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

09-01-2024 02:12 UTC+1

Stechbarth Eliminates Maltez on the Bubble

Mike Patrick

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♥ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Stechbarth	100,000 100,000	100,000
Fabrice Maltez	Busted

Tags: Anthony Maltez Jonas Stechbarth

09-01-2024 02:03 UTC+1

Garces' Elimination Brings Field to Stone Bubble

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Mike Patrick

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♥ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiaze Li	90,000 61,000	61,000
Jorge Garces	Busted

Tags: Jiaze Li Jorge Garces

09-01-2024 01:37 UTC+1

Kusumoto Felts Ievchenko

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Mike Patrick

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♠ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryoji Kusumoto	590,000 430,000	430,000
Oleksii Ievchenko	Busted

Tags: Oleksii Ievchenko Ryoji Kusumoto

09-01-2024 01:23 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamel Hassani	Busted
Virgile Turchi	Busted
Encheng Zhang	Busted
Maxim Boguslavskiy	Busted
Sven Andersson	Busted

Mokhtar Sends Another One Packing

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Mike Patrick

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With just under 80,000 in the pot with a completed board of A♦10♥7♣3♣9♦, Tibor Nagygyorgy picked a bad time to move all in from the big blind as he was snap-called for his last 30,000 by Rayane Mokhtar under-the-gun.

Tibor Nagygyorgy: J♦9♣ All in
Rayane Mokhtar: A♥A♣

Nagygyorgy had smashed right into Mokhtar's set of aces and he became the latest elimination as the bubble is very close.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rayane Mokhtar	575,000 575,000	575,000
Tibor Nagygyorgy	Busted

Tags: Rayane Mokhtar Tibor Nagygyorgy

09-01-2024 01:18 UTC+1

Alberdi Eliminated by Steinmetz

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Mike Patrick

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jorge Alberdi committed roughly 100,000 chips from the big blind versus Ronald Steinmetz in the hijack.

Jorge Alberdi: 8♣8♥ All in
Ronald Steinmetz: 10♦10♥

The board came A♣7♣5♠3♥3♠ as Steinmetz's tens held to thin the field to 111 remaining players with 98 the number advancing to Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Steinmetz	365,000 365,000	365,000
Jorge Alberdi	Busted

Tags: Jorge Alberdi Ronald Steinmetz

09-01-2024 00:45 UTC+1

Beresford Baffled Then Busted by Winz

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Mike Patrick

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After Berthold Winz opened in the hijack to 17,000, Conor Beresford moved all in for about 135,000 from the big blind.

A misunderstanding of communication led Beresford to think that Winz had folded his cards as Winz showed 8♠6♦, but with Beresford still holding his cards and about to muck them, Winz insisted that he said "call" with the raggedy holding, saying he thought he had pocket eights.

Beresford seemed stunned but placed his holding on the table as well and he was now at risk, but ahead.

Conor Beresford: A♠10♥ All in
Berthold Winz: 8♠6♦

The flop came 4♣3♠2♥ adding a gutshot straight draw to Winz's list of outs.

One of them came in on the turn with the 6♥, leaving Beresford drawing to an ace or a ten.

The Q♦ on the river was neither of those and after the confusing hand, Beresford was surprised to be heading to the rail after thinking he was picking up some chips with the bubble approaching.

Player	Chips	Progress
Berthold Winz	450,000 150,000	150,000
Conor Beresford	Busted

Tags: Berthold Winz Conor Beresford

08-31-2024 23:52 UTC+1

Recent Bustouts

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Laura Fryer

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Erkan Sonmez	Busted
Cristian David	Busted
Dai Ishibashi	Busted
Jareth East	Busted
Atrsiom Lasouski	Busted
Hamad Albassam	Busted
Silvio Giuliano	Busted
Osman Ihlamur	Busted

08-31-2024 23:40 UTC+1

Zappia Zaps Two Out of the Tournament

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Mike Patrick

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Micha Hoedemaker opened the action by moving all in for about 40,000 from under-the-gun. Domenico Zappia moved in over top for just under 50,000 from the cutoff, and Frederic Dorazio did likewise from the small blind for 42,000.

Micha Hoedemaker: 9♠9♣ All in
Frederic Dorazio: 7♦7♣
Domenico Zappia: Q♥Q♣

Zappia held the best pair in the confrontation and after the A♦K♥6♠3♠6♦ runout, it remained the best hand, eliminating both opponents.