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

08-27-2025 19:44 UTC+2

Jackson Flops a Full House

Maxime Taldir

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

Ben Jackson in the cutoff opened to 16,000 and was called by John Woods on the button. Slobodan Ruzicic in the big blind moved all in for 120,000, then Jackson called and made Woods fold.

Ben Jackson: Q♣Q♥ All in
Slobodan Ruzicic: 7♠7♣

Jackson with queens flopped a full house on Q♦3♦3♥8♠J♣, leaving no chance for Ruzicic. It turned out that Jackson was slightly covered, so he secured a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Woods	625,000 165,000	165,000
Ben Jackson	240,000 110,000	110,000
Slobodan Ruzicic	10,000 219,000	219,000

Tags: Ben Jackson John Woods Slobodan Ruzicic

08-27-2025 19:43 UTC+2

Naydenov Wins Flip But Isn't Satisfied

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Connor Richards

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

Simeon Naydenov got into it with the floor about an EPT rule regarding tanking with insignificant chips behind, and the discussion went from theoretical to pragmatic as Anton Suarez raised to 16,000 on the button and Gediminas Uselis called in the small blind before Naydenov three-bet to 69,000 in the big blind with just about 20,000 behind.

Suarez folded and Uselis raised, leading Naydenov to ask whether he could use his time banks. When the floor told him no, he called.

Simeon Naydenov: K♠Q♠ All in
Gediminas Uselis: 3♦3♥

Naydenov won the flip as the board ran out K♥4♦2♦5♦8♥ to earn him a double, but "IamBuddhaa" was anything but mindful as he continued bickering over the years-old rule that was implemented to prevent unnecessary tanking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simeon Naydenov	190,000 52,000	52,000
Gediminas Uselis	130,000 256,000	256,000

Tags: Anton Suarez Gediminas Uselis Simeon Naydenov

08-27-2025 19:40 UTC+2

Van De Riet Takes from Tsventanov

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Tim Baker

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

Tim van de Riet raised to 16,000 from the hijack before Martin Tsvetanov three-bet to 51,000 out of the cutoff. When it got back to Van De Riet, he called to see a flop.

Van De Riet checked after the dealer fanned out a flop of A♠A♥10♥, and Tsvetanov bet 22,000. Van De Riet made the call.

Both checked after the 8♠ turn to see the 7♦ roll off on the river. Van De Riet bet 94,000, and got a tank-fold from Tsvetanov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim van de Riet	460,000 72,000	72,000
Martin Tsvetanov	270,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Martin Tsvetanov Tim van de Riet

08-27-2025 19:39 UTC+2

Kamphues Smacks the River to Stun Colavita

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David Salituro

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

Heads-up on the turn with the board showing J♦8♣9♦A♦, Mario Colavita bet 58,000 in the cutoff before Timo Kamphues raised to 119,000 under the gun. Colavita then reraised to 170,000, Kamphues moved all in for 358,000, and Colavita snap-called.

Kamphues showed K♦Q♣ for straight and flush draws, while Colavita turned over A♥A♣ for top set. The 4♦ river gave Kamphues a flush and Colavita sent over most of his stack.

At the same table, Ramon Colillas has climbed up past 1,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	1,200,000 479,000	479,000
Timo Kamphues	800,000 537,000	537,000
Mario Colavita	120,000 349,000	349,000

Tags: Mario Colavita Timo Kamphues

08-27-2025 19:35 UTC+2

McEwan Extracts Value from Panka

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Tim Baker

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

Thales De Figuereido raised to 16,000 from early position with Thales De Figuereido calling from the cutoff, and Dominik Panka defending his big blind.

Panka checked first on the 4♥9♥2♥ flop, and De Figuereido placed out a continuation-bet of 16,000. McEwan and Panka stuck around with a call.

A J♥ came on the turn, causing Panka and De Figuereido to check. McEwan gathered together a bet of 23,000, which only Panka called.

Heads-up to the 3♣ river that saw Panka check-call a bet of 68,000 by McEwan. McEwan revealed A♠Q♥ for a queen-high flush to win the pot, as Panka mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew McEwan	625,000 140,000	140,000
Dominik Panka	570,000 126,000	126,000

Thales De Figuereido	220,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Dominik Panka Matthew McEwan Thales De Figuereido

08-27-2025 19:32 UTC+2

Besnainou Busts Despite Straight on Board

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Connor Richards

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

Juan Carlos Vecino opened to 16,000 in the hijack and Ange Besnainou three-bet jammed for 141,000 in the small blind. Vecino called with a bigger stack.

Ange Besnainou: A♠J♠ All in
Juan Carlos Vecino: 9♠9♦

The board ran out 7♣5♥6♦4♦8♠, putting a straight on the board but giving Vecino the nine-high straight to send Besnainou to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Carlos Vecino	850,000 252,000	252,000
Ange Besnainou	Busted

Tags: Ange Besnainou Juan Carlos Vecino

08-27-2025 19:31 UTC+2

Niste, Amsellem Fall

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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 19:27 UTC+2

Aissani Shows Sitbon a Straight

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Connor Richards

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

In a blind versus blind battle on a board of 4♥5♣6♦9♥, Julien Sitbon bet 20,000 and Mohamed Aissani raised to 52,000. Sitbon called.

Sitbon checked on the 5♦ river and Aissani moved all in for 93,000. Sitbon folded and Aissani showed it was the right move as he turned over 8♣7♣ for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	410,000 65,000	65,000
Mohamed Aissani	250,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Mohamed Aissani

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

08-27-2025 19:05 UTC+2

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

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David Salituro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Leknes	1,380,000 80,000	80,000
Martin Nielsen	1,225,000 90,000	90,000

Luka Bojovic	1,040,000 63,000	63,000
Evgenii Sboev	900,000 20,000	20,000
Ramon Munoz	845,000 195,000	195,000
Rifat Palevic	825,000 125,000	125,000
Oskar Jonsson	797,000 215,000	215,000
Kelvin Kerber	797,000 403,000	403,000
Jimmy Kebe	788,000 522,000	522,000
Artus Gimenez	783,000 183,000	183,000
Karl Karlsson	742,000 446,000	446,000
Umberto Zaffagnini	724,000 424,000	424,000
Ramon Colillas	721,000 399,000	399,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	720,000 220,000	220,000
Turbo Nguyen	702,000
Dominik Panka	696,000 236,000	236,000

Damien Gayer	670,000 120,000	120,000
Sebastian Ionita	670,000 457,000	457,000

Lauri Saaskilahti	655,000 35,000	35,000
Yuri Gama	654,000 29,000	29,000
Michael Uguccioni	640,000 241,000	241,000
Petrus Brandt	639,000 37,000	37,000
Hugo Gotuzzo	620,000 73,000	73,000
Matin Talebi	615,000 223,000	223,000
Ferdinando D'Alessio	613,000 378,000	378,000

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