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

09-01-2024 17:47 UTC+1

Chmiel Finds a King to Bust Tsugu

Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Rania Nasreddine opened the button to 50,000 and was met with a three-bet shove by Tomasz Chmiel for 400,000 out of the small blind. Takahiro Tsugu was sat in the big blind with slightly less chips than Chmiel and decided to put them into the middle. Nasreddine folded and the cards were revealed.

Takahiro Tsugu : A♥J♥ All in
Tomasz Chmiel: K♥Q♦

The runout of 5♦3♣6♥J♦K♣ gave Chmiel the winner with a rivered pair of kings, and Tsugu was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rania Nasreddine	900,000 630,000	630,000
Tomasz Chmiel	900,000 330,000	330,000
Takahiro Tsugu	Busted

Tags: Tomasz Chmiel Takahiro Tsugu Rania Nasreddine

09-01-2024 17:41 UTC+1

Further Eliminations (€8,550)

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Richard Hayes

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Senhaji	Busted
Felix Weis	Busted
Takahiro Tsugu	Busted
Peter Kvisthammar	Busted

Adolfo Vaeza Baque	Busted
Longmao Fan	Busted
Lars-Magne Johansen	Busted
Rayane Mokhtar	Busted
Pablo Brito	Busted
Victor Pahon	Busted
Ryoji Kusumoto	Busted
Kemal Aslan	Busted
Lars Romundstad	Busted
Bart Lybaert	Busted
Lukasz Golczyk	Busted
Kyosuke Nagami	Busted

09-01-2024 17:38 UTC+1

Kvisthammar Busts

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Peter Kvisthammar shoved from under the gun for 300,000 and Alex Sampirisi called from the big blind.

Peter Kvisthammar: A♦9♦ All in
Alex Sampirisi: A♥Q♥

Kvisthammar was the chip leader coming into Day 2 and he needed to find a nine or some diamonds to stay alive. However, the 2♣A♣Q♣ flop gave Sampirisi top two pair and had Kvisthammar drawing thin. The rest of the board ran out 2♦5♠ and Kvisthammar was sent to the cashier's desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Sampirisi	1,250,000 430,000	430,000
Peter Kvisthammar	Busted

Tags: Alex Sampirisi Peter Kvisthammar

09-01-2024 17:29 UTC+1

Garcia Wins a Classic Flip to Send Baque to the Rail

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation Adolfo Vaeza Baque was all in for around 500,000 from middle position and up against Murilo Garcia who covered him from under the gun.

Adolfo Vaeza Baque: Q♣Q♥ All in
Murilo Garcia: A♥K♠

The board ran out 5♠A♣4♠J♥7♦ giving Garcia top pair to send Baque to the rail and take down a sizeable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Murilo Garcia	1,350,000 385,000	385,000
Adolfo Vaeza Baque	Busted

Tags: Adolfo Vaeza Baque Murilo Garcia

09-01-2024 17:25 UTC+1

Kozieja Knocks Out Mokhtar

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Laura Fryer

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

While following action on an adjacent table, Rayane Mokhtar was seen standing from the table as he was all in and at risk against Grzegorz Kozieja.

Rayane Mokhtar: A♦8♦ All in
Grzegorz Kozieja: A♥J♦

Mokhtar was looking to improve against Kozieja to stay in the tournament, but missed the double on the 9♦2♠5♦A♠A♣ runout.

Despite starting today second in chips after bagging the chip lead from Day 1b flight, Mokhtar finished in 66th position.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grzegorz Kozieja	4,325,000 1,075,000	1,075,000
Rayane Mokhtar	Busted

Tags: Grzegorz Kozieja Rayane Mokhtar

09-01-2024 17:16 UTC+1

Valverde Spikes the River to Knock Out La Scala

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Francesco La Scala opened to 60,000 from early position and Fernando Valverde three-bet shoved for 600,000 from the big blind. La Scala, who only had about 220,000 behind, went into the tank with a pay jump looming. Eventually Valverde called the clock and La Scala waited until just three seconds were remaining before sticking in the rest of his stack to put himself at risk.

Francesco La Scala: Q♠J♠ All in
Fernando Valverde: 9♥8♥

Both players connected with the J♥8♠6♣ flop, but La Scala was ahead with top pair and remained ahead on the 5♥ turn. Valverde improved to trips on the 8♦ turn to send La Scala to the rail and take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Valverde	975,000 25,000	25,000
Francesco La Scala	Busted

Tags: Fernando Valverde Francesco La Scala

09-01-2024 17:12 UTC+1

Further Eliminations (€7,450)

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Richard Hayes

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco La Scala	Busted
Mehdi Rebai	Busted
Joshua Hopkins	Busted
Boris Kuzmanovic	Busted
Yunsheng Sun	Busted
Robert-Florin Grigore	Busted
Duco Ten Haven	Busted
Anders Karlsen	Busted
Igor Pihela	Busted
Koichi Aiba	Busted
Marte Sandberg	Busted
Serhii Tarnakin	Busted
Maria Konnikova	Busted

Ermanno Di Nicola	Busted
Henok Tekle	Busted
Andreas Moser	Busted
Marcianno Yvel	Busted
Julie Klein	Busted
Dylan Lambert	Busted
Garry Smith	Busted
Alexandros Kolonias	Busted
Bixi Yao	Busted
Remy Murcia	Busted
Giorgio Tonin	Busted

09-01-2024 17:11 UTC+1

Sheils Ends Romundstad

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Richard Hayes

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Lars Romundstad was stalling under the gun for the pay jump. The clock was called, but before the tournament director arrived, the pay jump hit. Romundstad then shipped his remaining 150,000 into the middle.

Action folded around to Brandon Sheils in the big blind, who made the call with the covering stack.

Lars Romundstad: A♠9♠ All in
Brandon Sheils: A♦Q♣

Romundstad's ace was dominated and he was dead on the turn on the Q♥J♦7♠J♥9♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Sheils	1,090,000 330,000	330,000
Lars Romundstad	Busted

Tags: Brandon Sheils Lars Romundstad

09-01-2024 17:06 UTC+1

Yarosh Eliminates Aslan

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Richard Hayes

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Kemal Aslan moved all in for 300,000 and was looked up by Aliaksandr Yarosh.

Kemal Aslan: Q♥9♥ All in
Aliaksandr Yarosh: A♠A♦

Aslan had run straight into rockets, and although he flopped top pair on 9♣8♠3♥, the 2♣J♠ turn and river were bricks to send him to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksandr Yarosh	1,250,000 1,153,000	1,153,000
Kemal Aslan	Busted

Tags: Aliaksandr Yarosh Kemal Aslan

09-01-2024 16:54 UTC+1

Leibgorin Busts Rebai

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Richard Hayes

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Michel Leibgorin opened to 45,000 from the hijack and was faced with a three-bet jam to 200,000 by Mehdi Rebai on the button. Action folded back to Leibgorin, who made the quick call.

Mehdi Rebai: A♥K♦ All in
Michel Leibgorin: Q♥J♥

Rebai was ahead, but the flop came Q♠7♣4♣ to give Leibgorin top pair queens, and the 4♥ turn and 5♣ river did not alter matters.