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

09-01-2024 14:47 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Rayane Mokhtar	1,500,000 775,000	775,000
David Miscikowski	1,500,000 400,000	400,000
Peter Kvisthammar	1,000,000 50,000	50,000

Nick Palma	860,000 860,000	860,000
Kemal Aslan	850,000 225,000	225,000
Giorgio Da Silva	670,000 670,000	670,000
Eric Sfez	650,000 85,000	85,000
Noah Boeken	600,000 350,000	350,000

Ryoji Kusumoto	600,000 17,000	17,000
Akinobu Maeda	550,000 467,000	467,000
Ronald Steinmetz	500,000 100,000	100,000
Saymon Dias	470,000 110,000	110,000
Gheorghe Butuc	450,000 231,000	231,000
Victor Pahon	400,000 50,000	50,000
Rijad Ahmic	400,000 384,800	384,800
Michel Leibgorin	400,000 40,000	40,000
Mehdi Rebai	400,000
Fernando Valverde	400,000 40,000	40,000
Breno Drumond	350,000 235,000	235,000
Alan Ferraro	250,000 50,000	50,000
Marian Dicu	200,000 35,000	35,000
[Removed:483]	190,000 135,000	135,000
Fouad Toujani	70,000 136,000	136,000

Butuc Eliminates Drumond

Tim Baker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Breno Drumond was all-in preflop for roughly 250,000 from the big blind with Gheorghe Butuc making the call from the cutoff.

Breno Drumond: K♣7♣ All in
Gheorghe Butuc: 10♣10♦

Drumond had ran into the tens of Butuc and needed to find a king or some clubs to survive. However, the runout of 9♥J♦5♣A♦9♠ didn't help Drumond and Butoc's pocket tens would win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gheorghe Butuc	800,000 350,000	350,000
Breno Drumond	Busted

Tags: Gheorghe Butuc Breno Drumond

09-01-2024 14:58 UTC+1

Andrews River Shove Forces a Fold From Tian

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Tim Baker

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Mengshi Tian opened under the gun to 30,000. Cherish Andrews called in middle position, and Adolfo Vaeza Baque defended from the big blind.

After Baque checked the 7♥Q♣10♥ flop, Tian bet 35,000, which only Andrews called.

Tian fired a second bet of 105,000 on the A♣ turn and Andrews called.

The river came the 2♥ and Tian bet 225,000. Andrews thought it over for a few moments before shoving for the rest of Tian's 300,000 chips. Tian did some inventory but ultimately settled on a fold, and Andrews dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cherish Andrews	1,250,000 918,000	918,000
Mengshi Tian	300,000 250,000	250,000
Adolfo Vaeza Baque	100,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Adolfo Vaeza Baque Cherish Andrews Mengshi Tian

09-01-2024 15:00 UTC+1

Pommier Five-Bet Shoves on Koulopoulos

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Kai Cocklin

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Ioannis Koulopoulos had raised the button and Christophe Pommier three-bet the small blind to 75,000. Koulopoulos then four-bet to 215,000, only for Pommier to five-bet shove for 541,000. Koulopoulos went deep into thought but after around two minutes, he let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yiannis Liperis	800,000 455,000	455,000
Ioannis Koulopoulos	750,000 570,000	570,000
Remy Murcia	700,000 280,000	280,000
Christophe Pommier	500,000 175,000	175,000
Bart Lybaert	450,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Christophe Pommier Ioannis Koulopoulos

09-01-2024 15:03 UTC+1

Miscikowski Wins Battle of the Big Stacks

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Richard Hayes

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

David Miscikowski opened to 30,000 in early position, and was faced with a three-bet to 120,000 by Rayane Mokhtar in the small blind. Action folded back to Miscikowski, who called.

On the A♠J♣9♦ flop, Mokhtar fired out a bet of 90,000, and Miscikowski called.

The turn brought the 9♥, and Mokhtar continued to fire, shipping 225,000 into the middle. Miscikowski took a minute or two, before again putting in calling chips.

The 4♥ river completed the board, and Mokhtar slowed down, checking to his opponent. Miscikowski took a moment to think, before moving all in for around 1,000,000, just covering Mokhtar.

