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

2023-08-22 02:07 UTC+2

Ballesteros Rivers Flush to Eliminate Jaros

Mwarburton

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

Manuel Ballesteros moved all in and was was called by Patrik Jaros, who had the shorter stack. Players flipped their cards.

Patrik Jaros: A♣K♥
Manuel Ballesteros: A♥Q♦

Jaros was well ahead and had Ballesteros dominated with his ace king. The board ran out K♦9♦7♦3♥6♦. Jaros paired up his king and the flop, but Ballesteros made his flush on the river to win the pot.

Jaros was eliminated from the tournament.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Manuel Ballesteros	200,000 200,000	200,000
Patrik Jaros	Eliminé

Tags: Manuel Ballesteros Patrik Jaros

2023-08-22 01:53 UTC+2

Late Registration Over

OHairDJ

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

Late registration for Day 1b of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event is now closed.

In total, there were 155 entries. Of those, 63 remain.

The field will play down to 23 players, at which point the remaining players will have made the money for Day 2 and will bag and tag for the night.

Niveau: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

2023-08-22 01:35 UTC+2

Players Heading for 15-Minute Break

Mwarburton

Niveau 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players in Day 1b of the PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event are heading for a 15-minute break. Late registration remains open until the end of the break, at which point there will be no more entries to this flight. The number of entrants will be confirmed when play resumes.

2023-08-22 01:28 UTC+2

Dedieu Survives With Double Up

Mwarburton

Niveau 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Johann Dedieu moved all in preflop with a short stack and picked up a call from an opponent across the table.

Johann Dedieu: A♥8♥
Opponent: A♠10♦

The board ran out 8♦K♣K♦7♥J♥. Dedieu made a pair of eights to come back from behind and double up. It may only have been for a handful of chips, but the pot kept Dedieu in with a shot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Johann Dedieu	15,000

Tags: Johann Dedieu

2023-08-22 01:26 UTC+2

Amran Gets There on Smidt

OHairDJ

Niveau 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Salah Amran opened to 2,700 on the button and was called by Omer Smidt in the small blind.

Smidt check-called a 4,000 bet from Amran on the 2♦10♥5♦ flop and then both players checked on the 5♠ turn.

Smidt checked once more on the J♥ river and Amran put 9,500 into the middle.

"Queen jack?" Smidt mused as he pondered a call.

Smidt eventually put in calling chips and Amran turned over A♣J♠ for jacks up. Smidt flash the 10♣ and mucked — conceding the pot to Amran.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Salah Amran	50,000 -10,000	-10,000
Omer Smidt	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Omer Smidt Salah Amran

2023-08-22 01:12 UTC+2

Georgopoulos Doubles Up Twice to Recover Stack

Mwarburton

Niveau 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Leonidas Georgopoulos moved all in from under the gun for 11,700, around ten big blinds. He was called by Andres Korn and the two players flipped their cards, with Georgopoulos at risk.

Leonidas Georgopoulos: A♥8♦
Andres Korn: K♥Q♥

The board ran out 7♣10♥J♠2♣J♦. Neither player improved and so Georgopoulos held with ace high to double up.

The next hand, Antonio Poncio raised from early position and Georgopoulos moved all in again, this time for around 24,000. Poncio made the call and Georgopoulos found himself once again at risk against the bigger stack.

Leonidas Georgopoulos: A♥10♥
Antonio Poncio: K♥J♣

The board ran out 9♣2♦8♣5♥4♥. Once again, Georgopoulos held with his ace high to double up. In just two hands, Georgopoulos went from being in the danger zone to garnering a stack of over 50,000 chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Antonio Poncio	140,000 5,000	5,000
Andres Korn	56,000 56,000	56,000
Leonidas Georgopoulos	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Andres Korn Antonio Poncio Leonidas Georgopoulos

2023-08-22 01:09 UTC+2

Moya Falls to Callol's Jacks

OHairDJ

Niveau 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Juan Gomez Moya was all in from the big blind for his last 14,500 against Robert Sanchez Callol, who was on the button and had Moya covered.

Juan Gomez Moya: A♠J♦
Robert Sanchez Callol: J♣J♠

The 9♥7♥4♦10♣K♠ runout failed to improve Moya and he was eliminated late in the evening.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Robert Sanchez Callol	52,000
Juan Gomez Moya	Eliminé

Tags: Juan Gomez Moya Robert Sanchez Callol

Niveau: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

2023-08-22 00:54 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

OHairDJ

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

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ilias Pappas	Eliminé
Dennis Bijen	Eliminé
Lorenzo Arduini	Eliminé
Marcello Miniucchi	Eliminé
Sebastian Morillo	Eliminé
Jan Van Der Stroom	Eliminé
Dan Heimiller	Eliminé