€5,300 EPT Main Event
Jour 1b a débuté
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Jour 1b a débuté
Another day begins at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) here at Casino Barcelona. And it will be a new important day, with Day 1b of the €5,300 Main Event.
Already, 260 players out of 792 entrants qualified on Day 1a. They are led by Toni Kaukua, who's been the chip leader from the beginning to the end and who bagged 346,000 chips. He was the only player to finish Day 1a with more than 300,000 chips, as the second biggest stack, Julio Chia Cabrera, had only 290,000 chips.
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toni Kaukua | Finland | 346,000 | 231 | |
| 2 | Julio Chia Cabrera | Peru | 290,000 | 193 | |
| 3 | Stanislau Shylkou | Belarus | 247,000 | 165 | |
| 4 | Benjamin Lebor | United Kingdom | 231,000 | 154 | |
| 5 | David Docherty | United Kingdom | 221,500 | 148 | |
| 6 | Dominik Panka | Poland | 221,500 | 148 | |
| 7 | William Hani | France | 221,000 | 147 | |
| 8 | Andrea Dato | Italy | 214,000 | 143 | |
| 9 | Anton Wigg | Sweden | 214,000 | 143 | |
| 10 | Petr Bartagov | Russia | 211,000 | 141 |
EPT champions Dominik Panka (221,500) and Anton Wigg (214,000) also qualified with big stacks. They are followed by Ren Lin (152,000), Stephen Song (151,000), Laurie Tournier (107,500), Maria Ho (103,000), Julien Martini (77,500), Samantha Abernathy (56,500), Razvan Belea (35,000) and Benjamin Pollak (31,000), , all of whom will be back on Day 2.
Like on Day 1a, Day 1b will start at 12 p.m. local time with 60-minute levels, beginning at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Players will receive a starting stack of 30,000 chips and try to increase it during the ten levels played today. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels and a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6. Also, if players are eliminated, they can reenter the tournament only once on Day 1b.
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With 444 players to get things started — Day 1b of the EPT €5,300 Main Event is now underway!
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
Three players went to a flop of A♣10♦2♣ where Feliciano Rosano bet 500 from the button. Only Juan Carlos Martin called in the small blind.
Both players checked the 10♠ turn before Martin led out for 800 on the 5♠ river.
Rosano called and Martin showed Q♠4♣ for a bluff. Rosano turned over 6♥6♣ as he took an early pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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32,000 | |
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27,000 |
Rashad Iskandarov opened to 300 from the cutoff and was called by Kemal Aslan in the small blind and Antoine Saout in the big blind.
Action checked to Iskandarov on the 2♦K♠4♦ flop and he bet 400. Aslan then check-raised to 1,200, which got two quick folds from Saout and Iskandarov — allowing Aslan to chip up early.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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31,000
31,000
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31,000 |
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30,000 | |
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29,000
29,000
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29,000 |
Cosmin-Aurel Rusu just found himself moving his entire stack in the middle within the first 10 minutes of Day 1b.
Rusu and Nikolaos Angelou Konstas had already built a pot of around 6,000 on a board of 5♦7♠Q♣6♠7♣ when Rusu bet 3,500 from the big blind. Angelou Konstas, under the gun, then raised to 11,500.
Rusu tanked for more than a minute before shoving all in for 21,500. It was then Angelou Konstas' turn to tank for a few minutes until he mucked his hand.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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45,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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12,000 |
[Removed:533] was in the big blind against Neel Murthy on the button on a flop of 4♣10♦Q♣.
La [Removed:534] checked on the flop and called a bet of 300 from Murthy. Both players then checked on the K♣ turn.
The K♦ river completed the board and La [Removed:534] led out for 300. Murthy raised to 1,700 and La [Removed:534] went in the tank before announcing a three-bet to 6,000.
"This is the first hand," Murthy said before folding as La [Removed:534] tabled K♠4♥ kings full of fours.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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28,000
28,000
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28,000 |