Julian Stuer and Andreas Allsalu got their stacks in after a flop of and Stuer found himself on the wrong end of a set-over-set scenario with . Allsalu had and held up thanks to the turn and river.
The hand was barely over when Stuer was in the next pot already and raised to 3,500. Patrick Leonard three-bet and Sachin Joshi four-bet to 23,800. Stuer quickly folded while Leonard called. On the flop, Leonard moved all in and Joshi quickly called for what appeared to be 48,000.
Sachin Joshi:
Patrick Leonard:
The turn was a blank, but Leonard got there thanks to the on the river.
This is by far the biggest PokerStars Championship event and Barcelona has always been a popular stop, but it's not just Spanish players liking poker here in the Catalunyan capital. In fact, more French, German, Brits and Russians signed up than Spanish players. Here's a complete break down of where everyone's from:
Upeshka De Silva has had a swingy day so far. After tumbling down the leaderboard earlier on, De Silva won a big pot to get himself back up to the 200k mark.
It was De Silva's right-hand neighbor who was tangling with the American. On an board, De Silva was facing a 14,800 bet and made the call. The river was the and De Silva's opponent bet around 35,000, which received a relatively quick call.
De Silva's opponent couldn't muster up more than and the American showed the winner with .
Julian Stuer's raise was met by the all in shove of Ivan Luca for 21,000 and Stuer quickly called when the action was back on him.
Ivan Luca:
Julian Stuer:
The board of left Luca empty-handed and he quickly exited the tournament area.
Soon after, David Peters also left from a nearby table. Alessandro Giordano raised to 3,500 and Peters shoved for 28,500 from the big blind, the Italian quickly called.
David Peters:
Alessandro Giordano:
Giordano was ahead and improved to a straight on the board of to eliminate Peters.
Per Hildebrand opened to 3,500 and Gabriele Di Giuseppe moved all in for 21,600. Hamidreza Montazeri in the cutoff reshoved for slightly more and Said El Yousfi on the button gave it some thought before folding. Hildebrand also let go and said in table chat he had ace-queen.
Sebastian Malec is slowly working himself up to one of the bigger stacks in the room, in his quest to become both the latest EPT Barcelona and first PokerStars Championship Barcelona winner.
On an board, Malec bet 16,800 and Tatjana Zizic folded after some thought, allowing Malec to chip up to 165,000.
and Stuer found himself on the wrong end of a set-over-set scenario with 
. Allsalu had 
and held up thanks to the 
turn and 
river.
flop, Leonard moved all in and Joshi quickly called for what appeared to be 48,000.
turn was a blank, but Leonard got there thanks to the 
on the river.
board, De Silva was facing a 14,800 bet and made the call. The river was the 
and the American showed the winner with 
.
to eliminate Peters.
and Di Giuseppe doubled.
board, Malec bet 16,800 and Tatjana Zizic folded after some thought, allowing Malec to chip up to 165,000.
