€560 Main Event Day 1bc | 2024 EAPT Madrid

02-16-2024 19:09 UTC+1

Vara Finds a Double

Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Marian Dicu opened to 3,500 from the hijack and Ruben Vara moved all in for 23,000 from the button. A player in the small blind then reshoved, forcing Dicu out of the way and leaving Vara at risk.

Ruben Vara: 9♦9♥
Opponent: A♠K♣

Vara got the better of the preflop flip on the 3♠2♥2♣ flop and remained ahead on the 6♥ turn and 4♥ river to score a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Dicu	163,000 8,000	8,000
Ruben Vara	51,500 51,500	51,500

Tags: Marian Dicu Ruben Vara

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

02-16-2024 19:28 UTC+1

Perez Pips Dicu

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Sergi Perez moved all in from the button for 19,800 and received a call from Marian Dicu in the small blind who held a covering stack.

Sergi Perez: A♥J♥
Marian Dicu: A♠10♦

Perez was ahead with a slightly bigger ace and remained so on the A♣3♣5♠Q♦J♣ to score a full double up while making a minor dent in Dicu's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Dicu	185,000 22,000	22,000
Sergi Perez	43,200 43,200	43,200

Tags: Marian Dicu Sergi Perez

02-16-2024 19:49 UTC+1

Gironella Fires Three Barrels

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With two players seeing a board of 10♥3♥3♣ and roughly 8,5000 in the middle, Oscar Gironella checked in the big blind and his opponent in the cutoff bet 2,500. Gironella check-raised to 7,000 and was called by his opponent.

Gironella bet another 7,000 on the J♥ turn and once again was called.

On the 9♣ river Gironella moved all in for 25,700 and this time it was enough to force a fold from his opponent.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Constantinos Stylianou was recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oscar Gironella	69,100
Constantinos Stylianou	Busted

Tags: Oscar Gironella

02-16-2024 19:55 UTC+1

Break Time

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Players are now on a 15-minute break. The field currently stands at 50 total entrants, of which 21 players remain. Late registration will remain open until the end of the break.

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

02-16-2024 20:20 UTC+1

Late Registration Over

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Late registration has come to a close for Day 1b of the EAPT Main Event. The second starting flight attracted 51 entrants of which 19 players currently remain.

The day will play until 8 players remain at which point all remaining players will advance to Day 2 and be in the money.

02-16-2024 20:28 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts After Second Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gorka Echevarria	286,000 200,500	200,500
Dario Bagattini	152,000 79,500	79,500

Javier Romero	134,000 50,600	50,600
Walid Igalla	119,000 2,500	2,500
Evgeniy Bukharkov	91,000 800	800
Oscar Gironella	86,000 16,900	16,900
Adrian Lipe	83,000 1,000	1,000
Jonatan Caluino	71,500 -6,600	-6,600
Adam Sanchez	70,000 -70,000	-70,000
Ruben Vara	65,000 13,500	13,500
Marian Dicu	35,000 -150,000	-150,000
Sergi Perez	Busted
Friciu Claudiu	Busted
Chadi Akremi	Busted

Constantin Scrob	Busted
Julian Nieto	Busted

02-16-2024 20:38 UTC+1

Romero Shows Down Top Pair

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Walid Igalla opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and Javier Romero defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the A♥K♣3♦ flop leading to the 2♦ turn. Romero checked, Igalla bet 5,500 and Romero quickly called.

Both players checked the 10♥ river. Romero showed A♦7♠ for a pair of aces and Igalla's hand hit the muck.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Marian Dicu was also recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Romero	157,000 23,000	23,000
Walid Igalla	123,000 4,000	4,000
Marian Dicu	Busted

Tags: Javier Romero Walid Igalla

02-16-2024 20:49 UTC+1

Romero Sends Lipe to the Rail

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of Q♥7♦Q♣5♣ and roughly 30,000 already in the middle, Adrian Lipe was on the button and had gotten into a raising war with Javier Romero in the hijack, resulting in Lipe being all in and at risk for his remaining stack of roughly 50,000.

Adrian Lipe: Q♦9♦
Javier Romero: 7♥7♠

In a brutal cooler Lipe had flopped trip queens only for Romero to flop a full house. Lipe couldn't catch up on the 3♣ river and was sent to the rail while Romero continued to accumulate chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Romero	229,000 72,000	72,000
Adrian Lipe	Busted

Tags: Adrian Lipe Javier Romero