€100,000 EPT Super High Roller Day 1 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-23-2025 16:41 UTC+1

Jorstad and Mullur Chop

Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Aleksejs Ponakovs made it 6,000 to go on the button and Espen Jorstad called out of the small blind. Samuel Mullur also called from the big blind.

All three checked the K♥Q♥3♠ flop to the [jh turn, where Jorstad bet 7,000. Mullur called with a stack of 40,000, and Ponakovs folded.

An A♦ filled out the board and after Jorstad checked, Mullur bet 32,000, leaving just 1,000 behind. Jorstad snap-called.

Mullur then revealed he rivered a straight with 10♣8♠, and Jorstad tabled K♣10♦ for the same straight to chop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	820,000 50,000	50,000
Espen Jorstad	175,000 5,000	5,000

Samuel Mullur	50,000 12,500	12,500

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Espen Jorstad Samuel Mullur

08-23-2025 16:36 UTC+1

Mokri Takes it Down on the River

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Kayhan Mokri raised the button and Pieter Aerts defended his big blind.

Aerts checked the A♥9♥5♥ flop. Mokri put out a bet of 4,000. Aerts check-raised to 20,000, and Mokri continued in the form of a call.

A 7♦ fell on the turn, and Aerts bet 47,000. Mokri thought for a few moments, then slid in the call to see a river.

The Q♦ river caused Aerts to slow down and check. Mokri threw out a bet of 125,000, and Aerts quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	560,000 245,000	245,000

Pieter Aerts	240,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Kayhan Mokri Pieter Aerts

08-23-2025 16:32 UTC+1

Ponakovs Gets Richer, Muehloecker Isn't

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Aleksejs Ponakovs is sitting on top of the counts, and just added a few more chips to his stack in a pot against Thomas Muehloecker.

There were around 55,000 in the pot on a J♦4♥7♦ flop when Muehloecker checked from the big blind and called a bet of 14,000 from Ponakovs, who was under the gun.

When the 6♥ hit the turn, Muehloecker checked again with around 90,000 behind, then Ponakovs bet 27,000. After using a time bank, Muehloecker let his cards go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	770,000 40,000	40,000
Thomas Muehloecker	90,000 47,500	47,500

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Thomas Muehloecker

08-23-2025 16:24 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Here are the updated chip counts according to the PS Live app.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	730,000 220,000	220,000
Wai Kiat Lee	506,500 106,500	106,500
Seth Davies	480,000 130,000	130,000

Punnat Punsri	465,000 15,000	15,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	369,000 6,000	6,000
Pieter Aerts	325,000 5,000	5,000
Phil Ivey	317,500 27,500	27,500

Nikita Kuznetsov	316,000 114,000	114,000
Kayhan Mokri	315,000 65,000	65,000

Jason Koon	283,500 3,500	3,500

Leon Sturm	265,000 5,000	5,000
Niklas Astedt	259,500 29,500	29,500
Santhosh Suvarna	257,500 37,500	37,500
Teun Mulder	253,000 13,000	13,000
Nick Petrangelo	252,000 38,000	38,000
Danny Tang	250,000
Sameh Elamawy	239,000 9,000	9,000
Tamas Adamszki	222,500 22,500	22,500
David Coleman	216,500 33,500	33,500
Espen Jorstad	170,000 60,000	60,000

Thomas Muehloecker	137,500 82,500	82,500
Tom Fuchs	120,000 20,000	20,000
Klemens Roiter	119,000 31,000	31,000
Mikael Thuritz	87,500 12,500	12,500
Samuel Mullur	62,500 77,500	77,500

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

08-23-2025 16:11 UTC+1

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Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

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08-23-2025 16:05 UTC+1

Break Time

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Players are heading on their second 20-minute break of the day.

08-23-2025 16:02 UTC+1

Continuation-Bets Doing their Job

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Teun Mulder made it 5,500 from the cutoff and Aleksejs Ponakovs three-bet the big blind to 22,000. Mulder called.

On the 3♠J♥Q♦ flop, Ponakovs bet 17,000 and Mulder quickly folded.

A similar situation happened on the other table when Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 7,000 from under the gun and Phil Ivey called in the next seat. Jason Koon also called in the hijack.

The flop came 2♦7♦8♦ and Thorel's continuation-bet did the trick as both Ivey & Koon folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	510,000 10,000	10,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	375,000 25,000	25,000
Phil Ivey	290,000 20,000	20,000

Jason Koon	280,000 10,000	10,000

Teun Mulder	240,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Jason Koon Jean-Noel Thorel Phil Ivey Teun Mulder

08-23-2025 15:53 UTC+1

Punsri Doubles Through Lonis by Slow Playing Aces; Lonis Busts Soon After

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jesse Lonis came in with a raise from the hijack before Punnat Punsri three-bet to 20,000 out of the cutoff. When it folded back to Lonis, he went for the most aggressive option and four-bet to 62,000. Punsri glanced over at Lonis, who was sitting on his direct left, then tossed in the call.

A monotone flop of 4♣5♣9♣ revealed itself, and Lonis fired out a continuation-bet of 22,000. Punsri just called.

Lonis used up one of his time bank cards on the 7♦ turn, before shoving for Punsri's 141,000. Punsri quickly called.

Punnat Punsri: A♠A♦ All in
Jesse Lonis: A♣10♠

Punsri had slow-played pocket aces and just needed to dodge a club on the river to double up, as Lonis had a draw to the nut flush.

A clean 6♥ completed the board, and Punsri won the pot. Lonis was left with around 60,000 chips and was eliminated just a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Punnat Punsri	450,000 220,000	220,000

Jesse Lonis	Busted

Tags: Jesse Lonis Punnat Punsri

08-23-2025 15:49 UTC+1

Ivey Drags Another Pot; Jorstad's Stack Dropping

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Mikael Thuritz made it 5,500 from under the gun and Phil Ivey three-bet the hijack to 17,000. When it got back to Mulder, he called.

The flop came 5♥7♦7♣ and Thuritz check-called a bet of 15,000 from Ivey to see the J♦ turn. Thuritz checked again, then folded to the bet of 40,000 from Ivey.

On the other table, Espen Jorstad had made it 6,000 to go on the button and Teun Mulder called from the big blind.

Mulder check-called a bet of 6,500 from Jorstad on the 8♣5♠A♠ flop and both checked the J♠ turn. When the 7♦ hit the river, Mulder fired 10,000, which got Jorstad to fold.