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

08-27-2025 16:18 UTC+2

More Main Event Eliminations

Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Neel Murthy	Busted
Gianfranco Iaculli	Busted
Samir Ainous	Busted
Antoine Camors	Busted
Victor Fryda	Busted
Richard Geyer	Busted
Takashi Yagura	Busted
Habib Rachedi	Busted
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	Busted
Frederic D'Orazio	Busted
Mario Fata	Busted
David Djian	Busted
Henrik Juncker	Busted
Tom Seck	Busted
Stephen Woodhead	Busted

08-27-2025 16:08 UTC+2

Saaskilahti Busts Bedell, Still Not Chip Leader at His Table

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

"Do you do coaching for Tritons? I also want to win three out of four," Martin Nielsen asked Tom-Aksel Bedell.

"I'm too old for that," Bedell replied.

Chin Wei Lim then opened to 10,000 in early position and Lauri Saaskilahti three-bet to 30,000 in middle position. Bedell called in the small blind, while Lim got out of the way.

Saaskilahti bet another 20,000 on the 6♠5♦5♣ flop, Bedell moved all in for 54,000, and Saaskilahti called.

Tom-Aksel Bedell: A♠8♠ All in
Lauri Saaskilahti: A♣Q♣

Both players had ace-high, but Saaskilahti was ahead with his queen-kicker. The board ran out 9♣A♥ and Saaskilahti's queen continued to play to send Bedell to the rail.

Saaskilahti moved up close to 1,000,000 with that pot, but he's still not the chip leader at this table as Nielsen has climbed up to around 1,200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Nielsen	1,200,000 287,000	287,000

Lauri Saaskilahti	950,000 310,000	310,000
Chin Wei Lim	150,000 15,000	15,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted

Tags: Chin Wei Lim Lauri Saaskilahti Martin Nielsen Tom-Aksel Bedell

08-27-2025 16:04 UTC+2

Emotional Roller Coaster for Guidetti

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a flop of 7♣7♦6♣, cards went on their backs with Daniele Guidetti on the button at risk for approximately 100,000 against Thomas Eychenne in middle position.

Daniele Guidetti: Q♣J♣ All in
Thomas Eychenne: 9♠7♠

Eychenne flopped trips while Guidetti had a flush draw. After the 5♠ turn, the 9♣ river completed Guidetti's flush. "Yes!" he shouted, before other players explained him that Eychenne hit a full house on the river. Guidetti quickly realized and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	560,000 134,000	134,000

Daniele Guidetti	Busted

Tags: Daniele Guidetti Thomas Eychenne

08-27-2025 16:01 UTC+2

Tsvetanov Wins a Crucial Flip vs Hu

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

After some raising back and forth, Martin Tsvetanov got his stack of around 170,000 into the middle with Jinlong Hu trying to bust him.

Martin Tsvetanov: A♠K♠ All in
Jinlong Hu: 9♣9♥

It was a race that was pivotal for both players' future in the Event, as Hu only had slightly more chips to start the hand than Tsvetanov.

Tsvetanov took the lead on the 4♠A♣K♦ flop by improving to two pair. The rest of the board ran out 3♣J♥ and Tsvetanov doubled up.

Hu was unable to spin-up his stack and was eliminated just a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Tsvetanov	350,000 135,000	135,000
Jinlong Hu	Busted

Tags: Jinlong Hu Martin Tsvetanov

08-27-2025 15:55 UTC+2

Van de Riet Wakes Up With a Monster to Double

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Julian Pineda Lozano raised to 10,000 in the cutoff and Raoul Kanme three-bet to 25,000 on the button. Tim van de Riet then moved all in for 64,000 in the big blind. Pineda Lozano reshoved, and Kanme quickly folded.

Tim van de Riet: A♥A♦ All in
Julian Pineda Lozano: K♠K♣

Van de Riet had picked the right time to wake up with aces as he had Pineda Lozano's kings dominated. The board ran out Q♦8♣2♥J♠3♥ and Van de Riet doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Kanme	170,000 195,000	195,000
Julian Pineda Lozano	160,000 65,000	65,000
Tim van de Riet	140,000 197,000	197,000

Tags: Julian Pineda Lozano Raoul Kanme Tim van de Riet

08-27-2025 15:52 UTC+2

God Only Knows What Wilson Had

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Connor Richards

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a heads-up pot between Spencer Champlin in the big blind and under-the-gun player Brock Wilson, Champlin bet on the flop of 8♣10♣5♦ and Wilson raised. Champlin called.

Champlin checked on the K♥ turn and Wilson bet 40,000. Champlin called. Champlin checked again on the 10♥ river and Wilson checked back, only to muck as Champlin showed K♣6♣ for a missed combo draw that turned into top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Spencer Champlin	500,000 200,000	200,000
Brock Wilson	210,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Brock Wilson Spencer Champlin

08-27-2025 15:51 UTC+2

Zingales Cracks Aces with Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Alfredo Zingales in the hijack and Andreas Vlachos in the small blind moved all-in preflop, with Zingales at risk for 143,000.

Alfredo Zingales: A♦A♠ All in
Andreas Vlachos: A♣A♥

This situation made both players smile, but Vlacho's smile disappeared when Zingales found a flush draw on 7♠8♦K♠3♠. "Oh, no," he then repeated when the 10♠ completed the flush, allowing Zingales to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alfredo Zingales	300,000 185,000	185,000
Andreas Vlachos	144,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Alfredo Zingales Andreas Vlachos

08-27-2025 15:51 UTC+2

More Additions to the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Osman Aksu	Busted
Grzegorz Kozieja	Busted
Remy Murcia	Busted
Luigi D'Alterio	Busted
Jeremie Beneteau	Busted
Danilo Ramos	Busted
Miguel Chaves	Busted
Juan Ocampo	Busted
Marco Regonaschi	Busted
Simone Andrian	Busted
Dave Stann	Busted
Adrian Troya	Busted
Giuseppe Dedoni	Busted
Andrei Boghean	Busted
Keisuke Hikosaka	Busted
Enrico Rudelitz	Busted
Peter Patricio	Busted
Michael Weiss	Busted
Ivan Balzano	Busted
Adam Geyer	Busted
[Removed:607]	Busted
Jorge Ruiz	Busted
Francesco Delfoco	Busted

08-27-2025 15:48 UTC+2

Houghton Sends Neves to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Bernardo Neves in the cutoff moved all-in for 43,000 and was called by Kevin Houghton on the button.

Bernardo Neves: A♥6♠ All in
Kevin Houghton: A♣10♣

Houghton hit a pair on 10♥5♦J♣3♥4♥, leaving no chance for Neves who was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Houghton	445,000 331,000	331,000
Bernardo Neves	Busted

Tags: Bernardo Neves Kevin Houghton

08-27-2025 15:46 UTC+2

Talebi Calls Tsikopoulos With "Nothing"

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Three players saw the turn on a board of 3♥9♣4♣9♠ when Matin Talebi led out for 15,000 from the small blind. Konstantinos Tsikopoulos then raised to 40,000 in the big blind.

The action folded back to Talebi who reraised to 90,000. Tsikopoulos then moved all in for 182,000, and Talebi burned through a few time banks before calling.

Tsikopoulos showed 2♥2♦, while Talebi was on straight and flush draws holding 6♣5♣. The 7♦ river gave Talebi his straight and sent Tsikopoulos to the rail.

"I knew you had nothing," Tsikopoulos told him.

"You want to be up against this nothing?" Talebi replied.

"Yes, gladly," Tsikopoulos added as he went off to the payout desk.