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

08-31-2024 19:40 UTC+1

Parkkinen Doubles Through Sterner

Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ludvig Sterner opened from under the gun to 1,500 and Eduard Anufriiev called from the cutoff. Seppo Parkkinen jammed for around 9,000 from the big blind, and Sterner jammed over the top. Anufriiev folded and left the players to go heads up.

Seppo Parkkinen: K♣K♦ All in
Ludvig Sterner: A♦Q♣

The J♠9♣2♦8♦4♦ runout sealed Parkkinen's double and kept him in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduard Anufriiev	31,000 31,000	31,000
Seppo Parkkinen	21,000 21,000	21,000
Ludvig Sterner	16,500 13,500	13,500

Tags: Eduard Anufriiev Ludvig Sterner Seppo Paavo Parkkinen

08-31-2024 19:38 UTC+1

Primerano Takes from Lampropulos

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

About 6,500 was in the pot on the turn with the board reading 6♠6♣2♦2♣ as Maria Lampropoulos checked in the small blind to Daniele Primerano in the big blind.

Her Italian opponent bet 1,700 and she called to see the 8♦ complete the double-paired board. She checked again and then faced a bet of 5,000. Lampropulos went into the tank for over a minute before finally pushing her cards to the dealer and sending the pot to Primerano.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Primerano	35,000 35,000	35,000
Maria Lampropulos	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Daniele Primerano Maria Lampropoulos

08-31-2024 19:33 UTC+1

Criado Gets River Bonus in Big Pot

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Approximately 26,000 was in the middle of a completed board of K♦4♦2♠9♠2♥ when Said El Issaoui bet 8,000 from middle position into Roman Criado in the hijack.

Criado made the call and was happy to see J♦J♣ in front of his opponent. Criado showed K♠8♠ for a better two pair of kings and deuces to take the healthy pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Criado	60,000 60,000	60,000
Said El Issaoui	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Roman Criado Said El Issaoui

08-31-2024 19:26 UTC+1

Some Recent Entries into the Field

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Laura Fryer

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludvig Sterner	30,000 30,000	30,000
Yuan Li	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ruben Puras	30,000 30,000	30,000
Marian Dicu	30,000
Kemal Aslan	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jan Zeuschner	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fintan Hand	22,000 22,000	22,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

08-31-2024 19:20 UTC+1

Kusumoto Sends Skiscim Back to the Registration Desk

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Mike Patrick

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

About 14,000 was already in the middle on a turn board of J♥10♣2♥9♣ as Ryoji Kusumoto checked under the gun to Jacek Skiscim, who bet 5,000 to his left. Kusumoto then check-raised to 23,000, putting Skiscim to a decision. Eventually, he chose to move all in for about 25,000 and Kusumoto called the rest.

Jacek Skiscim: K♠J♠ All in
Ryoji Kusumoto: Q♥10♥

At first, Skiscim didn't realize he was ahead with his pair of jacks versus Kusumoto's combo draw. His hope quickly faded though as the 5♥ hit the river to bring in Kusumoto's flush and send Skiscim back to registration for a fresh 30,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryoji Kusumoto	93,000 66,400	66,400
Jacek Skiscim	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Jacek Skiscim Ryoji Kusumoto

08-31-2024 19:19 UTC+1

Landi Gets a Double

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Action was followed after players were already all in and the cards were face-up.

Amato Landi: A♠J♥ All in
Jan Bronkhorst: K♦Q♦

The 10♦3♦6♣Q♣A♣ runout secured Landi the double as he rivered an ace after Bronkhorst turned a queen, and left Bronkhorst with a short stack early in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amato Landi	33,500 33,500	33,500
Jan Bronkhorst	6,200 6,200	6,200

Tags: Amato Landi Jan Bronkhorst

08-31-2024 19:12 UTC+1

Ascone Brings the Four-Bet

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Mike Patrick

Level 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

Action opened with a raise to 1,200 by Karim Kaladjou in the cutoff before Afshar Omidi three-bet to 4,200 from the small blind.

That still wasn't enough for Agostino Ascone in the big blind who four-bet it up to 15,000.

Kaladjou quickly folded, and after a bit more thought, Omidi did likewise to send a decent pot to Ascone without seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Agostino Ascone	65,000 65,000	65,000
Karim Kaladjou	45,000 45,000	45,000
Afshar Omidi	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Agostino Ascone Karim Kaladjou Afshar Omidi

08-31-2024 19:00 UTC+1

"Bingo Jack" Chops it Up With Kassouf

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Mike Patrick

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

William Kassouf was in the big blind to a flop of Q♣10♥9♥ and checked to Sandro Pitzanti in early position who checked back.

On the J♦ turn, Kassouf led for 1,600 and got called to see the 5♠ complete the board.

"Either I've got this or you've got this," commented Kassouf before betting 4,000 which was snap-called by Pitzanti.

Kassouf showed K♣J♥ for a flopped king-high straight. Pitzanti showed his K♦10♠ for the same straight that he hit on the turn to chop the pot.

"Bingo, jack on the turn," said Kassouf amid some friendly banter with his opponent.

I'm gonna make that my new nickname, 'Bingo Jack'," replied Pitzanti.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Kassouf	36,000 6,000	6,000
Sandro Pitzanti	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Sandro Pitzanti William Kassouf

08-31-2024 18:58 UTC+1

Three-Way All In

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Laura Fryer

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Gaspar Omar Fernandez opened from middle position to 600, Jiaze Li raised to 1,800 and Kyota Henzan defended the big blind. Fernandez then moved all in and both opponents made the call, taking them to a three-way all in, with Henzan sitting shorter than the other two players, starting the hand with around 15,000 chips.

Kyota Henzan:9♥8♥ All in
Jiaze Li: A♦A♥ All in
Gaspar Omar Fernandez: A♣Q♣

The 6♥10♥2♠2♦7♠ runout brought Henzan the ten-high straight to triple him up and keep him alive, and Li took the side pot with his aces.

Fernandez was left with only 1,000 chips behind, but got a triple on the next hand after the river brought him a straight to steal the pot. This wasn't enough to save him as he was seen leaving the table a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyota Henzan	46,500 46,500	46,500
Jiaze Li	29,000 29,000	29,000
Gaspar Omar Fernandez	Busted

Tags: Gaspar Omar Fernandez Jiaze Li Kyota Henzan