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

09-01-2024 17:38 UTC+1

Valverde Gets River Value From Miscikowski

Richard Hayes

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

Around 500,000 was in the middle on a completed board of A♦J♥8♠8♣5♠ in a hand between David Miscikowski and Fernando Valverde.

Miscikowski checked to Valverde, who slid out a bet of 425,000. After quite some thought, Miscikowski called, but was shown the bad news when Valverde turned over K♦8♦ for the turned trip eights.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Miscikowski	1,575,000 25,000	25,000
Fernando Valverde	1,350,000 375,000	375,000

Tags: David Miscikowski Fernando Valverde

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 17:45 UTC+1

Palma Expertly Uses the Backpack Trick to Double

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Renato Grossi opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Nick Palma three-bet shoved for 380,000 from the button. Grossi called with a covering stack to put Palma at risk.

Nick Palma: K♠Q♣ All in
Renato Grossi: A♥K♦

Palma was in rough shape with a dominated king and found no help on the 2♦4♠3♥ flop.

"I don't want it on the turn. I want it on the river," Palma commented as the inconsequential 10♠ turn was dealt.

Palma put on his backpack and stood up after the turn, at which point the miraculous Q♦ river was dealt to give Palma a full double up.

Before scooping the pot, Palma mentioned to his tablemates that the backpack trick he pulled off was known back home as the "Rob Brown Walkaway".

Player	Chips	Progress
Renato Grossi	975,000 555,000	555,000
Nick Palma	820,000 220,000	220,000

Tags: Nick Palma Renato Grossi

09-01-2024 17:47 UTC+1

Chmiel Finds a King to Bust Tsugu

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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 17:51 UTC+1

Some Updated Chip Counts Before the Break

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Laura Fryer

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

Maciej Komorowski opened from a middle position to 50,000 and Michael Wang called from the cutoff. Jan-Eric Schwippert moved all in from the small blind and scooped the pot after his two opponents folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Natan Chauskin	2,100,000 5,000	5,000
Maciej Komorowski	1,400,000 100,000	100,000
Aliaksandr Yarosh	1,050,000 200,000	200,000
Saymon Dias	650,000 378,000	378,000
Bart Lybaert	525,000 75,000	75,000
Michael Wang	490,000 190,000	190,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	335,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Jan-Eric Schwippert Maciej Komorowski Michael Wang

09-01-2024 17:53 UTC+1

Schwaederle Soars With Aces

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Ryan Lashmar

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

In a preflop confrontation, Lukasz Golczyk was all in from the cutoff for around 800,000 and up against Cedric Schwaederle who covered him from the big blind.

Lukasz Golczyk: 10♥10♦ All in
Cedric Schwaederle: A♠A♥

Schwaederle remained ahead with the best preflop hand on the J♦K♦6♦6♣J♣ runout to send Golczyk to the rail and drag in a colossal pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Schwaederle	3,130,000 1,630,000	1,630,000
Lukasz Golczyk	Busted

Tags: Cedric Schwaederle Lukasz Golczyk

09-01-2024 17:55 UTC+1

Dinner Break

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Richard Hayes

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

The players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break, with play scheduled to restart at approximately 8:10 p.m. local time.

09-01-2024 18:23 UTC+1

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

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09-01-2024 18:55 UTC+1