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2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona
Hand #48: Kiryl Radzivonau was in first position with ![]()
and opened for 400,000. Samuel Phillips in the small blind with ![]()
made it 925,000 and with the big blind out of the way Radzivonau threw it away.
Hand #49: Phillips made it 400,000 from the button with ![]()
and Radzivonau called in the big blind with ![]()
. They saw a flop of ![]()
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and Radzivonau check-called a bet of 425,000. The turn
was checked and on the river
both players checked and Phillips was good.
Hand #50: Phillips in the cut-off made it 400,000 with ![]()
and took the antes and blinds.
Hand #51: Andrey Shatilov opened for 400,000 in early position with ![]()
and Phillips called with ![]()
and Hossein Ensan called with ![]()
. The flop was ![]()
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and it was checked around to Phillips who bet 550,000. Ensan check-raised to 1,275,000 which seemed momentarily to confuse Shatilov who had top pair, top kicker but he moved all in and took it down.
Hand #52: Ji Zhang had ![]()
and moved all in. It was the third time he had that hand today but he didn’t get any action this time. Zhang showed the table his hand.
Hand #53: Samuel Phillips raised to 400,000 with ![]()
and Andrey Shailov called in the big blind with ![]()
. Both players checked the ![]()
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flop, Shatilov led out for 375,000 on the
turn and Phillips called. The river was the
and Shatilov checked, Phillips bet 800,000 and the Russian folded.
Hand #54: Kiryl Radzivonau shoved with ![]()
and everyone folded.
Hand #55: Andre Lettau raised to 400,000 preflop with ![]()
and Andre Dato made it 1,000,000 with ![]()
. Lettau folded
Hand #56: Andre Dato raised to 400,000 with ![]()
, Samuel Phillips made it 925,000 with ![]()
and won the pot.
Hand #57: Phillips made it 400,000 with ![]()
from the cutoff and won another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,075,000
3,250,000
|
3,250,000 |
|
|
5,975,000
1,775,000
|
1,775,000 |
|
|
5,650,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
|
4,425,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
4,200,000
2,025,000
|
2,025,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,000,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
2,525,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
Hand #58: Andrea Dato made it 400,000 with ![]()
from under the gun. Andre Lettau in the small blind with ![]()
threw it away and big blind Hossein Ensan with ![]()
called. The flop was ![]()
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both players checked. The turn was the
and they both checked again to see the river
. A bet of 450,000 from Dato got called and Ensan won the pot.
That was the last hand before the break and here are the current counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,050,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
5,525,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
5,300,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
3,550,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
|
2,500,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Level: 34
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 25,000
Hand #59: Samuel Phillips opened for 500,000 with ![]()
and Kiryl Radzivonau with ![]()
moved all in for just under 2.5m. That did the job and the pot was pushed to the “Angry moron.”
Hand #60: Phillips was undeterred and opened for 500,000 with ![]()
. Ji Zhang shoved with ![]()
and it was his turn to take it down.
Hand #61: Hossein Ensan made it 500,000 with ![]()
and Andrey Shatilov shoved with ![]()
. Ensan looked back at his cards, sighed, and folded.
Hand #62: Phillips in the small blind with ![]()
raised to 550,000 and took it down.
Canadian high-stakes player Timothy Adams tells us how his first ever EPT event was the €50,000 Super High Roller in Barcelona. The story behind this event is quite amazing, as Adams bluffed away all his chips on the feature table against pocket kings.
Hand #63: Andrey Shatilov raised to 500,000 with ![]()
, Samuel Phillips then three-bet to 1,150,000 with ![]()
and won the pot.
Hand #64: Phillips raised to 500,000 with ![]()
and Andre Lettau made the call with ![]()
. The flop was ![]()
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and Lettau check-called a 525,000 bet. The
on the turn saw both players check, the
on the river saw Lettau bet 1,300,000 and Phillips folded.
Hand #65: Ji Zhang raised to 500,000 with ![]()
and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #66: Unknown action - It appeared Phillips won another pot as the cameras came back to him scooping up more chips.
Hand #67: Phillips raised to 500,000 with ![]()
and Andrey Shatilov called in the big blind with ![]()
. The flop was ![]()
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and Shatilov checked and quickly folded to another Phillips bet.