€560 Main Event Day 1de | 2024 EAPT Madrid

02-17-2024 20:14 UTC+1

Tebege Takes from Abdella

Ryan Lashmar

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

With two players seeing a board of J♥9♦5♦ and roughly 11,000 already in the middle, Samuel Tebege checked from the big blind and Ahmed Abdella bet 6,000 from the cutoff. Tebege check-raised to 12,000 and Abdella called.

On the 8♥ turn Tebege bet 15,000 and this time Abdella opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Tebege	270,000 224,500	224,500
Ahmed Abdella	266,000 -59,300	-59,300

Tags: Ahmed Abdella Samuel Tebege

02-17-2024 20:34 UTC+1

Cuesta Makes a Straight Flush

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Fernando Celdran opened to 5,500 from under the gun and received calls from Fabio Cardoso in early position, Xoan Mourino in middle position, Nacho Cuesta on the button and a player in the big blind.

All five players checked the J♦7♦3♦ flop leading to the 4♦ turn. The big blind checked, Celdran bet 3,500, Cardoso folded, Mourino called, Cuesta called and the big blind folded.

On the 6♦ river action checked around to Cuesta who bet 8,000. Celdran called and Mourino got out of the way.

Celdran showed down A♠Q♦ for a queen-high flush but Cuesta tabled A♦5♦ for a straight flush to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Celdran	297,000 23,000	23,000

Nacho Cuesta	140,000 140,000	140,000
Xoan Mourino	83,000 19,000	19,000
Fabio Cardoso	74,000 14,500	14,500

Tags: Fabio Cardoso Nacho Cuesta Xoan Mourino

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

02-17-2024 20:44 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Campos	Busted
Evgeniy Bukharkov	Busted
Oscar Rodriguez	Busted
Toni Perez	Busted
Moncho Paz	Busted
Jimmy Zhan	Busted

02-17-2024 21:03 UTC+1

Ochoa Extracts Value

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

A player from middle position opened to 5,000 and Cristobal Ochoa defended from the big blind.

The flop came K♥5♦2♦. Ochoa checked, the original raiser bet 3,500, Ochoa check-raised to 7,500 and his opponent made the call.

Ochoa bet 12,500 on the Q♥ turn and was once again called by his opponent.

On the K♦ river Ochoa bet 20,000, sending his opponent into the tank.

After a couple minutes the middle position player made the call. Ochoa tabled 10♦6♦ for a flush which was good enough to take down a healthy pot.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Marco Herman and Ivan Gonzalez were recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cristobal Ochoa	230,000 230,000	230,000
Marco Herman	Busted
Ivan Gonzalez	Busted

Tags: Cristobal Ochoa

02-17-2024 21:22 UTC+1

Stewart Falls to Santa Maria

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a preflop confrontation Michael Stewart found himself all in and at risk from middle position against EAPT Barcelona champion Fernando Santa Maria who held a covering stack.

Michael Stewart: A♥3♥
Fernando Santa Maria: A♦Q♣

Stewart was dominated by a bigger ace but took the lead on the 6♥4♣3♠ flop. Santa Maria reclaimed the lead on the Q♥ turn but still had to fade Stewart who had picked up the nut-flush draw. The 7♠ river was a brick and Stewart made his exit from the tournament area while Santa Maria collected the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Santa Maria	90,000 90,000	90,000
Michael Stewart (UK)	Busted

Tags: Fernando Santa Maria Michael Stewart

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

02-17-2024 21:40 UTC+1

Saber Doubles Through Abdella

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Hatim Saber moved all in from the button for 28,000 and was called by Ahmed Abdella in the big blind who held a covering stack.

Hatim Saber: A♥3♠
Ahmed Abdella: K♠6♠

The board ran out 9♦10♣7♥J♥3♠. Saber remained ahead throughout and scored a full double up through Abdella.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Abdella	83,000 -183,000	-183,000
Hatim Saber	60,500 -34,700	-34,700

Tags: Ahmed Abdella Hatim Saber

02-17-2024 21:58 UTC+1

Mourino Puts Two Opponents to the Test

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With three players seeing a final board of 6♥J♦3♥A♥6♦ and 40,000 already in the middle, Nacho Cuesta bet 10,000 from the big blind and Fabio Cardoso called from the hijack. Xoan Mourino moved all in for roughly 40,000 from the button and Cuesta quickly folded.

Cardoso went into the tank, cutting out calling chips and evaluating what his stack would be like if he called and was wrong. Finally after a few minutes he decided to fold and Mourino took down a nice pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nacho Cuesta	193,000 53,000	53,000
Xoan Mourino	110,000 27,000	27,000
Fabio Cardoso	79,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Fabio Cardoso Nacho Cuesta Xoan Mourino

02-17-2024 22:02 UTC+1

Dinner Break

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The final 27 players are now on a 60-minute dinner break. Once players return the day will play down until 15 players remain, at which point all survivors will advance to Day 2 and be in the money.