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

08-26-2025 14:22 UTC+2

Kyte Wisely Checks Behind

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Tim Baker

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

From early position, Jon Kyte raised to 4,500 and only Leo Worthington-Leese called out of the big blind.

Worthington-Leese check-called a bet of 7,000 from Kyte on the J♦K♠5♥ flop.

The 8♦ dropped on the turn and Worthington-Leese check-called a second bet from Kyte, this time for 20,000.

Worthington-Leese checked for the last time on the J♥ river, and after a long pause, Kyte checked it back.

It was a wise choice by Kyte, as Worthington-Leese revealed a boat holding J♠8♠ to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	150,000 30,000	30,000
Jon Kyte	85,000 30,500	30,500

Tags: Jon Kyte Leo Worthington-Leese

08-26-2025 14:22 UTC+2

Baltateanu Flops Trips

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Kai Cocklin

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

There were around 30,000 in the pot on a board of A♥6♠6♣2♣ when Elia Salerno checked the hijack and Silviu Baltateanu bet 11,500 from the button. Baltateanu called.

The river brought a 7♦ and after Salerno checked again, Baltateanu bet 19,000. Salerno thought about it for around 30 seconds and then decided to call, but quickly mucked when he saw the 6♥4♥ of Baltateanu, who had trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Silviu Baltateanu	160,000 64,500	64,500
Elia Salerno	70,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Elia Salerno Silviu Baltateanu

08-26-2025 14:16 UTC+2

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 14:12 UTC+2

Neto Survives a Runout Against Bruel

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Kai Cocklin

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

Andrey Andreev opened to 4,500 from under the gun and Patrick Bruel called from the next seat. Nello Giongo Neto then shoved for 29,500 from the hijack, and when it got back to Andreev, he folded. Bruel didn't seem to want to fold and after around 10 seconds, he shrugged his shoulders and called.

Nello Giongo Neto: A♦K♥ All in
Patrick Bruel: A♣J♠

Neto was well in the lead with his big slick, and remained in front through the 5♠9♣8♣ flop. A 2♣ on the turn did open up a lot more outs for Bruel as he picked up the nut flush draw, but the 6♠ river bricked out, which meant Neto doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nello Giongo Neto	70,000 23,500	23,500
Andrey Andreev	67,000 3,000	3,000
Patrick Bruel	45,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Andrey Andreev Nello Giongo Neto Patrick Bruel

08-26-2025 14:11 UTC+2

Big Double Up for Karnapp

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Maxime Taldir

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

Moments after the restart, Sergio Leyva in the hijack opened to 4,000. Knut Karnapp in the cutoff three-bet to 13,500, then Leyva four-bet to 33,000. Karnapp moved all-in for 97,000 and Leyva snap-called.

Knut Karnapp: A♦K♥ All in
Sergio Leyva: K♠K♦

Karnapp luckily flopped top pair on 2♠6♥A♥3♦8♠ to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Knut Karnapp	199,000 96,000	96,000
Sergio Leyva	106,000 84,000	84,000

Tags: Knut Karnapp Sergio Leyva

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

08-26-2025 14:00 UTC+2

Top Counts at First Break

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Kai Cocklin

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Daiki Shingae	460,000 16,000	16,000

Jacob Amsellem	415,000 145,000	145,000

Fabio Peluso	376,500 122,500	122,500
Mario Colavita	340,000 174,000	174,000
Jerry Odeen	334,000 31,500	31,500
Shinya Yajima	332,500 113,000	113,000
Anton Kraous	330,000 10,000	10,000

Aleksey Savenkov	317,000 60,000	60,000
Steve O'Dwyer	312,500 46,500	46,500

Danilo Ramos	308,000 47,000	47,000
Joao Leao	306,500 94,000	94,000
Nadir Molinari	303,000 143,000	143,000
Wouter Beltz	300,000 35,500	35,500
Marc Bougaret	300,000 39,000	39,000
Jakub Sterba	291,000
Julien Sitbon	287,000 63,000	63,000
Spencer Champlin	285,000 167,000	167,000
Oskar Jonsson	280,000 121,500	121,500
Olivier Fazio	276,000 24,000	24,000
Cesar Garcia	275,000 2,500	2,500

08-26-2025 13:53 UTC+2

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

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Will Shillibier

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 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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08-26-2025 13:39 UTC+2

Break Time

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Connor Richards

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

Players have been sent on a 25-minute break with the clocks showing 569 players remaining.

08-26-2025 13:37 UTC+2

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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