€550 Estrellas Cup Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-30-2024 23:35 UTC+1

Oliver Eliminates Rabinowitz

Ollie Garland

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jack Oliver raised to 12,000 from under the gun, the hijack called and Darren Rabinowitz three-bet to 38,000 from the small blind; an effective all in with 1,000 behind the line. Oliver moved all in himself, the hijack folded and Rabinowitz called.

Darren Rabinowitz: A♣J♣ All in
Jack Oliver: A♥K♦

The board ran out 10♦2♦10♠K♣10♣; Oliver improved to two pair to send Rabinowitz to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Oliver	235,000 36,000	36,000
Darren Rabinowitz	Busted

Tags: Darren Rabinowitz Jack Oliver

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

08-30-2024 23:41 UTC+1

Sleiman Shows River Bluff

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

A huge pot of 270,000 had developed on a completed board of 9♥7♣6♥2♣7♠, in a hand between Jorge Lopes on the button and Hassan Sleiman in the small blind.

Sleiman jammed the river for 153,000 and Lopes went deep into the tank. After about three minutes of thought, Lopes folded and Sleiman showed J♣8♣ for jack-high, having missed his flopped up and down straight draw and turned flush draw.

Sleiman let out a deep sigh of relief and raked in a big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan Sleiman	423,000
Jorge Lopes	200,000

Tags: Hassan Sleiman Jorge Lopes

08-30-2024 23:46 UTC+1

Sulte Sucks Out to Eliminate Mataix

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Ollie Garland

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Martins Sulte raised to 16,000 from the hijack, Roberto Marin Mataix three-bet jammed from the button for 47,000 and Sulte eventually made the call.

Roberto Marin Mataix: A♦K♦ All in
Martins Sulte: K♣7♣

The flop was a treacherous one for Mataix as it came 6♦5♣8♦ giving Sulte an open-ended straight draw. The 4♣ turn completed Sulte's straight and the 8♣ river improved him further to a flush, sending Mataix to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martins Sulte	220,000 220,000	220,000
Roberto Marin Mataix	Busted

Tags: Martins Sulte Roberto Marin Mataix

08-30-2024 23:55 UTC+1

Madene Pays Off Feenstra

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Ollie Garland

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The pot stood at approximately 45,000 with two players looking at a flop of 9♠6♠5♠.

Florens Feenstra, in the big blind, checked the action to Nolan Madene, in early position. Madene checked back.

The 5♥ turn saw Feenstra take the lead for 20,000 and Madene called.

The 6♥ completed the board and Feenstra sized up to 60,000. Madene made a quick call. Feenstra tabled A♠6♦ for a full house, winning him this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florens Feenstra	370,000 370,000	370,000
Nolan Madene	90,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Florens Feenstra Nolan Madene

08-30-2024 23:56 UTC+1

Foucault Gets Job Done on Turn

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Nikolaos Dikaros opened to 16,000 from early position and was called by David Foucault in the next seat.

On the K♠3♦3♠ flop Dikaros continued with a bet of 20,000, and received a call from Foucault.

The 2♠ rolled off on the turn, and Dikaros checked to his opponent. Foucault fired out a bet of 40,000, and Dikaros quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolaos Dikaros	277,000
David Foucault	210,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: David Foucault Nikolaos Dikaros

08-31-2024 00:04 UTC+1

Hand for Hand

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Ollie Garland

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With 328 players remaining and 327 players making the money, the tournament is now playing hand-for-hand.

08-31-2024 00:13 UTC+1

Two Bust Outs on the Bubble

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Ollie Garland

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Hand One:

Alexandros Michas raised from the button, Miroslav Rizov moved all in from the big blind for 58,000 and Michas called.

Miroslav Rizov: K♣8♣ All in
Alexandros Michas: J♠3♦

The board ran out safely for Rizov as it came 7♣10♦5♦4♠, however, the 3♥ river saw Michas take the lead to bust the bubble.

Hand Two:

On another table Razvan Scutaru found himself all in and at risk for his last 70,000 against Quentin Dellis.

Razvan Scutaru: A♦K♠ All in
Quentin Dellis: 8♠8♦

The board ran out 5♦2♣2♦6♣Q♦; Dellis' pair held to bring the play count down to 326. All remaining players are now in the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quentin Dellis	265,000 265,000	265,000
Alexandros Michas	171,000 171,000	171,000
Miroslav Rizov	Busted
Razvan Scutaru	Busted

Tags: Alexandros Michas Miroslav Rizov Quentin Dellis Razvan Scutaru

08-31-2024 00:23 UTC+1

Day 1 of €550 Estrellas Poker Cup Concludes

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Day 1 has now concluded, with 326 players left to return for Day 2 at 11 a.m. local time, Saturday 31 August.

Updated chip counts and a recap of the day will follow shortly.

08-31-2024 00:54 UTC+1

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Edgar Ishida	888,000 458,000	458,000

Kian Kiani	865,000 865,000	865,000
Diogo da Silva	859,000 806,000	806,000
Jose Herrera	674,000 674,000	674,000
Nils Veipans	583,000 155,000	155,000
Axel Hamou	571,000 571,000	571,000
Josep Ruiz	566,000 566,000	566,000
Mihai Costiuc	562,000 400,000	400,000
Juan Gonzalez Suarez	489,000 489,000	489,000
Jukka Hopearuoho	487,000 487,000	487,000
Fahad El Mechraa	472,000 472,000	472,000
Stefan Fabian	470,000 470,000	470,000
Florens Feenstra	455,000 85,000	85,000
Pierre Mounic	440,000 440,000	440,000
Gabriel Cunha	430,000 430,000	430,000
Juan Escrig	420,000 58,000	58,000
Daniel Kaspari	419,000 419,000	419,000
Maurizio Longobardi	411,000 356,000	356,000
Jack Oliver	409,000 174,000	174,000
Donato De Bonis	404,000 404,000	404,000
Kamel Djemai	401,000 401,000	401,000
Grigory Zima	400,000 63,000	63,000
Marcin Puczylowski	400,000 400,000	400,000
Eric Qu	398,000 398,000	398,000
Christos Xanthopoulos	396,000 396,000	396,000

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