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

08-25-2025 16:01 UTC+1

Zereg Spikes the Turn to Leave Battista Short

David Salituro

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Cameron Couch raised to 1,100 under the gun and Youssef Zereg called in the small blind. Pablo Battista then three-bet to 4,000 in the big blind, and both opponents called.

The flop came 6♣3♥4♦ and Battista bet 5,100. Only Zereg called to see the 9♥ turn, where Battista bet another 5,000. Zereg then moved all in for 17,600, and Battista quickly called.

Zereg showed 9♦9♣ for a turned set, while Battista had Q♦Q♠ and handed over most of his stack once the 7♠ completed the board on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Youssef Zereg	60,000
Cameron Couch	28,000
Pablo Battista	5,000

Tags: Cameron Couch Pablo Battista Youssef Zereg

08-25-2025 15:54 UTC+1

Goasdoue Runs Into a Flush

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Mykhailo Demydenko raised to 1,100 from early position and Alan Goasdoue in the hijack, Ivo Bartoletti in the small blind and Jorge Ruiz in the big blind made the call.

Everybody checked the 6♥J♠5♠ flop leading to the 10♠ turn where Bartoletti bet 1,100. Ruiz and Demydenko called but Goasdoue decided to move all-in for 20,200. The blinds folded to Demydenko who called.

Alan Goasdoue: J♥10♥ All in
Mykhailo Demydenko: 9♠6♠

Goasdoue went all-in with two pair but ran into a flush and was eliminated after the 2♠ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mykhailo Demydenko	87,000 87,000	87,000
Sarah Jarry	41,000 41,000	41,000
Ivo Bartoletti	41,000 41,000	41,000
Jorge Ruiz	21,500 21,500	21,500
Alan Goasdoue	Busted

Tags: Alan Goasdoue Ivo Bartoletti Jorge Ruiz Mykhailo Demydenko

08-25-2025 15:50 UTC+1

Woods Made to Pay For Slow-Playing Aces Against Thiriart

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

John Woods limped in from the small blind and Arthur Thiriart checked his option from the big blind.

On the J♠8♦K♠ flop, Woods bet 1,000 and Thiriart made it 2,800 to go. Woods snapped back with a three-bet to 7,000, then Thiriart shoved. Woods called off his stack of around 18,000.

John Woods: A♥A♦ All in
Arthur Thiriart: K♣8♥

Woods had elected to slow-play his aces, but that allowed Thiriart a free look at the flop. There was still a chance for Woods to survive as he picked up more outs on the 4♣ turn, but the 7♠ river was a brick, and he hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Thiriart	60,000
John Woods	Busted

Tags: Arthur Thiriart John Woods

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

08-25-2025 15:38 UTC+1

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Palevic	155,000 155,000	155,000
Martin Tsvetanov	136,000 73,000	73,000
David Taieb	123,000 77,500	77,500
Leo Worthington-Leese	115,700 18,700	18,700
Mario Colavita	112,000 12,000	12,000
Michal Kil	105,000 105,000	105,000
Jon Kyte	104,000 9,000	9,000
Matthew Russell	98,300 13,300	13,300
Tobias Leknes	97,500 97,500	97,500
Aristidis Theodoridis	97,300 52,300	52,300
Scott Margereson	90,500 90,500	90,500
Jan Larsson	90,000 5,000	5,000
Julien Dupre	88,000 38,000	38,000

Fahredin Mustafov	86,000 25,900	25,900
Joao Webber	86,000 86,000	86,000
Rayan Chamas	85,000 13,700	13,700
Paul Gunness	80,000 80,000	80,000
Joris Ruijs	80,000 80,000	80,000
Benoit Albiges	79,600 79,600	79,600
Tom Talboom	78,600 25,100	25,100
Omar Del Pino	77,000 10,300	10,300
Jakub Michalak	76,500 76,500	76,500
Jason Wheeler	76,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel Koloszar	75,300 75,300	75,300
Antonio Buonanno	68,000 15,000	15,000

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08-25-2025 15:22 UTC+1

Life Outside Poker: Joe Stapleton Reveals 'Worst Mistake I Ever Made in My Entire Life'

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Elijah Farrow

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 33rd episode, Connor talks with comedian and poker commentator Joe Stapleton about growing up in Albany, New York, first seeing Rounders while visiting a college campus, working at MADtv, getting his start in the poker industry and his favorite memories from PokerStars The Big Game.

Stapleton also talked about his friendship with late comedian Norm Macdonald, the European Poker Tour (EPT), doing commentary at the 2025 WSOP and making the "worst mistake I ever made in my entire life" by attempting to make a documentary about a stand-up comedy tour.

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08-25-2025 15:21 UTC+1

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The players are going on another 20-minute break.

The field has grown to 976 entries so far today, with 797 remaining after four levels of play.

08-25-2025 15:15 UTC+1

Alilovic Makes Everybody Fold

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Leo Margets opened to 800 from under the gun and was called by Miroslav Alilovic in middle position, Alberto Cigliano on the button and Ibrahim Senoussi in the big blind.

All four of them checked a flop of 2♣8♦A♣, and they did the exact same thing on the K♦ turn despite a short hesitation by Cigliano.

On the 7♣ river, Senoussi and Margets checked again to Alilovic who led out for 3,200. Cigliano went into the tank for a long moment; too long for Senoussi, who called the clock. This action made Cigliano fold.

Senoussi folded too and it took a few seconds for Margets to muck her cards as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miroslav Alilovic	39,000
Ibrahim Senoussi	31,000
Alberto Cigliano	24,000
Leo Margets	17,500 12,500	12,500

Tags: Alberto Cigliano Ibrahim Senoussi Leo Margets Miroslav Alilovic

08-25-2025 15:15 UTC+1

Taghla Tanks for Three Minutes

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With around a 4,000 in the pot on J♦2♣6♠10♦ board, Matteo Orchide checked from early position and Mohamed-Said Taghla bet 2,300 from the hijack. Giuseppe Ditaranto called in the cutoff, and Orchide also called.

The river brought a 9♣ and it checked around to Ditaranto, who bet 5,900. Orchide quickly folded, but Taghla wasn't as fast to decide. One, two, three minutes passed and Taghla finally rechecked his cards for the last time and released them, tapping the table in Ditaranto's direction when he did so.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed-Said Taghla	47,000
Giuseppe Ditaranto	40,000
Matteo Orchide	17,000

Tags: Giuseppe Ditaranto Matteo Orchide Mohamed-Said Taghla

08-25-2025 15:08 UTC+1

Attey Holds For a Big Double Off Fernandez

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David Salituro

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

More than 20,000 was in the middle as Ramon Fernandez and Said Abdel Attey went to the turn on a board of 2♣J♣9♣8♥. Fernandez then bet 13,000 from middle position, and Attey moved all in for 19,000 in the cutoff.

Fernandez called with A♣K♦ for a flush draw, while Attey was ahead with K♠J♠ for top pair. The river was the 7♠, and Attey held on to earn the massive double-up to more than 60,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Said Abdel Attey	65,000
Ramon Fernandez	45,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Ramon Fernandez Said Abdel Attey