€1,100 EPT National Dia 3 | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

2018-08-25 18:08 UTC+2

Joel Visa Jordana Eliminated in 15th Place (€34,650)

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Nível 33 : 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Joel Visa Jordana shoved all in for 2,925,000 from the cutoff. Roger Taieb in the big blind decided to make the call to put Visa at risk.

Joel Visa Jordana:
Roger Taieb:

A split pot would've been the most expected outcome, but instead, it was Taieb who won it all on the river with the worse starting hand: . Visa's EPT National run came to an end in 15th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Roger Taieb	6,600,000	3,200,000
Joel Visa Jordana	Eliminado

Tags: Joel Visa Roger Taieb

2018-08-25 17:53 UTC+2

Valentin Cristea Eliminated in 16th Place (€30,200)

Nível 32 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Jerome L'Hostis opened the action with a raise to 475,000 from early position, and Julien Martini called on the button. Valentin Cristea was in the small blind and announced all in for 3m. L'Hostis folded after confirmation of the amount and Martini thought for a minute before he called.

Valentin Cristea:
Julien Martini:

Board:

Martini paired his nine on the flop to take the lead and held as the board completed. Valentin Cristea who led the final 49 at the start of the day had to settle for a 16th place finish and a payday worth €30,200.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Julien Martini	31,000,000	12,000,000
Valentin Cristea	Eliminado

Tags: Jerome L'Hostis Julien Martini Valentin Cristea

2018-08-25 17:17 UTC+2

Perfect Timing for L'Hostis; Berrehail Eliminated

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Nível 32 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Sammy Berrehail shoved all in for 2,700,000 from the hijack and Joel Visa Jordana called from the cutoff. Jerome L'Hostis came over the top for 3,525,000 on the button and Visa called off the extra chips.

Sammy Berrehail:
Joel Visa Jordana:
Jerome L'Hostis:

L'Hostis found himself in a great spot and nearly tripled up after the board ran out . Berrehail was eliminated in 18th place, while Visa was left short.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jerome L'Hostis	10,000,000	5,275,000
Joel Visa Jordana	2,000,000	-2,025,000
Sammy Berrehail	Eliminado

Tags: Jerome L'Hostis Joel Visa Sammy Berrehail

2018-08-25 16:07 UTC+2

Ruijs Doubles With Ace-King Versus Aces

Nível 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Joris Ruijs moved all in from under the gun for around 2m and was called by start-of-day chip leader Valentin Cristea on the button.

Joris Ruijs:
Valentin Cristea:

Board:

Ruijs' hand was in big trouble against pocket aces, but he did pick up a backdoor flush draw on the flop. The turn diamond gave him additional outs to the flush and when the river card was revealed to be another diamond he stole the pot from Cristea's grasp and secured a vital double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joris Ruijs	4,800,000	-1,420,000
Valentin Cristea	4,500,000	900,000

Tags: Joris Ruijs Valentin Cristea

2018-08-25 15:59 UTC+2

Martini Claims the Chip Lead

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Nível 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Julien Martini opened with a raise on the button to 330,000. In the big blind, Arni Gunnarsson splashed in some chips that totalled somewhere in the 400k range, which was ruled as a minraise to 500,000. Martini called in position.

On the flop, Gunnarsson bet 675,000 and Martini called. The turn brought the and the man from Iceland opted for a smaller sized bet, this time worth 660,000. Martini came along with a swift call.

The river was the and Gunnarsson now bet 1,300,000. He leaned back after the bet, removed his glasses and crossed his arms. Martini took nearly two minutes before shoving all in for 6,820,000, and Gunnarsson snap-called it off.

Julien Martini:
Arni Gunnarsson:

Martini's backdoor flush bested Gunnarsson's top two pair and the Frenchman soared to 17,500,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Julien Martini	17,500,000	13,900,000
Arni Gunnarsson	7,000,000	-6,600,000

Tags: Arni Gunnarsson Julien Martini

2018-08-25 15:47 UTC+2

Abid Runs into Kings

Nível 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The flop was down , and Feras Abid checked to Jan Dentler who bet 700,000. Abid made the call, and the turn card was the . Abid checked once more, and Dentler quickly moved all in.

