€5,300 EPT Main Event | 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona

08-21-2022 16:09 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Neville Costa	22,275,000
Fabiano Kovalski	17,675,000 -5,000	-5,000
Patrik Jaros	14,350,000 -1,400,000	-1,400,000

Jimmy Guerrero	9,875,000 -925,000	-925,000
Giuliano Bendinelli	4,650,000 800,000	800,000

Break Time

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Brandon Bloom

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

The five remaining players are now on a 20-minute break.

08-21-2022 16:08 UTC+1

Kayhan Mokri Eliminated in 6th Place (€334,480)

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Sandra Barbour

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Action folded to Neville Costa who raised to 900,000 from the small blind and Kayhan Mokri three-bet jammed from the big blind for 3,650,000. Costa snap-called and the players turned over their hands.

Kayhan Mokri:
Neville Costa:

The board came and Costa raked in the pot with kings and nines, ending Mokri's tournament run in 6th place for €334,480.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neville Costa	22,275,000 4,045,000	4,045,000
Kayhan Mokri	Busted

Tags: Kayhan Mokri Neville Costa

08-21-2022 16:01 UTC+1

Costa Chips Up with Straight

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Brandon Bloom

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Fabiano Kovalski opened to 800,000 on the button with and Neville Costa defended the big blind with .

The dealer fanned the flop and Costa check-called for 550,000, while both players checked the turn and river.

Costa's rivered straight was good, and he took the pot against his fellow Brazilian's flopped two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neville Costa	18,230,000 2,550,000	2,550,000
Fabiano Kovalski	17,680,000 -1,750,000	-1,750,000

Tags: Fabiano Kovalski Neville Costa

08-21-2022 15:55 UTC+1

Bendinelli Doubles Through Mokri

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Sandra Barbour

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Giuliano Bendinelli moved all in from early position for 1,425,000 and Kayhan Mokri reshoved for 6,275,000 from the button.

Giuliano Bendinelli:
Mokri:

Bendinelli was behind, but the flop came giving him kings full of eights. The turn and river completed the board and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kayhan Mokri	4,850,000 -2,630,000	-2,630,000

Giuliano Bendinelli	3,850,000 2,220,000	2,220,000

Tags: Giuliano Bendinelli Kayhan Mokri

08-21-2022 15:51 UTC+1

Costa Four-Bet Jams Against Guerrero's Six-Deuce

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Brandon Bloom

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Neville Costa opened to 1,000,000 on the button with and Jimmy Guerrero three-bet to 3,200,000 in the big blind with . Costa then four-bet jammed for 11,875,000, and Guerrero folded, as Costa collected the pot and hyped up his Brazilian rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Neville Costa	15,680,000 4,800,000	4,800,000
Jimmy Guerrero	10,800,000 -3,780,000	-3,780,000

Tags: Jimmy Guerrero Neville Costa

08-21-2022 15:42 UTC+1

Bendinelli Chops With Kovalski to Survive

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Sandra Barbour

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Action folded to Fabiano Kovalski who raised to 1,500,000 from the small blind with nd Bendinelli called for less from the big blind putting at risk 1,425,000.

Giuliano Bendinelli:
Fabiano Kovalski:

The board ran out and they chopped the pot for Bendinelli to survive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabiano Kovalski	19,430,000 900,000	900,000
Giuliano Bendinelli	1,630,000 -200,000	-200,000

Tags: Fabiano Kovalski Giuliano Bendinelli

08-21-2022 15:35 UTC+1

Bendinelli Triples

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Brandon Bloom

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Giuliano Bendinelli jammed for 475,000 in the hijack with , Jimmy Guerrero flatted in the small blind with , and Patrik Jaros called in the big blind with .

The board was checked down, and Bendinelli revealed his two pair to secure the short-stacked triple.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Jaros	15,750,000 -880,000	-880,000

Jimmy Guerrero	14,580,000 -470,000	-470,000
Giuliano Bendinelli	1,830,000 1,355,000	1,355,000

Tags: Giuliano Bendinelli Jimmy Guerrero Patrik Jaros

08-21-2022 15:32 UTC+1

Guerrero Makes the Right Fold

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Sandra Barbour

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Fabiano Kovalski raised to 1,000,000 with from early position and Jimmy Guerrero called from the big blind with .

The flop came and Guerrero check-called a bet of 1,000,000 from Kovalski.

On the turn, Guerrero check-called another bet of 2,300,000 from Kovalski.

The filled up the board and Guerrero checked for a third time. Kovalski fired a bet of 5,000,000. Guerrero thought for a long while, then let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabiano Kovalski	18,530,000 4,900,000	4,900,000
Jimmy Guerrero	15,050,000 -4,700,000	-4,700,000

Tags: Fabiano Kovalski Jimmy Guerrero

08-21-2022 15:27 UTC+1

Guerrero Doubles and Leaves Bendinelli with Crumbs

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Brandon Bloom

Level 35 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Jimmy Guerrero opened to 900,000 from under the gun and Giuliano Bendinelli moved all in on the button. Kayhan Mokri thought about it in the big blind with but folded, and Guerrero called all in for 9,375,000.

Jimmy Guerrero:
Giuliano Bendinelli:

The flop landed to pair Guerrero, although Bendinelli picked up a gutshot draw. The fell on the turn, and the completed the board to secure the Frenchman's double as he became the chip leader, while Bendinelli was left with just over one big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Guerrero	19,750,000 10,170,000	10,170,000
Patrik Jaros	16,630,000

Fabiano Kovalski	13,630,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Neville Costa	10,880,000 -2,800,000	-2,800,000
Kayhan Mokri	7,480,000 -1,800,000	-1,800,000

Giuliano Bendinelli	475,000 -9,575,000	-9,575,000

Tags: Giuliano Bendinelli Jimmy Guerrero Kayhan Mokri