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

08-27-2025 22:06 UTC+2

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Connor Richards

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Damien Gayer	1,550,000 350,000	350,000
Ricardo Capela	1,300,000 780,000	780,000
Rifat Palevic	1,200,000 293,000	293,000
Anton Suarez	1,150,000 150,000	150,000

Ronnie Lemmens	1,100,000 414,000	414,000
Lars Tungel	1,100,000 150,000	150,000
Tobias Leknes	1,000,000 443,000	443,000
Evgenii Sboev	1,000,000 130,000	130,000

08-27-2025 22:02 UTC+2

Deuces Never Lose From Rajkovic

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David Salituro

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

Konstantyn Holskyi raised to 20,000 in the hijack, Adi Rajkovic moved all in for 177,000 in the small blind, and Holskyi called.

Adi Rajkovic: 2♠2♦ All in
Konstantyn Holskyi: A♣J♣

Rajkovic needed his deuces to hold up to survive as the flop came 9♥8♦7♥, giving Holskyi a straight draw to go with his overcards. The turn was the 5♠, while the 8♥ fell on the river to give Rajkovic the double up.

"Deuces never loses," a tablemate said to Rajkovic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adi Rajkovic	350,000 15,000	15,000
Konstantyn Holskyi	330,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Adi Rajkovic Konstantyn Holskyi

08-27-2025 21:56 UTC+2

Some New Additions to the Rail

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Santichio	Busted
Luiz Duarte	Busted
Erik Hellman	Busted
Nazarii Piznak	Busted
Laurence Stein	Busted
Giorgio Silva	Busted

08-27-2025 21:56 UTC+2

Thimm Takes From Graells

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Maxime Taldir

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

Ricardo Graells on the button opened to 20,000 from the button and he was called by both players in the blinds.

He continued for 20,000 on the A♣5♣10♠ flop, but only Markus Thimm in the big blind check-called.

Both players checked the 4♥ turn leading to the 10♦ river that Thimm checked.

"What's the river? I didn't see," Graells asked to Thimm because he didn't move his head to see the board. He eventually checked back, saying that he was probably "pretty weak" and lost to Thimm's A♦3♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Thimm	326,000 223,000	223,000
Ricardo Graells	105,000 261,000	261,000

Tags: Markus Thimm Ricardo Graells

08-27-2025 21:54 UTC+2

Le Five-Bet Jams on Suarez

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Tim Baker

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

Anton Suarez raised it up to 20,000 from middle position only for Tan Le to three-bet the hijack to 65,000. Suarez thought it over for quite some time while staring intently at Le's stack. In the end, he decided on a four-bet to 120,000. Le didn't take too long to five-bet jam for around 510,000, resulting in an instant fold from Suarez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Suarez	1,000,000 150,000	150,000

Tan Le	650,000 269,000	269,000

Tags: Anton Suarez Tan Le

08-27-2025 21:53 UTC+2

Lam Stuns Kraous on the Turn

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David Salituro

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

Chau Shing Lam moved all in from the small blind and Anton Kraous called in the hijack, the two players having nearly identical stacks.

Anton Kraous: A♦10♦ All in
Chau Shing Lam: A♠8♣

Both players hit a pair on the 10♠8♥7♥ flop, but Kraous remained in the lead with his tens. The turn, though, was the 8♦ to give Lam trips. Kraous failed to improve on the 5♥ river and Lam secured the pot.

The stacks were counted down and Lam had 179,000, while Kraous had 173,000 and was barely covered as the Day 1b chip leader was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chau Shing Lam	350,000 168,000	168,000
Anton Kraous	Busted

Tags: Anton Kraous Chau Shing Lam

08-27-2025 21:47 UTC+2

Suarez Turns a Set to End Uselis' Main Event

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Tim Baker

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

Anton Suarez raised to 20,000 from middle position and Gediminas Uselis jammed for 110,000 from the hijack. Suarez called when the action got back to him and the cards were tabled.

Gediminas Uselis: A♦J♥ All in
Anton Suarez: 7♥7♠

Uselis took a commanding lead in the hand by pairing his ace on the A♠2♦8♥ flop. But, the 7♣ hit the turn to give Suarez a set and leave Uselis drawing dead. An inconsequential 4♥ landed on the river, and Uselis was out of the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Suarez	1,150,000 210,000	210,000

Gediminas Uselis	Busted

Tags: Anton Suarez Gediminas Uselis

08-27-2025 21:43 UTC+2

Gayer on the Right Side of Ultimate Cooler

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David Salituro

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

A massive pot was brewing between Damien Gayer and Ramon Munoz as Gayer got all of his 601,000 in the middle before the flop from the button and Munoz put him at risk under the gun.

Damien Gayer: A♦A♥ All in
Ramon Munoz: K♣K♦

With around 1,200,000 at stake, Gayer showed down a pair of aces against Munoz's kings. The board ran out 10♣10♥4♣5♥J♣ and Gayer doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damien Gayer	1,200,000 530,000	530,000
Ramon Munoz	350,000 565,000	565,000

Tags: Damien Gayer Ramon Munoz

08-27-2025 21:40 UTC+2

Rajkovic Flops a Set of Jacks

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Connor Richards

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

Adi Rajkovic was all in for around 160,000 from under the gun against Hugo Gotuzzo in the big blind.

Adi Rajkovic: J♦J♥ All in
Hugo Gotuzzo: 6♦6♥

There was no sweat to be had as the flop landed 8♣J♣K♥ to give Rajkovic a set of jacks before the board finished out 5♦9♠ to earn him a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hugo Gotuzzo	440,000 180,000	180,000
Adi Rajkovic	335,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Adi Rajkovic Hugo Gotuzzo

08-27-2025 21:38 UTC+2

Marin Bets Big Against Kerber

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David Salituro

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

Kelvin Kerber raised to 20,000 in middle position before Sergio Carro Marin three-bet to 75,000 in the big blind. Kerber called and they went heads-up to the 8♥2♠4♠ flop.

Marin then continued for 75,000 and Kerber called. The turn was the 6♦ and Marin bet 170,000. Kerber quickly folded this time, and Marin took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Carro Marin	800,000 330,000	330,000
Kelvin Kerber	700,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Kelvin Kerber Sergio Carro Marin