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

08-25-2025 21:26 UTC+1

Carrera Finds a Six to Crack Jackson's Cowboys

Kai Cocklin

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Tommaso Castellano opened to 2,400 from under the gun and Rolando Carrera shoved almost 30,000 from the cutoff. Ben Jackson was in the small blind and committed his stack of around 65,000, which got Castellano to reluctantly fold.

Rolando Carrera: 6♠6♣ All in
Ben Jackson: K♥K♦

Castellano seemed to be asking for no ace to come, which implies he folded one. Carrera was in dire need of a six, and found one as the Q♣5♦6♥ flop propelled him into the lead. Jackson had two shots at two outs, but couldn't find either of them as the 7♠Q♥ runout meant Carrera doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rolando Carrera	65,000 65,000	65,000
Tommaso Castellano	50,000 50,000	50,000
Ben Jackson	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Ben Jackson Rolando Carrera Tommaso Castellano

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

08-25-2025 21:15 UTC+1

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Leao	237,000 37,000	37,000
Steve O'Dwyer	229,000 6,000	6,000

Marco D'Ippolito	214,000 24,000	24,000
Fabio Peluso	205,000 85,000	85,000
Rifat Palevic	198,000 3,000	3,000
David Taieb	191,000 1,000	1,000
Oscar Alache	181,200 139,200	139,200
Sebastian Ionita	178,000

Ren Lin	170,000 105,000	105,000
Cesar Garcia	167,000 27,000	27,000
Julien Dupre	161,200 73,200	73,200

Peter Mugar	144,000
Jon Vallinas	143,000 110,000	110,000
Matthew Russell	127,300 29,000	29,000
Ouassini Mansouri	126,000 19,000	19,000
Omar Lakhdari	125,000 125,000	125,000
Alejandro Lococo	123,600 23,600	23,600
Timo Kamphues	122,000 37,000	37,000
Matin Talebi	116,500 58,200	58,200
Samuel Mullur	113,000 97,000	97,000

Leo Worthington-Leese	112,700 8,700	8,700
Candido Cappiello	107,200
Endrit Geci	102,300 42,300	42,300
Maria Konnikova	102,100 8,600	8,600

Simone Andrian	102,000 44,200	44,200

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08-25-2025 20:57 UTC+1

Final Break

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are going on the last 20-minute break of the day. There are two more 60-minute levels left to play before they bag up for the night.

The tournament clock currently shows 575 players remaining out of 1,191 entries.

08-25-2025 20:56 UTC+1

Kraous Flops the Joint, Bartoletti Calls Off on the River

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Anton Kraous led out for 3,000 on a flop of 9♠6♥5♣ and Andres Korn called in the big blind. Ivo Bartoletti then raised to 8,000 in the cutoff, and both opponents called.

Kraous bet another 12,000 on the 4♥ turn, and this time Korn got out of the way. Bartoletti, though, called to see the K♣ river. Kraous then pushed forward a stack of his blue 5,000 chips, enough to put Bartoletti all in.

Bartoletti didn't take long before calling for around 25,000. Kraous then showed 8♥7♥ for a flopped straight, and Bartoletti threw his cards into the muck and got up from the table. Because he was all in, the dealer retrieved his cards and turned over Q♦9♦ before sliding the big pot to the EPT Cyprus finalist.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Kraous	185,000 127,000	127,000

Andres Korn	40,000 33,000	33,000
Ivo Bartoletti	Busted

Tags: Andres Korn Anton Kraous Ivo Bartoletti

08-25-2025 20:52 UTC+1

Yantsevich Secures a Double Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Cards went on their backs on a flop of 9♠9♥Q♥ with Valery Yantsevich in the small blind at risk for 38,000 against Benjamin Jones in middle position.

Valery Yantsevich: A♣Q♠ All in
Benjamin Jones: K♣Q♦

The 7♦6♦ runout kept Yantsevich in the lead and he doubled up. Jones thought he was covered so he left the tournament area, but he still had 5,000 left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Leao	200,000 30,000	30,000
Valery Yantsevich	96,000 96,000	96,000
Benjamin Jones	5,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Benjamin Jones Valery Yantsevich

08-25-2025 20:51 UTC+1

Palma Out; Camargo Has a Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Nicholas Palma had just a few big blinds in his stack, and they were already in the middle while Gaspare Sposato and Claudio Di Giacomo battled for the side pot.

The full board read Q♦10♠8♣8♥7♣, and Sposato's J♥9♥ was good as he flopped a straight. Palma's 2♥2♦ were no good, despite him calling for a deuce on the river.

Di Giacomo's hand was already in the muck, which meant Sposato raked it in. Kaio Camargo is seated at the same table and has over 150,000 in his stack as the final break approaches.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaio Camargo	155,000 155,000	155,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	45,000 12,000	12,000
Gaspare Sposato	40,000 40,000	40,000
Nicholas Palma	Busted

Tags: Claudio Di Giacomo Gaspare Sposato Kaio Camargo Nicholas Palma

08-25-2025 20:45 UTC+1

Lai Shoves Into D'Ippolito's Boat

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David Salituro

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jun Lai raised to 2,500 under the gun and Marco D'Ippolito called in early position.

The flop came 7♥8♦8♠ and Lai bet 3,800. D'Ippolito called and the Q♥ fell on the turn.

Lai checked and D'Ippolito bet 4,600. Lai then raised to 11,500, and D'Ippolito called.

The river was the J♦ and Lai moved all in for around 30,000. D'Ippolito snap-called and turned over Q♦Q♠ for a full house, while Lai could only show 10♦9♦ for a no-good straight as he headed to the rail.

With that pot, D'Ippolito moved up to almost 200,000. David Coleman, coming off a runner-up finish in the Super High Roller, is also at this table, as is Santhosh Suvarna.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco D'Ippolito	190,000
David Coleman	40,000 40,000	40,000
Santhosh Suvarna	35,000 35,000	35,000
Jun Lai	Busted

Tags: Jun Lai Marco D'Ippolito

08-25-2025 20:35 UTC+1

Lin Goes Big on the River

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Kai Cocklin

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Ren Lin made it 2,000 to go from the hijack and Mario de La Campa called on the button. Leo Soma also came along from the big blind.

They saw a flop of 10♦10♥8♠, where Soma checked and Lin continued for 2,000. De La Campa called, and Soma also called to see the 5♠ drop on the turn. After Soma checked, Lin fired again for 6,000. That got De La Campa to fold, but Soma stuck around in the form of a call.

A 4♠ dropped on the river and after Soma checked, Lin quickly bet a hefty 30,000. Soma just as quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Soma	75,000 50,000	50,000
Ren Lin	65,000
Mario de La Campa	45,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Leo Soma Mario de La Campa Ren Lin

08-25-2025 20:32 UTC+1

Apicella with Queens

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Maxime Taldir

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Anthony Apicella raised to 2,100 from under the gun. The hijack, Omar Del Pino on the button, and the big blind called.

On a flop of 9♠3♥9♦, everybody checked to Del Pino, who bet 2,800. Apicella called, while the two other players folded.

Del Pino fired a second barrel of 8,500 on the 6♦ turn. Apicella check-called once again to find the 4♠ river that he checked. Del Pino checked back, only to discover that Apicella had Q♥Q♦ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Apicella	135,000 135,000	135,000
Omar Del Pino	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Anthony Apicella Omar Del Pino