€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-26-2024 23:20 UTC+1

Stann Gets Respect

Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Barny Boatman opened to 8,000 from the hijack and was called by Dave Stann in the small blind and Sean Jazayeri in the big blind for a three-way encounter.

Action checked to Boatman, who continued for 10,000 on the A♥3♣K♦ flop. Stann then min-raised to 20,000, which got quick folds from both Jazayeri and Boatman to send the pot Stann's direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barny Boatman	230,000 79,000	79,000

Dave Stann	110,000 54,500	54,500
Sean Jazayeri	55,000 18,500	18,500

Tags: Dave Stann Barny Boatman Sean Jazayeri

08-26-2024 23:33 UTC+1

Zapsa's Five-Bet Jam Saves His Tournament as He Eliminates Armanavicius

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Tyler Foran

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Tudor Zapsa raised 8,000 in the cutoff and Walid Boudjedra three-bet to 17,000 next to act. Liutauras Armanavicius was in the small blind and moved all-in for 129,500. Zapsa responded by sending the rest of his 230,000 across the line as well. Boudjedra thought about it for about a minute before folding A♣Q♣ face-up.

Liutauras Armanavicius: Q♦Q♠ All in
Tudor Zapsa: K♦K♠

Armanavicius only had one queen to hit as he saw one had already been mucked. The A♠8♦5♦ missed both players, but Boudjedra sighed in disappointment as he saw he would have out-flopped both players. The 7♣ turn and 6♥ river were no help for Armanavicius as he exited the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tudor Zapsa	385,000 225,000	225,000
Walid Boudjedra	246,000 4,000	4,000
Liutauras Armanavicius	Busted

Tags: Liutauras Armanavicius Tudor Zapsa Walid Boudjedra

08-26-2024 23:35 UTC+1

Kovalevskiy Flushes Kissel Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Christophe Kissel opened to 9,000 from the hijack and found one caller in Serafim Kovalevskiy in the big blind.

Kovalevskiy checked to Kissel, who bet 16,000 on the 9♦Q♦9♠ flop. Kovalevskiy thought a while before check-raising to 40,000, which was met with an immediate all in from Kissel for a bit over 100,000. Kovalevskiy called to put Kissel at risk and hands were revealed.

Christophe Kissel: Q♣10♣ All in
Serfim Kovalevskiy: J♦10♦

Kissel was technically ahead with his queen, but would need to fade a load of outs against Kovalevskiy's open-ended straight draw and flush draw.

The 4♦ turn filled Kovalevskiy's flush and the 3♥ river bricked out for Kissel — eliminating him from contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serafim Kovalevskiy	280,000 150,500	150,500
Christophe Kissel	Busted

Tags: Christophe Kissel Serafim Kovalevskiy

08-26-2024 23:40 UTC+1

Tamasauskas Claims the Rest of Berbigier's Stack

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Tyler Foran

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Aurelien Berbigier jammed for about 68,000 in early position and Vladas Tamasauskas announced all-in from a couple of spots to his left, forcing the rest of the table out of the pot.

Aurelien Berbigier: A♥8♥ All in
Vladas Tamasauskas: A♠Q♣

Tamasauskas had Berbigier dominated and the K♠J♠J♦7♣Q♥ board gave him two pair, sending Berbigier to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladas Tamasauskas	177,000 87,000	87,000
Aurelien Berbigier	Busted

Tags: Aurelien Berbigier Vladas Tamasauskas

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

08-26-2024 23:50 UTC+1

Clary Hits the Rail

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Tyler Foran

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Thomas Clary was all-in from the big blind for about 15,000 against Kimon Fountoukidis in the hijack and both players already hand their hands face-up.

Thomas Clary: A♣3♥ All in
Kimon Fountoukidis: A♥9♦

Clary was dominated and was unable to pull ahead as the board ran out K♣J♦J♣5♠7♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kimon Fountoukidis	102,500
Thomas Clary	Busted

Tags: Thomas Clary Kimon Fountoukidis

08-26-2024 23:57 UTC+1

Battistone Flops a Pair

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Tyler Foran

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kevin Kent opened 12,000 in middle position and Brian Battistone defended the big blind.

Both players checked to the Q♦8♥2♦4♥ turn, where Battistone check-called a bet of 8,000.

The 7♠ completed the board on the river, and both players tapped the table. Battistone rolled K♦8♣ for a pair of eights on the flop and Kent mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Battistone	387,000 70,500	70,500
Kevin Kent	306,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Brian Battistone Kevin Kent

08-27-2024 00:00 UTC+1

Konakchiev More Than Doubles in Massive Pot

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Sylvester Kubiak opened to 10,000 from the hijack and was three-bet to 25,000 by Valentino Konachiev in the cutoff. Jose Nadal four-bet to 65,000 from the small blind and Kubiak called all in for approximately 50,000 total. Konachiev shoved for 262,500 and Nadal called to put both players at risk.

Sylvester Kubiak: Q♣10♣ All in
Valentino Konachiev: K♠K♥ All in
Jose Nadal: J♦J♥

Konachiev was well ahead with his cowboys, and the 3♥3♣10♦6♥3♦ runout kept him best to send the monster pot his way and eliminate Kubiak as the Day-2 bubble nears.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentino Konakchiev	580,000
Jose Nadal	420,000 10,000	10,000

Sylvester Kubiak	Busted

Tags: Jose Nadal Sylvester Kubiak Valentino Konachiev

08-27-2024 00:09 UTC+1

Nadal Check-Raises Boatman off the Pot

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Tyler Foran

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Barny Boatman opened 10,000 under the gun and Jose Nadal defended the big blind.

The dealer spread a flop of K♣6♣2♣, and Nadal check-called a bet of 8,000.

When the 2♦ paired the board on the turn, Nadal checked once again and Boatman fired 15,000 across the line. Nadal responded with by splashing 37,500 into the middle. Boatman thought about it for roughly a minute, and decided to surrender the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Nadal	448,000 28,000	28,000

Maria Konnikova	274,000 94,000	94,000

Anton Gililov	250,000 37,000	37,000
Barny Boatman	160,000 70,000	70,000

Dave Stann	158,000 48,000	48,000
Sean Jazayeri	72,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Barny Boatman Jose Nadal

08-27-2024 00:11 UTC+1

Dan's Pair Holds up to Eliminate Ruiz

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Dan O'Hair

Level 16 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jacques Dan opened to 13,000 from early position and Francisco Ruiz shoved for approximately 70,000 from the hijack. Action folded back around to Dan, who tanked for some time before eventually announcing a call to put Ruiz at risk.

Francisco Ruiz: A♦10♣ All in
Jacques Dan: 9♠9♥

It was a fair fight, but the Q♦3♠K♠5♥6♦ runout favored Dan's pair of nines to eliminate Ruiz.