€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1b | 2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Aug 23, 2026

Quattrucci Cracks Aces to Score the Double KO

Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Dario Quattrucci just scored a double knockout on Table 40 in a pot of around 70,000, eliminating Hamza Nasir and Maor Zaharagi.

All the chips went into the middle preflop, with Nasir on the button, Zaharagi in early position, and Quattrucci trying to send them both home from under the gun.

Hamza Nasir: A♥A♠ All in
Maor Zaharagi: A♣K♠ All in
Dario Quattrucci: 7♦6♦

Nasir had the goods with pocket rockets, while Quattrucci needed something of a miracle to turn his seven-high into the winner.

The 6♠9♦Q♦ flop was a good start, giving Quattrucci a pair and a flush draw.

Zaharagi added a gutshot when the J♠ landed on the turn, but the board-pairing 6♥ river improved Quattrucci to trips, cracking Nasir's aces and sending two players to the rail.

Tags: Dario Quattrucci Hamza Nasir Maor Zaharagi

Aug 23, 2026

Not What the Doktor Ordered

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Tomasz Doktor raised from middle position and Feliciano Rosano three-bet the button to 2,800. Doktor called when the action got back to him.

Doktor knuckled it over to Rosano on the 3♦7♠9♠ flop, and Rosano bet 2,500. Doktor check-raised to 7,000, but that didn't deter Rosano as he called.

The 9♣ landed on the turn and Doktor checked. Rosano shoved, putting Doktor all in for his stack of about 17,200. Doktor took a few moments before making the call.

Tomasz Doktor: 10♠10♣ All in
Feliciano Rosano: J♣J♦

Both players had overpairs, but Doktor was pipped by one and needed to find one of the two remaining tens on the river.

The 6♠ wasn't one of them, sending Doktor to the exit while Rosano climbed to roughly two starting stacks.

Tags: Feliciano Rosano Tomasz Doktor

Aug 23, 2026

Miniucchi Hits a Flush to Bust Venneri

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With Antonino Venneri all in on a board of 9♦10♦5♣6♦, Gaetan Balleur bet 5,000 from under the gun and was called by Marcello Miniucchi on the button.

The 6♣ paired the board on the river, causing Balleur to check. Miniucchi bet 5,000, and Balleur made the call.

Venneri showed top pair with J♣10♥ and was out, as Miniucchi revealed A♦5♦ for an ace-high flush. Miniucchi scooped both the main and side pots, while Balleur was forced to show K♦2♦ for an inferior flush.

Tags: Gaetan Balleur Marcello Miniucchi

Aug 23, 2026

Confusion Sends Wulf to the Rail

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Stewart Morrison

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Oliver Wulf raised to 700 from under the gun, which the player directly to his left called. Giovanni La Padula then inadvertently three-bet from the small blind. Intending to call, the chips he put into the middle were deemed a raise, and he was forced to make it 1,100. Wulf then four-bet to 5,000, which saw the original caller quickly fold.

La Padula then five-bet jammed, having Wulf covered, and after some deliberation, Wulf called, putting his stack of around 17,500 at risk.

Oliver Wulf: A♥6♥ All in
Giovanni La Padula: 7♥7♣

Wulf found some help on the K♦6♦J♣ flop, but it was all over on the 7♦ turn, as La Padula improved to an unassailable set. The A♣ river was irrelevant, despite improving Wulf to two pair, and he headed to the exit.

Aug 23, 2026

Steltman Flushes Out Oslanski

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

With about 15,000 in the pot on a completed board of 5♥9♠7♥2♥4♦, Bryce Oslanski was first to act from under the gun and jammed for about 6,000.

George Steltman, in the cutoff, quickly called and Oslanski revealed A♥K♠ for ace-high. Steltman turned over K♥3♥ for a flush to win the pot and send Oslanski to the exit.

Tags: Bryce Oslanski George Steltman

Aug 23, 2026

Classic Cooler Ends Knafo

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Rostyslav Hertsyk raised to 600 under the gun and Stephane Knafo three-bet from the next seat to 2,000. Lucas Borges cold four-bet to 4,500 from middle position, and the action folded back to Hertsyk.

Hertsyk took another look at his cards before jamming for about the starting stack. Knafo stuck his stack of 25,000 into the middle, which got Borges to fold what he said after the hand was big slick.

Stephane Knafo: K♦K♣ All in
Rostyslav Hertsyk: A♣A♦

It was poker's classic preflop cooler, with Knafo firmly on the wrong end of it.

No help arrived for Knafo on the 8♣5♥Q♥6♣9♠ runout, sending him to the rail almost six days earlier than he would have dreamed of.

Tags: Lucas Borges Rostyslav Hertsyk Stephane Knafo

Aug 23, 2026

Talboom's Boat Sinks Hilmisson's Main Event Chances

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Dario Pieruzzini raised to 300 under the gun and Tom Talboom called on the button. Axel Hilmisson three-bet to 1,700 from the small blind, and only Talboom called.

Talboom called bets from Hilmisson on the Q♥3♣J♥ flop, 2♥ turn, and finally the 3♦ river. The first was for 1,200, the second 4,500, before Hilmisson jammed for about 22,000 on the river.

Hilmisson turned over K♥9♥ for a flush, but it was no good against Talboom's 3♠2♠ for a full house, sending Hilmisson to the rail.

Tags: Dario Pieruzzini Tom Talboom