2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€8,841,550
Total Entries
1,823
Players Left
9
Average Chip Stack
6,076,667
Total Chips
54,690,000
Next Payout
Place 9
€126,950
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 125,000
Ante
125,000
Players Info - Day 5
Entries
28
Players Left
13
Players Left 9 / 1,823
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Criado Takes From Juanda

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
José Criado
José Criado

With KJ, John Juanda raised to 85,000 from the cutoff, and Jose Criado defended from the big blind holding 98.

Criado checked the A59 flop and Juanda bet 60,000. Criado called.

An 8 joined the turn and Criado checked for a second time. Juanda elected to check behind.

A 3 rolled off on the river and Criado led out for 275,000. Juanda thought the best route was to fold, giving it up to Criado.

Tags: John JuandaJose Criado

Goncalves Makes Broadway

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

John Juanda raised to 85,000 on the button holding Q9, and Vinicius Goncalves three-bet to 230,000 with K5 from the big blind. After using two time extensions, Juanda called.

The JAQ flop saw Goncalves continue for 80,000, and Juanda called again. There was no slowing Goncalves down on the 10 turn, as he bet again, this time for 125,000. Undeterred, Juanda stuck around.

When the 6 completed the board, Goncalves fired one final bet, putting 385,000 into the pot. This time, Juanda correctly chose to wave the white flag, returning his cards to the dealer.

Tags: John JuandaVinicius Goncalves

Kaukua Four-Bets Cold

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Joris Ruijs opened the action with a raise to 80,000 in the hijack. Alexandru Toderita upped the ante to 225,000 on the button, while Toni Kaukua pushed in 460,000 from the small blind.

Ruijs folded after some thought, and Toderita quickly followed suit, sending the pot to Kaukua uncontested.

Tags: Alexandru ToderitaJoris RuijsToni Kaukua

Ten Cate Barrels Top Two

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jonas ten Cate opened A10 to 80,000 in the cutoff. Gerard Carbo called 77 on the button, and Eduardo Kalil defended his big blind with QJ.

Ten Cate tossed in an additional 80,000 on the A42 flop. Carbo called before Kalil check-folded. Ten Cate sized up to 120,000 on the 10 turn. Carbo mucked his pocket pair, seeing Ten Cate chip up.

Tags: Eduardo KalilGerard CarboJonas ten Cate

Pidhrusnyi and Van Eeden Each Get a Fold

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In the first of two hands on Table 6, Nicolas Chouity opened to 80,000 on the button and met resistance when Vasyl Pidhrusnyi moved all-in for 870,000 from the big blind. Chouity was immediately interested in the shove, but after receiving an official count of the bet, opted to fold.

A couple of hands later, Lukas van Eeden raised to 80,000 from middle position, which only Joris Ruijs called in the cutoff.

The action checked down to a 433Q6 river, at which point Van Eeden bet 320,000. Much like Chouity before, Ruijs was interested, and even used a time extension to consider his options. Once again, though, there was no showdown, as Ruijs folded.

Tags: Joris RuijsLukas van EedenNicolas ChouityVasyl Pidhrusnyi

Chouity Gives Up on the Bluff

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Nicholas Chouity
Nicholas Chouity

Nicolas Chouity called from the small blind and Joris Ruijs checked from the big blind.

Chouity checked to Ruijs on the 354 flop, and Ruijs fired for 50,000. Chouity called.

A second check came from Chouity on the 7 turn, and Ruijs fired again, this time for 110,000. Chouity check-raised to 260,000, which Ruijs called.

When the 8 completed the board, Chouity took inventory of his 1,325,000 stack, used a time bank, and then checked.

Ruijs checked behind, and Chouity tabled KQ for king-high. Ruijs had that beat with 33 for a set, and the pot went his way.

Tags: Joris RuijsNicolas Chouity

Zheng on the Right Side of a Cooler

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Xiaosheng Zheng
Xiaosheng Zheng

After some raising back and forth, Michael Dwyer in the cutoff and Xiaosheng Zheng on the button got all of their chips into the middle, with Zheng at risk for his stack of 1,735,000.

Xiaosheng Zheng: AA All in
Michael Dwyer: AK

It was a cooler that Zheng needed to win to keep his seat in the Main Event.

The 1027 flop was great for Zheng, and the 9 turn secured his double-up through Dwyer, making the 3 river a mere formality.

Tags: Michael DwyerXiaosheng Zheng

King-High Enough for Toderita

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Edward Pak made it 80,000 to go in middle position. Alexandru Toderita called in the big blind, and he check-called when Pak continued for 55,000 on the 868 flop.

The duo went on to check through the 3 turn and 10 river. Toderita revealed KQ, winning him the pot as Pak mucked his cards in defeat.

Tags: Alexandru ToderitaEdward Pak

Mitch Garshofsky Eliminated in 23rd Place (€40,050)

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Mitchell Garshofsky
Mitchell Garshofsky

Mitch Garshofsky moved all-in for 495,000 from the cutoff and was at risk when Jose Criado called from the small blind.

Mitch Garshofsky: 1010 All in
Jose Criado: QQ

"At least I made two pay jumps", Garshofsky said, expecting the worst after seeing the cards.

The KJ6 flop offered Garshofsky some backdoor opportunities, but the 3 turn quickly slammed that door shut. When the J completed the board, it was indeed the demise of Garshofsky, whose Main Event run was over.

Tags: Jose CriadoMitch Garshofsky

Kaukua's Shove Puts Van Eeden Into Tank

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The action was picked up on a KJA2 turn. With around 300,000 in the pot, Toni Kaukua checked from the big blind to Lukas van Eeden in the hijack. Van Eeden bet 120,000, which Kaukua raised to 480,000.

Van Eeden called to the 5 river, where Kaukua shoved all in for 1,235,000. Van Eeden used four of his time banks before reluctantly tossing his cards into the muck.

Tags: Lukas van EedenToni Kaukua