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

08-31-2024 18:50 UTC+1

Nasreddine Wins with Big River Bet

Mike Patrick

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

A trio of players made it to the turn with a board of 10♠8♥3♥7♥. They all then checked to the river 6♣.

Rania Nasreddine was first to act from the big blind and she bet 5,500 into a pot of about 6,500. Andrii Shestakov thought briefly from early position but elected to fold.

Stephen Ray was next up in middle position and after some brief deliberation, he folded as well to send the pot to the 2024 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event third-place finisher.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rania Nasreddine	32,000 2,000	2,000
Stephen Ray	31,000 31,000	31,000
Andrii Shestakov	22,500 22,500	22,500

Tags: Andrii Shestakov Rania Nasreddine Stephen Ray

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

08-31-2024 18:40 UTC+1

Boat for Gicovanu

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Marius Gicovanu opened from under the gun to 600 and action folded around to Shameen Ibrahim who called from the small blind. Johan De Clercq also defended the big blind, and the players went three-ways to the flop.

The A♦A♣6♠ board was dealt, and all players checked.

The Q♦ was turned, and no further action was played as they saw the A♠ river.

Shameen Ibrahim was first to show K♠J♣ and Johan De Clercq mucked. Marius Gicovanu turned over 7♥7♦ to take the small pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gicovanu	31,800 31,800	31,800
Shameen Ibrahim	29,400 29,400	29,400
Johan De Clercq	28,800 28,800	28,800

Tags: Johan De Clercq Marius Gicovanu

08-31-2024 18:39 UTC+1

Vilmunen Takes a Four-Way Pot

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Mike Patrick

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Four players saw a flop of K♥8♠3♣ and the blinds checked to Yannick Jobin in the cutoff who bet 1,500. The button and big blind folded, but Jani Vilmunen stuck around from the small blind.

The players then checked the 4♠ turn and A♥ river with Vilmunen showing K♣J♣ for a winning pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jani Vilmunen	33,000 33,000	33,000
Yannick Jobin	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Jani Vilmunen Yannick Jobin

08-31-2024 18:31 UTC+1

More Faces in the Field

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Laura Fryer

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Geilich	30,000 30,000	30,000

Daniel Jackson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andrei Andreev	30,000 30,000	30,000
Noris Barcimanto	30,000 30,000	30,000
Hsu Piying	30,000
Liviu-Rodrig Bartha	30,000 30,000	30,000

08-31-2024 18:30 UTC+1

Murcia Takes Three-Bet Pot

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Mike Patrick

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

A preflop exchange of raises built a pot of about 10,000 for Christophe Pollet in the hijack and Remy Murcia in the cutoff.

On the Q♥6♦2♠ flop, Pollet check-called a 2,000 chip bet from Murcia to see the 6♠ turn.

The action checked through to the 9♠ river and Pollet checked a final time.

Murcia elected to check back and Pollet revealed his A♦K♦. Murcia showed 10♦10♣ for the winner to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Remy Murcia	34,000
Christophe Pollet	23,000

Tags: Christophe Pollet Remy Murcia

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

08-31-2024 18:20 UTC+1

Some Early Notables in the Field

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Mike Patrick

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Labat	30,000
Alexander Ivarsson	30,000
Rania Nasreddine	30,000
Tobias Peters	30,000 30,000	30,000
Saar Wilf	30,000
Lex Veldhuis	30,000

08-31-2024 18:15 UTC+1

Early Pot to Yalciner

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Mike Patrick

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

After Cristinel Dumitru raised to 500 from the hijack, Metin Yalciner three-bet to 1,800. Dumitru called to see a flop.

It came K♣8♦3♣ and Dumitru check-called a bet of 1,200 to see the Q♦ turn.

After checking again, Dumitru faced a bet of 4,500. He thought briefly and then folded to send the pot to Yalciner.

A relatively quiet hand to start their day, but with William Kassouf at their table, entertainment and interesting hands will likely be on the docket at Table 21.