€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event Jour 1c | 2023 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

2023-08-22 13:03 UTC+2

Grundtvig Applies Pressure

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Niveau 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Marcelo Caceres opened to 600 from under the gun and received calls from Marc Poustis in the cutoff and Christian Grundtvig in the big blind.

The flop came J♦7♠5♣ and action checked around to Poustis, who bet 1,000 in position. Grundtvig made the call and Caceres opted to fold.

Both players checked through the J♠ turn, leading to the 2♠ river. Grundtvig bet 1,000, Poustis mucked his hand and Grundtvig took down the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Marcelo Caceres	35,200 35,200	35,200
Christian Grundtvig	31,000 31,000	31,000
Marc Poustis	27,200 27,200	27,200

Tags: Christian Grundtvig Marc Poustis Marcelo Caceres

2023-08-22 13:18 UTC+2

Viret Puts Leon to the Test

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Niveau 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Sergio Garcia Leon opened to 500 from early position and received calls from Patrick Viret in the hijack and Sergio Alonso in the big blind.

All three players checked the 6♥2♠2♣ flop leading to the J♠ turn. Alonso checked, Leon bet 900, Viret called and Alonso folded.

Leon fired another bet for 2,100 on the J♣ river. This time Viret put in a raise to 8,000. After about one minute of consideration Leon opted to fold and Viret took down a nice pot uncontested.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Patrick Viret	68,000 68,000	68,000
Sergio Alonso Camunas	28,200 28,200	28,200
Sergio Garcia Leon	27,500 27,500	27,500

Tags: Patrick Viret Sergio Alonso Sergio Garcia Leon

Niveau: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

2023-08-22 13:27 UTC+2

Sabatini Gets Paid After Flopping Trips

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Niveau 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

It was raised to 700 on the button by Mattia Sabatini. Ingus Arajs made it 2,500 in the small blind and Sabatini called.

The flop came 8♣5♠8♥, which was checked by Arajs. The Latvian then called Sabatini's bet of 1,300 to take it to the turn.

It came the K♥ and the action followed the same pattern, as Arajs check-called Sabatini's 3,500 raise.

Once again, the river went check - bet - call, with Sabatini betting 11,000 as the Q♠ landed. Sabatini showed trips with A♠8♦ and Arjus, left with a short stack, mucked his hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mattia Sabatini	85,000 85,000	85,000
Ingus Arajs	7,500 7,500	7,500

Tags: Ingus Arajs Mattia Sabatini

2023-08-22 13:35 UTC+2

Tropea gets Trappy

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Niveau 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Francesco Tropea opened to 600 from under the gun and was called by Richard Rasmussen in the cutoff and Ovidiu Chirieac in the big blind.

Action checked around to Tropea, who bet 500 on the A♠A♣9♣ flop. Rasmussen made the call while Chirieac opted to fold.

Tropea slowed down with a check on the A♦ turn. Rasmussen bet 1,400 and Tropea made the call.

The river was the J♠. Tropea checked for a second time and this time Rasmussen checked behind.

Rasmussen tabled 3♠3♦ for a full house, aces full of threes, while Tropea revealed A♥Q♠ for quad aces to take the pot down.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Francesco Tropea	36,000 36,000	36,000
Richard Rasmussen	35,400 35,400	35,400
Ovidiu Chirieac	31,300 31,300	31,300

Tags: Francesco Tropea Ovidiu Chirieac Richard Rasmussen

2023-08-22 13:48 UTC+2

Cochin Chips Up with Nines

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Niveau 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Peter Kamaras raised to 600 and got a call from the button and from Theodore Cochin, who was in the big blind.

The flop was K♥3♦3♥ and was checked by Cochin, before Kamaras made it 800. This was enough to get a fold from the button, but Cochin made the call.

On the turn, the 10♠ came and it was checked through.

There was no further action on the 3♠ river, as both players checked once more.

Cochin showed 9♦9♥ and Kamaras sent his hand to the muck.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Peter Kamaras	30,000 30,000	30,000
Theodore Cochin	27,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Peter Kamaras Theodore Cochin

2023-08-22 13:54 UTC+2

Spraggy Joins the Action

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Niveau 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

https://twitter.com/spraggy/status/1693950455926153692

2023-08-22 14:00 UTC+2

Break time

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Niveau 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Players are now on their first 25-minute of the break of the day. The field currently stands at 651 entries on Day 1c.

2023-08-22 14:15 UTC+2

PN Podcast: New Host Joins the Show; Guest Lukas "RobinPoker" Robinson Giving Away $10K WPT Seat

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Niveau 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

On the latest PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Connor Richards welcome Matt Hansen as a new co-host of the show. Matt has been doing a lot of work behind the scenes for PokerNews, and now we're putting a microphone in front of him to draw on his deep knowledge of the industry and get some of his hot takes.
That included his thoughts on the WSOP Paradise schedule, a poker player's yacht burning in the Mediterranean, and Ben Mintz returning to BarStool after Dave Portnoy bought back the company.
Chad then chats with this week's guest, Lukas "RobinPoker" Robinson, the new PokerNews Online Poker Ambassador. He talks about playing 1,000 hours of poker in 100 days, playing the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event alongside his father, and how listeners can have a chance at a $10,000 seat in December's World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at Wynn thanks to a special promotion in conjunction with WPT Global.

Listen to those stories and more on the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast!

Niveau: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400