€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-26-2025 14:34 UTC+1

The Recently Departed

Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christophe Malaurie	Busted
Luiz Duarte Ferreira	Busted
Bernat Carreras	Busted
Bekim Murtezi	Busted
Achraf Boufdil	Busted
Liangce Ni	Busted
Marco D'Ippolito	Busted
Mehmet Kolgu	Busted
Mounir Tajiou	Busted
Ankit Ahuja	Busted
Gabriele Lepore	Busted
Hjalti Thorisson	Busted
Kalle Ly Quoc	Busted
Justin Saliba	Busted
Victor Li	Busted
Pascal Vos	Busted
Espen Myrmo	Busted
Elias Suhonen	Busted
Tom Cohen	Busted
Malcolm Franchi	Busted
Tomi Brouk	Busted
Danilo Cangianiello	Busted
Riccardo Campana	Busted
Nacho Barbero	Busted
Yu Feng	Busted

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08-26-2025 13:59 UTC+1

Ferrari Laps Pommier

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Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Manuel Ferrari opened to 3,000 on the button and Christophe Pommier three-bet jammed a stack of around 30,000 from the big blind. Ferrari called with a bigger stack.

Christophe Pommier: A♦6♣ All in
Manuel Ferrari: 6♦6♥

Pommier couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out K♣4♦8♣6♠5♦ to improve his opponent to a set. At the same table, 2023 EPT Barcelona Main Event champion Simon Wiciak sits with a stack of 150,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Wiciak	150,000 65,000	65,000

Manuel Ferrari	120,000 7,500	7,500
Christophe Pommier	Busted

Tags: Christophe Pommier Simon Wiciak Manuel Ferrari

08-26-2025 13:41 UTC+1

Another Round of Exits

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Rash	Busted
Alexandre Fournier	Busted
David Perez	Busted
Yuan Li	Busted
Jose Rodriguez Zurita	Busted
Iulian Blebea	Busted
Fernando Rodriguez	Busted
Christopher Frank	Busted
Florens Feenstra	Busted
Brian Battistone	Busted
Soufiane Sadji	Busted
James Carroll	Busted
Ruben Ventoso	Busted
Daniel Marx	Busted
Ben Zech	Busted
Masato Ohara	Busted
Ilija Savevski	Busted

Ilya Anatski	Busted
Rafael Moraes	Busted

Rayane Mokhtar	Busted
Timothy Chung	Busted
Andras Nemeth	Busted
Laurie Tournier	Busted

Boris Kolev	Busted
Alejandro Lococo	Busted

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08-26-2025 13:36 UTC+1

Perego Falls to Runarsson

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Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Michele Perego was all in against the bigger-stacked Runar Runarsson on a flop of 6♠10♦3♦.

Michele Perego: 10♥9♣ All in
Runar Runarsson: K♠J♠

Perego was ahead with top pair but couldn't stay that way as the board finished out K♦Q♦ to mark his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Runar Runarsson	240,000 95,000	95,000
Michele Perego	Busted

Tags: Runar Runarsson Michele Perego

08-26-2025 13:16 UTC+1

De Silva Runs Into Aces

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Connor Richards

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jesus De Silva was all in from the hijack against the bigger-stacked Joris Ruijs in the cutoff.

Jesus De Silva: K♣Q♣ All in
Joris Ruijs: A♠A♣

De Silva got some help from the K♥5♣4♠ flop and the 4♣ turn improved him to a flush draw, but the J♠ river bricked off to mark his elimiation at the hands of Ruijs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	80,000 32,000	32,000
Jesus De Silva	Busted

Tags: Jesus De Silva Joris Ruijs

08-26-2025 12:37 UTC+1

More First Level Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Natan Chauskin	Busted
James Wynne	Busted
Alejandro Arias	Busted
Paulius Plausinaitis	Busted
Ewen Trevidy	Busted
Virgile Turchi	Busted
Qiu Yong	Busted
Joshua Hopkins	Busted
Andre Akkari	Busted

