves on Gavrila

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Viorel Gavrila and Xavier Zuczkowski were heads-up on a board of 6♥9♦K♥7♠5♦ when Gavrila led out for 10,000 in the small blind.

Zuczkowski, in the cutoff, then shoved all in for around 15,000. Gavrila's cards instantly hit the muck as he took a big hit to his stack.

Tags: Viorel Gavrila Xavier Zuczkowski

Aug 28, 2023

Bradley Shows a Bluff

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Dan O'Hair

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Ian Bradley opened to 500 from under the gun and was called by Philip Joyce in the hijack and Milos Lazic in the big blind.

Lazic checked to Bradley on the A♠A♥6♥ flop and he bet 600. Joyce then raised to 1,600. Lazic folded, but Bradley called.

The 4♣ fell on the turn and Bradley opted to lead out for a 2,700 bet. Joyce folded after a bit of thought and Bradley turned over Q♠J♣ as he collected the pot.

Tags: Ian Bradley Milos Lazic Philip Joyce

Aug 28, 2023

Diaz Makes Esposito Fold

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Kamali Azad opened from under the gun, but Gilbert Diaz in early position raised to 1,200. Fraser Bellamy and Maurizio Esposito called from the blinds, and Azad called too.

On the flop 7♦J♦9♥, all four of them checked. But on the turn Q♦, Diaz bet 1,700. Esposito was the only one to check-call.

The A♠ landed on the river, and Diaz quickly bet 4,000. After a few seconds, Esposito eventually folded.

Tags: Fraser Bellamy Gilbert Diaz Kamali Azad Maurizio Esposito

Aug 28, 2023

Early Chip Count Update

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Aug 28, 2023

Trips For Theodhori

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Lukas Hafner in the hijack and Ervis Theodhori on the button agreed on 600 chips preflop and moved on to the flop A♦4♠Q♠.

Both of them checked on this first street, so they discovered the Q♥ freely. But on the turn, after Hafner checked, Theodhori decided to bet 800. Hafner called and checked again on the river 7♥.

Theodhori fired another bet of 3,000 chips. Hafner eventually called but mucked his cards when Theodhori showed Q♣J♣ for trips.

Tags: Ervis Theodhori Lukas Hafner