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

08-25-2025 13:32 UTC+1

Alberdi Cracks Kings to Double

Maxime Taldir

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Jorge Alberdi oepned to 700 form the hijack. Gilbert Diaz on the button three-bet to 1,800 and Alberdi called.

Diaz continued for 3,000 on a flop of 2♠7♦8♣. Alberdi check-raised to 8,000, Diaz moved all-in and Alberdi snap-called off his last 28,500.

Jorge Alberdi: 8♠8♦ All in
Gilbert Diaz: K♥K♠

Alberdi flopped a set to take the lead. The 5♠Q♠ runout changed nothing so Alberdi doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorge Alberdi	65,000 65,000	65,000
Gilbert Diaz	7,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Jorge Alberdi Gilbert Diaz

08-25-2025 13:31 UTC+1

Doyer Gets There on the River

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David Salituro

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Michael Wang raised to 700 in early position before Alexandre Doyer three-bet to 2,200 in the cutoff. Alexey Losev called in the big blind, while Wang got out of the way.

The flop came Q♣10♣3♦ and Doyer bet 1,500. Losev called and they both checked the A♣ turn.

Losev then led out for 2,700 on the K♠ river, and Doyer called with J♦J♣ for a rivered straight. Losev shook his head and tossed ace-king into the muck while the pot was pushed over to Doyer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	42,000 500	500
Alexandre Doyer	40,000
Alexey Losev	18,000

Tags: Alexandre Doyer Alexey Losev Michael Wang

08-25-2025 13:30 UTC+1

Tsvetanov Building a Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Frederik Reinert made it 600 to go from under the gun and Christos Xanthopoulos called in the hijack. Martin Tsvetanov was in the cutoff and three-bet to 2,200, which got Reinert to fold. Xanthopoulos called.

The flop came 4♠3♦6♦ and Xanthopoulos checked it over to Tsvetanov, who bet 3,500. Xanthopoulos called to see the A♠ drop on the turn and checked it over to his opponent. Tsvetanov then bet 6,500, and Xanthopoulos let it slide.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Tsvetanov	63,000
Frederik Reinert	29,000
Christos Xanthopoulos	22,000

Tags: Christos Xanthopoulos Frederik Reinert Martin Tsvetanov

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

08-25-2025 13:18 UTC+1

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandro Tricarico	96,200 26,200	26,200
Jon Kyte	95,000 65,000	65,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	88,500 88,500	88,500
Rayan Chamas	71,300 41,300	41,300
Omar Del Pino	66,700 66,700	66,700
Balakrishna Patur	66,000 66,000	66,000
Thomas Muehloecker	65,000 65,000	65,000
Fahredin Mustafov	60,100 30,100	30,100
Enrico Coppola	55,000 25,000	25,000
Daniel Wilson	54,500 8,500	8,500
Tom Talboom	53,500 53,500	53,500
Antonio Buonanno	53,000 23,000	23,000

Clement Bonnant	52,000 52,000	52,000
Tom Cohen	51,800 13,200	13,200
Pascal Vos	51,200 20,200	20,200
Silma Macalou	51,000 51,000	51,000
Aaron Massey	48,600 48,600	48,600
Krasimir Yankov	48,000 48,000	48,000
Rutger Hennen	47,600 47,600	47,600
Brad Libson	47,500 5,500	5,500
Pablo Redrado	47,500 2,500	2,500
Jason Wheeler	46,000 16,000	16,000
David Taieb	45,500 9,500	9,500
Ramon Colillas	45,000 15,000	15,000
Adria Colomina	43,200 43,200	43,200

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08-25-2025 13:03 UTC+1

Win a $3,000 Silver Pass to PokerStars NAPT Las Vegas

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Elijah Farrow

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

PokerStars is giving away $3,000 Silver Passes in preparation for the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas festival taking place this November.

Online poker players can win the $3,000 Silver Passes through various events, including low-stakes Swin & Go tournaments and weekly phase events.

A Silver Pass offers entry into the $100,000 guaranteed Tournament of Stars, an exclusive event for Silver Pass winners that will award 100 seats. A Silver Pass includes:

Entry into the $100,000 guaranteed Tournament of Stars on November 5, exclusively for Silver Pass winners
7-night stay at Resorts World Las Vegas
$800 cash credit for travel or expenses

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08-25-2025 13:00 UTC+1

First Break

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Players are going on the first 20-minute break of the day.

The tournament clock currently shows 728 entries, with 700 players remaining.

08-25-2025 12:56 UTC+1

Vlasiu Isolates to Take Out Criado

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David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Maria Konnikova raised to 500 under the gun and Jeremy Routier three-bet to 1,500 in middle position. Jose Criado stuck in his last 2,000 from the button as action went on Flavius Vlasiu in the big blind. He reraised to 5,800, and both Konnikova and Routier got out of the way.

Jose Criado: 3♠3♦ All in
Flavius Vlasiu: A♣K♣

The 6♣4♥8♣ flop gave Vlasiu the nut flush draw, and he hit his flush on the J♣ turn to leave Criado drawing dead. The river was the 9♣ and Criado was sent to the rail.

Konnikova gave herself a pat on the back after the hand. "I had king-queen of spades. I really didn't want to fold, they were so pretty," she said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Konnikova	35,000 5,000	5,000

Flavius Vlasiu	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jeremy Routier	24,000 5,000	5,000
Jose Criado	Busted

Tags: Flavius Vlasiu Jeremy Routier Jose Criado Maria Konnikova

08-25-2025 12:55 UTC+1

Macht Tangles With Bull

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Kai Cocklin

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

With around 18,000 in the pot on a board of 3♠6♦7♣K♥, Alexej Macht checked from the cutoff and then called a bet of 3,000 from Robert Bull, who was on the button.

A 2♣ hit the river and both players decided to swiftly check it down, where Macht showed 9♥6♠ for a pair of sixes. That wasn't enough to win the pot as Bull flipped over J♠J♥ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Bull	28,000
Alexej Macht	17,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Alexej Macht Robert Bull

08-25-2025 12:51 UTC+1

Kreft Makes Jacks and Queens Fold

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Marcin Kreft raised from under the gun. PokerStars Open finalist David Taieb called from the hijack but Govert Metaal in the cutoff three-bet to 1,800. Frederic Delval called from the big blind, then Kreft four-bet to 5,400. Taieb quickly folded, while both Metaal and Delval called.

Kreft continued for 4,500 on a flop of 3♦4♣6♣. Metaal chose to fold after a long moment but Delval decided to call.

On the 5♥ turn, Kreft fired a second barrel of 7,500. Delval counted his stack, checked his cards and folded what he later said was jacks. Metaal answered that he had queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcin Kreft	50,000 50,000	50,000
Frederic Delval	28,000 2,000	2,000
Govert Metaal	8,800 8,800	8,800

Tags: David Taieb Frederic Delval Govert Metaal Marcin Kreft