2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,841,550
Total Entries
1,823
Players Left
43
Average Chip Stack
1,271,860
Total Chips
54,690,000
Next Payout
Place 46
€22,900
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
205
Players Left
67
Players Left 43 / 1,823
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Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Ruijs Turns Kuang Dead

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Joris Ruijs raised the button to 24,000 and Arturo Rodriguez called from the small blind. Jianxing Kuang shoved from the big blind for 148,000, which only Ruijs called.

Jianxing Kuang: AQ All in
Joris Ruijs: 109

Kuang was ahead with ace-high, but Ruijs had the favorite hand of many poker players around the world.

The Q83 flop gave Kuang top pair and Ruijs a gutshot straight draw.

Ruijs received instant service on the J turn, improving to the nuts.

Kuang was drawing dead, making the 5 river inconsequential. Kuang headed to the rail, while Ruijs' stack climbed to almost two million.

Tags: Arturo RodriguezJianxing KuangJoris Ruijs

Pereyra Doubles With Suck-Out

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Andres Pereyra raised to 25,000 under the gun. Brock Wilson responded with a three-bet to 80,000 in the hijack. It folded back to Pereyra, who shoved all in for 177,000. Wilson quickly called.

Andres Pereyra: 1010 All in
Brock Wilson: KK

Pereyra flopped a set on 10J3 and remained ahead on the 4 turn and A river, cracking Wilson's kings to double up.

Tags: Andres PereyraBrock Wilson

Pritsak Holds to Remove Chiforescu

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Oleh Pritsak
Oleh Pritsak

Manuel Ferrari raised to 24,000 from middle position, and next to act, Oleh Pritsak moved all-in for 215,000. When the action folded to Adrian Chiforescu in the small blind, he also moved all-in, putting his 159,000 at risk. Ferrari asked for a count of both stacks, but then chose to fold.

Adrian Chiforescu: AJ All in
Oleh Pritsak: 88

The window card was good news for Chiforescu, but bad news followed on the action A8K flop. Already with a flush draw, Chiforescu picked up extra outs on the J turn, but the 2 river was a brick, and Chiforescu's Main Event race was run.

Tags: Adrian ChiforescuManuel FerrariOleh Pritsak

Malec Shoves on Rizov; Vasylchenko Rivered Out

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Oleg Vasylchenko
Oleg Vasylchenko

Arriving on the 4AJ103 river in a big pot of 550,000, Sebastian Malec shoved all in from under the gun. Miroslav Rizov's 560,000 was covered, and he spent a few minutes in the tank before eventually giving up on the pot with a fold.

During the hand, Oleg Vasylchenko got his stack of 355,000 in from the small blind at another table, being put at risk by Fabricio Nociolini in the cutoff.

Oleg Vasylchenko: 1010 All in
Fabricio Nociolini: 33

Nociolini was down to just two outs after the 4J5Q flop and turn, but he hit one of them on the 3 river to send Vasylchenko packing.

Tags: Fabricio NocioliniMiroslav RizovOleg VasylchenkoSebastian Malec

Cecchetti's River Bet Gets Two Folds

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Matteo Cecchetti raised to 24,000 from early position, with Toni Kaukua calling in the cutoff and Manuel Ferrari defending from the big blind.

All three players checked through to the river on the 9874Q runout.

Ferrari checked for the final time and Cecchetti bet 55,000. Kaukua quickly got out of the way, but Ferrari used a few of his time banks before giving it up, allowing Cecchetti to win the pot.

Tags: Manuel FerrariMatteo CecchettiToni Kaukua

Tavares Takes From Barbero

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Nacho Barbero raised to 25,000 from middle position and only Gabriel Tavares called from the hijack.

Barbero fired for 20,000 when he saw the 325 flop, which Tavares called.

The Q came on the turn and Barbero opted to check-fold to Tavares' bet of 60,000.

Tags: Gabriel TavaresNacho Barbero

River Bet Does the Job

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jonas ten Cate raised to 24,000 from the cutoff, which only Pasi Laihinen called on the button.

Ten Cate opted to check-call a bet of 26,000 on a J610 flop, before the 2 turn was checked through. When Ten Cate checked a third time, Laihinen loaded up a bet of 125,000 and sent it into the pot. That was enough to take it down, as Ten Cate returned his cards to the dealer.

Tags: Jonas ten CatePasi Laihinen

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Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000