€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-24-2025 17:21 UTC+2

Silva Montero Rivers a Straight

Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

After the dealer fanned a flop of 10♠Q♣5♦, Jose Silva Montero in middle position bet 2,400. Antonio Iannei in the cutoff moved all-in for 6,800. This action made Romain Le Dantec in the big blind fold, but Silva Montero called.

Antonio Iannei: 10♥7♥ All in
Jose Silva Montero: A♥K♥

Iannei was in the lead with a pair, but after the 8♣ turn, Silva Montero hit a straight on the river with the J♣ to send Iannei to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Silva Montero	55,000
Romain Le Dantec	17,000
Antonio Iannei	Busted

Tags: Jose Silva Montero Romain Le Dantec Antonio Iannei

08-24-2025 17:10 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vid Zagar	147,000 147,000	147,000
Jimmy Kebe	126,200 41,200	41,200
Demis Mariani	119,600 29,600	29,600
Kevin Houghton	107,600 107,600	107,600
Jack Hardcastle	102,000 102,000	102,000
Timothy Chung	100,000 100,000	100,000
Jeremie Descouts	100,000 100,000	100,000
Alexandre Fournier	86,600 86,600	86,600
Silma Macalou	86,600 86,600	86,600
Jack Sinclair	86,400 21,400	21,400
Sebastian Henao	77,600 77,600	77,600
Adam Hendrix	60,000
Ilia Pavlov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Patrik Jaros	57,800 57,800	57,800
Samuel Ju	57,600 57,600	57,600
Marc Foggin	56,400

08-24-2025 17:10 UTC+2

Panchev Takes From Blondal

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Anton Blondal in middle position opened to 1,000 and called after Hristian Panchev on the button three-bet to 3,000.

Panchev's continuation bet to 1,500 was check-called, then both players checked the 4♣ turn.

Blondal checked the 2♣ river and eventually folded after Panchev bet 8,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Blondal	69,000
Hristian Panchev	26,000

Tags: Anton Blondal Hristian Panchev

08-24-2025 17:05 UTC+2

Cold Deck at Table 21

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Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Ramos Carvalho raised and Filipe Nuno re-raised to 6,200. Carvalho then re-raised to 17,000 and Nuno called.

Nuno checked on the flop of 6♠5♦9♠ and Carvalho continued for 6,000. Nuno check-jammed a stack of around 25,000 and Carvalho quickly called with slightly more.

Filipe Nuno: Q♠Q♦ All in
Ramos Carvalho: A♥A♠

Nuno's queens were crushed by his opponent's aces and a runout of 6♦10♥ confirmed his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramos Carvalho	80,000
Filipe Nuno	Busted

Tags: Filipe Nuno Ramos Carvalho

08-24-2025 16:54 UTC+2

A Lot of Players for a Split Pot

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Youssafi Khalil opened to 1,000 from under the gun and was called by Tanner Lefferts to his left, Victor Vozian on the button and Aleksei Savenkov and Hjalti Thorisson in the blinds.

All five of them checked a flop of J♣8♥J♠ leading to the 5♠ turn where Vozian led out for 2,500. Thorisson was the only one to call.

The K♦ river was checked by both players so Thorisson flipped over 8♠3♣ for a pair. Vozian had the same pair with 8♦6♦ so they split the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hjalti Thorisson	53,000 53,000	53,000
Youssafi Khalil	33,000 33,000	33,000
Victor Vozian	18,000 18,000	18,000
Tanner Lefferts	16,000 16,000	16,000
Aleksey Savenkov	12,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Aleksei Savenkov Tanner Lefferts Victor Vozian Youssafi Khalil

08-24-2025 16:48 UTC+2

Green Sees Red

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Connor Richards

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Daniele Guidetti was all in from the button against Brian Green in the hijack, who had him covered.

Daniele Guidetti: A♥Q♥ All in
Brian Green: K♦10♦

The flop of 2♦7♦6♦ left Guidetti drawing stone dead as Green made a flush and the runout of K♣J♣ confirmed Guidetti's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Green	45,000 45,000	45,000
Daniele Guidetti	Busted

Tags: Brian Green Daniele Guidetti

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

08-24-2025 16:26 UTC+2

WCOOP Returns This September; Boot Camp Offers $9M Warm-Up

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Elijah Farrow

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

https://twitter.com/PokerStarsBlog/status/1949837554800349587

The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), PokerStars’ flagship online series, is officially locked in for its 24th edition, running from September 7 to October 1, 2025.

Before the action kicks off, PokerStars is giving players the chance to sharpen their skills and win their way in through a newly enhanced WCOOP Boot Camp, offering $9 million in guarantees, a packed tournament schedule, and expert coaching.

Running August 3–18, the WCOOP Boot Camp is designed to give players of all levels the opportunity to prepare for the main series.

Find Full Details Here

08-24-2025 16:21 UTC+2

20-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The 513 players of Day 1a of the Main Event are on a 20-minute break.

08-24-2025 16:12 UTC+2

Swart Check-Raises the River

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Connor Richards

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Andries Swart and Georgios Vrakas played a heads-up pot on a board of 3♥4♠K♠J♠9♣.

Swart checked from the small blind on the river and Vrakas bet 5,500. Swart check-raised to 16,000 to send Vrakas deep into the tank. After several minutes, he folded in defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andries Swart	55,000
Georgios Vrakas	45,000

Tags: Andries Swart Georgios Vrakas