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€2,200 Estrellas High Roller
Day 1b Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€2,200 Estrellas High Roller
Day: 1b
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€3,962,880
Total Entries
2,064
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
654
Players Left
98
Players Left 1 / 2,064
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Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
A total of 654 Players entered into Day 1b of the €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) at Casino Barcelona, with only 98 qualifying for Day 2 from this second flight. The tournament saw 2,064 entries for both combined flights. A total of 309 players, out of these total entries, made in through to battle it out in Day 2. All players that bagged today made it into the money, and will share a total prize pool of €3,962,880.
Rayane Mokhtar took through an impressive stack after bagging 780,000 chips and becoming the chip lead at the end of play of Day 1b. Mokhtar has already had a successful year after being crowned the BPC Main Event Champion back in May and taking home a massive 200,000 EUR prize.
Marte Sandberg (627,000) kept the pressure on against her opponents and was sitting high in the chip counts throughout the day, helping her to finish fourth in the chip counts for Day 1b.
Rania Nasreddine also steadily built her stack throughout the day, which was helped when she took down the pot in a hand against Panagiotis Mavritsakis, late into the evening. She bagged 466,000 chips, putting her in a strong position going into Day 2.
Berthold Winz (524,000) took a late lead in chips after a pair of sixes were enough to chip him up and eliminate Conor Beresford. Although he didn't retain the lead, Winz remained high in the counts, finishing the day strong within the top ten.
Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rayane Mokhtar | France | 780000 |
| 2 | Ermanno Di Nicola | Italy | 692,000 |
| 3 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 645000 |
| 4 | Marte Sandberg | Norway | 627000 |
| 5 | Ryoji Kusumoto | Japan | 583000 |
| 6 | Berthold Winz | Germany | 524000 |
| 7 | Hugues Girard | France | 481000 |
| 8 | Rania Nasreddine | United States | 466000 |
| 9 | Pascal Dabrion | France | 436000 |
| 10 | Jordan Sparagana | United States | 422000 |
Others tried their luck but weren't able to find a bag into Day 2, including William Kassouf, who went “Out with Nine High Like a Boss".
Shiina Okamoto, the 2024 WSOP Ladies Event Champion and the 2023 WSOP Ladies Event runner-up, also battled it out in Day 1b. After a few hours of play, she got knocked down and eventually knocked out of the tournament short after late registration had ended.
Despite a strong start to the day for Fintan Hand, after scoring a near double and knocking out an opponent early on, Hand was eliminated after around 4 hours of play.
Day 2 will start tomorrow, 1st of September at 12 p.m. local time. The 309 remaining players will discover the payout at the beginning of the day. But so far, everyone who has made it through is guaranteed to cash.
Don't go anywhere, as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site here on the coast of Spain and will continue providing updates on the ESPT and EPT Barcelona action.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Play has ended on level 21 with 17-minutes left on the clock. 98 players will return to play Day 2 tomorrow from this flight, combined with successful bags from the earlier Day 1a.
The full recap will be posted shorty.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Jonas Stechbarth raised to 60,000 in early position, leaving himself about 15,000 behind. Action folded to Anthony Maltez who was all in for his big blind.
Anthony Maltez: 6♦2♥
Jonas Stechbarth: A♥4♥
The flop came K♦7♦5♦, bringing Maltez hope of a flush with his lone baby diamond.
However the 9♣ turn and 7♠ river brought no further help and after just two hands of hand-for-hand play, the bubble burst, sending the final 98 players on to Day 2 in the money.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Jorge Garces moved all in for just 21,000 from late position and action folded to Jiaze Li in the big blind who was also on a short stack.
He hated having to call 9,000 more given what he had both in chips and the cards he held, but made the call.
Jorge Garces: A♥2♥
Jiaze Li: 5♠3♠
The board came 6♦3♣2♠8♠Q♥ as it ran out about as well as Li could ask for as he paired his three on the flop and held from there to trim the field to 99.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
The tournament is just two eliminations away from ending the day and sending the final 98 players on to Day 2 in the money.
Play has ground to a near-halt with tanking everywhere and multiple calls for clocks around the room.
Tournament staff has just announced that they will now begin hand-for-hand play until those eliminations are reached.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Cards were on their backs with the board reading 7♥5♣4♥ with Oleksii Ievchenko at risk from the button versus Ryoki Kusumoto in early position.
Oleksii Ievchenko: A♠J♠
Ryoji Kusumoto: 8♥4♦
Ievchenko would need to improve his ace-high to survive, and did so on the A♥ turn. The card gave Kusumoto an added flush draw to go with his pair and straight draw though.
The river brought the 8♣, giving Kusumoto a winning two pair of eights and fours to snatch back the pot as he threatens to end the night among the chip leaders.
Level 20
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Nicholas Palma open-jammed for around 65,000 from under the gun. Jorge Garces re-jammed for 122,000. Ace Wm tanked the button but eventually folded, leaving the players to flip their hands.
Nicholas Palma: K♣K♦
Jorge Garces: A♣K♥
The flop came Q♣3♠10♥ and Wm let out an 'on no'. As he told the table, he had 'folded pocket queens'.
The 7♥ and 2♦ completed the board, leaving Palma to double up, just 5 players away from the bubble.
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
