€2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller Dia 1a | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

2022-08-15 02:53 UTC+2

Emil Bise Leads 225 Survivors on Day 1a of €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller

BrandonBloom

Nível 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The 2022 PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour continued today, and the first of two starting flights for the €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller saw 1,500 entrants flock to the felt.

Emil Bise bagged the chip lead of Day 1a with a solid stack of 823,000 chips. Bise is coming off a deep run in the €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event where he finished in 18th place in a field of 6,313, and he will be looking to best that result soon.

PokerStars Ambassadors Sam Grafton (101,000) and Andre Akkari (218,000) will be bringing a stack into Day 2, and so will a few well-known French players who made it through the day, albeit with shorter stacks, including Antoine Labat (95,000), Julien Martini (61,000), and Gaelle Baumann (31,000).

Other players to bag for the night include Johnny Lodden (477,00), Sirzat Hissou (430,000), Andras Nemeth (378,000), Tsugunari Toma (341,000), Darren Rabinowitz (246,000), Martin Jacobson (189,000), Joey Weissman (181,000), Daniel Rezaei (139,000), Nacho Barbero (131,000), Norbert Szecsi (103,000), and Padraig O'Neill (36,000).

€2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller Day 1a Top Ten Counts

RANK	PLAYER	COUNTRY	CHIPS
1	Emil Bise	Switzerland	823,000
2	Alexios Zervos	Greece	750,000
3	Stipe Orec	Croatia	630,000
4	Maxime Colom	France	625,000
5	Igor Picone	Belgium	622,000
6	Walid Bou Habib	Lebanon	590,000
7	Xavier Mouysset	France	550,000
8	Francky Magliocco	France	540,000
9	Hertsel Levy	Panama	520,000
10	Omar Del Pino	Spain	516,000

Players played until the money, which paid the top 225 people, representing 15% of the flight. Players from this Day 1a flight will combine with the survivors from the ongoing Day 1b flight for Day 2, which will restart at 12:00 p.m. local time on Monday, August 15, and is scheduled to play to the end.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews team continues to provide updates until a winner is crowned, along with coverage of other events from the coast of Catalonia at Casino Barcelona.

Tags: Alexios Zervos Andras Nemeth Andre Akkari Antoine Labat Daniel Rezaei Darren Rabinowitz Emil Bise Francky Magliocco Gaelle Baumann Hertsel Levy Igor Picone Joey Weissman Johnny Lodden Julien Martini Martin Jacobson Maxime Colom Nacho Barbero Norbert Szecsi Omar Del Pino Padraig O'Neill Sam Grafton Sirzat Hissou Stipe Orec Tsugunari Toma Walid Bou Habib Xavier Mouysset

2022-08-14 23:42 UTC+2

Grafton Doubles Through Bedell

BrandonBloom

Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Tom-Aksel Bedell opened from early position, a middle position player flatted, and Sam Grafton jammed for 29,500 in the hijack. Action folded back to Bedell who rejammed, and the middle position player folded.

Sam Grafton:
Tom-Aksel Bedell:

The flop and turn kept Grafton ahead as he just needed to fade a five.

"I always win," Bedell stated, just before the completed the board to secure Grafton's double.

"Huh?!" a bewildered Bedell exclaimed.

"Shocking," Grafton consoled. "Gonna happen occasionally."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sam Grafton	79,000	44,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	60,000	60,000

Tags: Sam Grafton Tom-Aksel Bedell

2022-08-14 22:20 UTC+2

Nagatake Quadruples With Trips

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Nível 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Yoshiaki Nagatake open-shoved a stack of 13,000 and was called by Walid Bou Habib in the cutoff before Tjan Tepeh moved all in for 10,000 in the small blind. Emilio Jose Navarro also called in the big blind.

The flop of checked through and the turn also checked through. Habib and Navarro both checked again on the river and the hands were tabled.

Nagatake showed for trip sevens and it was good to win the pot for a triple against the of Navarro, of Habib and the of Tepeh, who was eliminated.

