€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Jour 1b a débuté
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
Jour 1b a débuté
The Pokerstars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) is back, running at the Casino Barcelona on the stunning Mediterranean coast. The €1,100 Main Event continues with Day 1b, the second of eight total starting flights.
Starting at 8 p.m. local time and running into the early hours of the morning, Flight 1b will feature an accelerated format with 30-minute blind levels. Players will start with 30,000 chips and will play until only 15 percent of the field remains. Those players will earn their seat in Day 2 of the mammoth event.
Last year's event was a record breaker, the largest tournament in EPT history in terms of attendance, as 6,313 players took to the felt. The 2023 edition could well break that record once again, with two additional starting flights promising more opportunities than ever for players to register and make it through.
The reigning ESPT Main Event champion is Rick van Bruggen. The Dutch player defeated the UK's Jack Sinclair heads-up to walk away with a career high payday of €600,000.
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rick van Bruggen | Netherlands | €600,000 |
2 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | €377,120 |
3 | Simon Bouaksa | Luxembourg | €268,100 |
4 | Hendrik Soering | Netherlands | €206,190 |
5 | Kyle Ho | Canada | €158,600 |
6 | Bjorn Bruns | Germany | €121,970 |
7 | Ahmad Rehaime | Canada | €93,800 |
8 | Yoan Asparuhov | Bulgaria | €72,170 |
9 | Renat Bohdanov | Ukraine | €55,500 |
Players will be able to fire two bullets per flight and late registration for Day 1b will remain open until 1:45 a.m. local time (start of Level 11).
Stay tuned to PokerNews for full coverage of the ESPT Main Event as reporters follow the action all the way down to a winner.
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Niveau: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
With 27 players to start things off, action is now underway!
Action folded around to the blinds, where Patrick Faraut raised to 600 from the small blind and Jan van der Stroom called from the big blind.
Faraut continued for a 600 bet on the J♦A♥3♣ flop and Van der Stroom called.
Both players then proceeded to check down the J♠ turn and 5♥ river.
Faraut tabled Q♥Q♠ and Van der Stroom mucked — conceding the pot to Faraut.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Patrick Faraut |
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
Jan Van Der Stroom |
28,500
28,500
|
28,500 |
Patrick Faraut open limped from early position and Alexandre Hocquaux raised to 500 from the button. The player in the big blind called, as did Faraut.
The flop came 3♣J♣10♦ and action checked to Hocquaux, who made it 700 to go. The big blind folded and Faraut called.
The turn was the 7♠. Faraut checked and Hocquaux sized up to 3,000. Faraut made the fold and Hocquaux scooped an early pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Alexandre Hocquaux | 42,000 | |
Patrick Faraut |
31,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Niveau: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Leandro Rodrigues opened the action with a raise to 300 from the cutoff and picked up calls from Cesar Valqui, Mohamed Mamouni, and the player in the big blind.
The flop came 4♠3♠5♣. Mamouni led out for 800 and Rodrigues called. Valqui then raised it up to 2,100, Mamouni folded and Rodrigues called.
The turn came the 5♦, Rodrigues checked and Valqui once again made his bet 2,100. Rodrigues got out of the way and Valqui took down the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Cesar Valqui
|
38,000 | |
Mohamed Mamouni | 34,000 | |
Leandro Rodrigues
|
28,000 |
With several thousand already in the middle on a 3♣Q♠9♥ flop, Dennis Bijen bet 2,500 from the big blind and Philippe le Touche called on the button.
The turn brought the 10♦ and Bijen continued for a 5,200 bet, which sent le Touche deep into the tank.
"What's the problem?" Bijen asked after a while. "No problem," le Touche replied.
Eventually, le Touche opted to let his hand go and Bijen turned over K♠K♥ as he collected the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Dennis Bijen |
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Philippe Le Touche |
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|