2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
The stream joined the action on a 6♠4♦8♣ flop, with the pot already worth 470,000.
Matas Cimbolas checked from early position, Manuel Ferrari checked in the cutoff, and Michael Dwyer did the same on the button.
When the 2♣ joined the board, Cimbolas bet 300,000, which quickly removed Ferrari from the equation, who folded A♦10♦, but Dwyer called.
Cimbolas reverted to checking on the 9♥ river, but Dwyer wanted to play a bigger pot and bet 400,000. Cimbolas called, but it was bad news, as his K♠K♦ had been cracked by the 6♦6♣ of Dwyer.
Edward Pak raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, and Joris Ruijs called from the big blind.
Ruijs check-called a bet of 135,000 from Pak on the 10♥2♥5♠ flop.
The Q♠ arrived on the turn, causing Ruijs to check again. Pak fired a second barrel of 540,000, and after thinking for a while, Ruijs jammed.
The shove was for Pak's remaining 1,745,000. Pak went deep into the tank, burning through a couple of his time banks. About three minutes later, Pak folded, surrendering the pot to Ruijs.
Joris Ruijs raised to 100,000 on the button, and Alexandru Toderita defended his big blind.
On a Q♣K♠J♣ flop, Toderita check-called when Ruijs continued for 75,000. However, when the 7♠ hit the turn, Toderita opted to check-jam, moving all-in for 705,000 after Ruijs had barreled for 250,000. Ruijs called and showed Toderita the bad news.
Alexandru Toderita: K♣3♥
Joris Ruijs: A♦10♠
The 8♦ river that followed was entirely irrelevant, as Ruijs had flopped a Broadway straight, and with Toderita drawing dead, his Main Event run came to an end.
Manuel Ferrari opened to 100,000 under the gun. Xiaosheng Zheng was in the cutoff and three-bet to 350,000. It folded back to Ferrari, who quickly called to the J♥5♥3♦ flop.
Ferrari checked, Zheng bet 225,000, and Ferrari called. The 7♥ turn was subsequently checked through to the 2♣ river, where Ferrari led out with a bet of 350,000.
Zheng entered the tank, eventually calling with A♦5♠. His hero-call proved to be misplaced, however, as Ferrari tabled 10♠10♣ for the winning hand.
Vinicius Goncalves raised to 100,000 from early position, and John Juanda defended from the big blind.
After Juanda checked, Goncalves bet 90,000 on the 9♥10♥A♠ flop, and Juanda called.
The 4♥ turn checked through for the 7♣ to complete the board. Juanda bet 185,000, and Goncalves quickly called.
Juanda showed A♦3♠ for a pair of aces, but was out-kicked by the A♥J♠ of Goncalves.
Barbara Akemi raised to 100,000 on the button, and Gerard Carbo defended his big blind.
The J♥2♠J♠ flop saw Carbo check-call when Akemi continued for 65,000, before he check-called again on the A♠ turn, this time when Akemi bet 185,000.
The 6♦ completed the board, and when Carbo checked a third time, Akemi checked behind. Carbo tabled J♣4♣, with his trips more than enough to beat Akemi's Q♥7♥.
Alexandru Toderita raised from the middle position to 100,000, and Joris Ruijs defended from the big blind.
Both checked the 8♥Q♥4♦ flop to see the 2♠ on the turn. Ruijs checked again, and Toderita fired a delayed continuation-bet of 90,000. Toderita called.
The J♣ on the river checked through, and Ruijs showed K♣8♦ for a pair of eights. Toderita had him beaten with A♠8♣ for the same pair but with an ace-kicker, and the pot went over to Toderita.
Vasyl Pidhrusnyi made it 100,000 in middle position. Edward Pak flat-called on the button, and the duo saw the 5♥3♠3♥ flop. Pidhrusnyi continued for 80,000, which Pak raised to 260,000.
Pidhrusnyi struck back with a three-bet to 500,000, and Pak called. Pidhrusnyi then pushed in his remaining 1,070,000 on the K♠ turn, but Pak decided it was too much to call and folded his hand.
Gerard Carbo opened K♥6♥ to 100,000 in middle position, and Barbara Akemi defended her big blind with A♥J♠. Carbo continued with another 100,000 on the Q♦A♦5♥ flop, and Akemi check-called.
The Q♣ turn prompted both players to check. The dealer placed the 3♣ on the river, on which Akemi bet 360,000. Carbo did not try to pull any tricks, and he folded his king-high to concede the pot.