[Removed:526] had shoved from the small blind and Kazuhiko Yotsushika gave up his big blind.
[Removed:526] tried again the next hand, moving all in from the button for 5,875,000. Yotsushika called this time in the small blind, while Bernardo Neves folded in the big blind.
[Removed:526]: J♣10♥
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: J♦J♥
The 8♣8♠6♥ flop didn't give [Removed:526] much hope, and he was left drawing dead after the 4♥ turn. The river was the 3♠ and [Removed:526] was eliminated in 12th place.
Alexis Nicolai raised to 900,000 on the button, then snap-called after Adis Zukanovic shoved for 2,550,000 in the big blind.
While they were waiting to turn over their cards, on the other table Daniele Cuomo had raised to 900,000 in the small blind and [Removed:526] called in the big blind.
The flop came Q♠9♥3♠ and Cuomo moved all in. [Removed:526] had around 5,000,000 remaining and took a minute before folding. Tournament officials then instructed Zukanovic and Nicolai to reveal their cards.
Adis Zukanovic: A♥4♠
Alexis Nicolai: 9♦9♥
Zukanovic picked up a straight draw on the 8♥5♣3♠6♦, while the river came the A♣ and he let out a big yell in celebration after spiking his ace to double up.
Yakiv Syzghanov raised to 1,800,000 in early position with just a few chips behind and Kazuhiko Yotsushika three-bet jammed in the hijack. Syzghanov called to put himself at risk.
Yakiv Syzghanov: A♥J♦
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: A♠K♦
Syzghanov was dominated and couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out K♥7♠4♣2♣K♠ to mark his elimination.
Chin Wei Lim raised to 800,000 in the cutoff, David Taieb moved all in for 4,675,000 in the big blind, and Lim snap-called.
David Taieb: A♥K♣
Chin Wei Lim: A♠Q♣
Both players hit a pair on the K♦Q♦5♥ flop, but Taieb remained in the lead with his kings. The rest of the board ran out 8♦9♣ and Taieb let out a big fist pump as he doubled up.
Thousands flocked to the Casino Barcelona hoping to begin the 2025 PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona festival with a flourish, but only 13 are still alive with a chance at the trophy when Day 4 of the €1,650 PS Open begins at noon local time.
The rest of the field is looking up at Japan’s Kazuhiko Yotsushika, who takes a commanding chip lead of 32,400,000 into the event’s final day. In second place is Malaysian high roller Chin Wei Lim (19,800,000), who is looking for his second career EPT title to go along with his more than $15 million in live earnings.
Day 4 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Kazuhiko Yotsushika
Japan
32,400,000
81
2
Chin Wei Lim
Malaysia
19,800,000
50
3
Ben Zech
Germany
19,755,000
49
4
Mengshi Tian
Hong Kong
16,525,000
41
5
Daniele Cuomo
Italy
13,875,000
35
6
Efrim Erdinc
Turkey
10,900,000
27
7
Alexis Nicolai
France
9,950,000
25
8
[Removed:526]
France
7,175,000
18
9
Bernardo Neves
Portugal
6,650,000
17
10
David Taieb
France
4,275,000
11
11
Adis Zukanovic
Luxembourg
3,950,000
10
12
Yakiv Syzghanov
Ukraine
3,800,000
10
13
Jakub Sterba
Czechia
2,325,000
6
Ben Zech (19,755,000) has been near the top of the leaderboard for much of the last two days and sits in third place, while Mengshi Tian (16,525,000) and Daniele Cuomo (13,875,000) round out the top five. Others still in the hunt include Efrim Erdinc (10,900,000), Alexis Nicolai (9,950,000), [Removed:526] (7,175,000), Bernardo Neves (6,650,000), and David Taieb (4,275,000), while Adis Zukanovic (3,950,000), Yakiv Syzghanov (3,800,000), and Jakub Sterba (2,325,000) will have to battle back from a short stack if they hope to reach the final table.
Ben Zech
The action on Day 4 picks up on Level 35 with blinds of 200,000/400,000 and a 400,000 big blind ante. Levels are 60 minutes long until the final table is reached. The structure then changes to hand-for-hand, with 24 hands being played per level. The remaining 13 players are guaranteed €49,550 for making it this far out of 5,036 entries, while a spot at the final table is worth €92,770. The eventual champion takes home €772,000 out of the record-setting prize pool, the largest in this event’s history.
Stay tuned as PokerNews follows all the action up to the final table and towards the crowning of a champion.
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