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

Aug 31, 2024

Flashback: Simon Wiciak Dominates 2023 EPT Barcelona Main Event To Win €1,134,375

Sandra Barbour

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Last year at in Barcelona, France's Simon Wiciak defeated João Sydenstricker heads-up to win the EPT Main Event for €1,134,375.

Wiciak bested the field of 2,120 runners for the golden trophy, his first major live poker title, and the career-best seven-figure score.

The Frenchman struck a three-handed deal with Sydenstricker and Britain's Carl Shaw that flattened the payouts, and the trio played on for the trophy and an additional €108,975 in prize money.

2023 EPT Barcelona Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (EUR)
1	Simon Wiciak	France	€1,134,375*
2	João Sydenstricker	Brazil	€1,048,550*
3	Carl Shaw	United Kingdom	€901,070*
4	Santiago Plante	Canada	€511,300
5	Andre Akkari	Brazil	€393,300
6	Ezequiel Waigel	Argentina	€302,500
7	Curtis Knight	Canada	€232,700
8	Robin Ylitalo	Sweden	€179,000

_{*Denotes three-way deal}

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Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Aug 31, 2024

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Aug 31, 2024

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.

Tags: Francesco Di Profio Marte Sandberg Shenghe Yang

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Aug 31, 2024

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.

Tags: Brian Altman Joris Ruijs Maria Konnikova

Aug 31, 2024

Truong Puts Yantsevich All-In

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Mark Tarich opened to 1,500 in middle position and got called by Toan Chan Truong from the cutoff, Fabien Garcia in the small blind, and Valery Yantsevich in the big blind.

The flop came 6♣5♠Q♠ and the action checked around to Truong, who bet 4,000. Only Yantsevich called.

A J♥ fell on the turn and after Yantsevich checked, Truong bet 15,000. Yantsevich only had 8,000 remaining in his stack and didn't want to invest any more into the pot, so he folded.

Tags: Fabien Garcia Mark Tarich Toan Chan Truong Valery Yantsevich

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Aug 31, 2024

Wiciak Starts to Chip Up

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Quentin Destoky raised from the button to 1,300 and Simon Wiciak defended out of the big blind.

Wiciak check-called a bet of 2,500 from Destoky on the K♣10♥10♠ flop.

Both players checked the 3♥ turn for the 4♦ to fall on the river. Wiciak now led out for 3,100 and got a tank-fold from Destoky.

Tags: Quentin Destoky Simon Wiciak

Aug 31, 2024

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.

Tags: Bradley Harwood Yiannis Liperis