€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

09-01-2024 16:05 UTC+1

Mamouni Comes From Behind to Bust Watson

David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Mohamed Mamouni raised to 1,100 under the gun and received three callers before Mike Watson moved all in for 12,500 in the small blind. Mamouni reshoved and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Mike Watson: A♣K♣ All in
Mohamed Mamouni: K♠J♠

Watson had Mamouni dominated and was poised for a double up as the flop came Q♠7♦7♠, giving Mamouni a flush draw. The turn was the 10♠ and Mamouni completed his flush to leave Watson drawing dead by the K♥ river, sending the two-time EPT champion to the rail.

Simon Wiciak was also eliminated shortly after coming back from break and will need to rely on his second bullet in hopes of defending his title.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Mamouni	55,000
Mike Watson	Busted

Simon Wiciak	Busted

Tags: Mike Watson Mohamed Mamouni Simon Wiciak

09-01-2024 16:08 UTC+1

Holskyi Boats Up

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Patrick Cole

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action was picked up on the 4♥4♦5♣ flop where Ming Yeung Yiu checked in the small blind. Konstantyn Holskyi bet 1,200 from the big blind and Gaspare Sposato called from under the gun. Yiu also called before checking again on the 5♠ turn.

Holskyi bet again, this time for 3,500. Sposato folded and Yiu called. Yiu checked once more on the Q♠ rover. Holskyi promptly bet 5,000. Yiu went into the tank before calling. Holskyi showed 8♠4♣ for a full house and Yiu mucked his holding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantyn Holskyi	60,000
Ming Yeung Yiu	42,500 27,600	27,600
Gaspare Sposato	32,500

Tags: Ming Yeung Yiu Konstantyn Holskyi Gaspare Sposato

09-01-2024 16:08 UTC+1

Life Outside Poker: Nate Silver Says Don't Be a Nit in Life

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 15th episode, Connor speaks with statistician Nate Silver about his new book On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything, election forecasting, founding and leaving FiveThirtyEight, his bad beats at feature tables, and co-hosting the Risky Business podcast with Maria Konnikova.

Silver also discusses the upcoming US presidential election, sports analytics, Limit Hold'em, his Silver Bulletin newsletter and why no one should be a nit in life.

This interview was filmed on June 8.

09-01-2024 16:08 UTC+1

Da Paz Takes a Chunk From Buhaiov; Kiani Introduces Himself

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

There had been an open before Nazar Buhaiov three-bet to 3,000 on the button. Dario De Paz then four-bet from the big blind to 8,000, which only Buhaiov called.

On the monotone 5♦K♦10♦ flop, Da Paz made a continuation-bet of 4,500 and Buhaiov called.

A 2♣ hit the turn and Da Paz moved all in for 15,100, which got a fold out of Buhaiov.

On the same table, Kian Kiani has just sat down and introduced himself to the table.

"Hi everybody, my name is Kian. Sometimes they call me the eliminator and sometimes the eliminated,".

Let's see what version of Kiani has turned up to Day 1a of the EPT Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nazar Buhaiov	45,000
Dario De Paz	40,000
Kian Kiani	30,000

Tags: Dario De Paz Kian Kiani Nazar Buhaiov

09-01-2024 16:11 UTC+1

Four-Bet Incoming!

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Lauri Varonen opened the action to 1,200 from under-the-gun and was called by Ibrahim Kiriakus to his immediate left. From the small blind Matheus Machado squeezed to 6,000.

Back on Varonen, he thought for about a minute before clicking it up to 12,000 with his four-bet.

This quickly shed Kiriakus, but Machado wasn't so quick to fold. Eventually, he did though, to send a healthy pot to Varonen without seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauri Varonen	41,000 15,000	15,000
ibrahim Kiriakus	21,000 21,000	21,000
Matheus Machado	20,500 20,500	20,500

Tags: Ibrahim Kiriakus Lauri Varonen Matheus Machado

09-01-2024 16:13 UTC+1

Rosina Doubles Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Denis Rosina open raised, Patrik Karabincik three-bet and Rosina moved all in for 10,500, which Karabincik called. Players flipped their cards, with Rosina at risk.

Denis Rosina: A♠Q♠ All in
Patrik Karabincik: J♠J♣

The board ran out K♥A♦K♣8♠A♣ and Rosina paired his ace on the flop and made a full house by the river to double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Karabincik	41,000 1,000	1,000
Denis Rosina	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Denis Rosina Patrik Karabincik

09-01-2024 16:15 UTC+1

Sborz Falls Victim to a Misclick

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David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Gabriel Sborz raised to 1,000 in early position before Kristian Dahl three-bet to 3,200 in middle position. Dimitrios Angelakos then four-bet to 8,000.

Sborz didn't notice Angelakos had reraised and attempted to just call Dahl's bet. The dealer forced him to put in the 8,000, while Dahl quickly got out of the way.

The flop came 10♥7♣2♠ and Angelakos moved all in. Sborz snap-called for his last 21,000.

Gabriel Sborz: 10♣9♣ All in
Dimitrios Angelakos: A♣K♥

Sborz was ahead with top pair, but Angelakos spiked the A♦ on the turn to take the lead. The river was the 5♦ and Sborz was eliminated.

"I didn't see," Sborz said on his way to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Angelakos	70,000 70,000	70,000
Kristian Dahl	10,000 10,000	10,000
Gabriel Sborz	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Angelakos Gabriel Sborz Kristian Dahl

09-01-2024 16:19 UTC+1

Ahuja Surprised to See Mosele's Cowboys

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Massimo Mosele raised from the cutoff to 1,300 and Ankit Ahuja defended his big blind.

They both saw a flop of 2♥J♣2♠ which was checked through to the 8♠ turn. Ahuja led out for 2,000, and Mosele called.

A 3♣ fell on the river and Ahuja fired again for 4,500, which Mosele called.

Ahuja confidently flipped A♣8♥ for a pair of eights, but was surprised to see the K♠K♣ of Mosele for a pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavlos Xanthopoulos	40,000 11,000	11,000
Massimo Mosele	35,000 35,000	35,000
Ankit Ahuja	29,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Massimo Mosele

09-01-2024 16:22 UTC+1

Jazayeri Takes Three-Bet Pot

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Sean Jazayeri opened to 1,200 from the hijack before he was three-bet to 3,500 by Jose Zurita in the cutoff. Jazayeri called to see a flop of K♦Q♣4♣.

Jazayeri checked and then called a bet of 2,600 from Zurita and the dealer then placed the 10♦ turn on the board.

Again, Jazayeri checked, but this time his opponent did likewise leading to the 2♦ river.

Jazayeri checked a final time and got a quick check back from Zurita.

K♥9♥ was tabled by Jazayeri which was good enough to take the pot with his pair of kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Jazayeri	36,000 36,000	36,000
Jose Zurita	21,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Jose Zurita Sean Jazayeri

09-01-2024 16:22 UTC+1

Syversen Takes From Ho, Busts Shortly After

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Patrick Cole

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action folded around to Thomas Syversen on the button who opened for 1,000. Shiina Okamoto called in the small blind and Maria Ho defended the big blind.

Both blinds checked the monotone flop of 9♦K♦8♦ to Syversen who bet 1,000. Okamoto folded and Ho called. She then checked the 4♥ turn, prompting Syversen to continue for 3,000. After a moment's thought, Ho slid her cards into the muck.

Syversen had half a starting stack after the pot, but he could not spin it up and busted shortly afterwards.