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

08-26-2025 16:59 UTC+2

Bujtas Takes from Amsellem

Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a heads-up between Laszlo Bujtas and Jacob Amsellem on a board of 3♣4♦3♥7♥, Amsellem led out for 22,000 from the blinds and Bujtas called from an early position.

A 2♣ rolled off on the river and Amsellem decided to check. Bujtas happily checked behind and Amsellem announced "Jack-high" while turning over J♣10♦. Bujtas had that beat with 7♠6♠ for a pair of sevens and the pot went over to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Amsellem	590,000 10,000	10,000

Laszlo Bujtas	200,000 109,500	109,500

Tags: Jacob Amsellem Laszlo Bujtas

08-26-2025 16:57 UTC+2

Assorted Big Stacks

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Amsellem	600,000 5,000	5,000

Fabio Peluso	420,000 22,000	22,000
Martin Nielsen	400,000 130,000	130,000

Cesar Garcia	380,000 13,500	13,500
Lars Tungel	370,000 100,000	100,000
Chongxian Yang	340,000 18,000	18,000
Damien Gayer	340,000 15,000	15,000
Steve O'Dwyer	330,000 72,000	72,000

Candido Cappiello	325,000 72,000	72,000
Mariusz Golinski	300,000 228,000	228,000

08-26-2025 16:55 UTC+2

Small Stop in Amsellem's Rise

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Eero Palmu in the big blind saw his 32,500-chip stack being called by the current chip leader Jacob Amsellem on the button.

Eero Palmu: 8♦8♠ All in
Jacob Amsellem: A♦8♣

Palmu's eights held on 6♣K♦4♥3♥9♣ and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacob Amsellem	595,000 20,000	20,000

Eero Palmu	73,500 26,500	26,500

Tags: Eero Palmu Jacob Amsellem

08-26-2025 16:55 UTC+2

Rezaei Bets Out Fryda

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Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Daniel Rezaei opened to 5,500 on the button and Victor Fryda defended in the big blind.

Fryda checked on the flop of 5♣4♥5♥ and Rezaei continued for 3,500. Fryda laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Rezaei	290,000 10,000	10,000
Victor Fryda	50,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Victor Fryda

08-26-2025 16:46 UTC+2

Bedell & Mangroe Building Stacks

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Tom-Aksel Bedell brought in to Day 2 right before it started, and has turned his initial 30,000 into a stack of around 260,000, but did just lose a small pot to Giorgio Tonin.

Bedell raised from under the gun to 5,500 and Tonin made it 16,500 from the button. Bedell called and then both players checked to the river on the 8♣5♦10♥9♥K♥ board. Another check came in from Bedell, and then he folded when Tonin bet 11,500.

Firoz Mangroe is also having success on Day 2. He bagged 188,000 from Day 1 and now has around 400,00 as the field moves closer to the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Firoz Mangroe	400,000 6,000	6,000
Nadir Molinari	275,000 28,000	28,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	260,000 230,000	230,000
Giorgio Silva	150,000 59,500	59,500

Tags: Giorgio Tonin Firoz Mangroe Tom-Aksel Bedell

08-26-2025 16:35 UTC+2

Those No Longer Seated

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksandr Zlotnik	Busted
Alessandro Siena	Busted
Muhamet Perati	Busted
Cristian Veres	Busted
Gregoire Auzoux	Busted
Saar Wilf	Busted
Haoran Cai	Busted
Jack Sinclair	Busted
Erik Friberg	Busted
Audrius Navickas	Busted
Heorhii Doroshev	Busted
Erik Austheim	Busted
Chien Chih Weng	Busted
Travid Macmillan	Busted
Alisson Piekazewicz	Busted
Gerard Carbo	Busted
Henning Wendlandt	Busted
[Removed:548]	Busted
Oskar Massesson	Busted
Jeremie Descouts	Busted
Yehonatan Behor	Busted
Pedro Oliva	Busted
Alexander Norden	Busted
Clement Michaud	Busted
Wai Kiat Lee	Busted

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08-26-2025 16:35 UTC+2

Tazon Four-Bets Lin

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Connor Richards

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Joao Leao opened to 5,000 from under the gun and Tony Lin three-bet to 15,000 in the cutoff. Javier Tazon then cold four-bet to 38,0000 on the button and Leao folded as Lin called.

Lin checked on the flop of A♦7♥Q♠ and Tazon continued for 16,000. Lin called. Both players then checked on the 3♦ turn.

Lin took some time on the 10♠ river before betting 58,000, leading to a quick fold from Tazon, who revealed he had pocket jacks.

Lin proceeded to lecture his opponent about how aggressively he played his fishhooks. "With jacks, I say call preflop."

Player	Chips	Progress
Ren Lin	280,000 179,500	179,500
Joao Leao	215,000 91,500	91,500
Javier Tazon	105,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Javier Tazon Joao De Miranda Tony Lin

08-26-2025 16:30 UTC+2

Erik Out of Hell

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Erik Hellman, in the big blind, saw his 48,000-chip stack being called by Neel Murthy in the hijack.

Erik Hellman: A♦J♦ All in
Neel Murthy: 10♠10♣

Murthy flopped a set, but Hellman still had a flush draw. The K♦ turn completed this flush, followed by the 5♥ river, doubling Hellman up

Player	Chips	Progress
Neel Murthy	120,000 46,000	46,000
Erik Hellman	113,500 48,000	48,000

Tags: Erik Hellman Neel Murthy

08-26-2025 16:29 UTC+2

Hendrix Moving Along Nicely; Savenkov With a Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Adam Hendrix came through Day 1a with 109,000, and has since grown that to around 260,000 on Day 2.

In the latest hand Hendrix played, he opened to 5,000 from under the gun and Andrija Cvetkovic called in the cutoff.

The flop came 4♠8♥2♥, where Cvetkovic check-folded to a bet of 8,500 from Hendrix.

Aleksey Savenkov is seated at the same table and has around 330,000 in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksey Savenkov	330,000 13,000	13,000
Adam Hendrix	260,000 151,000	151,000
Demis Mariani	160,000 149,500	149,500
Andrija Cvetkovic	110,000 60,500	60,500

Tags: Adam Hendrix Aleksey Savenkov Andrija Cvetkovic

08-26-2025 16:25 UTC+2

Chelihi's Main Event is Over

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Tim Baker

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

From the cutoff, David Belaich just over min-raised to 5,500 before Rafik Chelihi shoved for 17,500 from the button. Belaich called when the action got back to him.

Rafik Chelihi: A♠9♥ All in
David Belaich: A♣J♣

Chelihi was in rough shape against he superior ace of Belaich. The runout of A♥10♠8♥6♦10♥, didn't help Chelihi enough to win him the pot, and he was out of the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Belaich	180,000 88,500	88,500
Rafik Chelihi	Busted

Tags: David Belaich Rafik Chelihi