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

08-28-2024 21:18 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts

Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Seghiri	180,200 180,200	180,200
Kostya Zaks	101,000 101,000	101,000
Aitor Galvez	58,000 58,000	58,000
Anh Tuan Pham	57,000 30,000	30,000
Maxime Herbert	44,000 44,000	44,000
Michele Rinaldi	42,500 42,500	42,500
Karmel Varas	41,000 41,000	41,000
Luis Gutierrez	35,500 35,500	35,500
Guillaume Cochin	33,000 33,000	33,000
Ignacio Sanz	29,000 29,000	29,000
Benny Glaser	29,000 29,000	29,000
Metin Yalciner	25,600 25,600	25,600
Marius Johansen	23,500 23,500	23,500
Vasyl Zabrodskyy	23,200 23,200	23,200
Kyota Henzan	22,500 22,500	22,500
Ruben Cabrerizo	17,000 17,000	17,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

08-28-2024 21:31 UTC+1

Sala Flops Trips and Doubles Through Zachmanidis

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With almost 20,000 chips already in the pot on a board of 6♣6♠K♠, both Georgios Zachmanidis and Xavier Sandoval Sala had put in 7,000 on the flop.

The turn brought a 4♦ where Sala checked, Zachmanidis shoved, and Sala called off his stack of around 22,000.

Xavier Sandoval Sala: 6♦5♦ All in
Georgios Zachmanidis: A♠Q♠

Sala's flopped trips were in the lead and managed to fade the flush draw of Zachmanidis as the 4♥ completed the board, which improved Sala to a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Zachmanidis	80,000 18,000	18,000
Xavier Sandoval Sala	75,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Georgios Zachmanidis Xavier Sandoval Sala

08-28-2024 21:38 UTC+1

Pitzanti Puts Henrik to the Test

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Henrik Juncker opened to 1,800 from the cutoff and received calls from Pablo Battista in the small blind and Sandro Pitzanti in the big blind.

The flop came 10♦10♥2♣ and action checked around to Juncker who bet 2,000. Only Pitzanti made the call.

Pitzanti check-called another bet from Juncker on the 8♣ turn, this time for 5,000.

On the J♦ river Pitzanti led out with a shove, covering Juncker who had 17,000 behind. Juncker opted to fold and Pitzanti took down a nice pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandro Pitzanti	68,000 68,000	68,000
Pablo Battista	40,000 40,000	40,000
Henrik Juncker	16,200 16,200	16,200

Tags: Pablo Battista Sandro Pitzanti Henrik Juncker

08-28-2024 21:42 UTC+1

Chicheportiche Sends Two Players Packing

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Two short-stacked players in Gaspar Omar Fernandez and Danail Ivanov committed their chips to the pot preflop and were put at risk by France's Raphael Chicheportiche.

Danail Ivanov: Q♠J♠ All in
Gaspar Omar Fernandez: J♥9♥ All in
Raphael Chicheportiche: A♦K♥

There wasn't much hope for the short-stacked players after the flop of A♣A♠Q♥ improved Chicheportiche to trip aces. Fernandez did pick up a flush draw on the 2♥ turn but the 7♣ river was a brick, which meant Chicheportiche took the pot and eliminated two players at the same time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raphael Chicheportiche	65,000
Gaspar Omar Fernandez	Busted
Danail Ivanov	Busted

Tags: Danail Ivanov Gaspar Omar Fernandez Raphael Chicheportiche

08-28-2024 21:49 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vidar Oie	96,000 96,000	96,000
Christian Alilovic	50,500 50,500	50,500
Angelo Marrone	50,000 50,000	50,000
Danilo Gomes	46,000 46,000	46,000
Vittorio Bevilacqua	36,200 36,200	36,200
Michael Kil	34,500 34,500	34,500
Mateus Mendes	33,100 33,100	33,100
Benjamin Spragg	32,500 32,500	32,500

Fernando Banda	31,000 9,000	9,000
Giuseppe Azzaro	30,000 30,000	30,000
Junior Buissink	27,000 27,000	27,000
Adrian Beraza	20,500 20,500	20,500
Jorrit Baars	19,000 19,000	19,000
Stephen Song	18,500 18,500	18,500

08-28-2024 21:52 UTC+1

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Players are on a 20-minute break.

08-28-2024 22:08 UTC+1

Estrellas Celebration Today

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

08-28-2024 22:16 UTC+1

Palma on Right Side of "Classic Cooler"

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Marc Alonso opened to 2,200 from early position and received calls from Georgios Zachmanidis in middle position and Giuseppe Cimelli in the hijack before Nick Palma shoved for around 30,000 from the button. Alonso and Zachmanidis got out of the way before Cimelli, who had started the hand with around 15,000, made the call and was at risk.

Giuseppe Cimelli: 5♦3♦ All in
Nick Palma: A♦Q♦

"Classic Cooler" joked Palma, who moments earlier had received what he said was his fifth beer of the evening. Palma was a huge favorite after making top pair on the A♠K♠9♥ flop and remained ahead when the rest of the board ran out 6♦10♥ to score the elimination.

Palma predicted to his tablemates that he will be bagging exactly 602,000 by the end of the night before dragging in the pot.