"Are you kiddin' me?" he said after losing with to the worse ace.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Walid Bou Habib	350,000
Emilio Jose Navarro	180,000
Yoshiaki Nagatake	65,000	15,000
Tjan Tepeh	Eliminado

Tags: Tjan Tepeh Walid Bou Habib Yoshiaki Nagatake Emilio Jose Navarro

2022-08-14 21:39 UTC+2

Talbot Secures Short-Stacked Double

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Nível 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

An under-the-gun player had 2,000 committed to the pot, Diogo Cardoso also had 2,000 committed to the pot in middle position, and Parker "Tonkaaaa" Talbot was all in for 15,000 in the cutoff.

For an unknown reason, the floor had come over to the table to rule that the player in the big blind would have their hand dead and would not be able to participate in the pot. The under-the-gun player then folded, and Cardoso called.

Parker Talbot:
Diogo Cardoso:

The flop and turn left Talbot one card away from the double. Talbot was calling for a nine, along with fellow PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton, but the completed the board to secure Talbot's double.

The player in the big blind noted he would have won the hand, causing Talbot to congratulate the floor on their "great ruling" as he took the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sam Grafton	135,000	84,000
Diogo Cardoso	110,000	110,000
Parker Talbot	37,000	7,000

Tags: Diogo Cardoso Parker Talbot

2022-08-14 20:57 UTC+2

Margets No More

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Nível 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Leo Margets was in a heads-up pot against Pavel Plesuv on a board reading . Plesuv moved all in and Margets considered calling off with her remaining stack of around 26,000. Eventually, she called.

Leo Margets:
Pavel Plesuv:

"So many outs," Margets said with her flush and open-ended straight draws.

But the on the river did not improve Margets' hand and the Spanish World Series of Poker bracelet winner was eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pavel Plesuv	120,000	80,000
Leo Margets	Eliminado

Tags: Leo Margets Pavel Plesuv

2022-08-14 18:27 UTC+2

An Orbit Where Kassouf Always Has It

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Nível 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

PokerNews spent an orbit with the always entertaining Will Kassouf, who played a fair share of pots and engaged in plenty of table talk (even by his standards) as the dealer button moved around the table.

Hand #1 (Small Blind): Gary Thompson raised to 2,500 from the hijack and Erik Bauer moved all in from the button. Kassouf folded in the small blind while Amancio dos Santos called all in from the big blind before showing .

"Nine-high like a boss!" Kassouf remarked in reference to his infamous line from the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Hand #2: (Button): Fellow Brit Chris Da Silva opened to 2,500 in middle position and asked Kassouf about the tournament structure as the action folded around.

"He raised me! Giving me the speech during my button!" Kassouf laughed before calling, while Chis Cosmin Ovidiu also called from the big blind.

Action checked to Kassouf on the flop of and he bet 5,800. Only Ovidiu called. The turn checked through and Ovidiu led out for 5,800 on the river, prompting a fold from Kassouf.

"Tried to nick that one, huh?! Be sure to put that in there," Da Silva instructed PokerNews as he slapped his hand to demonstrate what had transpired.

"I had a piece of it on the flop," Kassouf replied.

Hand #3 (Cutoff): Action folded to Kassouf and he opened to 3,000. Only Antonio Pavlov called from the big blind. Pavlov checked on the flop of and Kassouf bet 5,000 before goading his opponent into folding.

"Big pair. Better than a ten. Good fold," Kassouf said before Pavlov folded and showed the .

Hand #4 (Hijack): Piotr Wiecek raised in early position and Kassouf flat-called, while Da Silva also called in the big blind. Action checked to Kassouf on the flop of and he bet 7,300, which was enough to get both opponents to fold.

"Nicked that one, too, huh?" Kassouf said to Da Silva. "You shove, I call. Huge hand on that flop."

Hand #5 (Middle Position): Action folded around to Kassouf and he also folded.

Hand #6 (Early Position): Bauer opened from under the gun and Kassouf flat-called as the player next to act. Pavlov also called from the cutoff. Bauer continued with a bet of 4,000 on the flop and Kassouf folded.

