Two accomplished poker pros battled at Table 41 as Alexandre Reard and Jack Salter got to the river on a board of 5♠J♣J♥Q♥J♠.
With around 40,000 already in the middle, Reard bet 14,500 as Salter thought through a decision. Eventually, the Brit folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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130,000 |
With players heads up on a board reading J♠5♦4♥ and around 10,000 already in the middle, Jack Salter check-called a 6,000 bet from Alexandre Reard.
The turn came the 3♠. Salter checked, Reard bet 17,000 and Salter put in a check-raise to 41,000. Reard made the call.
The river came the J♥. After about one minute of thought, Salter pushed forward a stack of green 5,000 chips, enough to put Reard all in for his remaining stack of approximately 90,000.
Reard, who had forced a fold from Salter in another big pot during the previous level, was clearly faced with a difficult decision. After just over two minutes, he folded A♠2♠ face up and Salter took down a sizable pot from the French pro.
"It was a good fold," Salter told his opponent as he dragged the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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205,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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88,000
-42,000
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-42,000 |
PokerNews caught the tail end of a hand involving Martin Jacobson, who has late registered on Day 1c.
The pot stood at approximately 17,500 with two players looking at a board that read 3♦10♠6♦K♠. Jacobson, in the big blind, checked the action to Alexandre Vargas in early position. Vargas bet out for 6,500 and Jacobson made a quick fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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51,500
51,500
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51,500 |
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21,000
21,000
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21,000 |
Martin Jacobson opened in early position to 3,000. Winner of the 2022 EPT Prague Main Event, Jordan Saccucci, three-bet on the button to 8,500. Jacobson moved all in for his remaining 20,000 and Saccuscci made the call.
Martin Jacobson: K♥K♦
Jordan Saccucci: 10♣10♠
The board ran out 5♣Q♥A♣9♥8♦. Jacobson's kings held to ensure him the full double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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110,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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44,000
23,000
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23,000 |
Fintan Hand opened to 3,000 from the hijack and Belmehel Dja Daouadji three-bet to 9,000. Hand made the call.
The flop came 5♦4♦3♣. Dja Daouadji checked and Hand bet 6,500.
"Not enough" Dja Daouadji joked as he put in a check-raise to 20,000. Hand responded by moving all for approximately 50,000. Dja Daouadji quickly made the call to put Hand at risk.
"Let's flip" Hand told his opponent, who he had been having a friendly banter with for the last several minutes, as the cards were tabled.
Fintan Hand: 6♠5♣
Belmehel Dja Daouadji: 3♥3♦
"That's not a fair flip!" Hand joked upon seeing Dja Daouadji had flopped bottom set. Hand still had outs to a straight but they did not materalize on the 8♥ turn or J♦ river, resulting in his elimination while Dja Daouadji took down a major pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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160,000
160,000
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160,000 |
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Busted | |
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With the board reading J♥7♦6♦ and over 200,000 chips already in the middle, Michael Mitrione found himself all in and at risk against Wender Cezar Oliveira.
Michael Mitrione: 8♦9♦
Wendar Cezar Oliveira: J♦J♠
Oliveira had flopped top set for the nuts but Mitrione had a massive draw, having both a flush draw and open-ended straight draw. Despite having the nuts Oliveira was close to flipping for the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
The board ran out 2♣K♣. Oliveira faded Mitrione's plethora of outs to send him to the rail and take down what was potentially the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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258,000
258,000
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258,000 |
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Busted |
Florian Duta raised from middle position to 10,000, Sergio Garcia Leon in the cutoff three-bet to 27,000 and Duta made the call.
The flop came J♠10♠K♠. Duta checked and Leon continued for 15,000. Duta thought about his decision for some time before moving all in; Leon snap-called.
Florian Duta: A♣Q♣
Sergio Garcia Leon: A♦Q♠
Both players had flopped the nut straight, but Leon had a redraw to a flush. The turn came the 6♥ and the river landed the 3♠. Leon avoided the chop by improving to a flush and eliminated Duta in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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305,000
277,500
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277,500 |
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Busted |
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The PokerStars Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) at Casino Barcelona continued today with another impressive Day 1 flight; 961 new entries amassed over the 12 hours of play; up 608 entries from the Day 1a flight yesterday. At the end of the night, 144 players bagged and tagged and will be returning for Day 2 after the completion of the other five starting fights in the coming days.
As the dust settled Theodoros Ampelikiotis bagged the overall chip lead, taking through 772,000 for the Day 2 restart. Ampelikiotis wasn't alone in amassing a plentiful stack as bothJose Rodriguez Zurita and Jeremie Zouari were hot on his tails accumulating 610,000 and 606,000 chips respectively.
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theodoros Ampelikiotis | Greece | 772,000 |
| 2 | Jose Rodriguez Zurita | Mexico | 610,000 |
| 3 | Jeremie Zouari | France | 606,000 |
| 4 | Dragos Anton | Romania | 595,000 |
| 5 | Mateusz Wozniak | Poland | 446,000 |
| 6 | Patrice Brandt | Germany | 417,000 |
| 7 | Georgian Georgescu | United Kingdom | 411,000 |
| 8 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | 410,000 |
| 9 | Tiziano Di Romualdo | Italy | 404,000 |
| 10 | Istvan Varga | Hungary | 399,000 |
Day 1c welcomed many familiar faces, including PokerStars Team Pro members Fintan Hand and Benjamin Spragg who tried their luck at their first tournament of the stop.
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Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be as Hand made his exit on Level 12 at the hands of Belmehel Dja Daouadji. Spragg also failed to materialize a stack for Day 2, however, a reappearance from both popular Twitch streamers is highly likely in the coming flights.
Florian Duta was also set to make a deep run but was eliminated in brutal fashion late into the day. More notable names to hit the rail included Alex Keating and Dara O'Kearney who are both still vying for their first cash on Spanish soil this year.
Those cashing in this event and moving onto Day 2 include Martin Jacobson (103,000), Aliaksandr Shylko (99,000), Uri Reichenstein (213,000), Jack Salter (410,000) and Alexandre Reard (75,000); no strangers to tournament success, each will have their eye on an early win in Barcelona.
Day 2 will kick off on the 25th of August, but before then, players have plenty more opportunities to get into the mix, with flights 1e, 1f, 1g, and 1h all happening within the next two days.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you more coverage of the Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event here at EPT Barcelona, so stay tuned.
