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

08-31-2024 17:18 UTC+1

Derwiche Takes from Yokosawa

Ryan Lashmar

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

Imad Derwiche opened to 2,500 from middle position and received a call from Masato Yokosawa in the small blind.

The flop came 10♣7♣7♥ and Yokosawa check-called a 3,000 bet from Derwiche.

Both players checked the 3♥ turn leading to the Q♥ river. Yokosawa had a pair with 6♦6♣ but Derwiche had a bigger pair with 10♠9♦ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Derwiche	64,000 9,000	9,000
Masato Yokosawa	63,000 4,500	4,500

Tags: Imad Derwiche Masato Yokosawa

08-31-2024 17:19 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Menga	163,800 73,800	73,800
Tom Orpaz	120,000 120,000	120,000
Federico Cirillo	99,000 21,000	21,000
Nima Mousavianpour	95,500 15,500	15,500
Apoorva Goel	73,000 24,500	24,500
Gal Bar	56,000 19,000	19,000
Johan Storaakers	41,500 27,000	27,000
Yiannis Liperis	40,000 5,000	5,000
Jeff Kirsch	39,000 4,000	4,000
Jiaming Zhao	33,000 33,000	33,000
Vlado Banicevic	32,000 32,000	32,000
Marcin Kreft	13,500 13,500	13,500

Braddock Busts

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Tim Baker

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

After an early position open to 2,400, Oliver Braddock three-bet-shoved for 22,000 from the hijack. Alin Grasu then shoved himself for 39,000 on the button. Mehdi Senhaji thought it over for a while from the big blind before flicking in the call to put Braddock and Grasu at risk.

Oliver Braddock: 7♦7♠ All in
Alin Grasu: A♥Q♣ All in
Mehdi Senhaji: A♠Q♠

Braddock was in great shape to triple up since his opponents had the same hand. However, the 5♦A♣K♦J♥J♦ runout improved both Grasu and Senhaji to a pair of aces and they chopped up Braddock's chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Senhaji	62,000 62,000	62,000
Alin Grasu	51,000 51,000	51,000
Oliver Braddock	Busted

Tags: Alin Grasu Mehdi Senhaji Oliver Braddock

08-31-2024 17:29 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

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Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Per Johansen	Busted
Boris Angelov	Busted
Abdelakim Laidouni	Busted
Tobias Peters	Busted
Tonny van Eck	Busted
Cristian Vilches	Busted
Will Kassouf	Busted
James Akenhead	Busted
Lucien Cohen	Busted

Franco Munafo	Busted
Tommi Lankinen	Busted
Tristan Bain	Busted
Tomoki Watanabe	Busted
Eduard Simonyan	Busted
Ziv Dascalu	Busted
Mohamed Mamouni	Busted
Toivo Rinne	Busted
Stoyan Madanzhiev	Busted
Nedyo Georgiev	Busted
Dionisio Vitti	Busted
Ami Barer	Busted
Danny Bao	Busted
Davide Marchi	Busted
Oleksandr Filipchuk	Busted
Kyota Henzan	Busted

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08-31-2024 17:34 UTC+1

Epparla Surprised by the Win

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Sava Krink

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

Wei Chin Lim started the action with a raise to 2,500 from early position and was called by Ramana Epparla in the cutoff and Maciej Komorowski in the big blind.

On the Q♠A♣4♣ flop, Lim continued with a bet of 2,700. Epparla called and Komorowski check-folded.

Both players checked the 9♥ turn.

Lim then check-called Epparla’s 2,800 bet on the 6♦ river. Epparla revealed 5♦5♥ for a pair of fives and Lim mucked his cards. Epparla, surprised by the win, exclaimed, “Really?”

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramana Epparla	120,000 120,000	120,000
Maciej Komorowski	57,000 57,000	57,000
Wei Chin Lim	16,500 16,500	16,500

Tags: Maciej Komorowski Ramana Epparla Wei Chin Lim

08-31-2024 17:34 UTC+1

Max Pressure from Korn

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Ryan Lashmar

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

With two players seeing a board of 4♥8♠8♣3♥Q♦ and around 10,000 in the middle, Andres Korn bet 1,500 from the big blind and David Miscikowski raised to 9,000 from middle position. Korn shoved for a bit over 60,000 and Miscikowski's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andres Korn	96,000 96,000	96,000
David Miscikowski	79,000 79,000	79,000

Tags: Andres Korn David Miscikowski

08-31-2024 17:35 UTC+1

Can Jean-Noël Thorel Hit In The €100,000 EPT Super High Roller?

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Milko van Winden

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

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Tags: Jean-Noel Thorel

08-31-2024 17:36 UTC+1

Criado Wins a Flip Against Morelli

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Tim Baker

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

Felipe Morelli raised to 2,500 from early position and Sylwester Fortuna called from the cutoff. José Criado then three-bet-shoved for 23,000 out of the big blind. Morelli moved all in over the top and this forced a fold from Fortuna.

José Criado: K♠Q♠ All in
Felipe Morelli: 6♠6♦

The board ran out Q♣8♠A♠J♥3♥, giving Criado a pair of queens and keeping him alive in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylwester Fortuna	105,000 11,000	11,000
José Criado	50,000 50,000	50,000
Felipe Morelli	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Felipe Morelli José Criado Sylwester Fortuna

08-31-2024 17:37 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Pascucci	267,000 99,000	99,000
Eirik Kjoersvik	123,500 123,500	123,500
Fahredin Mustafov	104,000 119,500	119,500
Felix Weis	103,000 6,000	6,000
Salah-Eddine Taleb	85,500 45,000	45,000
Piero Alioto	53,500 1,500	1,500
Stephane Lauret	40,500 40,500	40,500
Viktor Jensen	35,000 35,000	35,000
Ryoji Kusumoto	26,600 26,600	26,600
Mehdi Rabah	21,000 1,700	1,700
Toni Kaukua	9,800 9,800	9,800

08-31-2024 17:40 UTC+1

Sitbon's Stack on a Steady Rise

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Kai Cocklin

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

There were around 12,000 chips in the middle on a board of K♦J♦10♠7♦ when both Julien Sitbon and Marcus Wuttke checked.

A 6♦ river put four to a flush on board and Sitbon bet 5,200. Wuttke thought for a few moments but elected to fold, which left him with around 25,000 in his stack. On the other hand, Sitbon's stack has been slowly rising over the past few levels and now sits at around 160,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	160,000 25,000	25,000

Marcus Wuttke	25,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Marcus Wuttke