€1,650 PokerStars Open | 2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-24-2025 12:55 UTC+1

Final Table

David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Bernardo Neves	Portugal	9,150,000	18
2	Mengshi Tian	Hong Kong	23,925,000	48
3	David Taieb	France	14,000,000	28
4	Jakub Sterba	Czechia	13,350,000	27
5	Ben Zech	Germany	12,075,000	24
6	Alexis Nicolai	France	7,450,000	15
7	Kazuhiko Yotsushika	Japan	42,350,000	85
8	Chin Wei Lim	Malaysia	12,150,000	24
9	Daniele Cuomo	Italy	14,575,000	29

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	42,350,000 2,650,000	2,650,000

Mengshi Tian	23,925,000 1,425,000	1,425,000
Daniele Cuomo	14,575,000 2,425,000	2,425,000
David Taieb	14,000,000
Jakub Sterba	13,350,000 2,650,000	2,650,000
Chin Wei Lim	12,150,000 1,850,000	1,850,000
Ben Zech	12,075,000 425,000	425,000

Bernardo Neves	9,150,000 450,000	450,000
Alexis Nicolai	7,450,000 2,650,000	2,650,000

08-24-2025 12:42 UTC+1

Adis Zukanovic Eliminated in 10th Place (€59,470)

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Connor Richards

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jakub Sterba raised on the button and Adis Zukanovic three-bet jammed a short stack in the small blind. Sterba called to put Zukanovic at risk.

Adis Zukanovic: 9♣8♣ All in
Jakub Sterba: Q♦10♦

Zukanovic took the lead on the flop of J♦8♥5♥, but the board finished out 9♦Q♣ and Sterba smacked the table in celebration as he continued his miraculous spin-up to eliminate Zukanovic in 10th place ahead of the final table redraw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakub Sterba	16,000,000 7,400,000	7,400,000
Adis Zukanovic	Busted

Tags: Adis Zukanovic Jakub Sterba

08-24-2025 12:38 UTC+1

Taieb, Lim Win Battle of the Blinds

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David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

In a limped pot between the blinds, Ben Zech bet 500,000 on a flop of K♠10♣Q♦ before David Taieb raised to 1,600,000. Zech called and the 4♠ fell on the turn.

Taieb then bet 2,400,000 and Zech cut out the chips to call, but he eventually decided to give up the pot.

A few hands later, Chin Wei Lim led out for 500,000 on a flop of K♠5♣2♣ and Mengshi Tian called in the big blind.

Lim bet another 1,200,000 on the 4♣ turn and Tian again called. Both players checked down the J♥ river, and Lim showed K♦8♣ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mengshi Tian	22,500,000 500,000	500,000
David Taieb	14,000,000 2,000,000	2,000,000
Chin Wei Lim	14,000,000 500,000	500,000
Ben Zech	12,500,000 5,500,000	5,500,000

Tags: Ben Zech Chin Wei Lim David Taieb Mengshi Tian

08-24-2025 12:33 UTC+1

Efrim Erdinc Eliminated in 11th Place (€59,470)

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Connor Richards

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Kazuhiko Yotsushika opened in the cutoff and Efrim Erdinc three-bet jammed a stack of 4,600,000 in the big blind. Yotsushika called.

Efrim Erdinc: K♦Q♥ All in
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: A♥5♠

Erdinc couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out 6♥10♥7♠2♠8♥ to mark his elimination in 11th place for €59,470.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	45,000,000 8,000,000	8,000,000

Efrim Erdinc	Busted

Tags: Efrim Erdinc Kazuhiko Yotsushika

08-24-2025 12:30 UTC+1

Sterba Doubles Again

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David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised to 1,300,000 on the button, Jakub Sterba moved all in for 4,300,000 in the big blind, and Yotsushika took another chance to take him out as he quickly called.

Jakub Sterba: A♦10♦ All in
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: Q♣J♦

Sterba hit his ace on the A♥7♣2♣ flop to take a big lead, while Yotsushika was drawing dead after the 9♥ turn. The river was the 5♠ and Sterba doubled up yet again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	37,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Jakub Sterba	8,600,000 5,050,000	5,050,000

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika Jakub Sterba

08-24-2025 12:19 UTC+1

Sterba Hanging Around

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Connor Richards

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jakub Sterba open-jammed a stack of 1,400,000 from the cutoff and Kazuhiko Yotsushika called in the big blind.

Jakub Sterba: K♣Q♥ All in
Kazuhiko Yotsushika: 9♠7♥

Sterba didn't have to sweat a thing as the board ran out K♠2♦Q♦A♦5♣ to earn him another small double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	40,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Jakub Sterba	3,550,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Jakub Sterba Kazuhiko Yotsushika

08-24-2025 12:10 UTC+1

Three in a Row For Neves

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David Salituro

Level 36 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Bernardo Neves raised to 1,000,000 in the hijack and the rest of the table folded as he flashed A♠A♣.

Neves opened to 1,000,000 again the next hand from under the gun, and this time Kazuhiko Yotsushika let out a laugh before calling in the big blind. Neves reached for chips on the 10♠10♣8♦ flop and Yotsushika snap-folded.

Yotsushika then limped in from the small blind, Neves moved all in, and Yotsushika folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	41,500,000 500,000	500,000

Bernardo Neves	9,600,000 4,600,000	4,600,000

Tags: Bernardo Neves Kazuhiko Yotsushika

Level: 36

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000

08-24-2025 12:03 UTC+1

Tian Turns Two Pair

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Connor Richards

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

In a heads-up pot on a flop of 7♣8♠3♦, Mengshi Tian bet 800,000 and Ben Zech raised to 2,100,000. Tian called.

Tian checked on the Q♥ turn and Zech bet 3,000,000. Tian check-raised to 6,500,000 and Zech folded, leading Tian to show Q♠3x for a turned two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mengshi Tian	23,000,000 6,500,000	6,500,000
Ben Zech	18,000,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Mengshi Tian Ben Zech

08-24-2025 12:00 UTC+1

[Removed:526] Eliminated in 12th Place (€49,550)

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David Salituro

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

[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♥ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kazuhiko Yotsushika	42,000,000 6,000,000	6,000,000

[Removed:526]	Busted

Tags: Kazuhiko Yotsushika