Action folded around to Levin Remy Oruc, who shoved all in for less than 100,000. Roger Sandsmark moved all in over the top and Yanis Avanesyan called. Both Oruc and Avanesyan were at risk as players flipped their cards.
Levin Remy Oruc: A♠7♦
Yanis Avanesyan: K♦K♥
Roger Sandsmark: A♦A♣
Oruc looked in bad shape and Avanesyan was also way behind with his kings against Sandsmark's pocket aces.
The board ran out 2♣10♣3♦5♠4♦. The river completed the wheel straight for both Sandsmark and Oruc. They chopped up the pot and Avanesyan was eliminated from the tournament.
Roberto Corbelli shoved for approximately 150,000 from middle position and action folded around to Piero Alioto, who called all in for his last 114,000 from the big blind.
Piero Alioto: A♥Q♦
Roberto Corbelli: K♠K♥
Alioto was in trouble against Corbelli's cowboys, and 4♣Q♣4♦5♣8♠ runout wasn't enough for Alioto, who busted just shy of Day 2.
With that, all the remaining players have earned a Day 2 berth and made the money.
The €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event, running at Casino Barcelona, is officially the biggest tournament in PokerStars live event history. Flight 1h, the last of eight starting flights, has now concluded.
Across all starting flights, a total of 7,398 entries were made from 3,291 unique players, up 17 percent compared to last year, which pulled 6,313 entries. That made for a total prize pool of €7,102,080.
Players from 86 countries entered the event, with 17 percent of the field coming from France and 12.9 percent of the field hailing from the host nation of Spain. Italy, the Netherlands and Germany were also well represented.
Day 1h attracted 1,267 entries and 190 players made it through the flight to Day 2. After 20 levels of action, Philippe Le Touche emerged as the flight chip leader with 657,000 chips.
In second place was Thomas Pearn with 576,000, and in third was Grigorii Rodin with 562,000. PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot bagged up 539,000 chips and finished the flight in fourth place. Max Burney of the UK rounds out the top five with 538,000.
End of Day 1h Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Philippe Le Touche
France
657,000
2
Thomas Pearn
United Kingdom
576,000
3
Grigorii Rodin
Russia
562,000
4
Parker Talbot
Canada
539,000
5
Max Burney
United Kingdom
538,000
6
Florens Feenstra
Netherlands
480,000
7
Luis Rosero Ramirez
Netherlands
462,000
8
Hamza Nasir
United Kingdom
460,000
9
Antonio Silva
Brazil
454,000
10
Matas Cimbolas
Lithuania
450,000
Parker Talbot
Across all starting flights, Benjamin Tessier is the overall chip leader with 1,016,000 and is the only player to breach the one million mark. He’s followed by Avihai Smadga in second place with 983,000, and then Emmanuel Lopez in third place with 829,000.
Many more notable players made it through to Day 2, including David Lappin (88,000), Gabriel Schroeder (595,000), Conor Beresford (78,000), Antoine Vranken (129,000), Fintan Hand (126,000) and Benjamin Spragg (59,000).
Day 2 will commence tomorrow, 25th of August at 12 p.m. local time. A total of 1,109 players will return to the felt and everyone who does will have already made the money. Payouts will be announced at the start of the day.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as reporters bring live updates of the Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event straight from the tournament floor.
