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

09-02-2024 16:06 UTC+1

Foggin Picks Up Aces and Eliminates Margereson

Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Bo Alm limped in for 500 and Georgios Zachmanidis raised to 2,000 from the hijack. Marc Foggin then made it 5,500 from the cutoff before Scott Margereson shoved from the button for around 9,000. Alm and Zachmanidis both folded, and Foggin made the call.

Scott Margereson: A♣K♦ All in
Marc Foggin: A♠A♥

Margereson did pair his king on the 6♣9♣K♥ flop but improved no further as the 4♣3♠ runout meant he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kiko Rivera	98,500 13,500	13,500
Marc Foggin	90,000
Georgios Zachmanidis	28,000 12,500	12,500
Scott Margereson	Busted

Tags: Bo Alm Georgios Zachmanidis Marc Foggin Scott Margereson

09-02-2024 16:07 UTC+1

Narboni Busts to Ace-High Flush

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Philippe Narboni was all-in with a short stack from under the guin against Lukas Hafner in the big blind, who had him well covered as players flipped their cards.

Philippe Narboni: K♥J♦ All in
Lukas Hafner: A♥10♥

The board ran out 2♦2♥3♦8♥3♥ and Hafner made an ace-high flush to win the pot, eliminating Narboni from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukas Hafner	42,000 42,000	42,000
Philippe Narboni	Busted

Tags: Lukas Hafner Philippe Narboni

09-02-2024 16:10 UTC+1

Selected Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Krishna Madhariwar	90,000 6,000	6,000
Bo Jin	60,000 15,000	15,000
Mark Roovers	50,000
Joseph Hernon	45,000 27,400	27,400
Safwane Bahri	45,000
Jacob Stone	35,000
Naoki Yashiro	34,000
David Dongwoo Ko	30,000 12,000	12,000
Andre Akkari	29,000

Matthew Wantman	21,000 21,000	21,000
Ludovic Geilich	20,000

Leo Margets	20,000 2,000	2,000

09-02-2024 16:10 UTC+1

Thiriart Overbets With a Boat

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The action was caught on the river with roughly 16,000 in the pot, and the board read 4♠6♦7♠6♥10♠. Arthur Thiriart led out with an overbet for the rest of Jon Kyte's 22,000 in the seat next to him. Kyte thought it over for a while before making the call.

Thiriart flipped over 4♣4♥ for a full house with fours full of sixes to take down the pot, as Kyte showed A♠10♣ for just a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Thiriart	129,000 129,000	129,000
Jon Kyte	Busted

Tags: Arthur Thiriart Jon Kyte

09-02-2024 16:23 UTC+1

Zekhmi Flops Two Pair

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Yasuaki Toda raised from middle position and picked up four callers, including Amirouche Zekhmi on the button.

The flop came Q♦3♦K♦ and action checked to Toda, who made it 3,500 to go. Action folded around to Zekhmi who moved all in for 8,300 and Toda called. Toda had A♣K♠ for a pair of kings and Zekhmi showed K♣Q♥ for two pair, kings and queens.

The turn came a 4x and river the J♦. Zekhmi held to win the pot and double his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yasuaki Toda	47,000 47,000	47,000
Amirouche Zekhmi	23,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Yasuaki Toda Amirouche Zekhmi

09-02-2024 16:25 UTC+1

A Round of Counts

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Tyler Foran

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniyar Aubakirov	101,000 7,500	7,500
Gerard Cortes	99,000 4,000	4,000
Nicholas Marchington	85,500 17,300	17,300
John Duthie	79,500 900	900
Andrew Chen	78,600 52,100	52,100
Maria Konnikova	46,400 1,900	1,900

Lucia Navarro	44,800 1,400	1,400

Andre Akkari	40,000 11,000	11,000

Jen Shahade	30,200 11,800	11,800
Daniel Rezaei	30,000
Laurie Tournier	30,000

Ludovic Geilich	22,500 2,500	2,500

09-02-2024 16:29 UTC+1

Wang Wins at Showdown Without Showing Her Cards

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With around 6,000 chips in the middle on a board of A♥10♠2♠J♠, Jonatan Wedde bet 4,200. Xia Wang was the only other player still with cards in front of them and she called.

An 8♣ completed the board and after some time, Wedde checked. Wang didn't need too long to make her decision and she checked back.

At showdown, Wedde snap-mucked his hand, which meant Wang was awarded the pot without the need to show her cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonatan Wedde	50,000
Xia Wang	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Jonatan Wedde Xia Wang

09-02-2024 16:33 UTC+1

Baranski Plays Queens Tricky

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Tyler Foran

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Istvan Pilhofer opened 1,200 in the cutoff and David Dongwoo Ko three-bet to 3,800 on the button. Marcin Baranski was in the small blind and made the call, as did Pilhofer.

The dealer spread a flop of K♥4♠2♠, and both Baranski and Pilhofer check-called a bet of 3,100 from Ko.

No further bets went in the middle on the 8♣ turn, or the 2♦ river, and Baranski rolled Q♦Q♣. Both Pilhofer and Ko mucked their hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcin Baranski	85,500 85,500	85,500
Istvan Pilhofer	69,000 46,000	46,000
David Dongwoo Ko	27,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: David Dongwoo Ko Istvan Pilhofer Marcin Baranski

09-02-2024 16:36 UTC+1

Jose Sends Calderone to the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Eros Calderone shoved for roughly 10,000 from middle position with Carlos Jose making the call from the button to put him at risk.

Eros Calderone: A♠8♣ All in
Carlos Jose: A♦10♦

The runout of 8♠J♥7♣9♦J♣ did briefly put Calderone in front with a pair of eights on the flop. However, the turn gave Jose the straight and Calderone was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Jose	33,000 33,000	33,000
Eros Calderone	Busted

Tags: Carlos Jose Eros Calderone

09-02-2024 16:40 UTC+1

Wiciak Gets There on the River

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Angel Insua raised to 1,200 from early position and got a call from Jordan Cutter in the hijack before Simon Wiciak three-bet 4,000 on the button. Insua and Cutter both called.

The three players saw a flop of 5♦K♥4♠ which was checked to Wiciak, who then bet 1,500. Insua called and despite the cheap price, Cutter folded.

An A♥ fell on the turn which saw Insua check-call a bet of 3,000 from Wiciak.

When the J♦ landed on the river, Insua checked for a third time in the hand, and Wiciak shoved for 8,300. Insua thought for a few moments before he made the call.

Wiciak showed A♠J♣ for a rivered two pair, and Insua showed A♣Q♣ for a pair of aces.