€2,200 EPT National High Roller | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-27-2018 16:43 UTC+1

Hegele Takes a Hit; Busts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Huesnue Salman was all in and at risk preflop for 685,000 with the and Robin Hegele looked him up with the . The board came and Hegele was with 255,000.

Those chips went in right after and Jans Arends looked him up.

Robin Hegele:
Jans Arends:

The board came and Hegele was eliminated in 31st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jans Arends	1,600,000 250,000	250,000
Huesnue Salman	1,450,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Robin Hegele	Busted

Tags: Huesnue Salman Jans Arends Robin Hegele

08-27-2018 16:40 UTC+1

The Field is Shrinking

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Heinz Schlueter pushed all in for very few big blinds over the top of an open raise by [Removed:289] and Liwei Sun reshoved out of the big blind. [Removed:290] gave it some thought and folded.

Heinz Schlueter:
Liwei Sun:

The board came and Schlueter became one of the latest casualties, along with the other notables below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liwei Sun	1,500,000 600,000	600,000
[Removed:289]	1,300,000 1,155,000	1,155,000
Fabiano Kovalski	Busted
Heinz Schlueter	Busted
Sergio Alonso Camunas	Busted
Imad Derwiche	Busted
Roman Emelyanov	Busted
Luigi Serricchio	Busted

Tags: Heinz Schlueter Liwei Sun

08-27-2018 16:39 UTC+1

Salter Eliminates Team PokerStars Pro Konnikova

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

AaronMcBride

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Maria Konnikova has just seen her deep run the EPT National High Roller come to an end after Jack Salter's holding dominated her hand.

Salter informed us of the action as he stacked up his new 3.3m stack. Salter raised to 85,000 from early position and Konnikova three-bet to 260,000 in the next seat. With the action back on Salter, he moved all in, and Konnikova put her tournament life on the line and called.

Jack Salter:
Maria Konnikova:

Board:

Konnikova couldn't get the help she needed from the board and departed for her first PokerStars EPT cash here in Barcelona.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	3,300,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Maria Konnikova	Busted

Tags: Maria Konnikova Jack Salter

08-27-2018 16:25 UTC+1

Brink Still In It

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Down to just 145,000, Frederik Brink moved all in for 145,000 and Jans Arends called on the button.

Frederik Brink:
Jans Arends:

The board came and former EPT Madrid Main Event champion Brink remained in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jans Arends	1,350,000 -275,000	-275,000
Frederik Brink	390,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Frederik Brink Jans Arends

08-27-2018 16:22 UTC+1

Five Tables Remain

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

After a period of slow action without any all in and call every 30 seconds, the pace has picked up again and Natalie Teh, Fuad Serhan and Zorlucan Er have all been eliminated.

Er turned a set with the only for Tolga Can Kiyak to improve to a straight with the very same card, holding the on a board of .

As a result, there are only 39 players remaining spread over five tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tolga Can Kiyak	2,000,000 825,000	825,000
Fuad Serhan	Busted
Natalie Teh	Busted
Zorlucan Er	Busted

Tags: Fuad Serhan Natalie Teh Zorlucan Er Tolga Can Kiyak

08-27-2018 16:18 UTC+1

Virlanuta Over Four Million; Camosci Eliminated

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

AaronMcBride

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Enrico Camosci has just departed from the field, and Marian Virlanuta has reclaimed the chip lead after the former got all his chips into the middle preflop.

A player at table retold the action and said that Camosci raised from middle position and saw Marian Virlanuta three-bet from the small blind. Camosci proceeded to move all in and Virlanuta snap-called.

Camosci held and was a big favorite for elimination when he saw Virlanuta reveal . The board came down and improved Virlanuta's hand to a full house, and moved him over the 4m chip mark in the process as Camosci departed to the payout booth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Virlanuta	4,300,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Enrico Camosci	Busted

Tags: Enrico Camosci Marian Virlanuta

08-27-2018 16:10 UTC+1

Aristov Douvles Through Serricchio

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Down to his last 225,000, Sergey Aristov was all in and at risk over on table one and turned over the . He faced the of Luigi Serricchio and spiked the flop to improve. The turn and river changed nothing anymore and Aristov doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Aristov	500,000 242,000	242,000
Luigi Serricchio	500,000 -700,000	-700,000

Tags: Luigi Serricchio Sergey Aristov

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

08-27-2018 16:03 UTC+1

Assorted Counts

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Benitez	1,700,000 -150,000	-150,000
Jans Arends	1,625,000 375,000	375,000
Tolga Can Kiyak	1,175,000 1,005,000	1,005,000
Bernardo Dias	1,010,000 971,000	971,000
Liwei Sun	900,000 684,000	684,000
Tobias Peters	730,000 350,000	350,000
Brian Kaufman	575,000 -75,000	-75,000
Zorlucan Er	350,000 31,000	31,000

08-27-2018 15:58 UTC+1

Flush Over Set Eliminates Palvini

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

AaronMcBride

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Jeremy Palvini raised from under the gun to 65,000 and saw Marian Virlanuta three-bet from two seats along to 165,000. Sergi Escote, who just the hand before had lost a big pot to Virlanuta, moved all in for 900,000 from the next seat. The action folded back around to Palvini, and he called for his last 650,000.

Virlanuta went into the tank and was unsure of what to do before he very reluctantly folded before Palvini and Escote revealed their hands.

Jeremy Palvini:
Sergi Escote:

Board:

Palvini was in a horrible spot when he saw his pocket kings run into pocket aces but immediately got joy on the flop when he hit one of his two immediate outs for top set. However, Escote picked up the nut flush draw in the process and fist punched the air when the turn hit to put him back in the lead, and the fifth spade of the river cemented the pot in his favor.

Palvini disappointedly walked away from the table but collects €8,100 for his efforts.