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

08-31-2024 20:20 UTC+1

Taleb Pips Rezaei

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of K♦6♦10♥4♠ and around 45,000 in the middle, Salah-Eddine Taleb checked from early position and Daniel Rezaei bet 21,000 from middle position. Taleb made the call.

Both players checked the 3♦ river. Rezaei had a pair with J♠J♦ but Taleb had him beat with Q♣Q♠ to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salah-Eddine Taleb	155,500 99,500	99,500
Daniel Rezaei	87,500 2,500	2,500

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Salah-Eddine Taleb

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

08-31-2024 20:30 UTC+1

Wiciak's Four-Bet-Shove Gets Through

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Gianluca Cedolia min-raised from middle position and Matheus Cardoso three-bet the cutoff to 12,000. Simon Wiciak was in the small blind and shoved for around 66,000, which got Cedolia to fold. Upon confirming the count, Cardoso also mucked his cards and Wiciak was pushed the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Cedolia	175,000 175,000	175,000
Matheus Cardoso	110,000 110,000	110,000
Simon Wiciak	85,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Gianluca Cedolia Matheus Cardoso Simon Wiciak

08-31-2024 20:31 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts and Recent Bustouts

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Robbie Bull	357,000 290,200	290,200
Peter Kvisthammar	200,000 154,500	154,500

Fabio Peluso	125,000 40,000	40,000
Lars-Magne Johansen	125,000 55,900	55,900
Elias Fisz	117,000 88,000	88,000
Jason Wheeler	115,000 115,000	115,000
Sylwester Fortuna	107,000 2,000	2,000
Gary Whitehead	91,000 91,000	91,000
Petrus Brandt	75,000 75,000	75,000
Vasilieios Panagiotidis	75,000 75,000	75,000
Giuseppe Dedoni	70,000 25,500	25,500
Ludovic Heude	52,000 52,000	52,000
Kasra Rashidi	44,000 1,000	1,000
Josef Huber	Busted
Victor Chong	Busted
Kimon Fountoukidis	Busted
Marcin Kreft	Busted
Beng Hong Guo	Busted
Bennani Chakib	Busted
Mathias Siljander	Busted
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Anh Pham	Busted
Xiaohui Tan	Busted

08-31-2024 20:42 UTC+1

Selected Chip Counts and Bustouts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ermo Kosk	450,000 450,000	450,000
Bixi Yao	200,000 200,000	200,000
Azamat Tulepbergenov	110,000 110,000	110,000
Jacques Der Megreditchian	100,000 100,000	100,000
Romain Locquet	100,000 100,000	100,000
Pablo Silva	100,000 100,000	100,000
Umberto Ruggeri	90,000 90,000	90,000
Marco Conti	90,000 90,000	90,000
Giulio Astarita	85,000 85,000	85,000
Arseniy Meshcheryakov	80,000 80,000	80,000
Henok Tekle	80,000 80,000	80,000
Brandon Sheils	55,000 55,000	55,000
Filip Milovanovic	55,000 55,000	55,000
Sonny Franco	50,000 50,000	50,000
Gzim Krasnici	50,000 50,000	50,000
Dhahbi Brahim	50,000 50,000	50,000
Frederic Breton	40,000 40,000	40,000
Fabian Rolli	40,000 40,000	40,000
Pete Chen	Busted
Dylan Herklots	Busted
Simon Brandstrom	Busted

Maoz Tenenbaum	Busted
Ryoji Kusumoto	Busted
Aram Zobian	Busted
Sergio Eckert	Busted

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08-31-2024 20:49 UTC+1

Goncalves Eliminates D'Alessandro

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

David D'Alessandro opened to 5,000 from middle position and Mathieu Goncalves three-bet to 12,000 from the button. D'Alessandro called.

D'Alessandro led out for 11,000 on the 10♦Q♥8♠ flop, which Goncalves called.

The turn came the 3♣. D'Alessandro bet 14,000 and Goncalves called.

D'Alessandro checked when the 10♠ came on the river and faced a bet of 25,000 by Goncalves. After a few moments, D'Alessandro shoved for roughly 55,000 and Goncalves snap-called.

D'Alessandro flipped over A♦Q♦ for two pair, queens and tens, but it was second best to the full house of Goncalves with Q♣Q♠. After the chips were counted it was confirmed that D'Alessandro was out of tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Goncalves	165,000
David D'Alessandro	Busted

Tags: Mathieu Goncalves David D'Alessandro

08-31-2024 20:52 UTC+1

Weis Doubles Through Pascucci

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Simone Pascucci opened to 5,000 from under the gun and received calls from Daniel Rezaei in the cutoff and Daisuke Ogita on the button before Felix Weis shoved from the big blind for 58,000. Pascucci called with a covering stack and all other players got out of the way.

Felix Weis: A♠K♠ All in
Simone Pascucci: A♦Q♦

Pascucci was drawing dead by the turn on the 5♠2♣7♣K♥Q♥ runout and Weis collected a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Pascucci	171,000 89,000	89,000
Daisuke Ogita	133,000
Felix Weis	130,000 30,500	30,500
Daniel Rezaei	61,000 26,500	26,500

Tags: Daisuke Ogita Daniel Rezaei Felix Weis Simone Pascucci

08-31-2024 20:53 UTC+1

Amri Loses With Aces

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With roughly 34,000 in the pot, the flop showed 10♠K♦3♦. Naim Amri bet 12,000 from the button and Eric Sfez called from the hijack.

Both players checked the 9♠ turn for the Q♠ to come on the river. Sfez led out for 21,000 and after a few moments of thinking, Amri called.

Sfez tabled K♣Q♦ for a rivered top two pair which was good as Amri showed A♦A♣ for a pair of aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Sfez	380,000 198,500	198,500
Naim Amri	74,000 74,000	74,000

Tags: Eric Sfez Naim Amri

08-31-2024 20:57 UTC+1

Tan Hits the Rail After Brutal Cooler

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Xiaohui Tan, who enjoyed the chip lead for most of the day and had over 300,000 at dinner break was recently sent to the rail.

According to her former tablemates, Tan and Davide Schianchi exchanged raises back and forth until Schianchi was all in preflop for a bit under 300,000. Tan, who had him covered, called off with pocket kings and was up against ace-king. An ace on the flop and another on the turn left Tan drawing dead and Schianchi dragged in the biggest pot of the tournament so far while Tan was left short-stacked and busted shortly afterwards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davide Schianchi	550,000 365,000	365,000
Xiaohui Tan	Busted

Tags: Xiaohui Tan Davide Schianchi

08-31-2024 21:00 UTC+1

Kuzmanovic Breaks 200,000-Chip Milestone

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With almost 15,000 chips in the pot on a board of 8♦4♥J♦, Mathieu Goncalves checked and Boris Kuzmanovic bet 8,000. Goncalves then check-raised to 17,000, which Kuzmanovic called.

Both checked the 2♥ turn to see the 5♦ river. Goncalves bet 14,500 and Kuzmanovic put in the raise to around 45,000. Goncalves snap-folded.