2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♣k♣
Prize
€1,217,175
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,918,250
Total Entries
2,045
Places Paid
304
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
1,213
Players Left
424
Players Left 1 / 2,045

Sterba Shoots Up the Leaderboard by Taking Out Ozdemir

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Jakub Sterba
Jakub Sterba

Danilo Cangianiello three-bet to 7,500 in middle position and Tarik Ozdemir called in the hijack. Action folded back to Jakub Sterba who four-bet to 20,000, and Cangianiello got out of the way. Ozdemir, though, announced he was all in for 61,000 by placing his gold, big-earred cartoon character card protector in the middle.

Sterba asked for a count and tanked for several minutes, but he eventually called to put Ozdemir at risk.

Tarik Ozdemir: A♣Q♥ All in
Jakub Sterba: Q♣Q♦

Sterba was ahead with his queens while Ozdemir was looking for an ace to stay alive. The 10♠7♣4♠ flop was safe for Sterba, while the turn was the K♥. Ozdemir picked up a straight draw going to the river, but he missed the 3♦ as Sterba slammed the table in celebration after scoring the knockout.

Tags: Danilo CangianielloJakub SterbaTarik Ozdemir