Dentler had Abid covered, and the latter went into the tank. After close to two minutes of silent thinking he spoke.

"Do you have Aces?" said Abid, and Dentler immediately shook his head, and Abid called.

Denterl tabled , and Abid was behind with .

The river gave no relief to Abid, and he moved his chips towards Dentler and departed from the table in 21st place for €21,550.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jan Dentler	8,500,000	3,150,000
Feras Abid	Eliminado

Tags: Feras Abid Jan Dentler

2018-08-25 15:21 UTC+2

Ludovic Geilich Eliminated with Ace-Queen

Nível 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

As field whittled down and the pay jumps started increasing the players were keeping their eyes on the clock and other tables.

Ludovic Geilich had the clocked called on him several times by Jerome L'Hostis before the hand in question took place. Geilich was using his time to think before L'Hostis called the clock once more. Before Geilich had run out of time, he moved all in for 1.6m. L'Hostis saw the action fold to him on the button, and he also moved all in.

Ludovic Geilich:
Jerome L'Hostis:

Board:

Geilich was unable to come from behind as the board ran out in L'Hostis' favor. The Scot, who started the day third in chips, departed in 24th place for €17,350.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jerome L'Hostis	5,000,000	2,300,000
Ludovic Geilich	Eliminado

Tags: Jerome L'Hostis Ludovic Geilich

2018-08-25 15:09 UTC+2

De Meulder Eliminated by Ruijs

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Nível 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Joris Ruijs & Matthias De Meulder in better times

Joris Ruijs and Matthias De Meulder, both Dutch-speaking, drew seats next to each other at the start of the day. Eventually, the latter would fall to the former which ended the Belgian's run in 25th place (€17,350).

De Meulder had shoved his last 1.3 million over a raise from Ruijs, who called with . De Meulder had and despite flopping a ton of outs on , he bricked on the turn and river.

The 24 remaining players will redraw for the final three tables.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joris Ruijs	6,220,000	220,000
Matthias De Meulder	Eliminado

Tags: Joris Ruijs Matthias De Meulder

2018-08-25 14:55 UTC+2

Chiva Surrenders His Chips to Leandro Hyon

Nível 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Gabriel Chiva has just departed in 29th place after losing all his chips to Mariano Leandro Hyon over two back-to-back hands.

In the first hand, Chiva moved all in from the hijack for around 4.1m, and Leandro Hyon called with his 3.7m stack from the cutoff.

Chiva held and Leandro Hyon tabled . The board ran out and Chiva was left with just 400,000.

In the next hand, the action folded around to Chiva once again, and he moved all in. Leandro Hyon called, and the two players went to battle once again.

Chiva revealed , and Leandro Hyon was a slight favorite with pocket eights. The flop gave Chiva a flush draw to go with his two over cards but the turn and river bricked for him, and he was eliminated in 29th place for €14,450.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mariano Leandro Hyon	8,200,000	3,200,000
Gabriel Chiva	Eliminado

Tags: Gabriel Chiva Mariano Leandro Hyon

2018-08-25 14:01 UTC+2

De Silva Eliminated

Nível 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Jan Dentler raised to 230,000 from middle position and Upeshka De Silva three-bet to 1,775,000, which left him with just 40,000 behind. After the floor confirmed De Silva was not all-in despite having less than one ante behind, Dentler called.

After the flop fell Dentler put De Silva all-in.

"That is not a good flop for me," said De Silva, before he put the rest of his stack into the middle.

Dentler held and De Silva . The turn and river was no help for De Silva, and he was eliminated in 33rd place for €11,950.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jan Dentler	5,500,000	3,730,000
Upeshka Desilva	Eliminado

Tags: Jan Dentler Upeshka De Silva