€50,000 Super High Roller Second Chance Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Aug 29, 2023

Barbero Hits the Rail

Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Morten Klein opened to 24,000 from the hijack and was called by Tom Orpaz in the cutoff and Erik Seidel in the small blind. Nacho Barbero then moved all in for 254,000. Klein folded while Orpaz stuck in the call. Seidel got out of the way leaving Barbero all in and at risk against Orpaz.

Nacho Barbero: 6♠6♦
Tom Orpaz: 8♥8♦

Barbero was in bad shape against Orpaz' higher pocket-pair. He found no improvement on the 4♣K♣K♥8♣4♥ runout, resulting in his elimination while Orpaz extended his lead over the rest of the field.

Tags: Erik Seidel Morten Klein Nacho Barbero Tom Orpaz

Aug 29, 2023

Lococo Raises Adams on the River

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Timothy Adams raised to 20,000 from under the gun and received a call by Alejandro Lococo on the button.

The flop came 5♠3♠10♦ and Adams bet 16,000. Lococo called and both players checked the 9♣ turn.

Adams led out for 10,000 on the K♥ river before Lococo came back with a raise to 50,000. Adams burned through two time bank chips before he tossed his cards away.

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Timothy Adams

Aug 29, 2023

Orpaz Pays Off Seidel

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Tom Orpaz opened to 23,000 from the button and Erik Seidel defended from the big blind.

The flop came 9♣8♣6♦ and Seidel check-called a 20,000 continuation bet from Orpaz.

Seidel check-called another bet from Orpaz on the K♦ turn, this time for 50,000.

Both players checked the 7♦ river.

Seidel tabled 9♥5♥ for a rivered straight to take down a decent pot.

Tags: Erik Seidel Tom Orpaz

Aug 29, 2023

Adams Comes Back With a Double

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On the first hand back from dinner break, Justin Saliba raised to 22,000 from under the gun, then called when Timothy Adams moved all in for 69,000 out of the small blind.

Timothy Adams: K♣J♣
Justin Saliba: A♥9♥

Adams hit two pair on the 5♦K♥5♠ flop, and Saliba couldn't catch up on the 2♠ turn or 6♠ river as Adams doubled up.

"Justin, I told you earlier you can't double him up. The No. 1 player in the world. I was rooting for that all in like I was all in," Sam Grafton said after the hand.

Tags: Timothy Adams Justin Saliba

Level: 11

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Aug 29, 2023

Dinner Break Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Aug 29, 2023

Dinner Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Players are on a 75-minute dinner break and expected back at approximately 10:00 p.m. local time. There are 16 out of 24 players remaining.

Aug 29, 2023

Toma Clashes with Barbero

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Nacho Barbero opened to 17,000 from the button and Tsugunari Toma defended from the big blind.

Toma check-called a 20,000 continuation bet from Barbero on the 9♠7♦2♦ flop.

The turn came the 7♣ and Toma check-called another bet from Barbero, this time for 50,000.

Both players checked the 7♥ river. Toma tabled 6♦6♣ for a full house to take the pot.

Tags: Nacho Barbero Tsugunari Toma

Aug 29, 2023

Saliba Hangs Around Against O'Dwyer

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David Salituro

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action folded to Justin Saliba in the small blind who raised to 29,000. Steve O'Dwyer called in the big blind and they saw a flop of J♣K♠7♥.

Saliba then checked and O'Dwyer bet 16,000. Saliba called and the A♠ fell on the turn.

O'Dwyer bet another 48,000 and Saliba called once again to the 8♠ river, where both players checked. Saliba then showed A♦Q♣ and O'Dwyer mucked.

Tags: Justin Saliba Steve O'Dwyer

Aug 29, 2023

Orpaz Wins Round Two Versus Ding

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Biao Ding opened to 16,000 from the cutoff and Tom Orpaz defended from the big blind.

The flop came 10♥4♥4♦ and Orpaz check-called a 12,000 continuation bet from Ding.

Both players checked the 8♣ turn to see the 6♠ on the river. Orpaz bet 40,000 and Ding took 30 seconds before releasing his hand into the muck.

Tags: Biao Ding Tom Orpaz