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

08-27-2025 22:35 UTC+2

Holskyi's Second Pair is Good at Showdown

Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Dario Pieruzzini raised to 20,000 from the cutoff, and only Konstantyn Holskyi called from the button.

The 9♦A♠5♣ flop caused both players to check and see the 6♣ appear on the turn. Pieruzzini checked for a second time, but Holskyi fired out a bet of 20,000. Pieruzzini quickly called.

Another two checks followed the 3♥ river, and Pieruzzini tabled 7♦7♣ for a pair of sevens. This was second-best to the Q♠9♠ of Holskyi for second pair, and the pot was sent to him

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantyn Holskyi	485,000 155,000	155,000
Dario Pieruzzini	400,000 195,000	195,000

Tags: Dario Pieruzzini Konstantyn Holskyi

08-27-2025 22:35 UTC+2

Final Five Hands

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The floor staff have announced that there will be five more hands before play stops for the night.

08-27-2025 22:34 UTC+2

McEwan Bets Out Houghton

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Connor Richards

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Matthew McEwan opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Kevin Houghton defended in the big blind.

Houghton checked on the flop of 6♦4♠J♦ and McEwan continued for 20,000. Houghton called. Houghton checked again on the Q♥ turn and McEwan sized up to 92,000. Houghton laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew McEwan	1,250,000 340,000	340,000
Kevin Houghton	380,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Matthew McEwan Kevin Houghton

08-27-2025 22:33 UTC+2

Graells Doubles Through Eychenne

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ricardo Graells jammed for 95,000 from the button. Thomas Eychenne in the big blind went into the tank and called.

Ricardo Graells: 7♥7♦ All in
Thomas Eychenne: 4♣4♠

Graells' sevens held on K♥A♣2♣6♠2♠ and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	835,000 15,000	15,000

Ricardo Graells	105,000

Tags: Ricardo Graells Thomas Eychenne

08-27-2025 22:26 UTC+2

Tazon Shoves on Sitbon; Saaskilahti Finds an Ace Against Suarez

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Javier Tazon raised to 20,000 in the hijack, Julien Sitbon three-bet to 47,000 in the cutoff, and Tazon called.

The flop came Q♦5♦2♥ and Sitbon continued for 42,000. Tazon called and both players checked the 9♥ turn.

The river was the 3♦ and Tazon moved all in, having Sitbon's remaining 160,000 covered. Sitbon took a few moments before folding, and Tazon claimed the pot.

At another table, Lauri Saaskilahti moved all in for 414,000 in the small blind and Anton Suarez put him at risk on the button.

Lauri Saaskilahti: A♣Q♦ All in
Anton Suarez: Q♠Q♥

Saaskilahti was looking for an ace to survive and found it on the A♥10♠3♣ flop, leaving Suarez with just one out. The rest of the board ran out 8♣5♣ and Saaskilahti doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauri Saaskilahti	830,000 142,000	142,000
Anton Suarez	500,000 650,000	650,000

Javier Tazon	430,000 60,000	60,000
Julien Sitbon	160,000 188,000	188,000

Tags: Anton Suarez Javier Tazon Julien Sitbon Lauri Saaskilahti

08-27-2025 22:20 UTC+2

Gimenez Moves Over a Million

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Artus Gimenez min-raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Nicolas Tytgat jammed for 270,000 from the cutoff. Gimenez called to try to send Tytgat to the rail earlier than he had planned.

Nicolas Tytgat: A♦J♥ All in
Artus Gimenez: Q♣Q♦

Tytgat was behind to the ladies of Gimenez and was unable to improve enough on the 10♣J♦8♠K♠10♦ runout to win the pot. Tytgat exited the tournament and Gimenez was up to over a million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artus Gimenez	1,200,000 417,000	417,000
Nicolas Tytgat	Busted

Tags: Artus Gimenez Nicolas Tytgat

08-27-2025 22:17 UTC+2

Ionita Three-Bets Sboev

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Connor Richards

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Evgenii Sboev opened to 21,000 in early position and Sebastian Ionita three-bet to 60,000 in the small blind. Sboev called.

Ionita continued for 60,000 on the flop of 6♥J♣10♠ and Sboev laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Ionita	1,150,000 424,000	424,000

Evgenii Sboev	800,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Evgenii Sboev Sebastian Ionita

08-27-2025 22:15 UTC+2

Full Over Nut Flush for Karlsson

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Karl Karlsson opened to 20,000 from the button and faced Alexandr Kilennikov who defended from the big blind.

Both of them quickly checked the 10♣J♣Q♣ flop and the 5♣ turn, but Kilennikov led out for 20,000 on the Q♦ river. Karlsson raised to 80,000, Kilennikov reraised all in for 135,000, and Karlsson snap-called.

Alexandr Kilennikov: A♣8♦ All in
Karl Karlsson: Q♥J♥

Both players were trapping each other, but Karlsson had the last word by hitting a full house on the river to eliminate Kilennikov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karl Karlsson	840,000 98,000	98,000
Alexandr Kilennikov	Busted

Tags: Alexandr Kilennikov Karl Karlsson

08-27-2025 22:14 UTC+2

Eychenne Shoves on Kovalski; O'Dwyer Runs Into Romero's Queens

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of K♦3♦J♣, Thomas Eychenne bet 15,000 from the hijack and Fabiano Kovalski called in the big blind.

The turn was the J♦ and Kovalski led out for 18,000. Eychenne called and the Q♠ fell on the river. Kovalski then bet 20,000, and Eychenne used two time banks before announcing all in.

Kovalski had around 250,000 remaining and tanked for a minute before folding. Eychenne allowed him to pick one of his cards, and Kovalski chose the Q♣.

At the same time at another table, Alejandro Romero had opened to 20,000 under the gun and Lirong Hu Yu called in the hijack. Steve O'Dwyer then reraised to 190,000 in the cutoff, leaving only a few chips behind, and Romero shoved all in. Yu folded, but O'Dwyer quickly put in the rest of his stack.

Steve O'Dwyer: 9♠9♥ All in
Alejandro Romero: Q♣Q♥

Yu told O'Dwyer what he folded as the flop came A♠K♦10♣. "Why would you tell me that?" O'Dwyer said incredulously.

"You're never supposed to say," Romero added. The turn was the A♥, while the 3♦ river was no help to O'Dwyer as the EPT champion was sent to the rail, but not before shooting Yu another annoyed look.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	850,000 558,000	558,000

Alejandro Romero	800,000 238,000	238,000
Lirong Hu Yu	400,000 239,000	239,000
Fabiano Kovalski	250,000 199,000	199,000
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Romero Fabiano Kovalski Lirong Hu Yu Steve O'Dwyer Thomas Eychenne

08-27-2025 22:08 UTC+2

Webber Steals the Pot from Yang

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Chongxian Yang raised to 22,000 from the hijack before Joao Webber three-bet to 63,000 from the button. Once the blinds folded, Yang continued in the form of a call.

Upon seeing the 5♦6♥7♥ flop fall, Yang checked the action over to Webber, who fired out a bet of 35,000. Yang didn't take long to put together a check-raise to 100,000. Webber made the call to see a turn.

A K♠ dropped on the turn and Yang decided to check. Webber tossed out 80,000, and Yang went into the tank. After using a few of his time bank cards, Yang returned his cards to the dealer and forfeited the pot to Webber.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Webber	900,000 73,000	73,000
Chongxian Yang	300,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Chongxian Yang Joao Webber