€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-27-2025 18:31 UTC+1

Niste, Amsellem Fall

David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Alejandro Romero raised to 16,000 in early position, Mihai Niste moved all in for 119,000 in the small blind, and Romero called.

Mihai Niste: A♥Q♥ All in
Alejandro Romero: A♣K♦

Niste found himself dominated and at risk, and the 3♠J♠4♣7♦K♥ board provided no help as Romero ended up with a pair of kings to send Niste to the rail.

At another table, Jacob Amsellem was all in for around 100,000 from middle position and up against Sam Lam in the big blind.

Jacob Amsellem: A♠A♥ All in
Sam Lam: 4♣4♦

Amsellem had picked up aces and was a favorite to double up, but the board brought 8♠6♣5♠3♥7♥ to give Lam a straight on the river as the start-of-day chip leader was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Romero	500,000 59,000	59,000
Sam Lam	420,000 117,000	117,000
Mihai Niște	Busted
Jacob Amsellem	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Romero Jacob Amsellem Mihai Niste Sam Lam

08-27-2025 17:05 UTC+1

Those Not Returning After Dinner

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Anastasakis	Busted
Simen Gulbrandsen	Busted
Marle Spragg	Busted

Gonzalo Velozo	Busted
Sergi Escote	Busted
Jonas Hagstrom	Busted
Silviu Baltateanu	Busted
Kaio Camargo	Busted
Anton Blondal	Busted
Gonzalo Mencia	Busted

08-27-2025 17:00 UTC+1

Sidhu Runs Into a Set

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Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In a blind versus blind confrontation, Kully Sidhu was all in against the bigger-stacked Dimitrios Manekas.

Kully Sidhu: A♥7♦ All in
Dimitrios Manekas: 10♥10♣

The flop landed 10♦3♣2♠ to give Manekas a virtual lock on the hand with a set and the board finished out J♥Q♥ to confirm Sidhu's elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Manekas	400,000 199,000	199,000
Kully Sidhu	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Manekas Kully Sidhu

08-27-2025 16:50 UTC+1

Sanchez Eliminated by Pantazis

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Panagiotis Pantazis opened from the button and called when Zygmunt Sanchez in the big blind moved all-in for 38,000.

Zygmunt Sanchez: 3♦3♥ All in
Panagiotis Pantazis: K♥7♦

Pantazis flopped a pair on 2♥A♦7♥4♦8♥ to take the lead and send Sanchez to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Panagiotis Pantazis	190,000 98,000	98,000
Zygmunt Sanchez	Busted

Tags: Panagiotis Pantazis

08-27-2025 16:47 UTC+1

Voreland Rivers a Flush, But Mangroe Hits a Boat

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Nicolai Voreland was all in for his last 100,000 or so with Firoz Mangroe making the call to try and eliminate him.

Nicolai Voreland: K♠J♠ All in
Firoz Mangroe: A♦Q♣

Voreland was behind to the ace-high of Mangroe, but he did have two live cards working for him.

The 9♠4♥4♠ flop gave Voreland even more outs in the form of a flush draw. The 4♦ landed on the turn, and the Q♠ hit the river, completing Voreland's flush. However, the river card also gave Mangroe a full house, and after a few moments, Voreland realized he was beaten and headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Firoz Mangroe	390,000 27,000	27,000
Nicolai Voreland	Busted

Tags: Firoz Mangroe Nicolai Voreland

08-27-2025 16:41 UTC+1

Champlin Nearly Cracks Kings in Six-Bet Pot

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Connor Richards

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A raising war took place with Spencer Champlin opening in middle position and Kelvin Kerber three-betting to 50,000 in the cutoff.

Champlin clicked it back with a four-bet to 110,000 and Kerber responded by five-betting to 190,000 after using a time bank. Champlin used a time bank of his own before six-bet jamming for around 480,000. Kerber quickly called with a bigger stack.

Spencer Champlin: K♥J♥ All in
Kelvin Kerber: K♠K♣

Kerber was far in front with pocket kings but the flop landed 9♥8♥3♣ to give Champlin a flush draw. Luckily for Kerber, the board finished out 6♠8♠ to keep his kings ahead as Champlin hit the rail in one of the biggest pots of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kelvin Kerber	1,200,000 403,000	403,000
Spencer Champlin	Busted

Tags: Kelvin Kerber Spencer Champlin

08-27-2025 16:30 UTC+1

No Flush to Save Tammel

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a flop of 10♠6♥10♥ with approximately 30,000 in the pot, Tarmo Tammel in the hijack and Alfredo Zingales in the big blind ended up moving all-in, with Tammel at risk for a bit more than 100,000.

Tarmo Tammel: A♥9♥ All in
Alfredo Zingales: 10♦8♥

Tammel had a nut flush draw while Zingales flopped trips. The 3♦4♠ runout didn't complete Tammel's flush and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alfredo Zingales	510,000 210,000	210,000
Tarmo Tammel	Busted

Tags: Alfredo Zingales Tarmo Tammel

08-27-2025 16:25 UTC+1

Some More Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Berggren	Busted
Paul Tait	Busted
Sven McDermott	Busted
Christopher Puetz	Busted
Volga Uyanik	Busted
Marian Cocoara	Busted
Oleksandr Novoselskyi	Busted
Ran Shahar	Busted
Jorge Alberdi	Busted
Samy Khaled	Busted
Candido Cappiello	Busted
Harpreet Gill	Busted

08-27-2025 16:23 UTC+1

Jurcuta Runs Into a Cooler Against Palevic

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

There was around 100,000 in the pot as Rifat Palevic and Paul Jurcuta went to the turn on a board of 6♥7♦K♦3♠. Jurcuta then moved all in for around 150,000 from the big blind, and Palevic called on the button.

Jurcuta showed 7♥6♠ for two pair, but Palevic had flopped a better two pair with K♥7♣. The river was the 9♥ and Jurcuta was sent to the rail.

At another table, Daniel Rezaei got his last chips in with two fives against Ramon Munoz's A♣J♣ and remained in the lead going to the river on a board of 2♣2♥9♠10♥, but Munoz spiked the A♥ on the river to win the pot and send Rezaei off to collect his payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Palevic	700,000 125,000	125,000
Ramon Munoz	650,000 101,000	101,000
Paul Jurcuta	Busted
Daniel Rezaei	Busted

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Paul Jurcuta Ramon Munoz Rifat Palevic

08-27-2025 16:23 UTC+1

Kamne to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The action was picked up on a flop of 5♣9♠3♣ after Raoul Kanme in the big blind saw his 90,000-chip stack being called by Tim van de Riet in middle position.

Raoul Kanme: K♦9♥ All in
Tim van de Riet: A♦9♣

Both players flopped top pair, but Van de Riet had a better kicker so Kamne was eliminated after the J♦5♥ runout was revealed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	1,120,000 399,000	399,000
Damien Gayer	790,000 279,000	279,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	500,000 20,000	20,000
Omar Lakhdari	480,000 13,000	13,000
Tim van de Riet	385,000 245,000	245,000
Raoul Kanme	Busted

Tags: Raoul Kanme Tim van de Riet