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

2023-08-28 13:40 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Niveau 39 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lucien Cohen	62,800,000 -3,300,000	-3,300,000

Petros Karadimos	41,700,000 2,500,000	2,500,000
Ferdinando D'Alessio	40,900,000 -500,000	-500,000

Danilo Velasevic	39,900,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Ankit Ahuja	36,600,000 -900,000	-900,000

2023-08-28 13:38 UTC+2

Karadimos Escapes Preflop

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Niveau 39 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Petros Karadimos called from the small blind with A♠2♣ and the action on Ferdinando D'Alessio to his left.

D'Alessio slid out a sizeable raise to 5,000,000 holding A♦Q♥, putting the decision back on his opponent. Karadimos took some time but elected to fold his hand, with D'Alessio raking in the chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ferdinando D'Alessio	41,400,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Petros Karadimos	39,200,000 3,400,000	3,400,000

Tags: Ferdinando D'Alessio Petros Karadimos

2023-08-28 13:32 UTC+2

Ahuja Takes From D'Alessio

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Niveau 39 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja opened to 2,100,000 with 6♦5♦ from under the gun, with only Ferdinando D'Alessio calling with A♦2♦ in the small blind.

The Q♠4♠9♦ flop saw D'Alessio check to Ahuja, who continued for 2,400,000.

D'Alessio did not take long to muck his cards, as Ahuja added more chips to his stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ferdinando D'Alessio	40,400,000 -1,700,000	-1,700,000

Ankit Ahuja	37,500,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Ferdinando D'Alessio

2023-08-28 13:24 UTC+2

Cohen Collects More Chips

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Niveau 39 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Lucien Cohen raised to 2,100,000 with K♠10♥ from the small blind, with Petros Karadimos defending his big blind holding 5♣2♦.

The K♥10♦J♠ flop saw Cohen lead out for 4,000,000 and Karadimos made a quick fold.

Cohen began to serenade the crowd as he took down his first pot of the day.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Lucien Cohen	66,100,000 600,000	600,000

Petros Karadimos	35,800,000 -3,200,000	-3,200,000

Tags: Lucien Cohen Petros Karadimos

2023-08-28 13:17 UTC+2

Avihai Smadga Eliminated in 6th Place (€136,850)

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Niveau 39 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

On just the third hand of the day, Avihai Smadga moved his short stack all in from the cutoff and was called by Ferdinando D'Alessio in the small blind.

Avihai Smadga: A♥8♥
Ferdinando D'Alessio: A♠Q♣

The flop of 2♣J♠Q♥ left Smadga drawing thin, and the 4♣ turn sealed his fate. The 3♠ river completed the board, as Smadga was the first to bow out on the final day in sixth place for €136,850.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ferdinando D'Alessio	42,100,000 12,000,000	12,000,000

Avihai Smadga	Eliminé

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2023-08-28 13:15 UTC+2

Ahuja Earns the Fold

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Niveau 39 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Ankit Ahuja opened to 2,000,000 with J♥8♥ from the cutoff and Petros Karadimos defended his big blind with 9♥7♠.

The flop of 6♥2♦2♥ saw both players check through to the J♦ turn, with Karadimos checking again. Ahuja fired a bet of 2,000,000 to take down the pot as Karadimos mucked.