€2,200 Estrellas High Roller Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-31-2024 15:41 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts and Recent Bustouts

Ryan Lashmar

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Dedoni	95,500
Lulei Hu	90,000
Vasileios Panagiotidis	87,000
Alex Todd	78,000
Ricard Cabau	75,000
Lars-Magne Johansen	69,100
Robbie Bull	66,800
Ilya Anatski	65,400
Ryan Mandara	57,000
Ming Yeung Yiu	49,800
Eduard Simonyan	33,000
Totti Arosuo	30,200
Cristian Vilches	28,000
Sergio Eckert	27,700
Patrick Kallas	27,000
Metin Yalciner	25,200
Mathias Siljander	24,800
Sergio Somma	Busted
Francesco Delfoco	Busted
Zachary Habayeb	Busted
Andreas Burger	Busted
Giacomo Pittaluga	Busted
Ammar Shamsuddin	Busted
Fabien Garcia	Busted
Sabry Ferhaoui	Busted

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08-31-2024 15:39 UTC+1

Garcia Gets Punished for Making the Right Call

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Kai Cocklin

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

With 20,000 chips already in the middle of the table on a board of 3♦7♣9♣A♠, Fabien Garcia had bet 6,000 and Sondre Stormyr shoved. Garcia had around 11,000 behind which he put into the middle after a lot of time thinking.

Fabien Garcia: J♠9♠ All in
Sondre Stormyr: 8♠8♦

Garcia had made the right call and just needed to fade one of the last two eights in the deck in order to double up. Unfortunately for the French player, a nasty 8♥ hit the river which eliminated him from the tournament as Stormyr improved to a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sondre Stormyr	55,000 55,000	55,000
Fabien Garcia	Busted

Tags: Fabien Garcia Sondre Stormyr

08-31-2024 15:28 UTC+1

Savov Falls to Weis

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Felix Weis opened to 2,000 from the hijack and Nikolay Savov three-bet shoved for 10,000 from the button. Weis called with a covering stack to put Savov at risk.

Nikolay Savov: A♣10♣ All in
Felix Weis: 6♠6♥

Savov took a huge lead with top pair on the 10♠8♣5♥ flop leaving Weis drawing to just two outs. Weis drilled his set on the 6♣ turn leaving Savov suddenly drawing dead and after the 10♦ river Savov made his exit from the tournament area while Weis claimed the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felix Weis	51,000 22,900	22,900
Nikolay Savov	Busted

Tags: Felix Weis Nikolay Savov

08-31-2024 15:08 UTC+1

Munafo Bets Out Sitbon on the River

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With 6,000 chips in the pot on a flop of J♦A♣5♠, Julien Sitbon bet 2,200 and Franco Munafo called.

The J♥ on the turn was checked through to the K♠ river. Munafo led out for 6,100, and Sitbon eventually folded.

On the same table, Samuel Ju was just eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	130,000 4,000	4,000

Franco Munafo	30,000
Samuel Ju	Busted

Tags: Franco Munafo Julien Sitbon

08-31-2024 14:06 UTC+1

Van Der Swaluw Virtually Triples

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The exact action was unclear, but upon arriving at the table Dimitrios Angelakos and Alexander Van Der Swaluw were all-in and at risk with Francesco Delfoco making the call to try and bust them both.

Dimitrios Angelakos: K♠8♣ All in
Alexander Van Der Swaluw: Q♦Q♣ All in
Francesco Delfoco: A♥Q♠

Van Der Swaluw had the chance to virtually triple up if his queens could hold. The runout of 10♦J♥3♥8♦6♦ kept Van Der Swaluw's ahead until the end and he won the pot, while Angelakos was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Van Der Swaluw	54,000 54,000	54,000
Francesco Delfoco	14,000 14,000	14,000
Dimitrios Angelakos	Busted

Tags: Alexander Van Der Swaluw Dimitrios Angelakos Francesco Delfoco

08-31-2024 13:57 UTC+1

Hallabro's Aces Trap Backfires

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Yannis Berrandou raised to 1,200 from under the gun and Lars Romundstad three-bet to 3,700 in the hijack. Marcus Hallabro called on the button, and Berrandou also called.

