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

2022-08-15 11:01 UTC+2

Emil Bise Heads into Day 2 of €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller as Chip Leader

The PokerStars and Barcelona©Casino European Poker Tour continues today for Day 2 of €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller. Swiss Emil Bise is the chip leader as he bagged 823,000 in flight 1a to lead the final 326 players heading into Day 2. The one time WSOP bracelet winner ran deep in the €1,100 EPT Main Event before eventually being eliminated by eventually runner up Jack Sinclair after Bise's ace-king was cracked by Sinclair's king-queen for a payday of €24,270. Bise will be hoping he runs better in this tournament to reach the final table and have a shot of being crowned the champion.

€2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller Start of Day 2 Top Ten Counts

RANK	PLAYER	COUNTRY	CHIPS
1	Emil Bise	Switzerland	823,000
2	Alexios Zervos	Greece	750,000
3	Blaz Zerjav	Slovenia	742,000
4	Tonny Van Eck	Netherlands	676,000
5	Stipe Orec	Croatia	630,000
6	Maxime Colom	France	625,000
7	Igor Picone	Belgium	622,000
8	Walid Bou Habib	Lebanon	590,000
9	Marcin Kreft	Poland	575,000
10	Dawid Kuliberda	Poland	560,000

A total of 2,172 entries generated a huge prizepool of €4,170,240 with the remaining 326 all having secured a piece of the prizepool as play ended on Day 1a and 1b as players reached the money. They will all be battling for the grand prize of €624,350 and the trophy.

Notables who bagged included PokerStars Ambassadors Sam Grafton (101,000) and Andre Akkari (218,000); Chino Rheem (192,000) as well as PSPC runner up Julien Martini (61,000) and Gaelle Baumann (31,000).

Blinds will start at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante and the levels will be 40 minutes in length.

This is final day of the event and action will stop when a new champion is crowned. Who will it be? Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action to find out who will be the last one standing at the gorgeous beachside Casino Barcelona.

Tags: Alexios Zervos Andre Akkari Blaz Zerjav Chino Rheem Dawid Kuliberda Emil Bisehttps://www.pokernews.com/tours Gaelle Baumann Igor Picone Julien Martini Marcin Kreft Maxime Colom Sam Grafton Stipe Orec Tonny Van Eck Walid Bou Habib

2022-08-15 12:41 UTC+2

Gecui Gets Huge Bluff Through to Surge To Top

Nível 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

There was a massive pot of close to 400,000 in the middle spotted as action was already on the river with a board reading .

From the small blind, Tudor Gecui had moved all in for 282,000. Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz was deep in the tank in the big blind as it was a huge decision for almost all of his chips as he had Gecui covered by only a couple of blinds.

After about two minutes of sitting completely motionless, he folded. Gecui immediately let out a big exhale of relief and tabled the for the bluff and started to stack his chips as Wyrzykiewicz simply smiled and acknowledged the good bluff.

While stacking in the very next hand he called the all in from Vincenc Gonzales. Gecui's would hold vs the of Gonzales to eliminate him and add another portion of chips to his stack which is now one of the largest in the room.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Tudor Gecui	842,000	351,000
Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz	295,000	-207,000
Vicenc Gonzales	Eliminado

Tags: Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz Tudor Gecui

2022-08-15 13:23 UTC+2

Akkari Gets There to Double

Nível 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Duco Ten Haven raised to 20,000 from the hijack and was called by Lucas Seire in the cutoff and PokerStars TeamPro Ambassador Andre Akkari in the big blind.

The flop came and action checked to Seire who bet 20,000. Akkari moved all in for 100,000. Ten Haven quickly moved all in over the top for more and Seire quickly folded.

Andre Akkari:
Duco Ten Haven:

Akkari had an open-end-straight-draw while Ten Haven had an overpair. However Akkari got there on the turn as it came the . Akkari held as the river came the to give him the double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Lucas Seire	480,000	314,000
Andre Akkari	280,000	62,000
Duco Ten Haven	192,000	-238,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Duco Ten Haven Lucas Seire

2022-08-15 13:29 UTC+2

Rheem Doubles Through Rezaei

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Nível 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Chino Rheem was in a heads-up pot against Daniel Rezaei on a board of with over 200,000 already in the middle.

Almost as soon as the dealer peeled the river card, Rheem announced he was all in for 207,000. Rezaei took a moment and called.

Rheem rolled over for rivered trips and Rezaei let out a laugh of disgust before showing for a turned pair of nines

"I was good on the flop," Rheem remarked.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Chino Rheem	670,000	478,000
Daniel Rezaei	250,000	111,000

Tags: Chino Rheem Daniel Rezaei

2022-08-15 14:51 UTC+2

State Shreds Rheem

Nível 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

Action was picked up on a flop reading . Into a pot of about 185,000, Chino Rheem bet 90,000 from the cutoff. Adrian State clicked it back from the hijack to 180,000. Rheem called.

