€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

09-04-2024 12:40 UTC+1

Sinclair Finds an Ace to Double

David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

On the first hand after the bursting of the money bubble, Amirouche Zekhmi raised to 10,000 in middle position before Jack Sinclair three-bet to 26,000 in the hijack. Zekhmi moved all in and Sinclair called for 106,000.

Jack Sinclair: A♣Q♣ All in
Amirouche Zekhmi: Q♠Q♥

Sinclair hit top pair on the A♦9♠7♣ flop to take the lead and leave Zekhmi with just one out heading to the turn, which came the 7♥. The river was the 2♥ and Sinclair doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Sinclair	220,000 104,000	104,000
Amirouche Zekhmi	100,000 108,000	108,000

Tags: Amirouche Zekhmi Jack Sinclair

09-04-2024 12:44 UTC+1

Vaeza Baque Runs Into Moura's Queens

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Adolfo Vaeza Baque moved all in for 73,000 under the gun and Gabriel Moura called in middle position.

Adolfo Vaeza Baque: 8♦8♠ All in
Gabriel Moura: Q♠Q♦

Vaeza Baque picked up a straight draw heading to the river on a board of 2♣6♣5♦7♦, but he missed the A♦ as Moura's queens stayed in front to send Vaeza Baque to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Moura	180,000 180,000	180,000
Adolfo Vaeza Baque	Busted

Tags: Adolfo Vaeza Baque Gabriel Moura

09-04-2024 12:50 UTC+1

Yokosawa, Murthy Flip For Their Tournament

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Neel Murthy moved all in from under the gun and Masato Yokosawa called in the big blind.

Neel Murthy: 8♥8♠ All in
Masato Yokosawa: A♠K♦

Yokosawa connected with the A♥9♥2♠ flop to take the lead with a pair of aces, while Murthy couldn't catch up on the 6♠ turn or J♥ river. The stacks were counted down and they were found to each have the same 72,000 remaining as Yokosawa doubled up and sent Murthy to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Masato Yokosawa	150,000 58,000	58,000
Neel Murthy	Busted

Tags: Masato Yokosawa Neel Murthy

09-04-2024 12:52 UTC+1

First Post-Bubble Bustouts

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Cruz	Busted
Andrea Caizzi	Busted
Maksym Bosyk	Busted
Andjelko Andrejevic	Busted
Hon Cheong Lee	Busted
Paawan Bansal	Busted
Fintan Hand	Busted
Angel Insua	Busted
Emika Senda	Busted
Vidar Oie	Busted
Jack Maskill	Busted
Chin Wei Lim	Busted
Guy Goossens	Busted

09-04-2024 12:53 UTC+1

Sinclair's Bullets Leave Kaukua Short-Stacked

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With around 75,000 in the pot on a flop of 7♦8♦6♥, Jack Sinclair checked it over to Toni Kaukua, who bet 44,000. Sinclair thought for a few moments before he shoved his stack of 190,000 into the pot, and Kaukua called.

Jack Sinclair: A♥A♣ All in
Toni Kaukua: 10♦10♣

Sinclair was in the lead with his bullets but Kaukua did have a gutshot straight draw which gave him a few extra outs. The Finnish player never managed to connect with the 4♥8♥ runout which meant he was left with just 20,000 in his stack, while Sinclair jumped up the counts with around 450,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Sinclair	450,000 230,000	230,000
Xiaohu Liu	170,000 83,000	83,000
Alexandre Reard	50,000 41,000	41,000

Toni Kaukua	20,000 186,000	186,000

Tags: Jack Sinclair Toni Kaukua

09-04-2024 12:55 UTC+1

Goetz Takes it on the River

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Laura Fryer

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action folded around to Ermo Kosk in the small blind who limped with Q♠7♣ and Ondrej Goetz checked the big blind with 7♥5♠.

Kosh bet the 8♠K♦7♠ flop for 4,000 and Goetz made a quick call.

Both players checked the 9♦ turn to see the 6♦ river.

Kosh bet 11,000 and Goetz snap called to take the pot, after making the straight on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ondrej Goetz	133,000 9,000	9,000
Ermo Kosk	122,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Ermo Kosk Ondrej Goetz

09-04-2024 12:59 UTC+1

Beltran Picks Up Aces to Take Out Sanz, Dowling

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Christopher Dowling was all-in for his last 40,000 in middle position, Guillermo Sanz put in his last 80,000 from the hijack, and Pablo Beltran had both players covered and at risk in early position.

Christopher Dowling: K♦9♦ All in
Guillermo Sanz: A♦Q♦ All in
Pablo Beltran: A♣A♠

Beltran had woken up with aces and hit the last one in the deck on the A♥10♠8♠ flop to make top set. Both opponents were left drawing dead after the 4♥ turn, while Beltran scooped the pot once the 3♠ fell on the river as Sanz and Dowling were sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Beltran	320,000 150,000	150,000
Guillermo Sanz	Busted

Christopher Dowling	Busted

Tags: Christopher Dowling Guillermo Sanz Pablo Beltran

09-04-2024 12:59 UTC+1

Short Stacks Get It In

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Frank Visser

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Kyosuke Nagami was all-in for his final 10,000 and was called by David Laka in the big blind.

Kyosuke Nagami: A♦8♥ All in
David Laka: A♥2♣

Nagami made two pair on the 8♠3♠Q♦A♠K♠ runout to double up.

At another table, Per Mattson jammed in his 26,000 chips from the hijack and was called by Umberto Ruggeri in the big blind.

Per Mattson: J♦7♦ All in
Umberto Ruggeri: K♣9♦

Ruggeri was the only one to make a pair on the A♠10♣9♣3♠2♦ board to knock out his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umberto Ruggeri	255,000 35,000	35,000
David Laka	41,000 41,000	41,000
Kyosuke Nagami	26,000 198,000	198,000
Per Mattson	Busted

Tags: David Laka Kyosuke Nagami Per Mattson Umberto Ruggeri

09-04-2024 13:09 UTC+1

Antoniou Sends Csecsetka to the Rail

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Kai Cocklin

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Andreas Antoniou opened from middle position and called the shove of Peter Csecsetka, who had around 75,000 in his stack.

Peter Csecsetka: 6♣6♥ All in
Andreas Antoniou: A♣J♦

Csecsetka was already on his feet after he saw the 5♣A♥Q♣ flop, but the extra stand-up equity didn't pay off as neither the 8♥ turn nor 7♥ river could save him from elimination.