Claudio Baldini	Busted
Henok Tekle	Busted
Mike Vermeer	Busted
Philippe Narboni	Busted
Claude Mamalepot	Busted
Jules Rohr	Busted
Sam Hilger	Busted
Joachim Haraldstad	Busted
Shamil Patel	Busted
Mark Teltscher	Busted

Tom Fuchs	Busted
Michel Molenaar	Busted
Thierry Gogniat	Busted
Valery Yantsevich	Busted
James Smyth	Busted
William Fasano	Busted

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08-26-2025 12:09 UTC+1

Fryda, Fryda, Gotta Get Down on Fryda

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Connor Richards

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Victor Fryda was all in for around 15,000 in the cutoff against the bigger-stacked Andres Vasquez in the big blind.

Victor Fryda: 10♠9♠ All in
Andres Vasquez: Q♠Q♥

Fryda never stood a chance as the flop landed 4♣Q♣4♦ to have him drawing stone dead before the board finished out a teasing 10♥9♦ to mark his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Fryda	140,000 46,000	46,000
Andres Vasquez	Busted

Tags: Andres Vasquez Victor Fryda

08-26-2025 11:59 UTC+1

Another Load of Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Yen	Busted
Ryoji Kusumoto	Busted
Jack Moore	Busted
Tieu To Khanh Lam	Busted
Luuk Gieles	Busted
Luciano Macchiarelli	Busted
Eugene Katchalov	Busted
Nikolai Mamut	Busted
Tugce Hallner	Busted
Haci Bayram	Busted
Matthew Davenport	Busted
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted
Matthew Wantman	Busted
Carlos Leiva	Busted
Antonio Pereira	Busted
Ben Gazzola	Busted
Fabian Niederreiter	Busted
Tommaso Castellano	Busted
Kenneth Strandli	Busted
[Removed:526]	Busted
Gary Hasson	Busted
Gabriel Luz	Busted
Tsang Wuai Cheng	Busted
Gergely Rona	Busted
Stoyan Madanzhiev	Busted

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08-26-2025 11:57 UTC+1

Walden Flops Broadway, Rezaei Rivers a Boat

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Kai Cocklin

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Jamie Walden bought into Day 2 right before it kicked off, but didn't last long in the tournament as Daniel Rezaei cut it short.

The chips were in the middle preflop, with Walden's stack of around 22,000 at risk from under the gun, with Rezaei in the hijack.

Jamie Walden: K♠Q♠ All in
Daniel Rezaei: 10♠10♥

You have to win flips to win tournaments, and it looked to be going Walden's way as he flopped Broadway on A♠J♥10♦. Rezaei had outs to a full house, but the 8♥ turn didn't improve his set.

What did improve his set was the board-pairing 8♠, which boated up Rezaei and sent Walden on his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Rezaei	190,000 54,000	54,000
Jamie Walden	Busted

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Jamie Walden

08-26-2025 11:44 UTC+1

Some Early Casualties

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Tim Baker

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Lista	Busted
Bogdan Munteanu	Busted
Sam Grafton	Busted

Arsenii Karmatckii	Busted

Michael Sklenicka	Busted
Daniel Smiljkovic	Busted
Danielle Noja	Busted
Aaron Olechnowicz	Busted
Paul Kristoffersson	Busted
Alexandros Kolonias	Busted
Mengshi Tian	Busted
Jan Svec	Busted
Blaz Turnsek	Busted
Stefan Galic	Busted
Enrico Camosci	Busted
Joahn Schultz	Busted
Theo Jorgensen	Busted
Tobias Schwecht	Busted
Manuel Fritz	Busted
Nazar Buhaiov	Busted
Adam Martinsson	Busted
Agatino Spitaleri	Busted
Walter Ripper	Busted
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Busted
Martin Zamani	Busted

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