Hand #7 (UTG): Kassouf was first to act and opened to 3,100 before getting called by Da Silva in the cutoff and Bauer in the big blind. Kassouf continued for 8,000 on the flop of and both opponents folded.

"Nicked another one!" Kassouf laughed.

Hand #8 (Big Blind): Da Silva raised to 2,500 and Thompson flat-called from the cutoff before Kassouf three-bet to 11,900, which got both opponents to fold.

"Hashtag: Always got it," Kassouf told PokerNews with a grin.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Antonio Pavlov	120,000	120,000
Gary Thompson	115,000	115,000
Will Kassouf	65,000	30,000
Erik Bauer	55,000	55,000
Chris Da Silva	45,000	45,000

Tags: Erik Bauer Gary Thompson Piotr Wiecek Will Kassouf

2022-08-14 16:44 UTC+2

Nakamura Caught Bluffing With Three-High

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Nível 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Tamon Nakamura was out of position in a heads-up pot against Simeon Angelov.

Nakamura checked on the flop of and called a bet from Angelov. Nakamura checked again on the turn and his opponent checked back.

The river brought the and Nakamura led out for 3,500. Angelov called. Nakamura tabled for three-high after missing his straight draw and Angelov showed to win the pot with a pair of fives.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Simeon Angelov	60,000
Tamon Nakamura	28,000

Tags: Simeon Angelov Tamon Nakamura

2022-08-14 16:37 UTC+2

Aido's Ladies Make Him Bust

BrandonBloom

Nível 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sergio Aido, who is second on Spain's all-time money list and is no stranger to the European Poker Tour having secured his biggest live cash in the 2019 EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller for €1,589,190, is on the felt and looking for more EPT success in Barcelona.

Kitty Kuo opened to 2,200 from middle position and Sergio Aido jammed for approximately 20,000 in the small blind. Ivan Vilchez rejammed in the big blind, and Kuo appeared to show before mucking her hand.

Sergio Aido:
Ivan Vilchez:

Aido was ahead with the ladies, but the flop put him in rough shape. The turn left him needing a river queen, but the completed the board to send the Spaniard to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ivan Vilchez	53,000	53,000
Kitty Kuo	33,000	33,000
Sergio Aido	Eliminado

Tags: Ivan Vilchez Kitty Kuo Sergio Aido

2022-08-14 14:45 UTC+2

Grigoryan Shoves Turn; Nemeth Chipping Up

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Nível 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Naim Amri raised to 1,400 in middle position and Motokatsu Uhara flat-called from the hijack. Hrayr Grigoryan then three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff and Amri called, while Uhara folded.

Amri checked on the flop of and Grigoryan bet 2,500. Amri called. Amri checked again on the turn and Grigoryan moved all in for 11,500. Amri laid it down.

Elsewhere in the tournament, Hungary's Andras Nemeth has accumulated chips to sit with more than four times the starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Andras Nemeth	125,000
Naim Amri	35,000
Motokatsu Uhara	35,000
Hrayr Grigoryan	22,000

Tags: Hrayr Grigoryan Motokatsu Uhara Naim Amri Andras Nemeth

2022-08-14 12:49 UTC+2

No Bluffing from Kassouf

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Nível 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Will Kassouf was on the button in a multi-way pot on a board reading . The action checked to Kassouf and he fired a bet of 3,000. One by one his opponents folded until the action got to Panagiotis Oikonomou in middle position.

"Top pair, top kicker and backdoor flush draw," Kassouf said in his trademark table talk. "Of course I've got it. You show your best card, I'll show my best card."

"Is he allowed to talk at the table?" laughed Tolly Sakellariou.

Oikonomou eventually folded and flashed the , leading Kassouf to show the to reveal he did indeed have top pair.

"No bluffing," said Kassouf. "Maybe on Day 2, but not on Day 1."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Will Kassouf	35,000	35,000
Tolly Sakellariou	30,000	30,000
Panagiotis Oikonomou	28,000	28,000

Tags: Panagiotis Oikonomou Tolly Sakellariou Will Kassouf