Matteo Liparulo raised to 500 from late position and Tim Gucher reraised to 1,700. Liparulo called. The flop came 8♥A♥J♦. Liparulo checked and Gucher bet 1,500, which Liparulo called.
The turn was the 2♦. Liparulo checked again and Gucher bet 4,000. Liparulo responded with a check-raise all in for 13,700. Gucher quickly tossed a chip in the middle to signify a call. Players flipped their cards, with Liparulo at risk.
Matteo Liparulo: 8♣8♦
Tim Gucher: A♣K♣
Gucher had a pair of aces with king kicker. Liparulo, however, had flopped a set of eights. The river came the Q♥ and Liparulo won the pot to double up his stack early on. He had lost some chips in the previous hands and so pulled it back to above a starting stack.
The PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) continues today at Casino Barcelona with the first starting flight of €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller. The event is scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m. local time and is expected to attract high numbers after this year's ESPT Main Event broke its own record for being the biggest live event in PokerStars history, with 7,389 entries.
In 2022 Miroslav Alilovic bested a field of 2,173 to claim the trophy and title, alongside €512,650. Alilovic has already had an impressive summer here in Spain with a deep run in this year's ESPT Main Event where he finished in 190th place just yesterday.
2022 €2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Miroslav Alilovic
France
€512,650*
2
Ian Bradley
United Kingdom
€500,000*
3
Aliaksandr Hirs
Belarus
€277,370
4
Emil Mattsson
Sweden
€213,360
5
Jorge Diego Garcia
Spain
€164,130
6
Agatino Spitaleri
France
€126,250
7
Xavier Mouysset
France
€97,130
8
Isidoro Barrena
Spain
€74,720
9
Andre Akkari
Brazil
€57,490
*denotes a heads-up deal
The ESPT High Roller starts at Level 1 with blinds of 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Those who enter will receive a stack of 30,000 chips and play through levels of 40 minutes, with a 20-minute break every three levels. A 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 10 when late registration will be closed. Players are allowed unlimited reentries.
Day 1 of this three-day event will play down to the money. The bubble will burst once approximately 15% of the field remains, all those to progress to Day 2 will have secured a min-cash.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the coverage of this event from the moment cards are in the air until a winner is crowned on the 28th of August.
