€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

09-03-2024 12:51 UTC+1

Chip Counts at Break

David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joost Hollak	362,000 2,500	2,500

Jorge Artiga-Pacheco	345,500 39,000	39,000
Bekim Murtezi	345,000 20,000	20,000
Yevhenii Kuzmin	343,000 42,500	42,500
Ian Bradley	335,000 150,000	150,000
David Miscikowski	331,500 60,500	60,500
Martin Stausholm	321,000 87,500	87,500
Raoul Kanme	320,000 119,500	119,500
Tomasz Krzesinski	320,000 66,500	66,500
Kian Kiani	315,000 5,000	5,000

Malcolm Franchi	310,000 84,000	84,000
Andrew Hulme	309,000 173,500	173,500
Sirzat Hissou	277,000 87,500	87,500
Gabriel Cunha	272,500 7,500	7,500
Ram Sanati	256,000 47,000	47,000
Jeremie Zouari	256,000 34,000	34,000

Mark Teltscher	255,000 56,000	56,000

Hans Erlandsson	248,000 120,000	120,000
Simon Wiciak	246,500 18,500	18,500

Ramon Colillas	243,000 110,000	110,000
Sindre Hansen	239,000 98,500	98,500
Rania Nasreddine	239,000 26,000	26,000

Umberto Ruggeri	232,500 67,500	67,500
Venelin Pashev	228,000 78,000	78,000
Preben Stokkan	222,500 15,000	15,000

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09-03-2024 12:35 UTC+1

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

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 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.

Tags: Connor Richards Maria Konnikova Nate Silver

09-03-2024 12:32 UTC+1

Players Heading for 20-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Players in the Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break.

Level 11 Highlights

09-03-2024 12:31 UTC+1

Jin Hits the River to Bust Mosele

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Paul Di Meglio raised to 3,000 under the gun before Massimo Mosele three-bet to 11,000 in middle position. Bo Jin four-bet to 20,000 on the button, Di Meglio folded, while Mosele called to see the A♣10♦J♦ flop.

Both players checked to the J♥ turn, where Mosele moved all in for 59,500. Jin tanked for several minutes into the break before calling. Mosele showed A♠K♠ for two pair and was ahead as Jin turned over Q♥Q♣.

The K♥ fell on the river to give Mosele a higher two pair, but Jin spiked a straight as Mosele stormed out of his seat and began muttering to himself as the big pot was pushed over to Jin.

"He's putting a spell on you," tablemate Steven Jones joked with Jin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bo Jin	200,000 200,000	200,000
Massimo Mosele	Busted

Tags: Bo Jin Massimo Mosele Paul Di Meglio

09-03-2024 12:28 UTC+1

Bitar Four-Bets All In

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Matt Warburton

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ghassan Bitar raised to 3,000 from under the gun with 7♦7♣ and Simon Wiciak three-bet to 9,000 from the next seat across with A♦3♦. Bitar moved all in for 45,000 and Wiciak folded to concede the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wiciak	228,000 500	500

Ghassan Bitar	61,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Ghassan Bitar Simon Wiciak

09-03-2024 12:28 UTC+1

Lodge Gets Value With Two Pair

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Harry Lodge opened the button to 3,000 and Max Burney defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the K♦9♥Q♠ flop for the 5♥ to come on the turn. Burney's bet of 3,500 was met with a raise to 13,000 by Lodge. Burney called.

On the 7♣ river, Burney check-called Lodge's bet of 27,000. Lodge turned over Q♣5♣ for a turned two pair and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Harry Lodge	175,000 95,500	95,500
Max Burney	130,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Max Burney Harry Lodge

09-03-2024 12:28 UTC+1

Antonius Among Recent Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Santerne	Busted
Patrick Clarke	Busted
Yunsheng Sun	Busted
Soraya Estrada	Busted
Olga Iermolcheva	Busted
Michele Munari	Busted
Robert Coughlan	Busted
Patrik Antonius	Busted

Diego Belmonte	Busted
Zaki Hamani	Busted
Andrea Salamone	Busted
Robbie Bull	Busted
Paul Lagan	Busted

Murat Erkmen	Busted
Ludovic Geilich	Busted

Nicolas Cima	Busted
Henok Mariam	Busted
William Hani	Busted
Antonio Rutigliano	Busted
Fidaly Saboor	Busted
Eirik Presterud	Busted
Nikolai Valchev	Busted
Abdullah Al-Shanti	Busted
Chien-Chih Weng	Busted
Jose Maria Lamarca	Busted

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09-03-2024 12:23 UTC+1

Piwowarski Takes More From Lin

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ren Lin raised to 3,500 from the cutoff and Jakub Piwowarski called from the big blind.

Piwowarski check-called a bet of 4,000 from Lin on the 10♦A♦7♥ flop.

The 4♦ turn saw Piwowarski check-call another bet from Lin, this time for 13,000.

Both players checked the 6♠ river and Piwowarski took down the pot with 7♦6♥ for a rivered two pair, sevens and sixes. Lin flashed the 2♦ as the pot was pushed over to Piwowarski.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	270,000 22,000	22,000

Jakub Piwowarski	180,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Jakub Piwowarski Ren Lin

09-03-2024 12:23 UTC+1

Talbot Cracks Shornikau's Kings

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Mike Patrick

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Approximately 35,000 was already in the middle by a completed board of A♦9♥6♣2♦5♠ as PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot flicked out a bet of 3,000 from the big blind into Maksim Shornikau on the button.

Shornikau made a sigh-call and tabled K♦K♥ which fell to Talbot's A♣10♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	130,000 100,000	100,000

Maksim Shornikau	98,000 21,500	21,500

Tags: Maksim Shornikau Parker Talbot

09-03-2024 12:22 UTC+1

Kiani Stuns Van den Berg on the River

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David Salituro

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

With around 50,000 in the pot on a board of 8♣4♠9♥4♦, Thierry van den Berg moved all in for 35,000 in the small blind. Kian Kiani was in early position and tanked for a moment before calling.

Van den Berg showed K♥K♦, while Kiani had A♠J♠ for ace-high. "Don't do this to me," Van den Berg pleaded with the dealer heading to the river, which came the A♦ to give Kiani the pot.

"Oh my God. This is not normal. This is not real," Van den Berg yelled out as he stormed out of his seat.

"Sorry," Kiani said to him as he raked in the pot.