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

08-26-2024 17:54 UTC+1

Ace on the River Sends Compte Out

Dan O'Hair

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Uri Netanel opened to 2,700 from under the gun and was called by Sebastien Compte from directly behind. Joel Casanovas squeezed to 9,500 from the small blind, which got a fold from Netanel and a shove from Compte for his remaining stack. Casanovas called to put Compte at risk and Compte called.

Sebastien Compte: J♥J♦ All in
Joel Casanovas: A♥K♣

It was a race, but the 10♠9♥5♥4♥A♣ runout paired Casanovas's ace on the river to eliminate Compte.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Casanovas	150,000 22,100	22,100
Uri Netanel	24,000 1,500	1,500
Sebastien Compte	Busted

Tags: Joel Casanovas Sebastien Compte

08-26-2024 17:55 UTC+1

Sanchez Busts Rosales

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

On a board of 5♦Q♥4♠3♣, Jose Cano Sanchez bet 12,000 into a pot of roughly 20,000. Francisco Rosales moved all in for 17,000 and after a bit of deliberation, Sanchez made the call to put Rosales at risk.

Francisco Rosales: Q♠J♦ All in
Jose Cano Sanchez: A♥J♣

The 2♣ hit the river giving Sanchez a straight to send Rosales to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Cano Sanchez	64,000 63,945	63,945
Francisco Rosales	Busted

Tags: Francisco Rosales Jose Cano Sanchez

08-26-2024 17:56 UTC+1

Espinosa Survives

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Tyler Foran

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Oscar Espinosa was all in before the flop for his last 15,500 on the button and Vincenzo Lottino was looking for the knockout in the small blind.

Oscar Espinosa: J♠10♣ All in
Vincenzo Lottino: K♥Q♦

The A♥4♠2♠ flop wasn't looking promising for Espinosa, but the 10♥ turn gave him the lead as he paired his ten. The 3♠ river changed nothing and he pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincenzo Lottino	78,200 78,200	78,200
Oscar Espinosa	33,400 33,400	33,400

Tags: Oscar Espinosa Vincenzo Lottino

08-26-2024 18:00 UTC+1

Life Outside Poker: Nate Silver Says Don't Be a Nit in Life

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 15th episode, Connor speaks with statistician Nate Silver about his new book On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything, election forecasting, founding and leaving FiveThirtyEight, his bad beats at feature tables, and co-hosting the Risky Business podcast with Maria Konnikova.

Silver also discusses the upcoming US presidential election, sports analytics, Limit Hold'em, his Silver Bulletin newsletter and why no one should be a nit in life.

This interview was filmed on June 8.

Tags: Connor Richards Maria Konnikova Nate Silver

08-26-2024 18:09 UTC+1

Nadal Moves Up the Leaderboard

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jose Manuel Nadal bet 3,000 on the flop of 10♦2♠5♣ and was check-raised all in by Serge Didisheim for roughly 24,000. Nadal made the call and Didisheim was at risk of elimination.

Serge Didisheim: 4♠3♣ All in
Jose Manuel Nadal: J♣10♣

The 8♠ on the turn and 8♣ river didn't improve Didsheim and Nadal's flopped pair of tens were enough to eliminate him from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Manuel Nadal	124,000 124,000	124,000
Serge Didisheim	Busted

Tags: Jose Manuel Nadal Serge Didisheim

08-26-2024 18:09 UTC+1

Miracle River for Marchuet as Olsen is Left Steaming

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Tyler Foran

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In a blind-versus-blind battle the flop read J♥7♦6♥ with about 6,000 in the middle. Pol Marchuet had 10,000 across the line as he faced an all-in jam from Alf-Inge Olsen. After tanking for some time, he tossed the rest of his 22,700 across the line.

Pol Marchuet: 9♣9♦ All in
Alf-Inge Olsen: J♠5♦

There was only one overcard to Matchuet's pocket pair, but unfortunately for him, Olsen connected with it, leaving Matchuet in a tough spot to stay in the game. The 5♠ hit the turn, then Marchuet was able to find one of the remaining nines as the 9♠ completed the board as Olsen jumped out of his seat in shock.

"I'm steaming," Olsen said, as the dealer began to shuffle the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alf-Inge Olsen	86,500 86,500	86,500
Pol Marchuet	51,400 51,400	51,400

Tags: Alf-Inge Olsen Pol Marchuet

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-26-2024 18:13 UTC+1

Dan Looks Up Seaton

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Dan O'Hair

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jacques Dan had a three-bet of 9,500 in front of him from the big blind and Archibald Seaton called on the button.

Dan continued for 5,000 on the Q♣10♦4♦ flop and Seaton called.

Both players checked on the K♣ turn and Dan checked again after the K♦ completed the board. Seaton put a hefty 30,000 bet into the middle and Dan called after a bit of thought.

Seaton showed 7♣7♦ for kings and sevens and Dan turned over Q♥J♥ for a higher two pair to collect the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacques Dan	165,000 2,400	2,400
Archibald Seaton	85,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Archibald Seaton Jacques Dan

08-26-2024 18:27 UTC+1

Riedl Sends Out Coppoolse

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Tyler Foran

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There was a raise to 2,500 from early position and a call before Christiaan Coppoolse jammed for roughly 40,000 in the cutoff. Armin Riedl was in the small blind and pushed a stack of blues across the line as he announced all in as well, forcing the rest of the table to quickly get out of the way.

Christiaan Coppoolse: A♣9♣ All in
Armin Riedl: A♥K♠

Riedl had Coppoolse dominated and managed to hold as the board ran out J♣6♥5♦10♣4♠.