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

09-01-2024 11:25 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephane Benadiba	Busted
Taleb Salah-Eddine	Busted
Dzmitry Urbanovich	Busted

Evegenii Sboev	Busted
Rusen Mat	Busted
Artus Gimenez	Busted
Matteo Zanardi	Busted
Bartolomeo Tato	Busted
Brian Ganon	Busted
Lucas Seire	Busted
Hendrik Ricken	Busted
Halil Tasyurek	Busted
Aleksei Savenkov	Busted
Konstantin Farber	Busted
Murilo Milhomem	Busted
Omer Ozgul	Busted
Brandon Leetz	Busted
Fiodor Martino	Busted
Yanfeng Wang	Busted
Ace Wm	Busted
Marcus Wuttke	Busted
Shyam Chhabria	Busted

Rabinowitz Eliminated

Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Thomas Lilamand raised from under the gun to 16,000 and Remy Murcia called from the next seat. Darren Rabinowitz then shoved for around 150,000, which got Lilamand to fold and Murcia called.

Darren Rabinowitz: A♣Q♦ All in
Remy Murcia: A♦K♦

Rabinowitz took the lead on the 4♥2♠Q♠ flop after he paired his queen, which left Murcia needing to connect with one of the three remaining kings. A 4♠ turn was a brick and left Rabinowitz just one card away from a double-up, but he couldn't hold onto his lead as the K♠ river improved Murcia to a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Remy Murcia	420,000 320,000	320,000
Thomas Lilamand	170,000 84,000	84,000
Darren Rabinowitz	Busted

Tags: Darren Rabinowitz Remy Murcia Thomas Lilamand

09-01-2024 11:42 UTC+1

Linaras Busts Usher

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Alfie Usher moved his last 11,000 in blind under the gun. and was called by Jonas Stechbarth, Sokratis Linaras, and Guy Holtzman, while Salvatore Camarda and Martin Stausholm also came along for the ride in the blinds. Usher wasn't sure whether to be pleased or not with the action he received.

On the J♥J♠3♠ flop, Stechbarth led out with a bet of 21,000, only to be met with a raise to 65,000 by Linaras. That forced out the other opponents, with action folded back to Stechbarth. After some thought, he sighed and folded.

Alfie Usher: K♥7♣ All in
Sokratis Linaras: J♣9♣

Usher was drawing dead versus Linaras's trip jacks, and the 3♦4♥ turn and river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sokratis Linaras	435,000 435,000	435,000
Salvatore Camarda	430,000 25,000	25,000
Martin Stausholm	110,000 5,000	5,000
Jonas Stechbarth	80,000 15,000	15,000
Alfie Usher	Busted

Tags: Alfie Usher Guy Holtzman Jonas Stechbarth Martin Stausholm Salvatore Camarda Sokratis Linaras

09-01-2024 11:42 UTC+1

Lecoeuvre Doubles With Jacks

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

In a blind-on-blind situation, Giulio Astarita and Nicolas Lecoeuvre ended up getting all of the chips into the middle with the latter being the at-risk player for his stack of around 110,000.

Nicolas Lecoeuvre: J♣J♠ All in
Giulio Astarita: A♦10♠

Lecoeuvre managed to hold on with his pocket jacks as the runout of K♦7♦6♣9♠6♠ left Astarita unimproved.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathew Frankland	580,000 64,000	64,000
Mitchell Garshofsky	250,000 66,000	66,000
Nicolas Lecoeuvre	230,000 20,000	20,000
Giulio Astarita	40,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Giulio Astarita Nicolas Lecoeuvre

09-01-2024 11:55 UTC+1

Pihela Eliminates Kuzmin

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Igor Pihela raised from under the gun and then called the shove of Yevhenii Kuzmin who had a short stack in the big blind.

Yevhenii Kuzmin: J♥10♥ All in
Igor Pihela: A♠9♣

Despite flopping a gutshot, Kuzmin couldn't improve on the 7♠6♣8♣4♥6♠ runout, which meant he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Pihela	360,000 174,000	174,000
Yevhenii Kuzmin	Busted

Tags: Igor Pihela Yevhenii Kuzmin

09-01-2024 12:03 UTC+1

Further Eliminations (€3,650)

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Krol	Busted
Henri Kasper	Busted
Chan Truong	Busted
Gzim Krasnici	Busted
Umberto Ruggeri	Busted
Dean Hutchison	Busted
David Torgeman	Busted
Flynn Bosch	Busted
Leo Margets	Busted

Itamar Nachshon	Busted
Giulio Astarita	Busted
Aniroedh Ramasray	Busted
Svajunas Seduikis	Busted
Fabian Spielmann	Busted
Petrus Brandt	Busted
Eero Rantala	Busted
Stephane Gabarre	Busted
Ram Sanati	Busted
Fabrice Bigot	Busted
Rony Halimi	Busted
Martin Stausholm	Busted
Alberto Cigliano	Busted
Vlado Banicevic	Busted
Kamel Boulkenafet	Busted
Alfonso Simone	Busted

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09-01-2024 12:07 UTC+1

Razaei's Cowboys Lassoed by Kurko's Little Slick

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Daniel Rezaei raised from under the gun and Metin Yalciner shoved from the next seat for around 50,000. Kimmo Kurko then reshoved from the cutoff for around 140,000, and Rezaei called when it got back to him.

Metin Yalciner: 2♣2♥ All in
Kimmo Kurko: A♠Q♦ All in
Daniel Rezaei: K♦K♠

Rezaei was in the driving seat to eliminate two players but Kurko paired his ace on the 8♣6♠A♦ flop to take the lead. A 7♠ on the turn changed nothing and neither did the 10♦ river which meant Yalciner was eliminated, and Kurko took both the side & main pots.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kimmo Kurko	330,000 133,000	133,000
Daniel Rezaei	190,000 77,000	77,000
Metin Yalciner	Busted

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Kimmo Kurko Metin Yalciner

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

09-01-2024 12:18 UTC+1

Kenny Hallaert Looks to Protect Recreational Players in New PokerStars Role

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Sandra Barbour

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

In a recent episode of the Poker in the Ears podcast, Belgian poker pro and PokerStars Ambassador Kenny Hallaert joined James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton for a chat about his new and innovative role for the Spadie brand.

Hallaert highlighted some of the key issues he's eager to address in his new role, where he looks to make live poker a safer ground for new and recreational poker players

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09-01-2024 12:22 UTC+1

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Schwaederle	1,250,000 707,000	707,000
Weiran Pu	850,000 731,000	731,000
Alexandros Kolonias	650,000 5,000	5,000
Mengshi Tian	550,000 140,000	140,000
Longmao Fan	420,000 81,000	81,000
Noah Boeken	250,000 1,000	1,000

Daniel Rezaei	250,000 60,000	60,000
Slade Fisher	220,000 220,000	220,000
Lars Romundstad	220,000 120,000	120,000
Brian Altman	210,000 71,000	71,000
Julie Klein	200,000 76,000	76,000
Bixi Yao	150,000 51,000	51,000
Victor Chong	130,000 19,000	19,000