€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

09-07-2024 12:11 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chen	Busted
Igor Pihela	Busted
Alexander Ivarsson	Busted
Aliaksandr Shylko	Busted
Rehman Kassam	Busted
Fahad El Mechraa	Busted
Antoine Labat	Busted
Jan Eric Schwippert	Busted
Sven Stok	Busted
Carlos Ribeiro	Busted
Grzegorz Kozieja	Busted
Gediminas Uselis	Busted
Berthold Winz	Busted
Kelvin Kerber	Busted
Kuljinder Sidhu	Busted
Anton Bergstrom	Busted

Urbanovich Gets Paid by Ruggeri

David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Umberto Ruggeri raised to 3,500 on the button, Dzmitry Urbanovich three-bet to 13,000 in the small blind, and Ruggeri called.

The flop came K♦4♣3♦ and Urbanovich bet 7,500. Ruggeri called and both players checked the 10♥ turn.

Urbanovich bet another 30,000 on the 5♦ river and Ruggeri gave it some thought before calling once more. Urbanovich turned over 10♦8♦ for a rivered flush and Ruggeri mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umberto Ruggeri	180,000 39,000	39,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	150,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Umberto Ruggeri

09-07-2024 12:08 UTC+1

Zhou Doubles to Leave Bergstrom Short

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Anton Bergstrom raised to 3,000 in the cutoff and Mark Teltscher called on the button. Quan Zhou then three-bet to 40,000 in the small blind and only Bergstrom called.

Zhou checked the K♥6♥3♣ flop and Bergstrom moved all in. Zhou instantly put in his last 8,000.

Quan Zhou: A♠K♦ All in
Anton Bergstrom: 9♣9♥

Zhou was ahead with his flopped top pair and held up through the 4♠ turn and 4♥ river to earn a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	100,000 50,000	50,000
Mark Teltscher	65,000 15,000	15,000

Anton Bergstrom	7,000 81,000	81,000

Tags: Anton Bergstrom Mark Teltscher Quan Zhou

09-07-2024 12:06 UTC+1

Molenaar Can't Spike an Ace

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Tyler Foran

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

After a series of raises before the flop, Michel Molenaar was at risk for roughly 50,000 in the cutoff against Herbert De Marathaoan in the big blind.

Michel Molenaar: A♠J♠ All in
Herbert De Marathaoan: J♦J♣

The 9♣8♠8♦ hit the flop, missing both players. The 10♦ fell on the turn, giving Molenaar some extra outs to chop, but the 3♠ river was a brick as he stood up from his seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Herbert De Marathaoan	218,000 46,500	46,500
Juho Suutari	197,000 11,500	11,500
Giorgio Silva	143,500
Sven Andersson	89,000 20,000	20,000
Dai Ishibashi	58,000 8,000	8,000
Tomasz Krzesinski	32,000 10,500	10,500
Yves Bianchetti	29,500 29,500	29,500
Michel Molenaar	Busted

Tags: Herbert De Marathaoan Michel Molenaar

09-07-2024 12:05 UTC+1

Lonis Doubles Through Oikonomou

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Brett Slezak

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jesse Lonis opened to 3,000 from under the gun before Panagiotis Oikonomou three-bet to 7,000 from the cutoff. With the action back on Lonis, he four-bet to 19,500 and Oikonomou called.

On the 5♦4♦2♠ flop, Lonis checked and Oikonomou jammed for around 60,000 effective as the covering stack and Lonis snapped it off.

Jesse Lonis: 5♥4♥ All in
Panagiotis Oikonomou: 10♠10♣

Lonis had flopped top two against the overpair of Oikonomou. The board ran out safe for Lonis as it came 8♠K♣ and he secured the full double.

"This is the world number one by the way," joked Sam Grafton as Lonis dragged the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jesse Lonis	150,000 59,500	59,500
Panagiotis Oikonomou	25,000 12,200	12,200

Tags: Jesse Lonis Panagiotis Oikonomou Sam Grafton

09-07-2024 12:03 UTC+1

Recchimurzo Falls to Bejjani

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a preflop confrontation Vito Recchimurzo was all in for a bit over 50,000 from the cutoff and up against Kamal Bejjani who covered him from the button.

Vito Recchimurzo: A♠Q♦ All in
Kamal Bejjani: K♣10♣

Recchimurzo had the best hand preflop but the 7♠6♣9♣4♦Q♣ runout gave Bejjani the second-nut flush to send Recchimurzo to the rail and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kamal Bejjani	150,000 33,500	33,500
Vito Recchimurzo	Busted

Tags: Kamal Bejjani Vito Recchimurzo

09-07-2024 12:00 UTC+1

Altman Hits the River to Leave Labat With Crumbs; Gottlieb Runs Into Jacks

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 8♥7♠4♥, Brian Altman bet 8,000 from middle position and Antoine Labat called on the button.

Altman checked the K♥ turn and Labat bet 13,000. Altman called to see the 6♠ river, where Labat bet 21,500, leaving himself just 1,500 behind.

Altman quickly called and Labat showed A♣K♠ for top pair. Altman, though, had rivered two pair with K♣6♣ and took the pot to leave Labat with just one big blind.

At the same time at another table, Gonzalo Gottlieb got his last 60,000 in the middle from early position and was up against Sergi Miralles in the cutoff.

Gonzalo Gottlieb: 7♦7♠ All in
Sergi Miralles: J♥J♣

The 10♠6♥K♥3♠5♦ board provided no help to Gottlieb and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Altman	320,000 69,000	69,000
Sergi Miralles	200,000 46,500	46,500
Antoine Labat	1,500 42,500	42,500
Gonzalo Gottlieb	Busted

09-07-2024 11:55 UTC+1

Early Exit for Konnikova

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With two players seeingn a board of A♠J♦10♥ Jack Kiriakus bet 5,000 from under the gun and Maria Konnikova raised to 15,000 from the button. Kiriakus made the call.

On the 2♠ turn Kiriakkus checked and Konnikova shoved for 29,500. Kiriakus called with a covering stack to put Konnikova at risk.

Maria Konnikova: A♥10♣ All in
Jack Kiriakus: K♠Q♠

Konnikova had aces up but was in bad shape against Kiriakus' nut straight. No full house materialized for Konnikova on the 7♦ river and she made her exit from the tournament area while Kiriakus took the pot.