The turn was the to bring a second heart. State led-jammed and Rheem snap-called.

Rheem had the for a pair and the nut flush draw while State had the lead with top pair, . The river was a blank and the dealer counted down the stacks to confirm that Rheem was slightly covered and eliminated.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Adrian State	1,520,000	1,310,000
Chino Rheem	Eliminado

Tags: Adrian State Chino Rheem

2022-08-15 15:46 UTC+2

An Orbit With Jacobson

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Nível 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

One of the biggest names left standing in the €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller with less than a hundred players remaining is 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Martin Jacobson, so PokerNews spent an orbit with the Swede.

Hand #1 (Middle Position): Tristan Forge opened from under the gun and Jacobson folded.

Hand #2 (Early Position): Isidoro Barrena folded as the first player to act and Jacobson followed suit.

Hand #3 (Under the Gun): Jacobson was first to act and he folded before grabbing a cub of water from the nearby water cooler.

Hand #4 (Big Blind): Forge open-jammed on the button and Barrena re-jammed in the small blind, leading Jacobson to fold.

Hand #5 (Small Blind): Filho Duarte Ferreira raised to 340,000 from the cutoff and Barrena flat-called on the button. Jacobson called from the small blind and Maxime Colom also came along from the big blind.

Jacobson checked on the flop of and folded when Ferreira continued with a bet of 50,000.

Hand #6 (Button): Action folded to Jacobson and he also folded.

Hand #7 (Cutoff): Same as the previous hand, action folded to Jacobson and he also folded.

Hand #8 (Hijack): Ferreira raise to 40,000 from under the gun and Jacobson folded when the action got to him.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Isidoro Barrena	800,000	618,000
Martin Jacobson	700,000	370,000
Filho Duarte Ferreira	700,000	75,000
Tristan Forge	Eliminado

Tags: Filho Duarte Ferreira Isidoro Barrena Martin Jacobson Maxime Colom Tristan Forge

2022-08-15 16:09 UTC+2

Akkari Doubles and Miquel Eliminated

Nível 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Andras Matrai raised to 40,000 from the hijack before Ramon Miquel three-bet to 125,000 in the cutoff. Action folded around to Andre Akkari who moved all in for 500,000. Matrai folded and Miquel called.

Andre Akkari:
Ramon Miquel:

Akkari had Miquel dominated and only had to fade a nine. There was no drama as the board ran out to give Akkari the double up.

Miquel was left with 95,000 and shoved the very next hand from the hijack. Filho Duarte Ferreira raised to around 200,000 to his left in the cutoff and everyone else folded.

Ramon Miquel:
Filho Duarte Ferreira:

It was a flip but Miquel couldn't win as the flop came king high followed by the turn of the and the river of the to eliminate the Spaniard from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Andre Akkari	1,070,000	670,000
Filho Duarte Ferreira	800,000	100,000
Andras Matrai	350,000	123,000
Ramon Miquel	Eliminado

Tags: Andras Matrai Andre Akkari Filho Duarte Ferreira Ramon Miquel

2022-08-15 17:25 UTC+2

Jacobson Runs Kings Into Aces, Improves to Quads

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Nível 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Xavier Mouysset opened to 60,000 in early position and Martin Jacobson three-bet to 180,000 on the button. From the next seat over, Juan Gonzalez Suarez cold four-bet to 600,000 from the small blind, which got a quick fold from Mouysset.

But the Jacobson wasn't going anywhere and the 2014 WSOP Main Event champ five-bet jammed with Suarez covered. The Costa Rican called with a total stack of around 900,000.

Martin Jacobson:
Juan Gonzalez Suarez:

Jacobson was pipped but the flop came down to give him a commanding lead with a set, prompting a quiet sigh from Suarez. The board then finished out to add insult to injury by improving Jacobson to quads to eliminate Suarez in horrific fashion.

Suarez seemed to be in shock and took a few moments before giving Jacobson a fist-bump and leaving the tournament area.

"Nice hand. Well played!" laughed Andre Akkari.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Martin Jacobson	1,750,000	1,050,000
Xavier Mouysset	850,000	-270,000
Juan Gonzalez Suarez	Eliminado

Tags: Andre Akkari Juan Gonzalez Suarez Martin Jacobson Xavier Mouysset

2022-08-15 17:30 UTC+2

Orec Doubles With Jack-Four

Nível 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jorge Diego Garcia raised to 60,000 from the cutoff before Stipe Orec shoved for 455,000 from the button. Action folded back to Garcia who snap called.

Stipe Orec:
Jorge Diego Garcia:

Orec was behind but had two live cards. The flop came giving Orec some extra outs. The turn was the but the river came the to give Orec the double up to Garcia's frustration.