On the Q♣3♣6♣ flop, Berrandou checked and Romundstad bet 6,300. Hallabro then shoved, Berrandou folded, and Romundstad called.

Marcus Hallabro: A♦A♥ All in
Lars Romundstad: A♣K♥

Hallabro had laid the trap with aces but it didn't work out as he was left drawing dead after the 4♣ fell on the turn, which improved Romundstad to an unbeatable flush. A meaningless 3♦ completed the board, and Hallabro was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lars Romundstad	80,000 35,000	35,000
Yannis Berrandou	20,000 5,000	5,000
Marcus Hallabro	Busted

Tags: Lars Romundstad Marcus Hallabro Yannis Berrandou

08-31-2024 13:56 UTC+1

Nagygyorgy Turns Verhaegen Dead

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Tal Herzog bet 2,500 from the small blind into two players on a flop of 10♠A♠A♦. Wim Ben Verhaegen was the next player to act and chose to shove for 6,800 from the big blind. Tibor Nagygyorgy called the shove and Herzog folded.

Wim Ben Verhaegen: 8♠6♠ All in
Tibor Nagygyorgy: Q♠Q♦

Nagygyorgy was ahead with his queens but had to fade Verhaegen's flush draw. The A♣ on the turn improved Nagygyorgy to a full house, leaving Verhaegen drawing dead as the 2♦ river sealed his fate and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tibor Nagygyorgy	48,000 48,000	48,000
Tal Herzog	29,000 29,000	29,000
Wim Ben Verhaegen	Busted

Tags: Tal Herzog Tibor Nagygyorgy Wim Ben Verhaegen

08-31-2024 13:39 UTC+1

Yang Knocks Out Di Profio

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Marte Sandberg opened to 1,200 from early position before Shenghe Yang three-bet to 3,100 from middle position. Francesco Di Profio shoved from the cutoff for around 7,500, Sandberg got out of the way and Yang made the call with a covering stack to put Di Profio at risk.

Francesco Di Profio: 10♦10♠ All in
Shenghe Yang: K♦K♥

Di Profio was in rough shape against the higher pair and found no help on the 6♣Q♦5♥2♥A♠ runout. Yang scooped a nice pot while Di Profio made his exit from the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shenghe Yang	52,000
Marte Sandberg	31,000
Francesco Di Profio	Busted

Tags: Francesco Di Profio Marte Sandberg Shenghe Yang

08-31-2024 13:35 UTC+1

Ruijs Busts Altman

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

On a flop of 5♠4♥3♦ Brian Altman bet 1,300 which was called by Maria Konnikova in the cutoff, and Joris Ruijs out of the big blind.

All three players checked on the 3♠ turn for the Q♥ to come on the river. Ruijs bet 2,000 and was met with a raise to 10,200 by Altman, who only had roughly 12,000 behind. Konnikova got out of the way, but Ruijs raised enough to put Altman all in. Altman thought it over for a minute before flicking in the call.

Ruijs flipped over 5♣3♣ for a full house. Altman couldn't beat that as he had 7♦7♣ and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	53,000 53,000	53,000
Maria Konnikova	27,500 27,500	27,500

Brian Altman	Busted

Tags: Brian Altman Joris Ruijs Maria Konnikova

08-31-2024 13:15 UTC+1

Liperis Stacks Harwood

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

There were roughly 13,000 chips in the pot on a full board of 3♠Q♦5♥J♣J♦ when Yiannis Liperis shoved. Bradley Harwood had close to 16,000 remaining in his stack and was contemplating for quite some time before he decided to put his tournament life on the line.

Liperis flipped over A♣A♠ for a pair of aces, and Harwood flashed K♦Q♠ for a pair of queens then exited the Pau Cassals tournament room.