€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 6 | 2026 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

Aug 28, 2026

Gerard Carbo Eliminated in 7th Place (€214,600)

Frank Visser

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Gerard Carbo sat in middle position and raised to 400,000. Xiaosheng Zheng spent one time bank before he three-bet to 875,000. Carbo debated his options for a bit, then called.

Carbo checked the 6♣10♠8♥ flop to Zheng, who bet 650,000. Carbo tossed in a time bank as he thought things through, then moved all-in for 3,275,000. Zheng wasted no time calling.

Gerard Carbo: Q♦10♦ All in
Xiaosheng Zheng: A♥A♦

Carbo had jammed top pair into Zheng's aces and needed help to survive. The 4♠ turn was no use to Carbo, and neither was the 5♥ river. A distraught Carbo was eliminated in seventh place, erupting in tears as his rail tried to comfort him.

Tags: Gerard Carbo Xiaosheng Zheng

Aug 28, 2026

Edward Pak Eliminated in 8th Place (€165,050)

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Frank Visser

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Jose Criado opened his button to 400,000. The short-stacked Edward Pak committed his final 1,100,000 from the small blind, and Criado instantly called.

Edward Pak: A♥10♥ All in
Jose Criado: A♠A♦

The 2♥J♦Q♦ flop brought Pak an opportunity, but his gutshot did not arrive on the 3♣ turn or 5♠ river. Criado scored another knockout, eliminating Pak in eighth place.

Tags: Edward Pak Jose Criado

Aug 28, 2026

Joris Ruijs Eliminated in 9th Place (€126,950)

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Frank Visser

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Joris Ruijs was first to act and raised to 200,000. Jose Criado was in the next seat over, three-betting to 1,100,000. It folded back to Ruijs, who wagered his entire stack of 4,650,000. Criado snap-called to put him at risk.

Joris Ruijs: A♣K♥ All in
Jose Criado: Q♥Q♦

Criado and his rail erupted in cheers as the 7♦Q♣4♠ flop presented him with top set. The 9♠ turn locked up the pot for the Spanish player, and the meaningless A♦ river was dealt as Ruijs said his goodbyes to the table.

Ruijs finished in ninth place, bubbling the official final table only half a year after the same fate befell him at EPT Paris.

Tags: Joris Ruijs Jose Criado

Aug 28, 2026

Barbara Akemi Eliminated in 10th Place (€97,700)

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Stewart Morrison

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/125,000, 125,000 ante

Barbara Akemi limped in from the small blind and called when Manuel Ferrari raised to 375,000 from the big blind.

Akemi checked in flow on the 6♥3♠9♦ flop, and Ferrari continued with a bet of 300,000. After using a time extension to ponder a response, Akemi check-raised to 775,000, which Ferrari called.

The turn brought the J♥, and Akemi moved all-in for 1,550,000. Ferrari had no hesitation in calling, putting Akemi at risk of bubbling the unofficial final table.

Barbara Akemi: Q♦9♠ All in
Manuel Ferrari: K♠K♥

Akemi had run into the overpair of the chip leader, and there was no relief waiting in the deck, as the 10♦ completed the board, bringing an end to her deep Main Event run in tenth place.

Tags: Barbara Akemi Manuel Ferrari

Aug 28, 2026

Matas Cimbolas Eliminated in 11th Place (€97,700)

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Stewart Morrison

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Matas Cimbolas raised to 200,000 on the button and faced a three-bet to 425,000 from Manuel Ferrari in the small blind, which he called.

Ferrari continued for 325,000 on the 8♥10♣4♣ flop, and Cimbolas called again. When the J♥ joined the board, Ferrari bet 1,000,000, and Cimbolas immediately called, putting his 925,000 stack at risk.

Matas Cimbolas: Q♣J♠ All in
Manuel Ferrari: K♠K♦

"I don't bluff", Ferrari told Cimbolas. "I'm a Ferrari that don't speed", he continued.

Cimbolas stood up from his seat to get a better look at the river, but it didn't make for a pretty view, as the 10♠ confirmed his exit in 11th place.

Tags: Manuel Ferrari Matas Cimbolas

Aug 28, 2026

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi Eliminated in 12th Place (€81,350)

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Frank Visser

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi was in the cutoff when he jammed all in for 825,000. Xiaosheng Zheng looked him up from the small blind.

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi: A♠2♣ All in
Xiaosheng Zheng: 4♥4♦

Pidhrusnyi needed an ace to survive, but he did not find one on the Q♣7♥6♠J♥10♠ runout, eliminating him from the tournament.

Tags: Vasyl Pidhrusnyi Xiaosheng Zheng

Aug 28, 2026

Toni Kaukua Eliminated in 13th Place (€81,350)

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Frank Visser

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

At the very start of the day, Toni Kaukua shipped in his 650,000 from the cutoff. It folded to Nicolas Chouity in the big blind, who swiftly called.

Toni Kaukua: K♦9♠ All in
Nicolas Chouity: A♠J♦

Chouity flopped two pair on A♦8♥J♥, leaving Kaukua in dire straits. The 2♦ turn dashed any hopes for running outs, and Kaukua said his goodbyes as the meaningless 9♦ river completed the board.

Tags: Nicolas Chouity Toni Kaukua