Mokhtar went into the tank, and after about three minutes, released his hand. Miscikowski smiled and flashed the Q♦ prompting Mokhtar to laugh and exclaim "Oh no, not the queen, not the queen!", leading to much amusement for the rest of the table.

Miscikowski is now likely to be the tournament chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Miscikowski	1,910,000 410,000	410,000
Rayane Mokhtar	910,000 590,000	590,000

Tags: David Miscikowski Rayane Mokhtar

09-01-2024 15:05 UTC+1

Steinmetz Brutally Coolers Sfez to Double

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 3♥Q♣A♥J♣ and roughly 200,000 already in the middle, Ronald Steinmetz was all in for 399,000 and up against Eric Sfez who had him covered.

Ronald Steinmetz: J♥J♠ All in
Eric Sfez: 3♦3♣

Sfez had flopped a set of threes but Steinmetz had turned a set of jacks to take the lead. The 10♣ river changed nothing and Steinmetz dragged in a gargantuan pot while making a serious dent in Sfez' stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronald Steinmetz	985,000 485,000	485,000
Eric Sfez	260,000 390,000	390,000

09-01-2024 15:08 UTC+1

Schwaederle Cold Four-Bets

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Kai Cocklin

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Rania Nasreddine opened to 30,000 from early position and Boris Kuzmanovic three-bet to 90,000 from the hijack. Cedric Schwaederle then cold four-bet from the button to 240,000, which earned him the pot as the rest of the table folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cedric Schwaederle	1,450,000 390,000	390,000
Rania Nasreddine	1,400,000 220,000	220,000
Boris Kuzmanovic	850,000
Bixi Yao	275,000 144,000	144,000

Tags: Boris Kuzmanovic Cedric Schwaederle Rania Nasreddine

09-01-2024 15:10 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cherish Andrews	1,175,000 75,000	75,000
Alexandros Kolonias	910,000 260,000	260,000
Gheorghe Butuc	855,000 55,000	55,000
Nick Palma	765,000 95,000	95,000
Adolfo Vaeza Baque	665,000 565,000	565,000
Salvatore Camarda	560,000 130,000	130,000
Rijad Ahmic	555,000 155,000	155,000
Noah Boeken	550,000 50,000	50,000

Dylan Lambert	305,000 130,000	130,000
Mengshi Tian	270,000 30,000	30,000
Lars-Magne Johansen	270,000 147,000	147,000
Victor Pahon	195,000 205,000	205,000
Robert-Florin Grigore	160,000 86,000	86,000

09-01-2024 15:12 UTC+1

Nasreddine Gets Big-Slick to Fold Preflop

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Najib Shacar opened to 32,000 from under the gun only for Murilo Garcia to three-bet to 95,000 from middle position. Rania Nasreddine then put in a four-bet to 250,000 from the hijack, forcing Shacar out of the pot while Garcia went into the tank.

After a couple minutes Garcia opted to fold A♥K♥ face up and Nasreddine took down a decent pot without having to see a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rania Nasreddine	1,460,000 60,000	60,000
Najib Shacar	670,000 95,000	95,000
Murilo Garcia	490,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Murilo Garcia Najib Shacar Rania Nasreddine

09-01-2024 15:16 UTC+1

Leibgorin Spikes Turn to Bust Salewyn

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Richard Hayes

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Cards were on their backs and stacks were in the middle, with [Removed:483] all-in for 170,000 on a flop of Q♥5♣4♣ and at risk, after being called by Michel Leibgorin.

[Removed:483]: K♥K♣ All in
Michel Leibgorin: A♦Q♠

Salewyn was ahead with his overpair of kings and looked good for the double-up. When Leibgorin saw Salewyn's cards, he smiled and said "You have kings? It's ok, the ace is coming".

Sure enough, the A♥ rolled off on the turn to put Leibgorin in front with two pair. Causing much amusement at the table, Aliaksandr Yarosh said "He must be cheating" while laughing, and Leibgorin said "I am, but I can't tell you how".

Even Salewyn was chuckling as he gathered his things and left the table, after the 3♣ river completed the board.