€1,100 PokerStars National Championship
Day 4 Started
€1,100 PokerStars National Championship
Day 4 Started
The €1,100 buy in PokerStars National Championship (single reentry) started August 16th and attracted a massive field of 4,557 players. Coverage of this event was not planned, but with a final table this big going on right now, we've decided to follow the action from here on out.
The day started with still 12 players in contention, all guaranteed €39.110. With Day 4 now underway for a little over 2.5 hours, the tournament is down to the official final table of 8.
Blinds will be 250,000/500,000 with a 50,000-ante.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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1 | Bart Lybaert | Belgium | 35,400,000 |
2 | Marius Gicovanu | Romania | 27,725,000 |
3 | Agnius Ismailovas | Lithuania | 8,500,000 |
4 | Nikolaos Lampropoulos | Greece | 5,225,000 |
5 | Pedro Cairat | Spain | 4,925,000 |
6 | Brian Kaufman | Uruguay | 18,750,000 |
7 | Angel Blanco | Spain | 30,400,000 |
8 | Dylan Kehoe | Ireland | 5,050,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bart Lybaert | 35,400,000 | 35,400,000 |
Angel Blanco | 30,400,000 | 30,400,000 |
Marius Gicovanu | 27,725,000 | 27,725,000 |
Brian Kaufman | 18,750,000 | 18,750,000 |
Agnius Ismailovas | 8,500,000 | 8,500,000 |
Nikolaos Lampropoulos
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5,225,000 | 5,225,000 |
Dylan Kehoe | 5,050,000 | 5,050,000 |
Pedro Cairat | 4,925,000 | 4,925,000 |
Pedro Cairat open shoved under the gun for a little more than 10 big blinds and found no callers.
The next hand, Bart Lybaert (with a stack of 30 million to start the hand) opened for 1.1 million from the hijack. Cairat called from the big blind and checked on . Lybaert continuation bet 1.2 million but folded to Cairat's shove.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bart Lybaert | 27,500,000 | -7,900,000 |
Pedro Cairat | 8,000,000 | 3,075,000 |
From early position, Bart Lybaert opened for 1.1 million. His neighbor Marius Gicovanu called and small blind Brian Kaufman Esposito squeezed to 4.4 million. The big blind and Lybaert folded, Gicovanu called.
The flop came and Kaufman Esposito bet 3.7 million. Gicovanu called and called the 7 million bet on the turn as well.
With the on the river completing the board, Kaufman Esposito shoved from the small blind. Gicovanu called for 12,175,000 total rather quickly. Kaufman Esposito showed , the monster pot went to Gicovanu who tabled .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marius Gicovanu | 56,550,000 | 28,825,000 |
Brian Kaufman | 7,300,000 | -11,450,000 |
Brian Kaufman was short after the big bluff a couple hands ago failed, and just found his end in a hand against again Marius Gicovanu.
Kaufman opened the hijack for 1 million and big blind Gicovanu 3-bet to 3.3 million. Kaufman called.
Marius Gicovanu:
Brian Kaufman:
Again ace-jack for Kaufman, again a big pair for Gicovanu.
The board ran out and Kaufman exited in 8th place. The remaining 7 players are guaranteed €93,000 from here on out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brian Kaufman | Busted |
Action folded to Dylan Kehoe in the small blind and he open-shoved for about 3.5 million. Big blind Bart Lybaert called.
Dylan Kehoe:
Bart Lybaert:
The board ran out and Lybaert collected the chips in the pot.
The remaining 6 players are guaranteed a payday of €127,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bart Lybaert | 30,000,000 | 2,500,000 |
Dylan Kehoe | Busted |
Pedro Cairat opened for 1.1 million and saw his neighbor Angel Blanco shove for 11,725,000 from the cutoff. Bart Lybaert, on the button, over shoved and the blinds folded. Cairat tanked for a bit but eventually folded, later admitting he had a suited ace.
Angel Blanco:
Bart Lybaert:
The flop came , helping Blanco in the lead but Lybaert had a live flush draw. The on the turn was a blank but the on the river wasn't.
Blanco eliminated in 6th place, the remaining 5 players are guaranteed €165,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bart Lybaert | 44,000,000 | 14,000,000 |
Angel Blanco | Busted |
Level 37 has just started. Blinds are 300,000 and 600,000, with a 100,000-ante.
Pedro Cairat opened under the gun for 1.6 million and small blind Agnius Ismailovas 3-bet to 3.8 million. The big blind folded, Cairat called.
The flop came and Ismailovas bet 2.5 million with not a whole lot behind. Cairat shoved and Ismailovas called.
Pedro Cairat:
Agnius Ismailovas:
The on the turn hurt Ismailovas and the on the river was no remedy. Down to 4 players, all guaranteed €208,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pedro Cairat | 27,000,000 | 19,000,000 |
Agnius Ismailovas | Busted |
Pedro Cairat opened for 1.8 million from the small blind and big blind Bart Lybaert called. Cairat checked on and called as Lybaert bet 1.5 million. Cairat check called another 3.3 million on the turn before leading 5.5 million on the river. Lybaert called but mucked upon being shown .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pedro Cairat | 37,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
Bart Lybaert | 30,000,000 | -14,000,000 |