Upeshka De Silva has had a swingy day so far. After tumbling down the leaderboard earlier on, De Silva won a big pot to get himself back up to the 200k mark.
It was De Silva's right-hand neighbor who was tangling with the American. On an board, De Silva was facing a 14,800 bet and made the call. The river was the and De Silva's opponent bet around 35,000, which received a relatively quick call.
De Silva's opponent couldn't muster up more than and the American showed the winner with .
This is by far the biggest PokerStars Championship event and Barcelona has always been a popular stop, but it's not just Spanish players liking poker here in the Catalunyan capital. In fact, more French, German, Brits and Russians signed up than Spanish players. Here's a complete break down of where everyone's from:
Julian Stuer and Andreas Allsalu got their stacks in after a flop of and Stuer found himself on the wrong end of a set-over-set scenario with . Allsalu had and held up thanks to the turn and river.
The hand was barely over when Stuer was in the next pot already and raised to 3,500. Patrick Leonard three-bet and Sachin Joshi four-bet to 23,800. Stuer quickly folded while Leonard called. On the flop, Leonard moved all in and Joshi quickly called for what appeared to be 48,000.
Sachin Joshi:
Patrick Leonard:
The turn was a blank, but Leonard got there thanks to the on the river.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy shoved for approximately 22,000 and [Removed:43] called from one seat over.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
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The board came and Troyanovskiy was sent to the rail.
A few minutes later, Lejal called a raise and Bruno Politano three-bet to 12,000. The initial raiser folded and Lejal called. After the flop, Lejal checked and Politano bet 20,000 with around as much behind before calling the shove of Lejal.
Bruno Politano:
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The turn and river were of no help for Politano and he also joined the rail.
Nikolaos Triantafyllou raised to 3,500 from middle position and John Juanda defended his big blind. On the flop, Juanda check-called a 4,200 bet from Triantafyllou. The turn was the and Juanda check-called 12,000, leaving himself with around 25,000.
On the river, Juanda checked a third time. Triantafyllou emptied the clip and moved all in, and Juanda splashed in his stack after thirty seconds.
Nikolaos Triantafyllou:
John Juanda:
Triantafyllou held the nuts and the 2015 EPT Barcelona Main Event winner was eliminated.